ATA MC&E 2015: Day One

Oct. 17, 2015

The 2015 American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition (MC&E) got started with a spate of press conferences that included the announcement that Kenworth Truck Co. will not be attending the annual Mid America Trucking Show in March 2016. Only Peterbilt Motors Co., Kenworth's brother company, remains as the only truck maker that has not publicly declared whether or not it will attend Mid America next year; every other OEM, now including Kenworth, has said they won't.  

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Sean previously reported and commented on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry. Also be sure to visit Sean's blog Trucks at Work where he offers analysis on a variety of different topics inside the trucking industry.

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