Easton Machinery, Inc. Celebrates 25 Years of Membership

Bob Nurko will tell you he’s among  “the last of the one-man bands” on the machinery sales scene. That being the case, then he can still carry a tune.
 
Nurko is the founder — and sole employee — of Easton Machinery, Inc., located an hour from both New York City and Philadelphia, in the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania. He has been part of the machinery sales business for nearly a half-century and established Easton Machinery in 1984 following a 15-year stint with Ingersoll-Rand. This May, he and his business observed 25 years of membership in the Machinery Dealers National Association (MDNA). Nurko wasted no time joining MDNA’s leadership ranks, serving as Philadelphia Chapter chair from 2005-2007. The knowledge gained and connections made have brought him satisfaction and confidence.
 
“The MDNA has meant a lot of joint ventures and business friendships for me over the years,” he said in a recent interview. “And it provides a code of ethics for our industry that we’ve maintained.  That’s what all members get as a benefit.”
 
Easton dealt strictly in used machinery in its early days, then moved into new equipment sales in 1990, a year after being named a key distributor by Summit Machine Tools. Since, then, Easton has added nearly a dozen other new-equipment, lines. Nurko takes pride in offering his sales customers what he considers the best of both worlds — the responsiveness and attention of a small shop combined with the availability of major brands.
 
“Having now been with MDNA for 25 years and as a past chairman of the Philadelphia Chapter, I’d like to extend heartfelt appreciation to all previous, current, and future MDNA members,” he concluded. “And I sincerely hope they all had a meaningful Memorial Day.”

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