Registrations for pre-scheduled, one-on-one meetings during Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week '10 has hit an all-time high, with 111 supplier teams already signed up
. HDAW '10 will take place at the Mirage in Las Vegas Jan. 18-21, 2010.

At last year's event, 71 distributor and 96 supplier companies participated in over 1,400 scheduled meetings. This year, organizers expect there to be well over 1,700 meetings for 2010. Currently, 15 percent of the registered suppliers are new to the one-on-one meetings, which are limited to suppliers that are members of one of the sponsoring organizations and have registered and reserved exhibit space at HDAW '10.

"The supplier registrations for HDAW'10 One-on-One meetings are the largest numbers we have had for any of the previous HDAW conferences," said Dave Bell, president of Erie Drive Train and co-chairman of HDAW '10. "I would like to encourage distributors to consider bringing extra teams to participate in the meetings to take full advantage of the total value of their supplier meeting opportunities."

HDAW is the largest North American gathering of the independent heavy-duty industry. More than 1,400 managers and executives from 17 countries including distributors, manufacturers, service providers, educators and media attended the 2009 conference.

HDAW is presented by a joint operating committee comprised 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), APRA's Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group (HDRG), International Truck Parts Association (ITPA), Overseas Automotive Council (OAC), Power Heavy Duty, Service Specialists Association (SSA), Truck Pride, Truck Frame and Axle Repair Association (TARA) and Vipar Heavy Duty.

More info: www.hdaw.org