GATS Launches New Products Showcase

Mar 6, 2002

The New Products Showcase will be unveiled at the Great American Trucking Show Sept. 6-8 in
Dallas. It will be the first products showcase for a trucking trade show, and will gather all the latest products in a single area.

The products on display will be those released between October 2001 and September 2002.

A tent card will be provided for every product in the showcase and will include the exhibitor’s company name, product name, booth number, brief description and production date. Participants will be in the New Products Showcase section of the GATS Official Directory.

For more information about the new exhibit area or exhibiting at GATS 2002, call (888) 349-4287 or (812) 949-9200, or fax (812) 949-9600. Also check out www.gatsonline.com.

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