Sellars Absorbent Materials Inc. has appointed Michelle Gross vice president of marketing. Gross has more than 25 years of experience in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. She joins Sellars from Briggs & Stratton Corp., where she led North American marketing for the company’s energy solutions and engines & power divisions. In her new position, Gross will ...
4M Building Solutions has picked up contracts for cleaning and janitorial services for two facilities in Missouri. 4M has been awarded a contract for the medical offices of the Olive Street Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinic in St. Louis. The facility provides both primary and specialty healthcare services and is managed by Owen Development Inc. 4M also ...
Earlier this year, executives from Hospeco Brands Group (HBG) advocated for ending period poverty in front of U.S. Congressional representatives as part of the ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. HBG’s team of four executives included Tom Friedl, president and CEO of HBG parent company The Tranzonic Cos. Friedl is also executive director of ...
Chlorine often gets a bad reputation, especially in the cleaning industry. It’s often stigmatized for toxic and corrosive qualities, a pungent smell and irritating effects to the eyes and respiratory system. In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) won’t even consider any products containing chlorine for its Safer Choice certification program. While it’s true ...
Eleven ISSA-member companies have been named to Forbes’ 2023 Best Employers for Diversity list. In compiling the annual index of 500 companies, developed in conjunction with search firm Statista, Forbes surveyed more than 45,000 U.S. workers from businesses with more than 1,000 employees on diversity, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and disability concerns. The list also considers the composition ...
Sofidel has entered into a strategic agreement with Suzano Papel e Celulose, a Brazilian producer of pulp and paper products. The three-year pilot partnership, officially titled “Together we plant the future – Developing biodiversity corridors towards a more sustainable future,” calls for the two organizations to collaborate on advancing ecological conservation and restoration alongside supporting socio-economic ...
Americo Manufacturing Co. has been named a recipient of the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) 2023 GLOBE Award recipient. Established in 2014, the state-led awards program recognizes Georgia companies for expanding their sales into new international markets. This marks the third year Americo has received a GLOBE Award. “Our international sales represent a significant share of ...
In addition to registering with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), disinfectants, sanitizers, and other pesticide products must also be registered with the individual states in which the products will be offered for sale. This requirement applies to both manufacturers and distributors of all pesticides, including antimicrobial products such as disinfectants, sanitizers, and germicides. States ...
On May 18, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed a bill (HF 2310) that, when signed into law by the governor, will ban the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cleaning products and other product categories. For certain enumerated categories of products such as cleaning products, the ban will go into effect on January 1, ...
Kimberly-Clark Professional has been named the winner of a 2023 iF DESIGN AWARD. In selecting this year’s winners, iF International Design Forum GmbH, the world’s oldest independent design organization, convened a panel of 133 design experts to judge nearly 11,000 product entries submitted from 56 countries. Kimberly-Clark’s ICON™ dispenser collection was recognized in the annual awards program’s ...
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