Monthly Archives: October 2023

New Chairman Proposed for Essity

By |2024-03-11T15:55:47-05:00October 24, 2023|

An Essity nomination committee has proposed that Jan Gurander be appointed chairman of the company’s board of directors at its annual general meeting in March 2024. According to a press release, Gurander had a long and successful career within the Volvo Group, starting as chief financial officer (CFO) in 2014. He held the role of ...

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Kimberly-Clark Reports Rise in 3rd-Quarter Sales

By |2024-03-11T15:55:46-05:00October 24, 2023|

Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, reported third-quarter net sales of US$5.1 billion, an increase of 2% from a year ago. Kimberly-Clark also reported a quarterly net income of $591 million, a 26% jump from $470 million for the same period last year. Net sales in the company’s Kimberly-Clark Professional segment rose 2% from the previous year to ...

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RJ Schinner CFO Among Wisconsin’s Top Executives

By |2024-03-11T15:55:46-05:00October 24, 2023|

Joe Siekierski, R.J. Schinner Co. Inc. chief financial officer (CFO), has been named a 2024 Wisconsin Titan 100 by Titan CEO and its headline sponsor Wipfli LLP. The local awards program recognizes the top 100 CEOs and C-level executives in Wisconsin for demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and passion. Siekierski and the other 99 Titan 100 award ...

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Cintas Opens New Cleanroom Facility in North Carolina

By |2024-03-11T15:55:45-05:00October 24, 2023|

Cintas Corp. recently hosted a grand opening ceremony for its latest cleanroom facility in Graham, North Carolina. The new facility expands Cintas’ cleanroom service offerings in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, which includes three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The state-of-the-art facility is expected to create ...

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Marsden Names New President of Facility Division

By |2024-03-11T15:55:45-05:00October 24, 2023|

Marsden Services has appointed Derrick Gorden president of the company’s integrated facility and mechanical services (IFS/HVAC) divisions. Gorden has more than two decades of experience leading teams in both private equity and public corporations in the retail, ecommerce, and consumer industries. He joins Marsden from Lifetouch Inc., where he held multiple leadership roles throughout his nearly six ...

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Triple S Announces New Board

By |2024-03-11T15:55:44-05:00October 23, 2023|

Triple S announced its newly elected board of directors and executive committee at the buying group’s annual stockholders meeting earlier this month. For 2024, Triple S has added two new directors to its board—Jerry Kelly of EnviroClean and PR Chemical & Paper Supply’s Shawn Snyder. Joining them on the board are the following elected directors: ...

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Ecolab Receives Two Diversity Impact Awards

By |2024-03-11T15:55:44-05:00October 23, 2023|

Ecolab Inc. received two awards for the company’s employee resource groups (ERG) at the 2023 Diversity Impact Awards ceremony during the Global ERG Network Conference earlier this month in Washington, D.C. The annual awards program recognizes companies’ ERGs for creating initiatives to develop a diverse and inclusive workplace. Ecolab’s company-wide ERG programs received an award ...

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UMF Launches Search for Top Hygiene Specialist

By |2024-03-11T15:55:44-05:00October 23, 2023|

UMF Corp. is now accepting nominations for its Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award. Now in its 15th year, UMF’s annual award highlights the contributions of environmental services (EVS) departments in reducing preventable healthcare-associated infections (pHAIs). EVS managers are encouraged to nominate deserving staff members. This year’s winner will receive an all-expenses paid week-long vacation for two, including ...

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Dettol Named Sponsor of ISSA Cleaning & Hygiene Expo

By |2024-03-11T15:55:43-05:00October 23, 2023|

Reckitt Professional’s Dettol Pro Solutions has been named Gold Sponsor of the 2023 ISSA Cleaning & Hygiene Expo. This year’s event takes place November 1-2 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) in Melbourne, Australia, and features two days of information sharing, education, relationship building, and product innovation. In addition to returning as a ...

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NLRB Announces New Standards for Union Organizing

By |2024-03-11T15:55:43-05:00October 23, 2023|

Recently, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new standard for union representation that requires an employer to recognize and bargain with a union that has demonstrated majority status unless the employer challenges the union’s support through an employer-initiated NLRB election and does this without committing any unfair labor practices. Under this new ...

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