Tennant Co. has reported fiscal-first-quarter sales of US$263.3 million, an increase of 3.1% on an organic basis from the previous year. The company posted a profit of $25.7 million or $1.37 per share, up from $5.2 million, or $0.28 per share, a year earlier. “Tennant’s strong first-quarter performance exceeded our expectations thanks in large part to increasing ...

Sodexo was recently awarded foodservice contract extensions with the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), the U.S. Defense Commissary Agency (DeCa), and Guam Department of Education. Sodexo’s deal with the U.S. Army calls for the company to provide food services to five MEDCOM military treatment facilities located at West Point, New York; Ft. Stewart, Georgia; Ft. ...

SoftBank Robotics has entered a distribution agreement with Jacky's Business Solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacky's will distribute SoftBank’s Whiz industrial cobotic vacuum sweeper to its facility management and cleaning contractor clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Cleanzine reports. “We always look to work with forward-thinking cleaning solutions providers that are committed to delivering innovation and ...

Ecolab Inc. has announced a quarterly dividend on its common stock of US$0.48 per share. The dividend is payable July 15 to shareholders of record at the close of business June 15. Ecolab has paid a dividend to shareholders without interruption for 84 consecutive years. About Ecolab With annual sales of US$12 billion and more than 44,000 ...