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Georgia-Pacific to Invest $150 Million in Oregon Tissue Factory

By |2023-12-04T20:15:36-06:00December 4, 2023|

Georgia-Pacific LLC, parent company of GP PRO, announced plans to invest more than US$150 million in its Halsey, Oregon, production facility. The Halsey facility produces both bath tissue and paper towels for the consumer market, and the improvements will support Georgia-Pacific’s premium tissue offerings as well as customer branded tissue. The enhancements will increase production capacity for high ...

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15 ISSA Members Obtain Perfect Corporate Equality Scores

By |2023-12-04T20:14:45-06:00December 4, 2023|

Fifteen ISSA-member companies have achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2023–2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). First published in 2002, HRC’s annual list rates companies on their internal policies regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees, consumers, and investors. This year more than 1,300 companies actively participated in HRC’s survey, with 545 ...

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ISSA Partners With Penn State & CUNY Medicine to Advance Environmental Justice

By |2023-11-30T16:00:45-06:00November 30, 2023|

ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, is proud to announce a partnership with Penn State’s College of Medicine and The City University of New York School of Medicine (CUNY Medicine) to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities across Pennsylvania and New York. The initiative will be funded by a US$1.19 million Pollution ...

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Registration Now Open for 2024 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit and Fly-In

By |2023-11-29T16:00:39-06:00November 29, 2023|

Registration is now open for the 2024 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit, the premier Capitol Hill fly-in event for the cleaning industry, April 10-11 in Washington, D.C. ISSA is co-hosting next year’s summit with the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) and INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry. On the first day ...

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ISSA Show North America Celebrates 2023 Innovation Awards Winners

By |2024-03-11T15:56:12-05:00November 16, 2023|

Informa Markets’ ISSA Show North America today announced the recipients of the 2023 ISSA Show Innovation Awards. The Innovation Awards program honors trailblazing companies in the commercial, institutional, and residential cleaning community. “As we celebrate 100 years of ISSA at this year’s show, it’s also important to look towards the future,” said Ed Nichols, ISSA ...

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Purchase a Piece of History at ISSA Show North America 2023

By |2024-03-11T15:56:08-05:00November 9, 2023|

Attending ISSA Show North America 2023? Be sure to visit ISSA at Booth #647 to purchase your copy of the 100th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Official ISSA Cleaning Times: The Cleaning Industry’s Most Trusted Tasks, Tools & Workloading Resource. First released in 1963, this invaluable resource has been updated as a collaborative effort by ISSA ...

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Georgia-Pacific Recognized for Supply Chain Performance

By |2024-03-11T15:56:03-05:00November 7, 2023|

Georgia-Pacific LLC, parent company of GP PRO, has been named the recipient of Family Dollar’s Supply Chain Vendor of the Year Award. The discount retailer’s annual award honors supply chain partners for driving value for their customers. Georgia-Pacific was recognized for its work with Family Dollar’s inventory management team to improve distribution center inventory trend forecasting, which ...

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ISSA Submits Comments to DOL Opposing Overtime Proposal

By |2024-03-11T15:56:03-05:00November 7, 2023|

On November 6, ISSA submitted comments to Acting U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Julie A. Su opposing the department’s proposed changes to the criteria for the executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employee exemptions from the overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In the comment letter, ISSA Director of Government Affairs ...

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Don’t Miss Next Week’s ISSA Show North America 2023

By |2024-03-11T15:56:02-05:00November 6, 2023|

It’s not too late to register and be on hand for ISSA Show North America 2023— the annual tradeshow that brings together leaders from the commercial, institutional, and residential cleaning communities—taking place November 13–16 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. At this year’s show, you'll find unique networking opportunities, 90 free educational ...

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Spartan Appoints Director of Laundry

By |2024-03-11T15:56:01-05:00November 6, 2023|

Spartan Chemical Co. Inc. has promoted David Groth to director of laundry and warewash. Groth has more than three decades of experience in the textile care and chemical industry. He has been with Spartan since 2021, when he joined the company as an industrial laundry specialist. In his new position, Groth will oversee the growth ...

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