Spartan Chemical Company, Inc., a recognized leader in the formulation and manufacture of sustainable cleaning and sanitation solutions for the industrial and institutional market, was awarded the exclusive honor of being named NETWORK’S 2018 Member Choice for best all-around service provider as voted by the NETWORK Members.

In recent years, automation has become more and more prevalent within the commercial restroom, as evidenced by an array of touchless fixtures such as automatic toilets, faucets, and air care systems, hands-free dryers, and automatic soap and paper towel dispensers. Now, sensing technology, the foundation of self-driving cars and robotic floor scrubbers, is making its entrance into the away-from-home restroom, elevating the restroom from automated to innovative.

Even though the Tork brand of professional hygiene products has been in the USA for just 10 years, it’s been sold in other parts of the world for decades. In fact, it was 50 years ago that the Tork brand came to life in Sweden. Happy birthday, Tork!

Northbrook, IL, USA—July 16, 2018—ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, is thrilled to announce this year’s keynote speakers who will help make the ISSA Show North America 2018, October 29-November 1, in Dallas, TX, something special.

Northbrook, IL, USA – July 12, 2018—ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, today announced that the ISSA Show Mexico 2019 will deliver significantly greater value to participants by way of co-located events and an additional curriculum geared specifically to cleaning and maintenance professionals.

CINCINNATI, OH – Distributor Partners of America (DPA), a member-driven buying & marketing group, recently announced the recipient of its prestigious Founder’s Award at its annual Buying & Networking Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. This year’s Founder’s Award was the eleventh given in the group’s history and the honor went to Colker Company (Pittsburgh, PA).

CINCINNATI, OH – The DPA Buying Group is pleased to announce its 2017 JanSan Distributor and Supplier of the Year recipients. Congratulations to DPA JanSan Distributor of the Year, State Janitorial Supply (Dover, DE) and DPA JanSan Supplier of the Year, Deb USA (Charlotte, NC). The awards were presented at DPA’s annual Buying and Networking Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Triple S, the leading Member based distribution network in the facility supply and cleaning industry, is pleased to announce and welcome the addition of Dan Wagner as the organization’s new Director of Strategic Accounts.

The professional cleaning industry in North America and much of Western Europe now recognizes the benefits of providing green cleaning programs to its customers. More importantly, we now understand the positive health benefits of these programs to building users and cleaning staff. However, that certainly is not true in many other parts of the world.

A vast, 5.6 million square foot North American laboratory has about 150 custodial workers. Each custodian is responsible for about 30,000 square feet of office space which is cleaned five days per week. Along with the typical cleaning duties – such as restroom cleaning, trash removal, vacuuming, etc. – most of the floors are hard surface, meaning they must be dust mopped and damp mopped on a regular basis, usually daily.