Total Product Expo (TPE2023) to Be Held in Las Vegas

Market2Firsts Events
Feb.21.2023
The Total Product Expo (TPE) will be held for three consecutive days, and 2Firsts will follow up and report the whole process.

On February 22, the Total Product Expo (TPE) will be held in Las Vegas.

 

More than 500 manufacturers will participate in this exhibition, including more than 40 distributors in the e-cigarette industry and more than 70 e-cigarette brand merchants. In addition, many well-known domestic e-cigarette companies will also participate in this exhibition, such as ELFBAR, SMOORE, ZOVOO, FirstUnion, INNOKIN, Zhenwei Technology (ZINWI), etc.

 

TPE is the largest tobacco exhibition throughout the entire Americas. It is held yearly at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the United States and has been successfully held for 22 sessions. TPE has a strong leading position in the sales market of international and American products. TPE reflects the new development trend of the North American tobacco industry. The exhibition includes cigarettes, cigars, smoking sets, shredded tobacco, flavors, etc.

 

According to the "2022 E-cigarette Industry Export Blue Book" report by Juanjuan thinktank, the United States is the largest e-cigarette consumption market, with 13.5 million consumers, accounting for half of the e-cigarette consumption market. American consumers have significant roles in the European market.

 

The 2Firsts Washington News Center staff members will go to Las Vegas and follow up on the exhibition. At the same time, 2Firsts will interview on-site exhibitors, dock with distributors and channel operators, and collect first-hand data to demonstrate the US e-cigarette market.

 

This TPE exhibition lasts for three days (22nd-24th), and the opening hours of the exhibition are as follows (both in the western United States):

 

February 22, 12:00-17:00

February 23, 10:30-17:00

February 24, 10:30-16:00

 

The media is allowed to enter the exhibition hall 1 hour before the exhibition's opening every day.

 

In addition, from 18:00 to 21:00 on February 22, TPE will hold an industry evening party at the Sahara Hotel.

 

See also:

TPE Exploration

List of All TPE Vape Distributors

List of All TPE Vape Players - 86 of the Total 509

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