Newcom gearing up for truck show in the ‘peg

WINNIPEG – The new Winnipeg Truck Show rolls into Manitoba’s capital city this coming spring, and show organizers are putting in place the pieces to ensure the inaugural show will leave a lasting impression.

The two-day truck show takes place May 23rd and 24th, 2008. It is the only official trade show for everyone involved in the transportation industry in Western Canada.

Owned and operated by Newcom Business Media — the parent company of this website and Today’s Trucking magazine — the Winnipeg Truck Show will feature more than 200 exhibitors on a 120,000-plus sq. ft. exhibit floor, a Friday evening highwaySTAR party which will feature free entertainment and food, and a Show ‘n Shine that will display Canada’s most beautiful bobtails and combos.

The Show ‘n Shine trucks will convoy through town to wrap up the event and help promote the next World’s Largest Truck Convoy for Special Olympics.

Exhibitors at the Winnipeg Truck Show will feature the latest in trucks, trailers, heavy-duty parts and accessories, engines and power train components, service-shop equipment and supplies, tires, fuels, financial services, and many other products and services used in the trucking industry.

Transport company owners, fleet managers and drivers, owner-operators, managers and purchasing agents, service-shop owners, private carriers, garage personnel, government transport officials and heavy-duty parts jobbers will all attend the Winnipeg Truck Show.

A series of need-to-know free seminars will complete the experience for the expected 8,000 industry professionals from across Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and Saskatchewan who will converge in Winnipeg for this important industry event.

On Saturday, May 24th, Jim Park, editor of highwaySTAR magazine will examine Spec’ing and Driving for Fuel Economy. At this session, you will learn practical ideas you can use right away to improve your truck’s performance and lower your fuel costs.

Ten Things Successful Owner Operators Do is another seminar conducted by Jim Park. As a former owner-operator, Park is intimately acquainted with the issues affecting owner operators in Canada. Participants will leave this session with 10 things they can do right away to make their trucking business more profitable.

On Friday, May 23rd it’s a Survival Strategies Fleet Forum. It’s tough out there with competition heating up, margins narrowing and the quest for good drivers becoming more challenging. Rolf Lockwood, editorial director with Today’s Trucking, highwaySTAR and Transport Routier will act as moderator as expert panelists address the technological challenges facing fleet operators, legislative issues and driver retention.