News – Manufacturing

EPA Issues 2023 Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Annual Report

By |2024-05-20T21:06:34-05:00May 20, 2024|

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) Annual Report. Since 2004, PRIA has authorized the system for registering pesticides. The latest report, the EPA’s first since PRIA 5 was authorized in 2022, details the agency’s implementation efforts, including the tracking and status of the ...

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ISSA Launches Inaugural Emerging Leaders Awards

By |2024-05-20T15:00:29-05:00May 20, 2024|

ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, is pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 ISSA Emerging Leaders Awards. The inaugural awards program is designed to recognize the brightest young talents from across the cleaning industry supply chain—manufacturers, manufacturer representatives, wholesalers, distributors, building service contractors, in-house service providers, residential cleaners, and associated service members—who are ...

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Industry Loses Former Stepan Co. CEO

By |2024-05-17T14:30:45-05:00May 17, 2024|

F. Quinn Stepan, the longtime Stepan Co. chairman, president, and CEO passed away on May 13. Born in 1937 and raised in Winnetka, Illinois, Stepan joined the U.S. Army after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. In 1961, he assumed leadership of Stepan Co., an organization his father had founded in 1932. A tireless ...

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ISSA Members Recognized for Diversity Initiatives

By |2024-05-17T14:00:44-05:00May 17, 2024|

Four ISSA-member companies have been named to Fair360’s Top 50 Companies. To develop the 2024 index, Fair360, formerly known as DiversityInc, assessed hundreds of companies worldwide on four key areas of diversity management: workforce breakdown and recruitment, talent development, leadership accountability, and supplier diversity. The ISSA-member companies included in Fair360’s 2024 list include: Aramark BASF ...

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Betco Appoints VP of Operations

By |2024-05-16T20:28:42-05:00May 16, 2024|

Betco® Corp. has promoted Matt Luchansky to vice president of operations. Luchansky joined Betco in 2012 as a production supervisor and most recently served as operations and manufacturing manager. In his new role, he will oversee the company’s supply chain, distribution, equipment, maintenance, operations, scheduling, manufacturing, and fermentation divisions. “Matt brings many years of Betco experience, and ...

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Kimberly-Clark Appoints Chief Growth Officer

By |2024-05-15T21:05:15-05:00May 15, 2024|

Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, has appointed Patricia Corsi chief growth officer, effective July 1. Corsi joins Kimberly-Clark from Bayer Consumer Health, where she served as chief marketing, IT, and digital officer. In 2023, she was named one of the Top Chief Marketing Officers by Cannes Lions, inducted into the World Advertising Federation (WFA) Marketer ...

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Raxwell Adds Senior Advisor

By |2024-05-15T21:04:12-05:00May 15, 2024|

Raxwell Inc. has appointed Terry Neal senior advisor. Neal has more than 25 years of senior management experience, including a decade of strategic development and plan execution at national original equipment manufacturers. He most recently served as president and CEO of Impact Products. Neal also previously served as a manufacturer director on ISSA’s Board of ...

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Softbank Partners With Infogrid

By |2024-05-14T21:22:24-05:00May 14, 2024|

SoftBank Robotics has entered into a strategic partnership with smart building technology developer Infogrid. Under the terms of the agreement, Infogrid’s Smart Cleaning Pro technology will be included in Softbank Robotics’ Smart BX solution. Smart Cleaning Pro combines sensors, wearable devices, and cloud-based software to provide seamless, data-driven commercial cleaning operations. “Softbank Robotics aims to empower customers ...

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Industry Loses Longtime Sales Rep Laddi Frisinger

By |2024-05-13T20:01:49-05:00May 13, 2024|

Longtime cleaning industry sales representative Laddi Frisinger passed away April 20, 2024. Frisinger entered the cleaning industry in October 1970 as a sales representative with Continental Commercial Products LLC. He spent 25 years with the company, eventually serving as regional sales manager. In 1995, Frisinger left Continental to become the principal owner of Western Pacific ...

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ISSA LARU—Overtime Final Rule Released

By |2024-05-10T14:21:38-05:00May 10, 2024|

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 the U.S. Department of Labor finalizing its overtime rule, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission banning noncompete clauses, the launch of the National Coalition to End Period Poverty, and ...

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