Monthly Archives: December 2023

ISSA LARU—PRIA 5 Updates

By |2023-12-22T16:00:00-06:00December 22, 2023|

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 current PRIA 5 implementation efforts, registration for the 2024 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit, urging Congress to tell DOL to abandon the department’s overtime proposal, and more. Want to ...

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Cintas Reports 9.3% Increase in 2nd-Quarter Revenue

By |2023-12-21T20:48:53-06:00December 21, 2023|

Cintas Corp. has reported a fiscal second-quarter revenue of US$2.38 billion, a 9.3% increase from last year’s revenue of $2.17 billion in the same time period. The company’s organic revenue growth rate for the second quarter of fiscal 2024, which adjusts for the impacts of acquisitions and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, was 11.6%. Cintas posted an ...

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Ecolab Recognized for Sustainability Leadership

By |2023-12-21T20:47:40-06:00December 21, 2023|

Ecolab Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices. Ecolab was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the fourth consecutive year and was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the ninth year in a row. Managed cooperatively by S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM, the indices evaluate ...

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Triple S Adds Murphy Supply

By |2023-12-19T19:46:30-06:00December 19, 2023|

Triple S has named Murphy Supply Co. as its latest member-dealer for the Cincinnati market. Under the agreement, Hamilton, Ohio-based Murphy Supply has the right to market the complete line of Triple S brand cleaning products and systems. The agreement also grants the distributor access to Triple S’s Partners in Protection Cleaning and Disinfection Program, ...

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City Wide Expands Further Into California

By |2023-12-19T19:45:34-06:00December 19, 2023|

City Wide Facility Solutions has opened a new office in San Luis Obispo, California. Local entrepreneurial couple Breck and Kali Ashdown will lead the branch, which will service local building owners and property management companies in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. The San Luis Obispo branch is City Wide’s 12th in the state of ...

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ISSA Sponsors Successful Period Product Drive

By |2023-12-18T19:02:14-06:00December 18, 2023|

Menstrual care products are a basic necessity, yet not everyone who needs these products has access to them. Accordingly, ISSA proudly sponsored the fifth annual Women in Government Relations (WGR) Period Product Drive through the month of October 2023. More than 15,700 individual products were donated to the drive this year, exceeding the previous year ...

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Imperial Dade Acquires Texas Distributor

By |2023-12-18T19:00:46-06:00December 18, 2023|

Imperial Dade has acquired Wedge Supply LLC for an undisclosed sum in a private financial transaction. Founded by Kevin Wedge in 1989, Wedge Supply distributes paper, janitorial equipment, and food service products throughout North Texas. The purchase expands Imperial Dade’s presence in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area and is the 76th acquisition by Imperial Dade under its current ...

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New Standard Published: ANSI/IICRC S540 Standard for Trauma and Crime Scene Cleanup

By |2023-12-15T21:23:13-06:00December 15, 2023|

The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announces the publication of a newly revised ANSI-approved ANSI/IICRC S540 Standard for Trauma and Crime Scene Cleanup (2nd edition, 2023).  This standard describes the procedures to be followed and the precautions to be taken when performing trauma and crime scene cleanup regardless of surface, item, or ...

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3M Sells Stake in Combi Packaging

By |2023-12-14T21:47:09-06:00December 14, 2023|

3M has sold its 50% equity stake in Combi Packaging Systems LLC to SIAT Group, an H.I.G. Capital portfolio company and provider of case taping machinery, wrapping machinery, and strapping equipment. Combi is a U.S.-based producer and distributor of end-of-line packaging machinery. The company also acts as the service and warehousing provider for the 3M-Matic™ Case ...

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P&G Board Adds Former Johnson & Johnson Exec

By |2023-12-14T21:39:11-06:00December 14, 2023|

Procter & Gamble (P&G), parent company of Procter & Gamble Professional (P&G PRO), has added Ashley McEvoy to the company’s board of directors. McEvoy is the former executive vice president and worldwide chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s medical devices segment MedTech. As the head of the world’s second-largest medical devices business, she led MedTech’s entrance into telehealth, robotics, ...

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