WHAT IS THE NATIONAL PLASTICS EXPO?World-scale NPE show, with 2,000 exhibiting companies on 1-million sq.ft. (93,000 sq.m). Exhibit space sold thus far well surpasses the space occupied at NPE 2009, according to SPI, which expects to completely fill both giant halls at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). As a result of the economic and logistical advantages of the new venue, many exhibitions have selected larger booths than at NPE 2009 or plan to operate more machinery on the Exhibit floor.