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The Deb Group Ltd., appointed Bill Taylor as president and CEO of Deb SBS Inc., Stanley, N.C. Most recently, Taylor was vice president and general manager at JohnsonDiversey. Prior to that, he was president of The Butcher Co.
Miami-based Atlas Paper Mills has announced that Joseph A. Tadeo has joined the company as president and CEO.
Tadeo spent 25 years with Scott Paper Company’s Away-From-Home division in various sales and management roles. Prior to joining Atlas, he was senior vice president and general manager of Jarden Consumer Solutions, Personal Comfort and Wellness business unit.
Spartan Chemical Co., Inc., Maumee, Ohio appointed Josh Moore to regional manager for the company’s Mississippi region. The company also promoted Tom McFarlane to regional manager for the Illinois region.
Larry Dickler has agreed to serve on the Advisory Board for Pak-It LLC, Philadelphia. Dickler was the founder and president of Dickler Chemical Laboratories Inc., which was recently sold to Pak-It. In his advisory role, Dickler will help the company better understand three key areas of the business: Customers, competitors and the industry.
STOKO Skin Care, Greensboro, N.C., appointed Roland Linder to national sales manager.
San Diego-based WAXIE Sanitary Supply announced three promotions: Dana Pistilli as general manager of the San Diego division; Chris Bohrisch to vice president general manager of Ontario and Los Angeles divisions; and Mat Hamilton to operations manager of the Seattle division.
R3 Safety, Wilmington, Ohio, added Trey Logan as the new sales development specialist. Logan will manage the territory of Eastern Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.
COMPANY NOTES
Activant Solutions Inc., Livermore, Calif., hosted more than 1,300 professionals in early March at Activant Summit 2009.
Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), Winchester, Va., announced a partnership with Northern Colorado Paper and Waste Management Inc.
In the “Take Back” Pilot Program, Northern Colorado Paper will take back RCP products that have reached the end of their useful life and transport them to the local Waste Management.
Spartan Chemical Co., Inc., Maumee, Ohio, hosted more than 50 professionals at the “Do More with Less! Cleaning in Today’s Economy!” seminar.
STOKO Skin Care, Greensboro, N.C., is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The skin care product line started conducting business in North America in 1982 with three employees. Today the company includes substantial headquarter facilities that include production, warehousing and distribution, customer service, and marketing, as well as a sales force encompassing North America, Puerto Rico, Australia and New Zealand.
Zep Inc., Atlanta, won the Golden Hammer Award in the Cleaning Supplies category at the National Hardware Show.
The award recognizes suppliers that exemplify a gold standard by demonstrating their commitment to support retailer sales.
National Chemical Laboratories Inc. (NCL), Philadelphia, held a three-day intensive distributor training session as part of its NCL University program.
The program focused on product knowledge, updates on NCL Healthy, Green Cleaning Initiatives and included hands-on procedures and classroom instruction for floor care, stone care, restroom sanitation, carpet care and other programs.
Philadelphia-based SCA Tissue North America teamed up with the Philadelphia Eagles for a VIP Tree Planting Event at Neshaminy State Park in Bensalem, Pa.