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ISSA LARU—Only a Few Seats Remain for ISSA’s Clean Advocacy Summit

By |2024-03-01T18:37:05-06:00March 1, 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 fact that only a few spaces remain for ISSA’s 2024 Clean Advocacy Summit, a looming federal government shutdown, the NRLB joint-employer rule going into effect, and more. ...

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Essity Publishes 2023 Annual Report

By |2024-02-29T17:00:57-06:00February 29, 2024|

Essity recently released its Annual Report for 2023. The report details the company’s financial efforts through 2023, including its increased sales and highest ever profit. Essity’s study also covers the company’s ongoing sustainability efforts to achieve 100% recyclability and 85% renewable or recycled material in the company’s packaging, among other environmental efforts. “We leave an eventful year ...

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Truvox Partners With i-Team Professional

By |2024-02-28T22:09:55-06:00February 28, 2024|

Truvox International has entered into a strategic partnership with i-Team Professional. The deal calls for Truvox to bring two i-Team products to the British cleaning market under the Truvox name, Cleaning Hygiene Today reports. I-Team’s imop Lite and the i-scrub 21B cordless power scrubber will both be marketed under the Truvox name in the United Kingdom. ...

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Berk International President Announces Retirement

By |2024-02-27T20:26:55-06:00February 27, 2024|

Berk International LLC has some exciting news to share. After 22 years of business building and visionary leadership, Jeff Berk, a founding partner at Berk International LLC, President and Head of Sales, has decided to retire. Since co-founding Berk International in 2000, Jeff has been instrumental in shaping the company’s business into the leading manufacturer ...

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Newell Announces Updates to Board

By |2024-02-23T22:07:21-06:00February 23, 2024|

Newell Brands, parent company of Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), has announced changes to its board of directors as part of the board’s continued commitment to refreshment. On February 15, James “Jim” Keane was elected to the company’s board of directors. Keanne is the retired president and CEO of Steelcase Inc. and is the second new director to ...

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Clorox Continues Reign as Most Sustainable U.S. Company

By |2024-02-23T22:05:35-06:00February 23, 2024|

The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, has achieved the top ranking on Barron’s 2024 100 Most Sustainable Companies list. In developing the seventh-annual index, the financial publication collaborated with Calvert Research and Management to analyze the 1,000 largest U.S. publicly traded companies by market value and scored them on more than 230 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators. This ...

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Ecolab Adds Microsoft Exec to Board

By |2024-02-23T22:04:48-06:00February 23, 2024|

The board of directors of Ecolab Inc. has appointed Judson Althoff to the company’s board. Althoff currently serves as chief commercial officer for Microsoft Corp. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2013, Althoff held senior executive and sales roles at Oracle and EMC. Althoff will serve as an independent director and a member of Ecolab’s audit ...

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Brain Corp Teams With Tennant

By |2024-02-22T22:00:59-06:00February 22, 2024|

Brain Corp has entered into an exclusive technology agreement with Tennant Co.  The deal calls for the two organizations to collaborate on accelerating the development and adoption of the next generation of robots in the floor cleaning industry. As part of the agreement, Tennant will launch the new X4 ROVR, the company’s first purpose-built autonomous mobile robot ...

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Tennant 4th-Quarter Sales Increase 7%

By |2024-02-22T21:56:45-06:00February 22, 2024|

Tennant Co. has reported fiscal fourth-quarter net sales of US$311.4 million, an increase of 7% compared to consolidated net sales of $291 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company posted a net income of $31 million ($1.64 per share), a 30.38% jump from $23.8 million ($1.27 per share) a year earlier. Sales in the company’s ...

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Genesis Biosciences Joins Antimicrobial Resistance Consortium

By |2024-02-21T22:21:26-06:00February 21, 2024|

Genesis Biosciences has joined the COMBAT AMR consortium. Led by Professor Jean-Yves Maillard of Cardiff University, the consortium seeks to understand and control the emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in complex drain biofilms. Genesis Biosciences will collaborate with universities and educational institutions throughout Europe on this research project, Cleaning Hygiene Today reports. The COMBAT ARM consortium ...

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