• Marmon to highlight all product lines at Expo

    Marmon Highway Technologies (MHT) will host a trade show expressly for truck fleets, dealers and distributors Nov. 18-19 in Springdale, AR, to demonstrate new products and technological developments from the company’s various subsidiaries
    Oct. 29, 2009
    2 min read

    Marmon Highway Technologies (MHT) will host a trade show expressly for truck fleets, dealers and distributors Nov. 18-19 in Springdale, AR, to demonstrate new products and technological developments from the company’s various subsidiaries.

    The event, titled “Ideas in Motion Innovation Expo,” will feature products and technologies from Marmon’s ten companies: Fontaine Fifth Wheel, Fontaine Modification, Fontaine Spray Suppression (Fleetline, Hogebuilt and Nu-Line), Fontaine Trailer, Leland Brake and Wheel Parts, Marmon-Herrington, Perfection, Triangle Suspension Systems, TSE Brakes, and Webb Wheel. Executives from each company will be on hand to personally meet with customers.

    “All of our MHT companies are investing a great deal of time and money in R&D to develop new products and processes that will help fleets continue to reduce costs and improve profitability,” said Kelly Dier, president, Marmon Highway Technologies. “Times may be tough in trucking right now, but with the backing of Berkshire Hathaway, the foresight of our team leaders and our strategy of investment, all of us at MHT are excited about what the future has in store.”

    The expo will be held at the Holiday Inn & Northwest Arkansas Convention Center from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and from 1 to 3 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19. Light food and beverages will be served. Thursday’s afternoon session will follow the Arkansas Trucking Assn.’s Maintenance and Technology Council meeting.

    There is no cost to attend the Expo, but advanced registration is requested. Go here to register.

    Event attendees are also invited to tour the state-of-the-art Webb Wheel manufacturing facility located 25 minutes from the convention center in Siloam Springs, AR. Shuttles will be available.

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