The third annual Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week drew about 1,800 attendees to Las Vegas in January for a week of industry panels, product exhibitions and one-on-one distributor-supplier meetings.
According to the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association, this year’s show featured:
Industry economics and issues were presented and discussed during HDAW’s Heavy Duty Aftermarket Forum and Business and Technical Theater sessions. HDAW was preceded by 14th annual Heavy Duty Dialogue.
Following are highlights from Heavy Duty Dialogue and HDAW 2008. For expanded coverage of these events, visit www.truckpartsandservice.com.
Karon, Total Truck Parts Named Truck Parts & Service’s 2007 Distributor of the Year
Marc Karon, president of Total Truck Parts, West Palm Beach, Fla., was named Truck Parts & Service magazine’s 2007 Distributor of the Year during the awards luncheon held at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week in Las Vegas.
Karon, a former Distributor of the Year finalist, was selected through votes cast by aftermarket representatives from suppliers, distributors, organizations and the editorial staff of Truck Parts & Service.
“We extend our thanks to the editors and publishers of TPS, to our vendor partners who help us every day to achieve our goals and to our people who work hard and have fun succeeding,” says Karon, who accepted the award with Total Truck Parts co-owners Tom Fitzpatrick, Tom Gibson and Jack Wilcosky. “We especially thank our distributor peers and friends in the industry who have helped us along the way and made this award something of indescribable value to us.”
