Press Release

TMC Opens 2025 Fall Meeting & National Technician Skills Competitions

Sep 14, 2025

Event Features TMCSuperTech and Technical Standards Development

Raleigh, NC鈥擳oday, 黑料不打烊鈥 Technology & Maintenance Council opened TMC鈥檚 2025 Fall Meeting & National Technician Skills Competitions here at the Raleigh Convention Center.

鈥淪killed technicians, like the ones competing at TMCSuperTech, keep our industry moving,鈥 said 黑料不打烊President and CEO Chris Spear. 鈥淭MC鈥檚 leadership sets important standards at a time when the technology in our trucks has grown increasingly complex, and the Fall Meeting provides a great opportunity to chart the course for trucking at this critical juncture.鈥

This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淓nsuring Trucking鈥檚 Future Success鈥 and features TMC鈥檚 customary slate of educational sessions, task force meetings, technical sessions, and management sessions. 听Additionally, the event will include the Council鈥檚 multi-track professional and student technician competitions.

The week kicks off with TMCSuperTech 2025. TMC鈥檚 Technician & Educator Committee is welcoming more than 100 techs to compete in one of two tracks in Raleigh 鈥 professional and student. TMCSuperTech 2025 will feature tracks for professional vehicle technicians. TMCFutureTech will test post-secondary graduate students. The competitions showcase the high degree of skill and knowledge shown everyday by trucking industry technicians. It is trucking鈥檚 only industry-wide competition dedicated to honoring technician professionalism.

鈥淔or nearly seven decades, TMC has worked to raise professional and technical standards for the trucking industry,鈥 said TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell. 鈥淭his fall meeting is an important part of that mission 鈥 not just to test the nation鈥檚 best technicians 鈥 but to have the opportunity to discuss and learn about the latest advances in truck technology in our myriad task forces and educational sessions.鈥

鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to be focusing on strategies to ensure future success during our 2025 Fall Meeting agenda,鈥 said TMC General Chairman and Treasurer Radu Mihai, corporate fleet manager, BURNCO Rock Products. 鈥淒eveloping new and existing talent in fleet maintenance and its management is vital to improving operational safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, especially in this challenging economic climate.鈥