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PLAYING THEIR PART

Their natural truck show habitat is generally the upper floors, an escalator ride or two from huge hall where the trucks and trailers and glitz live. Yet the parts and accessories folk know they are the grease that keeps the industry rolling the way customers stalking the big hall want it to.

Up there can be found towing systems and IT, weighing systems and lights – and enough other bits and pieces to make visitors’ heads spin.

And if forced to pick one thing that bound them all together, it would be impossible to go past the immense regard they have for the growth and development of the show and their desire to return for the next one.

With around 200 exhibitors showing products weighing in at much less than a truck or trailer, talking to all was not an option but here is a selection of those we did have a chat with.

LED AUTOLAMPS LIGHTS UP

For LED Autolamps, the Brisbane Truck Show is crucial for keeping its finger on the industry pulse as well as keeping its profile high in the market place.

“It was vitally important for us to attend the 2019 Brisbane Truck

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