The awards honor R.J. Schinner vendors in three categories: jansan, paper, and food service. Procter & Gamble Professional received the award for the jansan category, while Cascades Tissue Group was named the winner of the paper category. R.J. Schinner presented Dart Container the award for the food service category, Cleanlink.

Longtime jansan manufacturer representative and Knox Co. founder Maurice Knox passed away March 1, 2016. He was 95 years old.Knox was born in San Francisco, CA, and was named valedictorian of his graduating class at Galileo High.

Procter & Gamble, parent company of Procter & Gamble Professional, has divested multiple international shampoo brands to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, parent company of Dial Professional.

The Oracle Shopping Centre undertook a waste management review with Compact and Bale with the intention of maximising the amount of material they are recycling and improving their waste management system.

Essential to any clean-up are black sacks and they are required in their 1,000s in Carlisle following the recent floods. BPI Recycled Products has teamed up with Bunzl Cleaning and Hygiene Supplies to donate and distribute, free of charge, 43,000 capacity sacks to the Carlisle Floods SOS Appeal.

Minimise Water has introduced the new Energy Saving Hand Dryer which it says will quickly reduce energy consumption, improve hygiene and save money in commercial bathrooms and washrooms.

Genesis Biosciences in Cardiff has had a string of triumphs this year after launching their Evogen microbial product range, Evogen Professional, and winning two awards for their innovation and scientific breakthroughs.

The Merton Group has been awarded a new three year contract with Regent Samsic for their service and products.Regent Samsic regard the Merton Group as a key supply chain partner.

Launched in June 2012, Fullfield FM is a relatively new name on the national cleaning scene. It was founded by Motorclean which over three decades had become the largest single provider of car valeting services to dealerships in the UK, turning over £38m in 2014. Here, Motorclean explains why it diversified into premises cleaning and what it learned during the startup process.

Deb has launched the Deb Stoko range of products designed specifically for occupational skin care across a variety of industries including the commercial sector. The broad portfolio of Deb Stoko hand cleansers, sanitisers and after-work restore creams have been formulated to address and reduce the spread of infection as well as the risk of occupational skin disease.