JCB Inc. has announced the appointment of Valley Supply & Equipment Company Inc. as a new JCB dealer. It will provide sales as well as parts and service support for the full line of JCB machines throughout Maryland and northern Virginia.

Valley Supply & Equipment Co. has three locations. The Funkstown office is located at 108 East Baltimore St., Funkstown, MD. Its phone number is 301/733-7414. The president is Howard Klein with James Price as vice president and Gary Divelbiss as branch manager.

The Baltimore office is located at 1109 Middle River Rd., Baltimore, MD, and can be reached by calling 410/780-4000. The branch manager is Ed Hullett.

In Virginia, the Valley Supply & Equipment branch, located at 8192 Euclid Ct., Manassas, VA, can be reached by calling 703/330-5579. The branch manager at this location is John W. “JW” Walker.

“We’re pleased that Valley Supply & Equipment Company Inc. has taken on the JCB product line in Maryland and Virginia,” said Arjun Mirdha, JCB Inc. vice president, sales and dealer development.

JCB Inc. is the North American subsidiary of JC Bamford Excavators Ltd. According to the company, it is one of the top five construction equipment manufacturers in the world. In January 2000, JCB’s first “Made in the USA” backhoe loader was built at the company’s new 500,000-sq.-ft. North American headquarters and manufacturing facility in Savannah, GA.

For more information, call 888/PICK JCB (888/742-5522) or visit www.jcb.com.