SM Announces Distributor Choice Award Winners

For over a decade, Sanitary Maintenance has given distributors the opportunity to identify top industry products and they've responded in kind. Hundreds of products have been recognized with the prestigious Sanitary Maintenance Distributor Choice Award designation. With controlled voting, this award was the first program that identified winners based exclusively on votes from jan/san distributors. It gave these professionals the chance to highlight the products that have made a difference in their businesses and the businesses of their customers.

Ballots were sent to Sanitary Maintenance readers who could choose the top three products they considered to be the best in the industry. Distributors identified their favorite products based on top sellers, most preferred, most recommended, most innovative, most effective, etc.

Based on this voting exclusively from jan/san distributors, three winners were identified in each category. The Sanitary Maintenance 2025 Distributor Choice Award winners are (in no particular order):

Chemicals Category:
• Gleamonex Glass Cleaner from Zenex International
• Simplifill from Spartan Chemical Company, Inc.
• OxiGenesis RTU from EnvirOx

Restroom Dispensers, Fixtures and Consumables Category:
• Tork Xpress Compressed Multifold Hand Towel from Tork, an Essity brand
• Tork OptiServe Toilet Paper from Tork, and Essity brand
• Compact Quad Plus Toilet Paper Dispenser from GP PRO

Equipment and Accessories Category:
• SmartScrub from Americo Manufacturing
• W.steps COMBI 7.5 FT Telescopic Ladder from W.steps
• NSS dash from TASKI

Cleaning Tools Category:
• Hydropower Nano Pure Water System from Unger Enterprises
• TrapEze Disposable Dusting Sheets from Americo Manufacturing
• GVC-1502 Commercial Dry Steam Cleaner from Goodway Technologies

Health & Wellness Category:
• EZshine Green #4 Pad from EZshine Diamond Clean Technology Co., Ltd.
• OxiGenesis RTU from EnvirOx
• SaniBot from FloorBotics, Inc.

Technology & Innovation Category:
• Halo Swing-Activated Faucet and Eyewash from Bradley Company
• EZshine Green #4 Pad from EZshine Diamond Clean Technology Co., Ltd.
• Clorox HealthyClean from The Clorox Company

New Products Category:
• The Thin Bin Waste Management System from Hospeco Brands Group
• SaniBot from FloorBotics, Inc.
• PEEL Mirror System from Graffiti Sheild, Inc.

Honorable Mentions

There were a record number of product submissions this year and the feedback from distributors was overwhelming to the point that Sanitary Maintenance chose to also feature up to two honorable mentions for each category.

Chemicals:
• Clorox EcoClean Disinfecting Wipes from The Clorox Company
• Lysol Air Sanitizer from Reckitt's Lysol Pro Solutions

Restroom Dispensers, Fixtures and Consumables:
• Hardwound No-Touch Mechanical HyTech Seas Proprietary Dispenser from Sofidel America
• D|VERSE Sink with the XLERATORsync Dryer from D|13 Group and Excel Dryer, Inc.

Equipment and Accessories:
• X-Scrub Mini 11" Versatile Floor Scrubber from Intelligent Design Manufacturing
• KIRA CV 50 Autonomous Vacuum from Karcher North America

Cleaning Tools:
• MightyWipe Max from Berk International, LLC
• TASKI IntelliTrail 2.2 from TASKI

Health & Wellness:
• Essential Li US 24VGC2 from U.S. Battery Mfg. Co.

Technology & Innovation:
• Viking Pure Disinfecting Solution 600 from Viking Pure Solutions
• XLERATOR Hand Dryer with eHEPA Filtration from Excel Dryer, Inc.

New Products:
• EZshine Green #4 Pad from EZshine Diamond Clean Technology Co., Ltd.
• 4Pines Deodorizing Cleaner, 5% RealPine Oil One Packs Premeasured Concentrate from Stearns Packaging Corp.

Learn more about each of these products here.