HDT Presents 2022 Top 20 Product Awards [Photos]

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HDT’s 2022 Top 20 Products, honoring the best new trucking equipment and products introduced in 2021, were awarded during the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. Check out our gallery of the awards presentations, and read about the winners.

Top 20 award winners not shown in gallery: Mack, Sensata, Thermo King.

Nathalie Tessier, vice president and general manager, Alcoa Wheels, accepts the Top 20 award for its Dual-Valve Wheel from HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge.
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From left, Jason Altwies, Conmet director of business development and strategic partnerships; Michael Flynn, director, engineering emobility; Deborah Lockridge, HDT editor in chief; and Marc Trahand, vice president and general manager of the emobility business unit, during the Top 20 Products award presentation for the Conmet PreSet Plus eHub.
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Puneet Jhaward, general manager, global natural gas business, left; and Nick Roth, director of national accounts, right, accept the HDT Top 20 Award from HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge for the 15L natural-gas-powered X15N engine.
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From left, Tom Haughs, Doleco VP sales; Deborah Lockridge, HDT editor in chief; Ralph Abato, Doleco president and managing director; Eelco Noort, Eelco Noort, product manager for LoadLok, which is partnering with Doleco to bring these product to North America; and inventor Steve Downing during the HDT Top 20 awards presentation for the LayerLok Double-Decking System.
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Todd Whiting, co-founder and vice president of engineering for Gear Head Lube, proudly displays his company’s Top 20 award for its fifth wheel lube pads.
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From left, Sean Kenney, Hyundai Translead chief sales officer; Jong Seod Lee, general manager; HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge; and Bongjae Lee, president and CEO, during the HDT Top 20 awards presentation for the new Hyundai Composite.
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John Nelligan, senior VP and president, Truck Americas, for Meritor, accepts the HDT Top 20 award from Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge for the 14Xe ePowertrain.
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Jerel Ellis, vice president / general manager at Mission Critical Electronics Purkeys division, accept the HDT Top 20 award from Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge for Safex system.
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Gil Gomez, fleet sales manager – service for Paccar Parts, left, and Andrew Kirkland, fleet sales manager, accept the HDT Top 20 award for the Paccar TX-8 transmission from HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge.
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Rich Nagel, director of marketing for Bendix air supply and aftermarket business, and Nicole Oreskovic, Bendix vice president of sales and marketing, accept the Top 20 award for the Bendix AD-HFi Air Dryer with Electronic Air Control (EAC) from Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge.
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Left to right, Paul Sniegocki, Clarience Technologies EVP, Engineering and CTO; Jarryd Pearson, Truck-Lite mechanical design supervisor; Deborah Lockridge, HDT editor in chief; and Shane Brown, Truck-Lite general manager, during the Top 20 award presentation for the Truck-Lite Heated Super 44 and 60 Series LED Stop/Turn/Tail Lamp.
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Daimler Trucks North America President and CEO John O’Leary, center, accepts the HDT Top 20 award from HDT Publisher David Moniz, left, and Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge, right, for the Detroit Assurance Suite of Safety Systems 2022 New Features.
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From left, Matt Joy, Hendrickson president and CEO; and Matt Wilson, general manager, controls business unit, trailer commercial vehicle systems, receive a Top 20 Products award from HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge and Publisher David Moniz for the Watchman.
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Deborah Lockridge, HDT editor in chief, presents the HDT Top 20 award to Jason Kreidler, director of innovation for J.J. Keller, for its new Universal Placard Holder.
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From left, Jim Epler, EVP at Phillips Connect Technologies; Jessica Smith, VP of customer and data insight; Rob Phillips, founder and CEO of Phillips Connect, and HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge during the HDT Top 20 awards presentation for the Phillips Connect Smart7 with Connect1 Health Monitoring.
Phillips Connect is a sponsor of Justin Ashley Racing and its Davis Motorsports 11,000-hp Top Fuel dragster in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.
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Darin Cate, VP engineering, left, and Patrick McNamara, VP sales and marketing, accept the HDT Top 20 Products award from HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge for the TSE-Sense Smart Air Brake Chamber.
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From left, HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge presents the HDT Top 20 award to Whiting Systems President Russ Whiting; Logan Gilbert, national account manager/business development; Jason Rhoads, director of marketing and disinfectants; and Cole Boardman, national account manager, for the Whiting Systems SmartWashout.
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