Monthly Archives: May 2023

SodexoMagic Names New President

By |2024-03-11T15:51:52-05:00May 8, 2023|

Charles Johnson has been appointed president of SodexoMagic, a joint venture between Sodexo and Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE). Johnson previously served as vice president of business development at SodexoMagic for seven years. He returns to the company after founding and leading Ideal Concepts Group, a consulting firm focused on strategy, government relations, and supplier diversity. ...

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ISSA LARU—Free Webinar on the Cleaning Industry & Period Poverty

By |2024-03-11T15:51:50-05:00May 5, 2023|

Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on a free Hygieia-ISSA webinar on how the cleaning industry is striving to end period poverty, registration for the 14th Antimicrobial Workshop, and the impact of a new ...

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OpenWorks Announces Latest Executive Appointments

By |2024-03-11T15:51:52-05:00May 5, 2023|

OpenWorks has expanded its leadership team with a series of promotions and newly created roles. Victoria Murphy has been promoted to executive vice president. Jim Lynch joins OpenWorks as her successor in the position of senior vice president of sales and strategic relationships. Scott Massey joined the company in the newly created role of vice ...

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AFFLINK Celebrates 50th Anniversary

By |2024-03-11T15:51:51-05:00May 5, 2023|

AFFLINK recently marked its 50th year of business. The company was launched in 1973 as a buying group network of independent jansan distributors. Over the next five decades, AFFLINK has grown to provide products and services to a variety of industry sectors, including packaging, healthcare, hospitality, and government. The organization now boasts nearly 600 distributor-members ...

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Sofidel Finalizes Acquisition of Multiple German Brands

By |2024-03-11T15:51:51-05:00May 5, 2023|

Sofidel has successfully finalized its agreement with Hakle GmbH to acquire the Hakle trademark and other brands. The deal, announced last month, includes the acquisition by Sofidel of consumer brand Hakle and other brands, including Dick&Durstig, Servus, and the Hakle Feuch line of moist toilet tissue. In addition to the brands, the transaction also includes ...

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Diversey’s 1st-Quarter Sales Increase 5.5%

By |2024-03-11T15:51:50-05:00May 4, 2023|

Diversey reported fiscal first-quarter net sales of US$696 million, an increase of 5.5% from $660 million in sales one year earlier. The company’s institutional segment reported fourth-quarter net sales of $477.1 million, an increase of 1% from $472.2 million in the same quarter in 2022. Sales in Diversey’s food and beverage division jumped 16% from the previous ...

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SC Johnson Reaches Sustainability Milestone

By |2024-03-11T15:51:49-05:00May 4, 2023|

SC Johnson, parent company of SC Johnson Professional, announced the company has diverted more than 88 million pounds of coastal plastic—the equivalent of 2 billion single-use bottles—from entering the ocean since 2018. Five years ago, SC Johnson teamed with international nonprofit Plastic Bank to launch an initiative targeting ocean plastic. The agreement created recycling infrastructure of more than ...

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Ecolab Maintains Consistent Quarterly Dividend Payout

By |2024-03-11T15:51:47-05:00May 4, 2023|

Ecolab Inc. has announced a quarterly dividend on its common stock of US$0.53 per share. The dividend is payable July 17 to shareholders of record at the close of business June 20. Ecolab has paid a dividend to shareholders without interruption for 86 consecutive years. About Ecolab With annual sales of US$14 billion and more than 47,000 ...

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Cintas Crowns 2023 Custodian of the Year

By |2024-03-11T15:51:47-05:00May 4, 2023|

Cintas Corp. has named Richard “Rich” Toomey the 2023 Cintas Custodian of the Year. The contest, now in its 10th year, called for elementary, middle, high-school, and college students, in addition to staff, to submit a short essay describing why their school’s custodian deserves the award. Ten finalists were selected from a pool of hundreds of ...

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Clorox 3rd-Quarter Sales Climb 6%

By |2024-03-11T15:51:47-05:00May 3, 2023|

The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, has reported fiscal third-quarter sales of US$1.91 billion, up 6% compared to the same quarter last year. Clorox reported year-to-date net cash provided by operations of $728 million compared to $451 million last year, representing a 61% increase. Sales in the company’s health and wellness segment, which includes cleaning and professional products, increased ...

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