Essity has announced a new organizational structure comprised of four business units—consumer goods Americas, consumer goods Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), professional hygiene, and health and medical, effective December 31. Andres Gomez, current vice president sales and marketing hygiene Andean and Caribbean, has been appointed president of the consumer goods Americas unit. The division will …
The International Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association (IOPFDA), a Division of ISSA, is pleased to announce the following individuals have been elected to serve on the 2023 IOPFDA Board of Directors, led by the current IOPFDA President Charlie Kennedy of Kennedy Office Supply in Raleigh, N.C. Daniel Benjamin Benjamin Office Supply Chris Crumpton Business …
ISSA is one of 14 nonprofits nationwide to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for workplace safety and health training on infectious diseases, including COVID-19. ISSA has been awarded US$158,957 to be used to provide infection-prevention training to frontline workers in the cleaning industry. This …
Read moreISSA Awarded OSHA Grant for Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases
Essity has announced that Don Lewis will step down from his position as president of the company’s professional hygiene division by the end of 2022. Lewis joined Essity in 2002 and has held various leadership positions in Essity’s professional and consumer businesses in North America and Latin America. He joined the company’s executive management team in …
Sodexo’s SodexoMagic division has secured a partnership with the East Orange School District in East Orange, New Jersey. The five-year deal calls for SodexoMagic to deliver nutritional services, including breakfast and lunch, to the district’s students and faculty. SodexoMagic will also provide students with nutritional education and offer food service workforce training, along with other …
Read moreSodexo Awarded Contract With New Jersey School District
Green Seal® has announced that Nancy Hersh has been elected of the nonprofit’s board. Hersh currently serves as chief data officer at climate technology firm Arcadia. She succeeds Christina Martin, who served on Green Seal’s board for eight years. Martin has been elected chair emeritus and will continue to serve as an advisor to Green Seal. …
Tennant Co. is now accepting nominations for its fourth-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 is themed “Super Custodian” and serves as a spotlight of all the real superheroes who keep schools …
In addition to registering with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), disinfectants, sanitizers, and other pesticide products must also be registered with the individual states in which the products will be offered for sale. This requirement applies to both manufacturers and distributors of all pesticides, including antimicrobial products such as disinfectants, sanitizers, and germicides. States …
Read more2022 ISSA State Pesticide Registration Survey Now Available
ABM has appointed James “Jim” DeVries to its board of directors. DeVries is the current president and CEO of ADT Inc. He has been with the security and communications system provider since 2016, when he joined as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining ADT, DeVries spent more than a decade in various …
Dow Chemical Co. has been named one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production by the Great Place to Work® Institute and Fortune magazine. The annual designation is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 57,000 employees in the manufacturing and production industry in the United States. Dow placed fourth on the …