News – Manufacturing

Proposed EPA Rule Targets Chemical Found in Cleaning Products

By |2024-06-05T21:15:42-05:00June 5, 2024|

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to protect workers and consumers from exposure to toxic solvent n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP). NMP has numerous industrial, commercial, and consumer applications, including adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, paint removers, lubricants, automotive care products, degreasers, and cleaning and furniture care products. NMP also is used to manufacture ...

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Tork Teams With Philly Arena

By |2024-06-05T21:10:59-05:00June 5, 2024|

Tork, an Essity brand, has announced a formal partnership with Wells Fargo Center to enhance sustainability, efficiency, and the overall fan experience of the Philadelphia arena. As part of the partnership, Wells Fargo Center, home of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers, will install a variety of Tork dispensing systems to increase hygiene ...

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SC Johnson Professional Partners With R-Zero

By |2024-06-05T21:09:50-05:00June 5, 2024|

SC Johnson Professional has entered into a strategic sales partnership with R-Zero. Per the terms of the agreement, SC Johnson Professional will enhance its product portfolio with R-Zero's comprehensive platform of occupancy and indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors, data insights software, and UV-C air and surface disinfection solutions. "Partnering with an industry driver like SC ...

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California Assembly Passes Janitorial Workloading Bill

By |2024-06-04T21:59:39-05:00June 4, 2024|

On May 22, the California State Assembly amended and passed a bill (AB 2364) that would have imposed a 2,000 square feet per hour production-rate limit for workers, as well as increased the costs of mandatory, in person harassment-training programs for all cleaning service employers.  While the amended bill removed the production-rate limit, it would ...

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Seven ISSA Members Among Top Employers for New Graduates

By |2024-06-03T21:01:29-05:00June 3, 2024|

Seven ISSA members have been named to Forbes magazine’s list of 2024 America’s Best Employers for New Grads. In compiling the annual list, Forbes partnered with Statista to survey more than 100,000 Americans with less than 10 years’ professional experience working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. Participants were queried on such topics as ...

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Kimberly-Clark Ceases Operations in Nigeria

By |2024-05-31T20:01:31-05:00May 31, 2024|

Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, has announced plans to discontinue operations in Nigeria. According to a press release, Kimberly-Clark is exiting its business in Nigeria after almost 15 years, due to refocused company strategic priorities globally as well as economic developments in the country. The company will close its manufacturing facility and commercial office in ...

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Seven ISSA Members Among Barron’s Most Sustainable

By |2024-05-31T20:00:44-05:00May 31, 2024|

Seven ISSA-member companies have been included in Barron’s 2024 100 Most Sustainable Companies list. To generate the seventh-annual index, the financial publication analyzed the 1,000 largest U.S. publicly traded companies by market value and scored them on more than 230 performance indicators in five categories. The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, achieved the top ranking for the second consecutive year, with Kimberly-Clark ...

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CMM’s FREE Webinar Will Help You Transform Your Sales Team With AI

By |2024-05-30T18:48:50-05:00May 30, 2024|

CMM is offering a complimentary webinar— Leveraging AI for Smarter Selling: Transforming Your Distribution Sales Team for Success—taking place June 18 at 1:00 p.m. CT. As usage of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow, sales teams who embrace this technology today have a clear competitive advantage that will grow exponentially in the coming years. In ...

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Take the ISSA Period Friendly Restroom Survey

By |2024-05-30T18:47:34-05:00May 30, 2024|

As of April 2024, 27 states and Washington, D.C., have passed legislation to help provide students who menstruate with free access to period products by requiring and/or funding schools to do so. Additionally, some countries— including Canada and Scotland— have also created legislative requirements for other away-from-home facilities to do the same. A survey conducted ...

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ISSA Announces Inaugural State Advocacy Leaders

By |2024-05-30T17:48:06-05:00May 30, 2024|

ISSA is proud to announce its first State Advocacy Leaders (SALs). The association launched this “grass-tops” program in January 2024 to grow and strengthen its government-affairs efforts. “We’re excited to engage even more ISSA members from across the cleaning industry and across the United States in advocacy by activating this new initiative,” said ISSA Senior ...

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