Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week '09 will be held in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Feb. 16, through Thursday, Feb. 19.


The Headquarters Hotel will be the Rosen Centre, which will share conference venues with the adjoining Orange County Convention Center. The adjacent Rosen Plaza and The Peabody are also designated conference hotels.

For the fourth year of this popular heavy-duty distributor and supplier executive conference, HDAW '09 kicks-off with an All Industry Welcome Reception the evening of Feb. 16.

There will be exclusive conference time periods for pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings between distributors and supplier executives, a distributor education/best practices/information program, a 100,000-square-foot-plus HDAW product expo, an expanded HDAW industry awards program, networking opportunities for distributors and suppliers, and separate schedule periods for individual sponsor and company meetings and events.

Conference planning for HDAW '09 is in the early stages and is accomplished with volunteers and staff of the 12 sponsoring organizations.

HDAW is the largest North American gathering of the independent heavy duty industry, with more than 1,800 management and executive attendees from 17 countries attending in 2008.

HDAW is presented by a joint operating committee made up of industry leaders from American Council of Frame and Alignment Specialists (ACOFAS), Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN), Heavy Duty America (HDA), Heavy Duty Distribution Association (HDDA), Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA), Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group (HDRG), International Truck Parts Association (ITPA), Overseas Automotive Council (OAC), Power Heavy Duty, Service Specialists Association (SSA), Truck Pride and VIPAR HD Parts. For more information go to http://www.hdaw.org/.
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