"This is another example of our aim to widen the appeal of the CV Show," said Richard Gibbs, CV Show Committee chairman.  "We've arranged more specialist areas around the show, to save visitors time and help exhibitors meet more buyers."

The range of exhibitors at the CV Show has grown year-on-year since the first combined event in 2000 but 2006 will see a big improvement to its layout.  For instance, from a tyre maker's point of view, the fact that most forklift truck makers will exhibit at the show widens the range of business opportunities in an annual shop window for the road transport and logistics business.

Already, most major tyre makers will be there, with Goodyear Dunlop recently confirming their return for the sixth straight year.  Like Bridgestone, Hankook, Michelin and Uniroyal, they'll show tyres for everything from forklifts to 44-ton transcontinental trucks.  Firms like ATS will find wider opportunities for tyre management contracts and similar services.

"We've more than 80 per cent of the available space already reserved for contracted exhibitors and we've also just mailed floor plans to them, showing where their stands are in the specialist sector areas of the 90,000m2 exhibition", said Gibbs.  "We're confident that the CV Show will again be the industry's meeting place next April."

Next year's CV Show and ATS at the National Exhibition Centre will be open from Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 April inclusive.  It is a business-to-business event with a proven track record as one of the biggest and most successful of its type in Europe.

The event is owned by the CV Show Partnership, comprising the Road Haulage Association, the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, a professional sector of the Society of Operations Engineers, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.  Crystal Communications handles stand space sales for the Partnership.