Monthly Archives: November 2023

3M Plant Hits PPE Production Milestone

By |2023-11-29T14:30:29-06:00November 29, 2023|

3M announced the company’s Aberdeen, South Dakota, production facility has recently manufactured its 1 billionth N95 respirator. Early in 2020, 3M committed to ramping up its production of personal protection equipment (PPE) to combat the then burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic. Since January 2020, the facility has been running 24/7. 3M also expanded the plant’s manufacturing capacity ...

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SC Johnson Launches Dispenser Design Contest

By |2023-11-29T14:30:29-06:00November 29, 2023|

SC Johnson Professional has launched its fifth-annual Happy Hands dispenser design contest. The contest calls for K-12 students to design and submit original artwork for a soap dispenser that promotes proper hand hygiene. Submissions will be evaluated for visual appeal, overall hand hygiene design, creativity, and unique design elements. Designs must be submitted via mail and postmarked ...

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Essity Finalizes Purchase of Shares in Productos Familia

By |2023-11-29T14:30:29-06:00November 29, 2023|

Essity has successfully completed its purchase of approximately 45% of the Colombian hygiene company Productos Familia S.A. The US$1.5 billion transaction, originally announced in April of this year, increases Essity’s ownership of the company to at least 95.8%. The company has been an owner of Productos Familia since 1985 and prior to the most recent acquisition ...

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Diversified Maintenance Strengthens Disinfecting Protocols to Combat Delta Variant

By |2023-11-29T14:30:09-06:00November 29, 2023|

Diversified Maintenance has announced enhanced cleaning and disinfecting protocols intended to combat the B.1.617.2 (delta) variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In order to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible variant, Diversified Maintenance, a CIMS-GB certified company, is implementing specialized cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing programs with intensified frequencies at all facilities it is ...

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Essential Workers Among First Eligible for COVID-19 Booster Shots

By |2023-11-29T14:30:10-06:00November 29, 2023|

Frontline workers who were among the first Americans to receive COVID-19 vaccinations will be eligible for booster shots as early as September 20, CNN and the Associated Press report.  U.S. health officials and medical experts announced yesterday they are ready to begin offering the vaccines next month, subject to authorization from the U.S. Food and ...

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New CDC Division Helps Prepare for Future Pandemics

By |2023-11-29T14:30:11-06:00November 29, 2023|

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced the creation of a new division to advance the use of forecasting and outbreak analytics in public health decision making. The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics will bring together next-generation public health data, expert disease modelers, public health emergency responders, and high-quality communications. It ...

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Orange County Convention Center First of its Kind to Receive GBAC® STAR Reaccreditation Globally

By |2023-11-29T14:30:11-06:00November 29, 2023|

The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC)  in Orlando, Fla., one of the first convention centers to receive GBAC® STAR Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council®, (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, recently became the first convention center to achieve reaccreditation globally after a successful year of hosting in person events.  Through its dedication to ...

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Portland Custodians Receive New Contract

By |2023-11-29T14:30:12-06:00November 29, 2023|

More than 2,000 custodians in the Portland, Oregon metro area have agreed to a new contract with regional facility management companies. Officials with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 49, which represents the custodians, reached an agreement with the management firms to increase the workers’ average pay rate from US$15.75 to $18 by July 2023. ...

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ISSA Announces Two New Government Affairs Advisory Committee Members

By |2023-11-29T14:30:12-06:00November 29, 2023|

ISSA is pleased to announce two new members of its Government Affairs Advisory Committee (GAAC), Ryan S. Bowley from SJ Johnson Professional and Keith Schneringer from WAXIE Sanitary Supply, an Envoy Solutions company. The GAAC is an important part of ISSA’s investment in and the expansion of its advocacy efforts. Committee members play a critical ...

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Action Unlimited Resources Among Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

By |2023-11-29T14:30:13-06:00November 29, 2023|

Inc. magazine has named Action Unlimited Resources Inc. to the 2021 Inc. 5,000. The publication’s 40th-annual list recognizes the 5,000 fastest-growing independent businesses in the United States. Action Unlimited was ranked No. 1,656 on Inc.’s yearly index. “Action Unlimited Resources is honored to be recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in ...

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