The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) will co-locate the 2012 edition of its annual technical conference Antec with the international plastics showcase NPE2012. Produced by SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, NPE2012 will take place 1 – 5 April 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, FL, USA. Both Antec 2012 and the NPE trade show will begin on 2 April 2012. In addition to the traditional conference sessions, SPE will organise poster sessions on the NPE show floor. Antec is the world's largest plastics technical conference. The 2010 edition featured 630 peer-reviewed technical presentations.

According to SPI, one year before the start of NPE2012, exhibit sales were already equivalent to 98 % of the total occupied space at the last NPE in 2009. Thus far 862 exhibiting companies have purchased 70,720 m2 of space.