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Annual HDRA Breakfast at MATS to Feature Distributor, New Lines

Keynoter to give the heavy-duty suppliers and manufacturer's reps a distributor's perspective on new challenges in today's new aftermarket.

ELGIN, Ill. — The Heavy Duty Representatives Association (HDRA) has announced Mary Craig Czerwonka, former owner of A-C Brake Co., as the keynote speaker of HDRA’s Annual Breakfast at the Mid-America Trucking Show on Thursday, March 19, in Louisville, Ky.

Czerwonka will give the heavy-duty suppliers and manufacturer’s reps a distributor’s perspective on new challenges in today’s new aftermarket.

She has been involved in the heavy duty truck industry through A-C Brake Co. for more than 27 years, and has participated in 30 Mid-America Truck Shows.

“We are very pleased to have Mary Craig as our speaker for the HDRA Annual Breakfast. She will give excellent insight to our members on the state of mind of distributors in the changing aftermarket,” said Stephen Grace, president of HDRA.

The annual breakfast takes place the morning prior to the show opening. The breakfast will be on March 19 at 7 am in the Crown Plaza Hotel (formerly the Executive West Hotel). The recently renovated Crown Plaza Hotel is conveniently located across the street from the Kentucky Exposition Center, where the Mid-America Truck Show will be taking place from March 19 thru March 21.

For information about the breakfast or how to attend the event, call or e-mail Kelly Holliday at (847) 760-0067 or [email protected].

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