INDIANAPOLIS – More than 10,000 work truck industry professionals are set to descend on Indianapolis next week for North America’s largest work truck event. The Work Truck Show 2013 runs March 6-8 at the Indiana Convention Center and features 500,000 square feet of the newest vocational trucks, vans and equipment.
According to show organizers, the Work Truck Show offers something for everyone, including educational sessions, product introductions and unique test-drives on city streets.
"This is the biggest week of the year for many people in our industry," said Shawn Jacobs, NTEA 2013 Convention chairman and president and CEO of STS Trailer & Truck Equipment (Syracuse, N.Y.). "The Work Truck Show is where new chassis, bodies, equipment, components and technologies are launched. Educational sessions start March 5, a day before the show floor opens, because we have so many topics to cover."
Off the 500,000-square-foot show floor, attendees can take part in the interactive Green Truck Ride-and-Drive. It is the only event in the country that offers real-world test-drives in more than 20 commercially viable advanced hybrid and alternative fuel vocational vehicles, event organizers say. The Ride-and-Drive route takes participants onto the streets of Indianapolis and around Lucas Oil Stadium before returning to the Convention Center, giving them a true idea about how the trucks perform.
Last year’s Work Truck Show at the Indiana Convention Center was the largest in the show’s history, with 563 exhibitors and more than 10,400 attendees. Shortly after it wrapped up, the NTEA committed to holding the event in Indianapolis through 2016.
This year’s event will feature 53 exhibitors, including:
• Aero Industries Inc. (Indianapolis)
• Alexander Screw Products/Weightlifter (Indianapolis)
• Allison Transmission Inc. (Indianapolis)
• Amerimax (Bristol)
• Andy Mohr Truck Center (Indianapolis)
• ASA/Voyager Cameras (Elkhart)
• AUTOCAR INDUSTRIES (Hagerstown)
• Better Way Products (New Paris)
• Boss Industries Inc. (La Porte)
• Clean Seal Inc. (South Bend)
• CNG Source Inc. (Indianapolis)
• Crosspoint Kinetics (Indianapolis)
• CTW (Greenwood)
• Cummins Inc. (Columbus)
• Delco Remy (Pendleton)
• ECHO Automotive (Anderson)
• EZ Trac – TDS Drive (Brookston)
• Greater Indiana Clean Cities (Mooresville)
• Green Alternative Systems (Elkhart)
• IMMI/Cargo Buckle (Westfield)
• IMPCO Automotive (Union City)
• Jason Industries Inc. (Elkhart)
• KampCo Steel Products, Inc. (Elkhart)
• Liquid Spring LLC (Lafayette)
• MCC Equipment & Service Center (Indianapolis)
• Meyer Distributing (Jasper)
• Mid-State Truck Equipment (Fishers)
• Midway Specialty Vehicles (Elkhart)
• Monroe Custom Bodies, Inc. (Greenfield)
• MOR/ryde International (Elkhart)
• Muncie Power Products (Muncie)
• Nagy FleetNet Inc. (Elkhart)
• Power-Packer Inc. (Mishawaka)
• ProAir (Elkhart)
• RC Industries, Inc. (Elkhart)
• Real Power/Contour Hardening, Inc. (Indianapolis)
• Reelcraft Industries Inc. (Columbia City)
• Remy Inc. (Pendleton)
• Rotary Lift (Madison)
• Ryder Transportation Inc. (Indianapolis)
• Speedway LLC/SuperFleet (Indianapolis)
• Sto-Away Power Cranes Inc. (Crown Point)
• Sun Power Technologies (Whitestown)
• Supreme Corporation (Goshen)
• TKO Graphix (Plainfield)
• Tower Structural Laminating (Ligonier)
• Truck Accessories Group – LEER Fleet/Pace Edwards (Elkhart)
• TST-Transportation Safety Technologies, Inc./Riverside Mfg. LLC (Fort
• Wayne)
• Utilimaster Corp. (Bristol)
• Vanair Manufacturing Inc. (Michigan City)
• Van’s Electrical Systems (Indianapolis)
• Warner Bodies (Noblesville)
• Zuncin/YSN (Elkhart)
The Work Truck Show is produced annually by the NTEA. To register, visit www.ntea.com or call 1-800-441-6832. On-site registration is also available.
