LYNCHBURG, Va. (Jan. 30, 2006) -- Iowa Precision, the industry leader in coil processing, HVAC ducting systems, furnace pipe and fitting machinery, and accessories has announced the appointment of NB Handy Company as their agent/distributor in Northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey.

"Iowa Precision sets the standard in custom designed and manufactured automated coil processing solutions," said Paul Seufer, General Manager for NB Handy’s Machinery Division. “We are companies that share similar values for quality and service and comparable visions for the industry. Iowa Precision is a first class company and extending our territory lends continuity to what NB Handy is doing.”

Headquartered in Lynchburg, Va., NB Handy is a company with a 115-year heritage of performance and reliability. Staffed with machinery sales specialists and backed by a professional sales support staff and the largest machinery service and repair group east of the Mississippi River, NB Handy extends the value of the Iowa Precision product line.

“NB Handy has extended their reach. They have put the capacity in place in terms of quality employees to forward the interests of both our company and our customers,” said Dick Burkart, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Iowa Precision.

NB Handy has branch locations in Baltimore and Capitol Heights, Md. Two machinery service repair and service technicians are dispatched from Baltimore. The Machinery Group is located in Lynchburg, Virginia where a 24,000 square foot facility has been dedicated to machinery inventory, sales support, and includes an 8,000 square-foot shop where machines are refurbished and rebuilt.

NB Handy has represented Iowa Precision for since 1992. Burkart points out that out of almost 40 dealers nationwide, NB Handy has been among the top six dealers each year since the relationship began.

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