Theme For Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2017 Announced: ‘Developing Diverse Solutions’

Theme For Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2017 Announced: ‘Developing Diverse Solutions’

HDAW'17 will offer industry participants four days of education programs, a product expo with the latest in heavy-duty parts, services and information, peer networking and social activities.

Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2017 (HDAW’17) conference organizers have announced “Developing Diverse Solutions” as the theme for the annual conference to be held Jan. 23-26, 2017, at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

HDAW17 - Logo“Distributors, suppliers and fleets are all able to learn and build off this exciting program. Every participant has something valuable they can take away to empower creativity and positive energy throughout the industry,” said Carl Mesker, vice president of the Aftermarket Americas, SAF-Holland. “Finding new solutions to problems is what our industry needs, that is exactly what this year is all about.”

“This event is going to be outstanding, filled with fresh ideas and ways of thinking,” said Don Purcell, partner and co-owner of Stone Truck Parts, and co-chair of HDAW’17.

HDAW’17 will offer industry participants four days of education programs, a product expo with the latest in heavy-duty parts, services and information, peer networking and social activities, and one-on-one meetings, during which suppliers and distributors spend time discussing their businesses and opportunities for growth in their relationships to better serve end-user customers.

HDAW is the largest North American gathering of the independent heavy-duty aftermarket industry. More than 2,300 executives and managers from the U.S., Canada and six other countries ­ including distributors, suppliers, service providers, educators and industry media ­ attended the 2016 conference in Las Vegas.

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