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NEW! 2025 Customer Expectations Study: How Working Together Impacts Cleaning Programs NEW! 2025 End User Purchasing Study Outlines Expectations of Cleaning Products News & Views Imperial Brady announced the appointment of Willis Weirich to Senior Vice President, Operations. In this role, Weirich will lead the company's logistics, warehouse operations, inventory management, safety, and operational integration efforts. He reports directly to Chief Executive Officer Jason Tillis.

NEW! 2025 Customer Expectations Study: How Working Together Impacts Cleaning Programs NEW! 2025 End User Purchasing Study Outlines Expectations of Cleaning Products News & Views New research finds that heat stress has grown in intensity, compromising company productivity and staff safety. A climate change study tracked warm weather by frequency, duration, and severity—all of which increased. Across the continent, extreme heat during the day and night is contributing to global heat illness risks.

NEW! 2025 Customer Expectations Study: How Working Together Impacts Cleaning Programs NEW! 2025 End User Purchasing Study Outlines Expectations of Cleaning Products News & Views Spartan Chemical Company announced that John Swigart has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 15, 2026. Swigart began his career with Spartan Chemical in 1999, working in various areas in the plant before transitioning into sales as the Distributor Relations Manager.

NEW! 2025 Customer Expectations Study: How Working Together Impacts Cleaning Programs NEW! 2025 End User Purchasing Study Outlines Expectations of Cleaning Products News & Views The Bullen Companies is pleased to announce the addition of Steve Pierson to its Business Development team. Pierson brings over 20 years of sales and business development experience, with a strong background in building customer relationships, identifying growth opportunities, and delivering results.

A nationwide cleanup celebrates a cleaner America. Keep America Beautiful, an environmentally forward nonprofit, launched a national campaign to pick up millions of pieces of litter in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary. On July 4, 2026, the organization invites the public to remove over 25 billion pieces of waste from parks, waterways, and public spaces. There are currently 35 billion pieces of waste countrywide.

NEW! 2025 Customer Expectations Study: How Working Together Impacts Cleaning Programs NEW! 2025 End User Purchasing Study Outlines Expectations of Cleaning Products News & Views Registration is now open for Contracting Success 2026 (CS26), a multi-day conference where commercial cleaning industry professionals can connect, grow, and build better businesses.

By Steve Mastin In the past two years, I’ve heard the same message from owners and operators across our industry: “We need to leverage technology.” What they often don’t know, specifically, is what they want it to do. Therein lies the rub: to solve a problem, we first must define it, and to define it, we must clearly understand and articulate it. In the building services industry, technology has emerged as a powerful differentiator, but only when deployed with purpose.

Findings from a 2026 study outline human attitudes and holdbacks around autonomous machines. Hexagon’s global Robot Generation research revealed that adults are open to robots at work but draw the line when it comes to full integration. These sentiments show how commercial cleaning executives can successfully implement technology into their operations.

« Go back to CleanTips home By Corinne Zudonyi, Editor-in-Chief Corinne Zudonyi, Cleaning Editor-in-Chief, introduces Sheri Cedar, CEO and Co-Founder of AK Building Services, at the Clean Buildings event. The discussion focuses on company culture, employee retention, and labor challenges in the cleaning industry. Cedar explains that company culture is often underestimated, but she believes it drives growth, protects revenue, and improves retention.