ISSA | The Association for Cleaning & Facility Solutions

CLEVELAND—May 21, 2026—With a broad range of chemical formulations and deep segment knowledge, Hospeco Brands Group delivers high-performance solutions tailored for demanding environments—including industrial, automotive, aviation, marine, and large-scale manufacturing operations. Products are supported by a nationwide production network to help ensure consistent quality and ...

For decades, outside sales ran on a simple formula: get in the car, visit customers, build relationships, grow business. That model served distributors and manufacturers well. But the landscape of B2B selling has shifted dramatically, and Dave Kahle, founder of Kahle Way® Sales Systems, isn’t sugarcoating what that means for the salespeople still operating the ...

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The cleaning and facility services industry is changing—and women are driving much of that change. From the factory floor to the C-suite, women are filling leadership roles across manufacturing, distribution, building service contracting, and everywhere in between. At a recent roundtable conversation, Lauren Belskie, marketing operations manager at Imperial Dade; Ashley Fubin...

We have economists. Scientists. Physicists. Artists. Each of these “-ists” represents more than a job title. They signal a way of thinking, a discipline, and a commitment to applying knowledge responsibly in the real world. Sustainability deserves the same level of clarity and credibility. That’s why I want to introduce—and intentionally coin—a new word: sustainablist. ...

Our research has found that people who are responsible for cleaning buildings extensively use Google to make “informed” or “smarter” decisions. We also found that people are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to “make or assist in decisions” about the procurement and use of cleaning products. We have an ongoing research question: Will people ...

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