FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) announces that The Work Truck Show will be held in Chicago for the first time in 2009, and will return to St. Louis, in 2010.

The Work Truck Show is North America’s largest vocational truck event. It is held in conjunction with the NTEA’s Annual Convention.

The dates and locations of The Work Truck Show 2009 and 2010 are:

The Work Truck Show 2009 and the 45th Annual NTEA Convention, March 4-6, 2009 (Convention runs March 3-6) at the McCormick Place West Building (Chicago, IL).

The Work Truck Show 2010 and the 46th Annual NTEA Convention, March 10-12, 2010 (Convention runs March 9-12) at America’s Center (St. Louis, MO).

“We are very excited to be holding The Work Truck Show and NTEA Annual Convention in Chicago for the first time,” says Andrew Outcalt, NTEA convention chairman and president of Meyer Products LLC and Swenson Spreader LLC (Cleveland, OH). “The beautiful new McCormick Place West gives us an excellent opportunity to bring the event back to the Midwest, which is the geographical center of our industry.”

The Work Truck Show brings together vocational, municipal and private truck fleet managers and truck buyers from the Class 1–8 market with hundreds of the manufacturers, distributors and dealers that produce the trucks and equipment critical to their work. In this single location, attendees check out the latest full-size work trucks and equipment while examining individual vehicle components offered by 450 suppliers. The event also features topnotch industry-specific technical and business management training sessions.

For additional event information, visit www.ntea.com, or call (800) 441-NTEA (6832).