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NTEA hosts economic conference

Sept. 1, 2004

The National Truck Equipment Assn. (NTEA) will hold its annual Economic Outlook Conference (EOC) on September 22 at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn (MI). The full-day conference features data and analyses of truck markets, truck equipment markets and specific end-user markets. Scheduled speakers include Mustafa Mohatarem, chief economist for General Motors Corp.; Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated

The National Truck Equipment Assn. (NTEA) will hold its annual Economic Outlook Conference (EOC) on September 22 at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn (MI).

The full-day conference features data and analyses of truck markets, truck equipment markets and specific end-user markets. Scheduled speakers include Mustafa Mohatarem, chief economist for General Motors Corp.; Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America and a FleetOwner columnist; Eli Lustgarten, analyst for J.B. Hanauer & Co.; Gene Huang, chief economist for FedEx Corp; and Stephen Latin-Kasper, director of market data & research for NTEA.

Conference fees are $195 for NTEA member and $300 for non-members. For more information or to register, call 800-441-NTEA or visit the “training area” of www.ntea.com.

Dates for NTEA's next two Work Truck Shows have also been set: March 2-4, 2005 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis; and March 1-3, 2006 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.