Yancey Bros. Named as Blue Bird School Bus Dealer for Georgia, Alabama

AUSTELL, Ga., Nov. 13, 2007 -- Austell-based Yancey Bros. Co. has been named as the exclusive dealer of all Blue Bird school bus products for Georgia and Alabama, Yancey Bros. and Blue Bird officials have announced.

In naming the newly formed Yancey Bus Sales & Service to its growing dealer network, Blue Bird noted that Yancey will offer the full line of Blue Bird school bus products in the states of Georgia and Alabama. For the past three years, Yancey Power Systems Division has been an authorized Blue Bird Bus Care and Bus Spec dealer in Georgia, providing parts distribution and warranty repairs on Blue Bird school buses across the state.

"We are pleased that Yancey has joined with Blue Bird in this growing relationship," said Roger Howsmon, Blue Bird Senior Vice President, School Bus Sales & Marketing. "Their diversity of business and focus on providing the highest level of customer dedicated products and services will bring an unmatched level of product sales, service and support to Blue Bird customers in Georgia and Alabama."

Yancey's expanded role as a full-service Blue Bird dealer will include providing school districts, contractors, and many public and private sector customers across Georgia and Alabama with a world-class level of sales, service and after-purchase support, noted Jim Stephenson, President and CEO of Yancey Bros. Co.

"Quality products, superior customer service and unequaled experience have combined to make Yancey Bros. Co. and its various divisions an industry leader for nearly a century," added Stephenson. "With the addition of the Blue Bird school bus line, we remain on track to strategically grow and expand our company's product offerings."

Plans for the new Yancey Bus Sales & Service Division include offering sales and service locations in both Georgia and Alabama, along with a dedicated fleet of service trucks and parts delivery vans for Blue Bird product support, added Stephenson. The company expects that the new responsibilities will create up to 30 new jobs in Georgia and Alabama in the next twelve months.

For 80 years, Blue Bird Corporation has set industry standards for innovative design and manufacturing capabilities of school, recreational and commercial vehicles.

Since 1914, Yancey Bros. Co. has served customers in the construction, road building, mining, aggregates on highway trucking, power generation and agricultural communities by providing quality products, parts and service.

  Debbie Banks
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