ORLAND PARK, IL – A combined management structure for the 2009 Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week Conference (HDAW) has been finalized with the announcement of a new agreement between the three conference organizers: Heavy Duty Distribution Association, Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association and the Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network.

HDAW ’09 will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Feb. 16 through Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009.

"CVSN is pleased to be an integral part of HDAW. This ownership agreement demonstrates that all of the major players are focused on making our industry stronger," said Ken Duval, CVSN President and President, Canadian Wheel. "CVSN remains a distributor-focused association. We believe that we will help make HDAW even better because we bring a strong distributor orientation to the ownership and management of the event."

"The tremendous success of HDAW ’08 was the initial product of a great team effort between the HDAW organizers (HDDA and HDMA), CVSN and the HDAW Joint Operating Committee," said Joe McAleese, President and CEO of Bendix CVS and HDMA’s 2008 Chairman. "This effective partnership and cooperation has helped to elevate the annual HDAW conference to a new level, and we expect it will continue to improve with each passing year."

"One of the objectives of HDAW is to have a common platform where distributor issues can be discussed, appropriate plans created, and actions implemented. Having CVSN as an organizer and its members as active participants establishes HDAW as an all industry event where this objective is achieved," said Dave Scheer, HDDA Chair and President, Inland Truck Parts Company.