RESTON, VA. — More than 48,000 people attended Pack Expo International and Pharma Expo 2014 last week in Chicago, according to Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), the show organizer.

That’s a 6.5-percent jump over 2012 for the four-day event at McCormick Place. A total of 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space was used by 2,352 exhibiting companies, PMMI said.

PMMI, a trade group, represents more than 650 packaging and processing supply chain companies.