Aftermarket Executives had a busy week in Orlando with dual events — Heavy Duty Dialogue and Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week on the agenda.
The week began with Heavy Duty Dialogue, which presented a macro-view of the commercial vehicle industry to senior and top executives in the business of manufacturing truck parts. It was followed immediately by Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW), an aftermarket conference that involves 13 industry organizations.
More than 1400 individuals attended the three-day HDAW, including 218 exhibiting supplier companies and 410 distributor executives, representing 194 distributor companies. The fourth annual HDAW conference was held at the Orange County Convention Center and the Rosen Centre from February 16-19.
Seven individual education programs were presented to large audiences on topics ranging from profit planning analysis to business planning to challenges facing new technologies in the aftermarket.
“The overall theme for HDAW '09 was Maximizing Opportunities in Challenging Times,” said Joe McAleese, Karon's partner as 2009 co-chair and CEO of Bendix CVS. “Our strategy for attendees at the conference was to provide maximum take-away from all elements of the program. This included significant content, the addition of DVD recordings of all of the education programs and workbooks containing all program materials.”
HDAW '10 will be held at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, January 18-21.