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www.hamiltonbeach.com - Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. announces today the promotion of several executive officers.

Scott Tidey, Vice President, US Consumer Sales, is appointed Vice President, North America Sales. Scott has been with the company fifteen years and has held several key positions including, Channel Manager, Director of Special Markets, Vice President, National Accounts, Vice President, National Accounts and International

Sales, and Vice President, US Consumer Sales. Before joining Hamilton Beach, Scott was with Wyeth Consumer Healthcare for six years.

Greg Trepp, Vice President, Marketing, is appointed Vice President, Global Marketing. In addition to leading the Marketing group, he will now have responsibility for the International and Commercial business units. Greg has been with Hamilton Beach for twelve years and was previously Director, Marketing. Greg was with Pepperidge Farm before joining Hamilton Beach.

Greg Salyers, Vice President, Operations, is appointed Vice President, Global Operations. He will continue to lead our purchasing, customer operations, corporate planning and logistics, and information services teams, and will now have responsibility for the engineering and quality groups.

Greg has been with the company 23 years. He began his career as a corporate electrical engineer for Hamilton Beach and has held several positions, including Vice President, Product Engineering.

"I am confident these appointments will help ensure our Company's continued success for years to come," said Dr. Michael Morecroft, President and CEO, Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. "Our management team along with our talented employees are aligned to continue to deliver some of the most innovative and high-quality products on the market today."

About Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. is a leading designer, marketer and distributor of small electric household appliances, as well as commercial products for restaurants, bars and hotels. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NC).

Information on innovative Hamilton Beach(R), Proctor Silex(R), TrueAir(R), Hamilton Beach(R) eclectrics(R), and Traditions by ProctorSilex(R) products can continue to be found online at www.hamiltonbeach.com, www.proctorsilex.com and commercial.hamiltonbeach.com/.

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
Mary Beth Perreault-Dukes
804-418-8868