Eastern States Associates, Inc. was founded in 1955 by Edward Maxwell, Sr.

The original territory covered by "Ned" Maxwell, Bill Campion, Sr. and Bob Cole, was New England and New York state. The original product lines were Guardian Lights and Balcrank lube equipment. In 1975, Edward Maxwell, Jr. joined the company and in 1980 Joe Flick became part of the organization.

In 1983, Kevin Maxwell (who died in 2004 in a tragic skiing accident), left the U.S. Navy and became part of the ESA organization.

Over the years, from 1980 on, ESA expanded its territory south, finally reaching North and South Carolina.

ESA has the following personnel:

Ed Maxwell (Pres.), Tim Murphy, and Chuck Krouse cover New England;

Joe Flick (Exec VP), John DiDonato, and Tom Ranieri covers New York, New Jersey and Eastern PA

Jim Sienkiewicz covers Northern NY, Western PA, W.VA. and Canada

Ken Neal(VP) covers the mid-Atlantic states

Suzanne Chagnon is customer relations manager out of our Palmer MA office;

Linda Maxwell is Chief Financial Officer.