The ABMA website has reported on the death of Susan M. “Sue” (O’Connor) Erickson from Lanoco Specialty Wire Products. She was 48 and passed away unexpectedly on Friday April 10, 2020. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and raised in Millbury, Sue was one of two daughters born to loving parents, Thomas and Mary Ellen (Bradley) O’Connor. […]
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Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, is pleased to announce that Brent Hadden joined Nexstep in January of this year as our Logistics Supervisor in Paxton, Illinois. Hadden came to our company from Hearthside Food Solutions, a company that packages pet food in Gibson City, Illinois, where he worked as their warehouse supervisor for […]
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The Wooster Brush Company’s board of directors has elected Ben Maibach to succeed Bill Fagert as the company’s 10th president, effective May 1, 2020. At the same time, Bill Fagert, president since 2010, will become vice chairman of the board of directors. Since joining Wooster Brush in 2014, Maibach has served as vice president of […]
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German machine maker WÖHLER provided the following statement on current operations: The coronavirus confronts us all with yet unknown challenges. WÖHLER is very aware of its special responsibility – as much so for you as clients, as also for our employees – and in face of the highly dynamic developments has made fitting preparations. Ensuring […]
Read MoreThe FEIBP has postponed the 62nd FEIBP Congress to September 22-25, 2021, and will utilize the same location in Prague, Czech Republic. In making the decision the FEIBP cited the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and in particular the its effect on the European brushware industry. The announcement said that the COVID-19 situation not under […]
Read MoreNexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, has announced that Beth Spencer has joined the Corporate Staff in Springfield as an accounts receivable associate. Spencer recently moved to Ohio from Wisconsin to be closer to her family. She was born in the “thumb” of Michigan, but over the last six years has lived in Kentucky, North […]
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic looks to have snuffed out an expansion that wanted to kick off at the start of the year as the Institute for Supply Management® reported a PMI of 49.1 percent for March. Based on the overall economy, the drop from 50.1 percent in February seems relatively modest. Comments from the ISM® report and panel reflect intense concerns about the future outlook as the world economy is heading into the unknown.
Read MoreJones Family of Companies has announced a partnership with NanoTouch Materials. NanoTouch Materials provides a continuous self-cleaning surface which means there is now a new definition to “clean.” NanoTouch provides less worry and a healthier environment through their creation of skins and mats that are self-cleaning. “Powered by normal indoor light, NanoSeptic Surfaces utilizes mineral […]
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Perlon®, a Serafin Group company, continues to produce its quality filaments at all five sites for customers in the current challenging climate. Production in China has been operating as normal since the beginning of March after having to be temporarily halted due to the spread of COVID-19 in that area. Production is now back up […]
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