Industry Leaders To Discuss Globalization At The HDAD

The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association, the heavy-duty division of the Motor Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA), and MacKay & Co. have announced that Tom Clevinger, senior vice president and general manager – Global Truck & Bus of Navistar Inc.; Bill Gordon, president – Aftermarket Division of Bergstrom Inc.; Jeev Khanduja, vice president of Automann; and Emily Poladian, managing director – Asia of Firestone Industrial Products, will participate in a globalization panel at the fourth Annual Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue (HDAD) conference, to be held on Jan. 25, 2016, at The Mirage in Las Vegas, immediately preceding Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2016.

Their panel, “Global Views of the Heavy Duty Aftermarket; We’re Not Alone Out There!,” will focus on global supply chains, concepts currently working for global distribution, mature versus developing global aftermarkets, how to manage a global supply network and the impact of non-North American aftermarket supply on the North American aftermarket.

This segment will be moderated by Tim Walker, executive vice president – sales of Truck-Lite Co. LLC.

As one of three in HDMA’s Heavy Duty Dialogue Series, Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue program will provide insight and a forward look at the heavy-duty aftermarket, with an introduction by Tim Kraus of HDMA and Stu MacKay of MacKay & Co., an aftermarket industry forecast with MacKay & Co., and a market and economic outlook with heavy-duty industry expert Dr. Robert Dieli, of RDLB Inc., and financial expert, Bill Strauss, of the Chicago Federal Reserve.

Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue features individual presenters and separate distribution executive panel-discussions with primary topics that include:

Current Aftermarket Architecture
Economic Update
360° View of the Heavy Duty Aftermarket
The Aftermarket’s Future – Discussion of Telematics, Disruptions in Distribution, E-Commerce, Forecast & Outlook, Service Access Issues

Conference registration will include: printed conference books containing available presentation materials, breakfast, breaks, a networking luncheon and the HDAW’15 All-Industry Reception – all intended to facilitate networking with industry peers. Those planning to attend are encouraged to arrive on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016 to prepare for the conference’s start time of 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016.

For more information on HDAD‘16, visit hdma.org. For more information on the HDAD’16 room block click here.