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Kenworth the latest OEM to drop the Mid-America Trucking Show

Kenworth's Preston Feight says the company won't exhibit at next year's Mid-America Trucking Show.Kenworth’s Preston Feight says the company won’t exhibit at next year’s Mid-America Trucking Show.

Preston Feight, Kenworth general manager and Paccar vice president, said Kenworth will not be exhibiting at the 2016 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., next March. The company joins Daimler Trucks North America, Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks and Navistar, all who announced their intent to not exhibit at the annual tradeshow.

Click here to see all of CCJ’s coverage from the American Trucking Association’s annual Management Conference and Exhibition. 

“We’re not going to MATS,” said Feight during a press conference at the American Trucking Association’s Management Conference & Exhibition in Philadelphia. “We will continue to invest our money into making sure our customers have experiences with our products.”

 

Jeff Crissey is Fusable's content director for OEM/Aftermarket and is responsible for coordinating special editorial projects and events for the company's Commercial Carrier Journal, Equipment World and Overdrive brands. Prior to this role, Crissey served as editor of CCJ for 10 years. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Auburn University and has been a member of Fusable's editorial staff for 27 years, where his coverage of industry topics has earned numerous regional and national awards over the years. Before joining Fusable, Crissey was a production assistant at CNN in Atlanta.

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