Photos: Technology & Maintenance Council Meeting
Free magnets at the Federal Mogul booth. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Wabash National showed a prototype composite refrigerated van that uses molded structural composites, offering up to 25% improvement in thermal performance and making it up to 20% lighter. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
In the exhibit hall. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
A panel discussion on the technician shortage said trucking isn't doing enough to bring young people into this career. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Chris Villavarayan, president of Meritor Americas, talks to HDT reporters. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Denso displaying its award-winning PowerEdge alternator introduced last year. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Outgoing TMC Chairman Kevin Tomlinson cuts the ceremonial ribbon opening the exhibit hall. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Doug White, vice president of maintenance of Dunbar Armored, Hunt Valley, Md., is TMC's 2016-2017 general chairman and treasurer. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Arkansas' "Be Proud, Be Pro" initative promotes technicans and other trade careers. Photo: Deborah Lockridge.
Tractor pull champion Larry Koester talks to an attendee about his high-powered 'mini mod' Footloose to Shell's booth. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Chevron's booth. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Marangoni shows off its spliceless retread technology. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
A number of exhibitors used giveaways to help drive interest among attendees. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Monday's weather outside the Music City Center in Nashville was beautiful -- a far cry from last year's ice storm.
A session on the technician shortage was very well attended. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Live music at the Dana Spicer booth made exhibit hours more pleasant. Photo: Deborah Lockridge
Rich Carroll, VP sales & marketing for Jost International, with the German firm's 500,000th fifth wheel produced and sold since it came to North America in 1999. Photo: Tom Berg
Wabash National truck body made of new molded structural composites has entered production, the Indiana builder says. Photo: Tom Berg
PunctureGuard walls in Great Dane Champion pup trailer are said to be almost immune to impact damage. Photo: Tom Berg