News – Manufacturing

3M Files With SEC for Healthcare Spin Off

By |2024-02-21T22:19:36-06:00February 21, 2024|

3M has officially filed a Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the planned spin-off of its healthcare business as the newly independent healthcare company Solventum. Pending final approval from 3M’s board of directors, Solventum is slated to spin off April 1. The new company has applied to list ...

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ISSA Members Among Top Employers for the Black Community

By |2024-02-20T21:05:06-06:00February 20, 2024|

Seven ISSA member companies have been named to DiversityComm Magazine’s 2024 Top Employers for the Black Community list. The publication’s annual list acknowledges companies across a variety of industries for promoting diversity and inclusive work environments. The ISSA member companies included in DiversityComm’s 2024 list include: Aramark Colgate-Palmolive Co. Ecolab Inc. Hilton Worldwide Jones Lang ...

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Cintas Acquires SITEX

By |2024-02-20T21:03:01-06:00February 20, 2024|

Cintas Corp. has acquired SITEX, a Kentucky-based, family-owned supplier of uniform and facility service programs. Established by the Sights family in Henderson, Kentucky, in 1961, Sitex currently has five locations with operations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Financial details of the transaction were not announced. “The Sights family has grown SITEX into a strong ...

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Sofidel Recognized for ESG Risk Management

By |2024-02-15T20:42:17-06:00February 15, 2024|

Sofidel recently ranked as the top company in the household products category of Morningstar Sustainalytics’ annual ESG Risk Ratings.  Each year, Sustainalytics analyzes more than 14,000 companies worldwide on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and its risk to the business’ financial stability. Sofidel received a score of 14.4, placing it in the Low Risk ...

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Tennant Reveals Custodians Are Key Contest Finalists

By |2024-02-13T22:07:13-06:00February 13, 2024|

Tennant Co. has announced the finalists for its fifth-annual Custodians Are Key recognition program. First launched in September 2019, the annual program recognizes the work K–12 custodians are doing in educational facilities across the United States. This year’s campaign theme is a school yearbook, providing a look back over the past four years of the contest while highlighting the ...

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Diversey Partners With Slimstones

By |2024-02-13T22:06:05-06:00February 13, 2024|

Diversey has entered into a strategic partnership with Netherlands-based manufacturer Slimstones B.V. The agreement calls for the two organizations to collaborate on further developing the LESSEAU® sustainable solid soap dispensing technology. The no-touch LESSEAU system recently won several international design awards after being released in the Netherlands. Diversey is looking to expand the system throughout Europe and ...

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Georgia-Pacific Honored by Atlanta for Local Community Leadership

By |2024-02-13T22:05:01-06:00February 13, 2024|

Georgia-Pacific LLC, parent company of GP PRO, was recently awarded the Marcus Downtown Economic Impact Award by Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID). The annual award recognizes an individual, company, or project that has stimulated revitalization efforts in Atlanta and strengthened and advanced the community at large. Georgia-Pacific, which maintains its corporate ...

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SC Johnson Professional Reveals Dispenser Design Contest Finalists

By |2024-02-12T20:10:45-06:00February 12, 2024|

SC Johnson Professional has announced the finalists for its 2023–2024 Happy Hands dispenser design contest. The contest, now in its seventh year, called for K–12 students to design and submit original artwork for a soap dispenser that promotes proper hand hygiene. The public is invited to vote for its top pick from a group of five finalists in ...

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ICE Cobotics Partners With J&H Family Stores

By |2024-02-12T20:09:05-06:00February 12, 2024|

ICE Cobotics has entered into a strategic agreement with Michigan-based convenience store chain J&H Family Stores. The deal calls for ICE Cobotics to provide its Cobi 18 autonomous floor scrubber to J&H Family Stores’s network of more than 75 retail locations. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “It is exciting to collaborate with J&H Family ...

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Genesis Biosciences Appoints Laboratory Manager

By |2024-02-12T20:08:03-06:00February 12, 2024|

Genesis Biosciences has promoted Dr. Kate Ledwoch to laboratory manager. An accomplished scientist whose work has previously been published in the British Journal of Hospital Medicine and the Journal of Hospital Infection, Dr. Ledwoch has been with Genesis Biosciences since July 2022, when she joined the organization as a senior scientist. In her new position, ...

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