Monthly Archives: April 2022

Highlands Adds Director of Inside Sales

By |2024-03-11T15:42:33-05:00April 18, 2022|

Highlands has appointed Vinnie Pappano director of inside sales and training. Pappano joins Highlands from Chemesis International where she served as head of sales and category management. In her new role, Pappano will be responsible for developing Highlands’ sales tools, implementing go-to-market strategies, and managing vendor and client relationships. “Vinnie has an extensive background with ...

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ISSA LARU—ISSA Celebrates National Cleaning Week 2022

By |2024-03-11T15:42:32-05:00April 15, 2022|

Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update (LARU), a biweekly roundup of the latest public-policy issues impacting the full spectrum of the cleaning industry. This update touches on ISSA’s celebration of National Cleaning Week 2022, the introduction of the Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, an update ...

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P&G Board Names New Chairman

By |2024-03-11T15:42:31-05:00April 15, 2022|

Procter & Gamble (P&G), parent company of Procter & Gamble Professional (P&G PRO), has appointed Jon R. Moeller chairman of the company’s board of directors, effective July 1, 2022. Moeller assumes the new position in addition to his roles as P&G president and CEO following the retirement of current executive chairman David Taylor. Moeller succeeded Taylor as president ...

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New OSHA Program Aims to Protect Workers From Heat Injuries

By |2024-03-11T15:42:31-05:00April 15, 2022|

After months of gathering expert input on methods to monitor and combat extreme heat in the workplace, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to protect workers from heat illness and injuries. Through the program, OSHA investigators will conduct workplace inspections to prevent employees ...

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SoftBank Robotics Partners With Italian Distributor

By |2024-03-11T15:42:30-05:00April 15, 2022|

SoftBank Robotics EMEA has entered into a strategic partnership with ISC Italy. Under the terms of the agreement, ISC will distribute SoftBank’s Whiz industrial cobotic vacuum sweeper to its cleaning contractor and facility management clients in Italy, Facilities Management Journal reports. “We always look to work with forward-thinking cleaning solutions providers that are committed to delivering innovation ...

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The Continuity Planning and Collaboration Blueprint

By |2024-01-05T22:22:17-06:00April 15, 2022|

It is no secret that the recent pandemic and subsequent supply chain breakdowns have affected our businesses. Lack of visibility of where products reside in the supply chain, not knowing if products will show up, inability to service customers with essential products like sanitizer, and recently resulting surpluses as demand for specific products go away, ...

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BRAVO! Names New Regional VP

By |2024-03-11T15:42:30-05:00April 14, 2022|

BRAVO! Group Services Inc., a Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS) company, has appointed Bryan VanderMay regional vice president of operations. VanderMay has more than 30 years of experience in the facility services industry. For more than two decades, he served as a general manager at Allan Industries, followed by various senior leadership positions at several global ...

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Dow Announces $3B Share Repurchase Program

By |2024-03-11T15:42:30-05:00April 14, 2022|

Dow Chemical Co. has announced a new share buyback program for the repurchase of up to US$3 billion of the company's common stock. Dow’s share repurchase program does not have an expiration date and is an addition to the company’s existing outstanding share program, which has approximately $775 million of authorization remaining that the company intends to ...

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AFFLINK Adds Senior VP

By |2024-03-11T15:42:29-05:00April 14, 2022|

AFFLINK has appointed Todd Gatzulis senior vice president of business development. Gatzulis has more than three decades of experience in supply chain management. He joins AFFLINK from ViaClean Technologies, where he served as chief operating officer. Prior to his time with ViaClean, Gatzulis spent more than 20 years with Henkel North America in various senior leadership ...

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P&G Raises Quarterly Dividend

By |2024-03-11T15:42:29-05:00April 14, 2022|

Procter & Gamble (P&G), parent company of Procter & Gamble Professional (P&G PRO), has declared an increased quarterly dividend of US$0.87 per share on the company’s common stock, up $0.86 from the previous quarter. The dividend―$3.48 annualized with a yield of 2.29%―is payable May 16 to shareholders of record at the close of business April 22. P&G has paid ...

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