Innovation Award Winners Announced

The ISSA/INTERCLEAN Innovation Award 2008 winner announced at ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam is: Ultra Clean Ltd. for the product: UltraClean.

The award is judged on various criteria, such as originality, impact, practicality, durability, health/ergonomics, environment and profitability.

An excerpt of the jury report: “The judges are truly impressed with the imagination, inventiveness and enterprising spirit shown by the developer of UltraClean. It is exciting to see something which has real potential to make its mark on the washroom service market being launched at the show.”

UltraClean is a patented no-touch towel dispenser with an internal self-laundering system. During working hours it operates as an automatic no-touch linen towel dispenser. Then at any pre-programmed time, it provides full laundering services: it soaks and washes in clean hot water than brushes, sanitizes and dries the towel.

Category Winners

In addition to the overall winner, the jury selected three category winners:

•Nilfisk-Advance A/S for the product: AX 651 Multi EDS

•VERMOP Salmon GmbH for the product: VERMOP Soft Cleaning Schedule

•Satino for the product: Satino Towelex Nominees

Over 70 entries were submitted for the award, of which a shortlist of nine were highlighted.

The nominees were:

•Kärcher B.V. : BRC 50/70 W

•Baudoin Wash-Systems B.V. for: City Washer

•OspreyDeepclean International for: ProVap Hygiene System

•Alpheios B.V. for: Alpheios Diensten voor Diensten 2.0

•Pancomp Electronics Oy for: PANCOMP Building Site Cleaning Management Tool

Frank Melos, a manufacturer’s representative with NorthStar Sales, Longmont, Colo., retired after 45 years in the jan/san industry. Melos began his career with the Colgate Co., where he worked from 1963 until 1973. He joined the Russ Leahy Co. in 1973 as a manufacturer’s representative in the Philadelphia area. Russ Leahy merged with NorthStar in 2007.

Clarke, Springdale, Ark., named Jeff Howell and John Deverey regional sales managers. Howell will manage the company’s sales territory in Michigan and Ohio. Deverey will serve in the same capacity in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Spartan Chemical Co. Inc., Maumee, Ohio appointed Mark Nosiglia to regional manager of the company’s St. Louis region. Nosiglia has over 20 years of experience in the management and equipment side of the business.

Chris Torry was named the sales manager of the ICS line for Hydro Systems Co., Cincinnati.

San Diego-based Mostenbocker’s Lift Off has hired Kevin Demming as their vice president and John Mader as their vice president of sales and marketing.

Randy Bolton joined Nice-Pak Commercial, Orangeburg, N.Y., as a sales executive. He will focus on the sale of commercial wet wipe products in relation to the education and tanning salon markets.

Robert J. Kocourek was named CFO of the Polymer Group Inc., Charlotte. He had previously served as vice president and chief accounting officer.

EnvirOX LLC, Danville, Ill., promoted Larry Lopata to vice president of sales and Josh Clemence to vice president of operations. Lopata has been with the company since 2003. Clemence most recently served as manager of manufacturing within the company.

Atlanta-based Zep Inc. has hired Robert L. Droke II as president of Zep Central and Lisa B. Malloy as president of Zep Retail.

Droke will have full general management responsibility for the company’s presence in the Southwest and Central Plains.

Malloy will handle the general management responsibility for all of Zep’s retail business. She will be based out of the company’s Emerson, Ga., facility.

Wayne Boone has been selected as director of sales for HydraMaster, Mukilteo, Wash.

Boone has 20 years of experience in the professional cleaning industry.

Company Notes

JohnsonDiversey Inc., Sturtevant, Wis., hosted over 250 industry leaders at the Sustainable Facility Care Forum, in Washington, D.C. The one-day event was designed to give members of the facility cleaning and management industry an opportunity to better understand trends in sustainable facility care.

The U.S. Postal Service awarded Cleanwise Inc., Marlborough, Mass., three 2007 Supplier Performance Awards. The company won awards for Supplier Performance, Supplier Innovation and Supplier Diversity.

Cincinnati-based xpedx was named the exclusive supplier of facility supplies to the Philadelphia Phillies and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for the fourth consecutive year.

Spartan Chemical Co., Inc., Maumee, Ohio, hosted over 50 building service contractors at their ninth annual Facility Manager Seminar, May 13-14. The two-day event offered insights into trends in the market.

Tolco Corp., Toledo, Ohio has named Angel Cotton Associates Inc., its 2007 Rep Group of the Year.

Zep Inc., Atlanta, has opened eight market-facing businesses in pursuit of its strategy to achieve profitable growth by creating customer-focused “value stream” organizations. The eight businesses are: Zep West, Zep Central, Zep Southeast, Zep Midwest, Zep East, Zep Europe, Zep Retail and Zep Industrial Distribution.

Network Services Co., Mt. Prospect, Ill., honored four companies for their performance in 2007. GOJO Industries, Akron, Ohio, received the Supplier of the Year. Georgia Pacific North America, Atlanta, was named National Account Supplier of the Year. The NP&PC Supplier of the Year went to Huhtamaki U.S., De Soto, Kan. Reynolds Food Packaging, Laval, Quebec, won the Rising Star Award.

Amsan, Pompano Beach, Fla., opened a sales and distribution center in Nashville, Tenn.

Triple S, Billerica, Mass., has been chosen as the national sales and marketing partner by Genesan for Pollet brand bio-based floor cleaner and maintainers.

Philadelphia-based SCA Tissue North America has added five SKUs to its list of EcoLogo certified towels, facial tissues, bath tissues, and napkins. The certification of these products brings the total number of certified products in the company to 75.

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, Harrodsburg, Ky., was awarded the 2007 Supplier of the Year Award by Pro-Link. The award was given based on increased sales, sales support, customer service and innovation of new products and programs.

JanPak Inc., Davidson, N.C., hosted over 100 building service contractors, property managers and environmental service leaders at a green cleaning workshop in Dallas on May 21.

Nilfisk-Advance Acquires Cyclone Environmental Technologies

Nilfisk-Advance, Plymouth, Minn., has acquired all the assets of Cyclone Environmental Technologies LLC.

Based in Tempe, Ariz., Cyclone is an industrial cleaning technology and manufacturing company specializing in technologies for cleaning outdoor surfaces. The acquisition will form a new company within Nilfisk-Advance called Nilfisk-Advance Technologies, Inc.

Cyclone will continue to operate out of the Tempe location following the acquisition.

OBITUARIES

Irving Genet, Chairman of Dade Paper, Miami, passed away May 21 in Miami.

Mr. Genet graduated from the University of Miami in 1937 and he received his Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1938. After graduation, he became a schoolteacher until he and his father Harry founded Dade Paper in 1939. Irving started as the company’s first salesman and quickly rose to a leadership position.

Sol Schwartzman, former owner of Monmouth Paper, Red Bank, N.J., passed away May 19.

Mr. Schwartzman, along with his brothers Herman and Nathan built Monmouth Paper into a leading paper and janitorial supply company. In 1985, they sold the business to Bunzl.