NASCO-OP declares 2017 dividend

National Association Supply Cooperative (NASCO-OP), New Philadelphia, Ohio, has declared a 1.3 percent patronage dividend for 2017.

The dividend, calculated on the purchases a member or associate made at the cooperative, further reduces the purchase price of supplies and equipment, reports NASCO-OP Manager Bob Bedard.

“In today’s increasingly competitive marketplace, the need for NASCO-OP is greater now than ever before,” says Bedard. “Cooperatives give members and users of all sizes the purchasing clout of an entire industry while still maintaining their independence. The success of the organization is power through cooperation. Just consider the negotiating leverage when members pool their purchases of one item, say conveyor belts, through NASCO-OP. With the united needs of that size of a group, NASCO-OP members are in the position to accept only the best value from belt manufacturers.”

NASCO-OP is the recycling industry’s purchasing cooperative and is available at no additional cost to members of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI), the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) and the National Demolition Association (NDA).