Watch heavy-duty aftermarket leaders answer the big questions

Watch heavy-duty aftermarket leaders answer the big questions

There were a truck-ton of big heavy-duty aftermarket ideas, insight and advice at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue (HDAD) presented by HDMA and MacKay and Co. You can click here to catch up on the big takeaways from the panels ranging from the aftermarket changes in our current world, government advocacy efforts, global economic impacts and technology talk.

But there’s more! Check out these videos of Q&A sessions with a few of HDAD’s biggest names.

Government must-wins, labor and technology issues

Ann Wilson, senior vice president, government affairs, MEMA takes questions from the audience with moderator Bill Long, president and CEO, MEMA.

Economists field questions from inflation to military activity in Ukraine

After talking about the economic outlook in a post-pandemic world, Kevin Depew, deputy chief economist, RSM and Moderator Dr. Bob Dieli, economist, MacKay and Co. sit down to answer questions from HDAD attendees.

How electrification impacts independent service and the aftermarket

Roger Nielsen, mobility investor and advisor, kicked off his panel on emerging truck technologies with the question of how his panelists see electric trucks impacting the aftermarket. Here’s what Bill Black, president and CEO, national fleet management and heav-duty truck supply; John Nelligan, senior vice president and president, truck, Americas, Meritor Inc.; and Mike Eppes, managing vice president of operations, Rush Enterprises had to say.

That’s just the start, check out more talking points from this, and all the panels featured here, check out our HDAD Live Blog by clicking below.

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