News – Manufacturing

Brain Corp Expands Operations

By |2024-05-02T19:25:01-05:00May 2, 2024|

Brain Corp recently opened a new office in Bentonville, Arkansas. According to a press release, the new office will serve as Brain Corp’s hub for enhancing engagement with key strategic accounts. The Bentonville branch will be led by Matt Schilb, Brain Corp senior director of strategic accounts. “We are thrilled to further build upon our presence ...

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Egal Partners With Portable Restroom Provider

By |2024-05-02T19:23:37-05:00May 2, 2024|

Egal Pads Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with portable restroom provider Throne. The agreement calls for Egal’s patented Pads on a Roll to be installed in Throne’s portable restrooms. Pads on a Roll consist of 40 wrapped menstrual pads joined end-to-end and perforated for easy use, similar to a toiler paper roll. Egal’s ...

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PathoSans Partners With Food Safety Expert

By |2024-05-01T20:14:51-05:00May 1, 2024|

PathoSans has added Dr. Darin Detwiler to the company’s food safety advisory team. A consumer food safety advocate since 1993, Dr. Detwiler is the founder and CEO of Detwiler Consulting Group LLC and an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies. In his new role, Dr. Detwiller will work with PathoSans on researching and developing food safety processes ...

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Ecolab Reports 1st-Quarter Sales Increase of 5%

By |2024-05-01T20:12:02-05:00May 1, 2024|

Ecolab Inc. has reported first-quarter net sales of US$3.75 billion, an increase of 5% from $3.57 billion a year ago. Ecolab’s first-quarter operating income increased to $517 million, up 47% from $351 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Sales in the company’s global institutional and specialty division climbed 12% to $1.27 billion, while its ...

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GP PRO Survey Reveals Insights Into Restroom Behaviors

By |2024-04-30T21:04:55-05:00April 30, 2024|

A recent survey by GP PRO on public restroom behavior found more than 90% of respondents have observed others using their mobile phone while in a restroom. In conducting the study, GP PRO queried more than 500 U.S. adults on behaviors they’ve witnessed in the last six months in high-traffic restrooms, such as those in airports, ...

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3M Reports $8B in 1st-Quarter Sales

By |2024-04-30T21:03:25-05:00April 30, 2024|

3M has reported fiscal-first-quarter sales of US$8 billion, a 0.3% dip in sales from one year ago. Sales in the company’s health care division increased 0.3% to $2.01 billion and its consumer division saw a 3.9% decrease in sales to $1.14 billion. 3M’s safety and industrial division reported sales of $2.73 billion, a decline of 1.7%, ...

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P&G Aids Nebraska Tornado Relief Efforts

By |2024-04-30T20:59:33-05:00April 30, 2024|

Proctor & Gamble (P&G), parent company of Proctor & Gamble Professional (P&G PRO), has donated cleaning products and personal care items to international disaster relief charity Matthew 25: Ministries. The nonprofit, a long-time partner of P&G, will distribute the donated products to victims of the recent severe weather in Nebraska. Destructive tornadoes and extreme rainstorms earlier this month have left thousands ...

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Kimberly-Clark Announces 2024 Greenovation Award Winners

By |2024-04-30T20:58:27-05:00April 30, 2024|

Kimberly-Clark Professional has revealed the winners of its 2024 Greenovation Award. Established in 2013, Kimberly-Clark’s Greenovation Awards recognize companies for demonstrating sustainability leadership and reducing their environmental impact by participating in landfill diversion programs. This year, Kimberly-Clark honored 56 organizations for diverting a total of 419,689 pounds of personal protective equipment (PPE) from landfills in 2023 through the ...

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Nine ISSA Members Among Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity

By |2024-04-29T21:13:25-05:00April 29, 2024|

Nine ISSA-member companies have been named to Forbes’ 2024 Best Employers for Diversity list. In compiling the annual index of 500 companies, developed in conjunction with search firm Statista, Forbes surveyed more than 170,000 U.S. workers from businesses with more than 1,300 employees on diversity, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and disability concerns. The list also considers the composition ...

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Newell Announces 1st-Quarter Results

By |2024-04-29T21:11:55-05:00April 29, 2024|

Newell Brands, parent company of Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), has reported first-quarter net sales of US$1.7 billion, a decline of 8.4% from the same quarter last year. Newell’s operating income was $16 million compared with operating loss of $36 million in the prior year period. The company’s home commercial solutions division posted net sales of $893 million, a decline of 8% from $971 million in ...

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