ORLAND PARK, Ill. Organizers for Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) are reporting a strong response from a record number of exhibiting suppliers, with more than 325 HDAW Product Expo exhibit spaces reserved during the first weeks of registration for the 2012 conference. HDAW’12 will be held Monday, Jan. 23 through Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
Several new suppliers have committed to participating in the annual event, resulting in a 33 percent increase in participation for HDAW ’12 over the previous year.
Surveyed suppliers say they intend to utilize the HDAW ’12 Product Expo to introduce their latest products and programs, network with colleagues and potential clients and promote new services. HDAW’12 provides heavy-duty suppliers an outstanding opportunity to display their product lines to the top heavy-duty aftermarket distributors in the United States.
In addition to high levels of supplier interest and support for the HDAW ’12 Product Expo, suppliers are demonstrating strong support for the conference’s highly popular pre-scheduled One-on-One meetings, with more than 105 companies registered year-to-date. There were 1,667 individual HDAW One-on-One meetings held during the previous HDAW conference.
More than 1,700 managers and executives from 17 countries including distributors, manufacturers, service providers, educators and media attended the 2011 conference in Las Vegas.
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