Commercial Vehicle Suppliers Show Strong Support for Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week

ORLAND PARK, IL – October 28, 2011 –Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) organizers report  strong response from a record number of exhibiting suppliers, with over 325 HDAW Product Expo exhibit spaces reserved during the first weeks of registration for the 2012 conference. HDAW‘12 will be held Monday, Jan. 23 -Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Several new suppliers have committed to participating in the annual event, resulting in a 33% increase in participation for HDAW ’12 over the previous year.

Surveyed suppliers intend to utilize the HDAW ’12 Product Expo to introduce their latest products and programs, network with colleagues and potential clients and promote new services.  HDAW’12 provides heavy duty suppliers an outstanding opportunity to display their product lines to the top heavy duty aftermarket distributors in the United States. 

In addition to high levels of supplier interest and support for the HDAW ’12 Product Expo, suppliers are demonstrating strong support for the conference’s highly popular pre-scheduled One-on-One meetings, with over 105 companies registered YTD. There were 1,667 individual HDAW One-on-One meetings held during the previous HDAW conference.

Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week is the largest North American gathering of the independent heavy-duty industry. More than 1,700 managers and executives from 17 countries – including distributors, manufacturers, service providers, educators and media – attended the 2011 conference in Las Vegas.

HDAW is presented by a joint operating committee composed of industry leaders from American Council of Frame and Alignment Specialists (ACOFAS), Association of Diesel Specialists (ADS), Automotive Electric Association (AEA), Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN), Heavy Duty America (HDA), Heavy Duty Distribution Association (HDDA), Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA), APRA's Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group (HDRG), International Truck Parts Association (ITPA), Overseas Automotive Council (OAC), Power Heavy Duty, Service Specialists Association (SSA), Truck Pride, Truck Frame and Axle Repair Association (TARA) and VIPAR Heavy Duty.

For more information, visit www.hdaw.org, or contact W.T. Glasgow, conference management, at 708.226.1300.