Ecolab Inc. has reported fourth-quarter net sales of US$3.36 billion, an increase of 10% from $3.06 billion one year earlier. Ecolab’s fourth-quarter profit increased slightly from $300.3 million, or $1.04 per share, one year ago to $301 million, or $1.04 per share. Sales in the company’s global institutional and specialty division jumped 19% to $1.06 billion while ...
A recent poll from Cascades PRO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a major influence on personal hygiene. Seventy-four percent of more than 1,100 surveyed Americans reported they wash their hands more now than before the pandemic, compared to 3% who was their hands less now than before the pandemic and 23% who ...
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), during the 2022 ACI Convention in Orlando, elected a group of executives to a two-year term to serve on the association’s board of directors. Rick Strittmatter, chief technology and sustainability officer for Arxada, is the newest member of the ACI board. In addition to appointing Strittmatter to its board, ACI ...
BEST Service Pros Ltd. has announced a major corporate rebranding initiative. According to a press release, the new identity will better represent BEST’s purpose, mission, and core values. The company’s fully rebranded image will be rolled out over the next 18 months and includes a new tagline—For a cleaner world. “To BEST, providing a cleaner ...
As anyone involved in the cleaning industry knows all too well, the contract cleaning industry is competitive and driven by price. For many organizations, the thought of paying higher wages means losing contracts or failing to land them in the first place. But not paying building service contractors (BSCs) enough to maintain their quality of life ...
ISSA has updated its popular resource, “Summary of State and Federal VOC Limits for Institutional and Consumer Products,” which is now freely available to ISSA members here. This complimentary resource available from ISSA summarizes the volatile organic compound (VOC) limits placed on certain household and commercial cleaning and ancillary product categories by the federal, state, ...
Sign up now for next week’s free one-hour infection prevention webinar from CMM on February 22 at noon CT—Create a Winning Infection Prevention Program. Participants will learn how to establish an effective program with the proper tools, chemistries, and labor. They’ll also take away ideas for how to communicate and market their services to stakeholders and clients. ...
Nine ISSA-member companies have been included in Forbes’ America’s Best Large Employers 2022 List. In compiling its annual index, the publication teamed with market research company Statista to rank the country’s top 500 companies that employ more than 50,000 workers. The list’s rankings are based on anonymous employee satisfaction surveys. The ISSA-member companies included in Forbes’ 2021 list include: ...
Newell Brands, parent company of Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), has reported fourth-quarter net sales of US$2.8 billion, up 4.3% from the same quarter last year. Newell’s normalized net income rose to $180 million, or $0.42 per share, down from $238 million, or $0.56 per share, a year earlier. The company’s commercial solutions division posted net sales of $503 million, ...
Envoy Solutions has acquired Bio-Shine Inc. The purchase of the Spotswood, New Jersey, janitorial supply distributor further expands Envoy’s presence in the state. Last month, Envoy acquired Moorestown, New Jersey-based General Chemical & Supply Inc. Financial details of the transaction, Envoy Solutions’ 10th purchase since August 2021, were not disclosed. "This is an excellent company with ...
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