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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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AFFLINK

By |2024-03-21T14:58:41-05:00February 19, 2024|

In the vast and diverse world of ISSA member organizations, each one is like a unique fingerprint, leaving its distinct mark on the industry. One such member is AFFLINK, a company that has been making waves for half a century. Who is AFFLINK? “Well, it’s not a duck, that’s for sure,” said Michael Wilson, president ...

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Sodexo Appoints Chief Commercial Officer

By |2024-02-16T16:00:51-06:00February 16, 2024|

Sodexo has promoted David Woodbury chief commercial officer (CCO) for the company’s Sodexo U.S. division. Woodbury has been with Sodexo for more than 20 years, working in operations and commercial leadership roles with increasing levels of responsibility in multiple divisions throughout his tenure. He most joined Sodexo’s U.S. healthcare team in 2020 as vice president ...

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Artificial Intelligence

By |2024-03-11T17:56:52-05:00February 16, 2024|

A previous article found in the November/December 2023 issue of ISSA Today shared some ideas on how artificial Intelligence (AI) could be beneficial in a distributor’s warehouse and how it could recommend a target warehouse accuracy level. Further, it could determine if a warehouse worker is as productive as they should be. As the distribution ...

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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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Attracting Younger Sales Talent

By |2024-03-11T17:56:51-05:00February 14, 2024|

The sales profession is changing, and unfortunately, it’s graying. Statistics show a professional salesperson’s average age is now 47.1 years old. Fifteen years ago, that number was 42. That means that our profession has aged five years in the last 15, and that’s unsustainable. The sales profession needs new blood. With millennials now making up ...

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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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