LAS VEGAS -- Bill Glasgow Sr., president of W.T. Glasgow Inc. in Orland Park, IL, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Overseas Automotive Council (OAC) yesterday during AAPEX.

“Under Bill’s management, the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) has grown to be one of the most important trade shows of the global automotive aftermarket,” said Anthony Cardez, OAC director of business development. “He and his employees have been tireless in their efforts to promote the aftermarket and make this one of the most successful shows of its kind.”

For the past 20 years, Glasgow has directed his family-owned and operated trade show management firm, W. T. Glasgow, Inc. The scope of services offered by Glasgow includes: sales, operations, marketing, meeting and special event planning for domestic and international trade shows. In addition to AAPEX, Glasgow currently manages PAACE Automechanika Mexico and Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) which makes its debut in January 2006.

He launched his company with the management contract of the former APAA Show. When APAA merged with the Big I Show, Glasgow was awarded the management contract for the combined event, known today as AAPEX. The event ranks #34 in Trade Show Week’s prestigious “Trade Show 100.” W.T. Glasgow was the first recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce E-Certificate for Service in promoting exports through trade shows.

Glasgow began his career at the Chicago Hilton & Towers in Chicago. His experience includes serving as general manager of Greyhound Foods at McCormick Place, and vice president and show manager of the Consumer Electronics Show. Glasgow organized and was the first chairman of the Major American Trade Show Organizers (MATSO), a forum for managers of major trade shows to discuss the unique needs and common problems shows experienced by shows of large magnitude.

Previous OAC Lifetime Achievement Award winners include

• José Antonio Godoy, president of Representaciones Godoy, Caracas, Venezuela,

• Nicola “Nick” Antakli, chairman of Intraco Corp., Troy, Mich.;

• Galindez Velazquez, president and owner of Empresas Velazquez, Puerto Rico;

• James J. Conner, vice president of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA), Research Triangle Park, N.C.;

• Stephen W. Kann, publisher, “Aftermarket International,” Keller International Publishing, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.;

• F. Carl Smith, vice president and general manager, Intraco Corp. (then of Federal-Mogul Corp.);

• Jack Dreyfus, chairman and president of Dreyco Inc., Carlstadt, N.J.;

• Joe R. Gerson, retired president of Hydrus Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind.;

• Robert Cahill, retired, Long Island, N.Y.;

• Fred Norrmann, president of Fred Norrmann C.A. in Caracas, Venezuela;

• the late Hugo D’Amato, Bronxville, N.Y.; Louis Agnesini, retired, Valley Stream, N.Y.;

• Guillermo Quintero, president of Quinteros Ltda. in Bogota, Columbia;

• Verne Tiffany, retired, Punta Gorda, Fla.; and

• James Macvean, retired, Southern Pines, N.C.

OAC, international aftermarket division of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, promotes the sale in foreign markets of automotive products manufactured in North America.

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