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Calendar Of Events

2021 SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY INDEX ________6

OCTOBER 21-23, 2021

Squeegee Manufacturers Discuss Business After A Year Of Dealing With COVID-19 ________8 Yarn Company Executives Discuss Industry Opportunities, Challenges Ahead _____20

2021 SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY_____________28

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INDEX

Abtex LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Padco Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

ACS Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Gornell Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Parts Brush by Lisle Corporation . . . . . . . . .48

Algoma Mop Manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Gover Horowitz & Blunt Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Paul Brothers & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

ABMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

H. Arnold Wood Turning, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .43

PelRay International Co., . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

American Select Tubing/AST Filaments . . . .28

Ha-Ste Manufacturing, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Perfex Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Birdwell Cleaning Products, Inc. . . . . . . . . .30

Hahl Inc., a Div. of Perlon The Filament Co. 43

PFERD INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Bizzotto Giovanni Automation srl . . . . . . . . .30

Haviland Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Pogliani SRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Bodam International Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Hillbrush Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Precision Brush Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Borghi s.p.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

HIMESA Hilos Y Mechas S.A. de C.V. . . . . .44

Premier Mop & Broom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Boucherie USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Industrial Brush Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . .44

PMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

G.B. Boucherie N.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

InterBrush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Purdy Professional Painting Tools . . . . . . . .49

Briarwood Products LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

The InterWire Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Reit Price Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Brosses Lacasse Inc. / Norman Brush Inc. . .36

Jason Mills, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Remco Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Bruin Plastics Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Jersey Jerry Broomsquire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Rol-Brush Mfg., Div. of Michigan Brush . . . .49

Brush Fibers, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Jones Yarn - Jones Family of Companies . . .44

Roth Composite Machinery GmbH . . . . . . . .49

Brush Technology Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Justman Brush Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Royal Paint Roller Mfg. Corp. . . . . . . . . . . .50

Brushes Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Keystone Plastics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Schaefer Brush Mfg., LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Bruske Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

La Crosse Brush, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Shanghai Jiasheng Products Co., LTD . . . . .50

Carlisle FoodService Products . . . . . . . . . . .37

Lafitte Mop Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Shurhold Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Carolina Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Lanoco Specialty Wire Products, Inc. . . . . . .45

SIBO Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Charles E. Green & Son, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .37

Lemieux Spinning Mill, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Sieko Brushware (India) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

CiBrush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Lessmann GmbH The German Brush Company 45

S.M. Arnold, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Corona Brushes, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Libman Company, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Spiral Brushes Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Creative Poly, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Loos & Co., Inc. Jewel Wire Division . . . . . .45

St. Nick Brush Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

CWP Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

M2 Professional Cleaning Products LTD . . . .46

Stainless Steel Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Deco Products Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Madison Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Stolzfus Brooms & Carpets . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Deligh Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Magni Giovanni snc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Suzhou SUIKING Electric Co. Ltd. . . . . . . .51

Direct Mop Sales, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Magnolia Brush Manufacturers, Ltd. . . . . . .46

Tai Hing Nylon Filament Products Co., Ltd. .51

DKSH Switzerland, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Malish Corporation, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Tanis, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Dorden & Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Marco Kracht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Thomas Textile Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Draper Knitting Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

MFC, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Unimac S.r.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

DuPont Filaments — Americas, LLC . . . . . .40

Michigan Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . .46

United Rotary Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Weiler Abrasives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Ebser Mechanical Engineering . . . . . . . . . .40

Mill-Rose Company, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Epic Resins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Milliken Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Whitley Monahan Handle Co. . . . . . . . . . . .51

EAB Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Milwaukee Dustless Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Wöhler Brush Tech GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

F.M. Brush Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Monahan Filaments, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Wolf Filaments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Felton, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Monahan Partners, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

WOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Fibratexsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Thomas Monahan Co., The . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

WOMAtec Maschinenbau GmbH . . . . . . . . .52

Fili & Forme SRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Mount Joy Wire Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Wool Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Filkemp - Industria de Filamentos, S.A. . . . .42

Mr. LongArm, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Wooster Brush Company, The . . . . . . . . . . .52

Filmop USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Multi Brosses Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Young & Swartz, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Fuller Industries LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

National Wire & Metal Technologies, Inc. . . .47

Zahoransky AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

G.D.F. di De Franceschi Gabriella & C. s.a.s. 42

Newton Broom & Brush Co. . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Zahoransky USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Gator Cleaning Products, LLC . . . . . . . . . . .42

Nexstep Commercial Products . . . . . . . . . . .48

Zelazoski Wood Products, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .53

Gift Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Norshel Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Zephyr Manufacturing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Giori Automation/Global Line Group Srl . . . .43

Nyco Products Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Golden Star Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

O’Dell Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

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By Rick Mullen | Broom, Brush & Mop Associate Editor

As the country approaches the summer of 2021, companies have been dealing with how to conduct business during the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year. Much has changed in the marketplace and there have been challenges. There have also been lessons learned, one of which is the importance of cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting.

Broom, Brush & Mop recently spoke with executives from three manufacturers of squeegee products, who shared how their respective companies have fared during the past year and how critical the products they offer are in fighting harmful microbes. hen the COVID-19 pandemic began to ramp up in the early spring of 2020, like many companies across the board, Haviland Corporation, of Linn, MO, saw a downturn in business. Fortunately, in just a couple of months, the company’s sales began to rebound. “By late May 2020, business was back to near normal,” said Executive Vice President Alice Andrews. “We have also been very fortunate to see above normal levels of business for 2021. Our staff has really rallied to meet demand, and we have hired some additional team members, as well.” When the pandemic first hit last year, Haviland Corporation took measures to keep employees safe and healthy. PPEs (personal protective equipment) was made available for all employees and social distancing protocols were put in place. In addition, people were very conscientious about being physically healthy before coming to work. “We have been fortunate to avoid many of the COVID pitfalls,” Andrews said. “Our staff has worked very hard to

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maintain a clean and safe work environment. Because of staff diligence, and vaccinations becoming more available, some of the early protocols put in place by the company have been dropped.” As companies have dealt with the pandemic for the past year, there have been insights and some lessons have been learned. While there have been longer lead times during the pandemic, Andrews doesn’t expect any disruptions moving forward. “We work very closely with our raw material suppliers to forecast and make sure we have everything in the pipeline that we need,” Andrews said. “COVID seems to have opened everyone’s eyes to the importance of cleanliness. We are seeing a surge in customer demand for products. We are also gaining a new perspective. Just because something looks and smells clean, it does not always mean it is safe. “Our Microbe Spiker squeegee and swipe material is a good example of a way to clean beyond appearance. It uses nanotechnology. The antimicrobial material can be squeegeed across BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

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a floor or wiped down a surface without the use of water or disinfectants, attracting up to 99.9 percent of microbes on to the Microbe Spiker surface.” The Microbe Spiker blue material is a closed-cell foam rubber that is embedded with an anti-microbial agent that attracts and attacks surface microbes through a physical means. Because the agent is embedded into the entirety of the foam, it does not lose potency over time. The Alice Andrews microbes that are released, when cleaning the material, are non-viable, thus leaving no opportunity for cell adaptation or development of microbial resistance and minimizing the creation of “Super Bugs.” Haviland Corporation was founded in 1946 by Warren and Van Haviland in St. Louis, MO. In 1974 the company moved to Linn, MO. In the company’s 75 years of manufacturing, it has grown to produce many types of floor and window squeegees. Squeegee sizes range from 3 to 72 inches, which includes straight and curved style frames. Haviland squeegees are manufactured for the janitorial, industrial, paving, food service/processing, agricultural,

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machine repair and consumer segments. Forty years ago, the company was the first to begin manufacturing aftermarket replacement blades, gaskets and splash guards for floor machines. The paving and roofing hand tools division was added more than 30 years ago, offering waterbrooms, serrated squeegees, U-shaped crack fillers and more. The company’s blades are made with premium compounds in Jan Haviland blends such as neoprene, red and tan gum, urethanes, EPDM, and specialty blends. The blades vary in flexibility, color and thickness. Haviland Corporation offers unique rubbers that may not be available from “one size fits all” suppliers, according to the company. A couple of newer products that have been well received by customers are AQUALIR Pro rubber and the Quick Flip Squeegee. AQUALIR Pro blade material is specially compounded and formulated with a natural rubber compound system, exclusively sold by Haviland Corporation. The material was developed for applications where heavy-duty impact and wear

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“We really have a knowledgeable and trained staff that takes a proactive approach in creating partnerships with our customers. With the flexibility in our products, this allows for customization to meet customers’ needs, including what type of squeegee rubber will work the best to meet their needs.”

~ Jan Haviland resistance, in harsh real-world environments, are required, according to the company. “AQUALIR Pro rubber is a good alternative to some of the other options. It has really good tensile strength capabilities,” Andrews said. The Quick Flip squeegee, one of Andrews’ favorite products, has two blades, one on either side. The types of blades depend on the task at hand. The company says this helps eliminate downtime and saves money, because if a different blade is needed for a particular type of flooring or detergent, the enduser can just “flip” it over. There is no need to have two separate squeegees. “We have some new product innovations in the works,” Andrews said, “but they are not ready for release at this time. We are looking forward to attending the upcoming World of Concrete 2021 show scheduled for June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and the ISSA Show North America Nov. 15-19, 2021, also at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The company takes great pride in its ability to be flexible. “We really have a knowledgeable and trained staff that takes a proactive approach in creating partnerships with our customers,” owner/President Jan Haviland said. “With the flexibility in our products, this allows for customization to meet customers’ needs, including what type of squeegee rubber will work the best to meet their needs. “The ultimate goal is to develop strong, trusted relationships with our customers, based on ethical business practices and delivering on our promises. Our mission is to continue

to manufacture Haviland products in the United States, and to create jobs and innovations to keep our country strong.”

Looking ahead, Jan Haviland said the dynamics of every administration could potentially have an impact on the company. “We’ll wait and see,” she said. “But challenges promote growth, and we look forward to meeting new challenges and to continue to grow.” Contact: Haviland Corporation, 200 S. Highway U, Linn, MO 65051. Phone: 573-897-3672 or 800-325-3915. Website: www.havilandcorp.com.

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hen COVID-19 hit Michigan last spring, Dorden Squeegees, of Detroit, immediately took steps to keep employees safe and healthy in its manufacturing facility. CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) protocols were followed, masks were issued and hand sanitizers and alcohol wipes were made available. In addition, the company’s large facility made it easier to accomplish social distancing. “We are continuing to follow CDC guidelines and we have gone above and beyond with sanitizing,” said President/Managing Director Bruce Gale. “Although many employees have been vaccinated, we are remaining very cautious and continue to wear masks. In addition, employees are able to stay six feet apart as they have designated work areas, and are not on top of each other.” COVID forced many Bruce Gale companies to shut down entirely, or lay off people, however, Dorden Squeegee was deemed an essential business due to its customer base and remained up and running. “We put our heads down, put our masked noses to the grindstone, kept working and remained open,” Gale said. Initially, sales of squeegees were down modestly because of the pandemic, but now they are bouncing back. “Business has been good,” Gale said. “We are getting back to the 2019 numbers. We have had some bumps in the road. We had some outdated equipment, and it has taken us longer to update than we anticipated. Nonetheless, we are doing pretty well.” The pandemic has taken a terrible toll on the country. As of May 25, there were 33.9 million cases of COVID reported, accounting for 605,021 deaths. If there is a silver lining, perhaps it is the public’s heightened awareness of the importance of cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting. In this vein, Dorden Squeegee offers some effective cleaning tools. “We offer some antibacterial squeegees,” Gale said. The company’s gray vinyl blades are non-absorbent and antibacterial. Vinyl is a closed-cell material that is also nonmarking. Because bacteria doesn’t grow on the gray vinyl material, it works well for hospitals, restaurants, clean rooms, processing plants and packing houses. Dorden offers industrial and commercial-grade window squeegees. They are: Industrial “C” Series — A premium, heavy-duty, one-piece aluminum channel frame holds a specially-extruded black rubber blade in place to create, not just a window wiping tool, but a multi-use tool. The squeegees are designed for maintenance and janitorial activities such as cleaning countertops and other flat surfaces. They are especially good for use on equipment in factories where oils and other fluids are a concern. They are also great for use on wet grinding machines and by tile and grout contractors, among others; and, Commercial “CP” Series — Features a natural red rubber

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service blade, backed by a firmer black rubber compound backing cushion more like a heavy duty conventional window squeegee. They are used in stores, factories, warehouses and in general janitorial window cleaning. The squeegees are re-usable because the blades are replaceable.

“We put our heads down, put our masked noses to the grindstone, kept working and remained open.” ~ Bruce Gale The company’s proprietary blended, long-lasting black rubber compound floor squeegee blade is resistant to petroleum, paint, chemicals and animal fats. It works well for smooth floors, such as cement or linoleum. These blades are used by service stations, car washes, auto dealers, factories, shops and stores, according to Dorden. “We also import moss squeegees from Belgium,” Gale said. “For our customers, we have plenty in stock. We offer standard and heavy-duty metal ‘moss’ squeegees from Belgium. We also offer white plastic frames and black ‘moss’ blades. In addition, we offer programs for co-manufacturers and wholesale distributors.” The rubber blade for Belgian squeegees is open cell and very soft and porous. American squeegee blades are of a harder durometer, as they are designed to move water and other fluids. The unique Belgian squeegees offer a softer durometer that is foam-like in consistency and almost dries the floor. “Color-coded Belgium squeegees are available upon request,” Gale said. “We can bring in a container load of them, and we will be happy to work with anybody who would like to place an order. For less than a container, we would be happy to include some in our next container for the customer’s convenience.” Last year, Dorden began offering a new floor squeegee with a 2 1/2-inch blade (standard size is 2 inches). “Sales for the squeegees with a 2 1/2-inch blade are doing very well,” Gale said. “It is a very high-quality part.” New this year is a line of extra heavy-duty steel handles. “The handles are not like coated steel handles that have a very thin steel tube,” Gale said. “These handles are very thick with a cast zinc and steel threaded end. The thicker guage of steel adds to the quality and durability of the handles.” Initially, the extra heavy-duty steel handles were manufactured for one company.

“Now, rather than having the handles as a proprietary item for a particular company, we are going to be offering the product line to the entire industry,” Gale said.

Another of Dorden’s newer products is a steel trap socket with a threaded handle option at the customer’s request. Standard squeegees have a tapered socket, which is normally used. With a traditional tapered handle, the wood swells and contracts, and is a very stable and effective way to keep a squeegee in place. The company also offers an extra heavy-duty cast zinc socket for many of its floor squeegees. One challenge in 2021 has been shortages of some raw materials. PG 14

“With shortages come higher prices. Steel, aluminum and rubber are costing more,” Gale said. “After we use what we have on hand, and we move into the newer raw material, we are going to have to raise prices. We keep all price increases to an absolute minimum. We want to offer our customers the best price for maximum value.” As companies now have a year of dealing with COVID under their belts, there have been lessons learned. “Having people work from home has been very well accepted, whereas everybody used to have to come into the office or the manufacturing plant,” Gale said. “We have allowed some employees to work outside the facility.” Communicating during the pandemic has also changed, as one-on-one contact with customers has been eliminated or severely limited. “Communicating virtually using such platforms as Zoom has become second nature and very prevalent,” Gale said. “As things start to ease, there will be more in-person contacts.” Gale expressed optimism about the future of Dorden Squeegees and the industry as a whole. “I’m really optimistic. We think we offer a better mousetrap,” Gale said. Contact: Dorden Squeegees, 7446 Central Ave., Detroit, MI 48210. Phone: 313-834-7910. Website: www.dordensqueegee.com.

ilwaukee Dustless Brush, a brand of Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc., of City of Industry, CA, offers quality lines of cleaning tools, including floor squeegees with bolt-in handle sockets, many styles of steel-backed floor brushes, upright brooms and more. As a separate company, Milwaukee Dustless Brush’s original “dustless” brush was first manufactured in 1897. In 2005, the company was acquired by Gordon Brush, and is now one of several brands under the Gordon Brush umbrella in the City of Industry facility, which also includes StaticFaction, Easy Reach, Redtree, JEK, Marx Brush, Footmate System, JB Ward, Kirschner Brush and SpecKenneth Rakusin trum Paint Applicators. “The Milwaukee Dustless brand has always developed the best products in the industry, whether it is a floor broom or squeegee,” Milwaukee Dustless Brush/Gordon Brush President/CEO Kenneth Rakusin said. “The brand’s excellent squeegees are made with blades that range from the softer moss rubber to the stiffer neoprene solid rubber. “The squeegees are designed with the Milwaukee Dustless socket, which is a three-eighth-inch nut and bolt connection that will last forever versus a tapered handle stuck into a squeegee that sometimes needs to be nailed to keep it from coming out.

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Furthermore, water causes the wood to expand and contract. It is really not a very durable connection. “Our handles are either all wood, a combination of wood and steel, or all steel. For example, when using a 36-inch squeegee with an all-steel handle and our nut and bolt connection versus a taper handle, all the user’s effort goes into pushing water around, as opposed to a squeegee that wobbles. “Again, from the beginning, Milwaukee Dustless created products that were exceptionally heavy-duty, long-lasting and, especially with squeegees, designed to replace wear elements while retaining the main housing.” When COVID first hit last spring, protocols were put in place at the Gordon Brush facility to help keep employees safe and healthy, including social distancing, the wearing of masks, enhanced cleaning, etc. Although there are signs the pandemic is winding down, the company has not eased up on the safety and health measures that are in place.

Shipping costs to bring some raw materials from overseas and the cost of the raw materials themselves are a challenge.

~ Kenneth Rakusin “We haven’t changed any of the protocols, yet,” Rakusin said. “California is planning to follow CDC guidelines until June 15. So, we are still following the rules, which include the use of PPE equipment, social distancing, etc. We are still cleaning very thoroughly and requiring people to wear masks. In about a month, we should be able to go back to what I call ‘normal.’

“Recently, we hosted a vaccine clinic at our facility. We not only had it open for our team members and their friends and family, but also for all our business neighbors. We have gone out of our way to try and make it better for people.”

To motivate employees to get vaccinated sooner rather than later, the company is offering a $100 payment, Rakusin said. While many companies were shutting down or cutting back during the beginning of the pandemic, Gordon Brush doubled down and increased production. “Back then, we continued to produce, and now the economy is somewhat robust for us,” Rakusin said. Even though production is ongoing, labor and raw material shortages have made it difficult to keep products in stock. “Even as we strive to build inventory, there are so many items that are out of stock. We can’t make them fast enough,” Rakusin said. “We can’t get certain raw materials. Also, right now, in May 2021, we are constrained because we can’t hire enough people that we need to produce the way we want.” Rakusin said it doesn’t help that the migrant labor pool, due to immigration issues and the pandemic, has been depleted. “We use a U.S. government system called E-Verify. As part of the hiring process, we have to verify the U.S. government allows us to hire a person. We must determine if a prospect has a green card or is a citizen, or has whatever documentation he/she needs to legally work in America. “In California, we have an additional labor issue now that marijuana has become legal. Since we manufacture items for the federal government, we must certify that we have a drug-free environment. While the pool of talent in California can legally use marijuana, we can’t hire people who do, because we have to certify we are drug free.

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“Since November (2020), we have acquired, or have on order, five new machines that will allow us to manufacture more quickly.”

~ Kenneth Rakusin However, even if marijuana was legal on the federal level, we don’t want somebody using it while driving a fork lift or working a machine.” One of the ways some companies mitigate the lack of workers is to expand their automation capabilities. “Since November (2020), we have acquired, or have on order, five new machines that will allow us to manufacture more quickly,” Rakusin said. “We have one machine that cycles twice as fast as the one it replaced. There are two that are 50 percent faster than the the older versions. New machines that are on the way in the summer will also increase capacity and, more importantly, will also increase our speed, which is very important to us. We continually invest in our machinery.” Shipping costs to bring some raw materials from overseas and the cost of the raw materials themselves are a challenge. “We are having big issues with shipping,” Rakusin said. “Some raw materials come from overseas and the cost of shipping has doubled. In addition, getting the containers is very difficult. We have had major delays in bringing in raw materials.

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“Moreover, steel and aluminum prices have increased, as have most raw materials. We are in an inflationary cycle right now and we are dealing with it to the best of our ability. We don’t like it when our order backlog grows. We like it when we can supply customers the way they expect us to, which is within a couple of weeks. Now, it is a challenge trying to make that happen.” Several months ago, when Rakusin went for a walk in Beverly Hills, CA, where he lives, many retail, restaurants and other businesses were closed or had gone out of business. As people have been diligent to follow safety and health protocols and are now being vaccinated, the situation has changed. “What looked so scary several months ago, has done a total reversal,” Rakusin said. “Now, when I walk up and down the streets in Beverly Hills, the stores are back. The bleak perception I had six or seven months ago is totally reversed. “A number of new restaurants and stores are opening. California now leads the country in fewest number of new COVID cases and deaths. “Restaurants that made it through the most miserable part of last year are now full. Sometimes it is hard to get a reservation because they are so crowded. There is a lot of pent-up desire that people want to get out and enjoy a meal.” Contact: Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc., 737 Capitol Ave., City of Industry, CA 90601. Phone: 800-950-7950 or 323-724-7777. Website: www.gordonbrush.com.

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YARN COMPANY EXECUTIVES DISCUSS

By Harrell Kerkhoff | Broom, Brush & Mop Editor

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many away-from-home facilities to shut down over the past 12 to 14 months, causing a dramatic decrease in foot traffic. With less foot traffic comes less usage of mops and mop yarn. The good is, as more people become vaccinated and more facilities reopen, the demand for mop yarn is increasing. Broom, Brush & Mop Magazine recently spoke with executives from two companies that produce yarns for manufacturers in the cleaning industry. They told how sales at their respective companies have fared since the pandemic hit, and how business is today. The executives also shared measures their respective companies have put in place to keep employees safe and healthy, while also successfully working with customers via modern technology. PG 20

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usiness has picked up nicely in most areas for the Jones Xinjiang is traditionally one of the largest cotton growing Family of Companies since the depth of the COVID-19 regions in the world. pandemic — and corresponding economic downturn, Dailey said the good news is that other countries also grow and according to Jones Yarn Senior Vice President of Sales and export cotton in large amounts, which takes pressure off the ban of Business Development Andrew Dailey. cotton from Xinjiang. In Asia, those countries include Pakistan “It’s exciting to see and Vietnam. clear evidence that Another major issue involving cotton, as well as other global markets are reopening, exports, is the dramatic increase in oceanic freight costs. including those that “There are certain raw materials we source from Asia, involve the mop indu- specifically for our nonwovens side of the business, where we stry,” Dailey said. are seeing upward of a 350 percent increase in ocean freight “When the pandemic costs,” Dailey said. began over a year ago, He noted that a big part of the current problem is our broad view was a shortage of available shipping containers. “The good news is, as I stated earlier, demand for the that the mop yarn business would be OK. products our company provides is picking up. And, the That thought was based materials we need are available. There is a short-term issue on the amount of surrounding the global supply pipeline, and that is cleaning that was going understandable, considering what has taken place with the to be required to fight pandemic,” Dailey said. “At Jones, we, as any business would, COVID-19. What man- went into management mode (during the pandemic), ifested through the maintaining inventories at different levels than the prior year. Andrew Dailey pandemic, however, was That is similar to what has taken place with the global freight that most of the clean- issue and the lack of available shipping containers. During the ing taking place was at the tabletop level and above. Many height of the pandemic, demand for shipping was down. facilities were closed, so there was less need to clean floors. In Therefore, the pipeline that involved transporting containers to response, some mop manufacturers adapted early on by assisting various parts of the world was shut down. There is now a short supply of those containers in various areas.” companies that were making masks. Dailey believes the same scenario is taking place in domestic “Cleaning supplies were, indeed, in high demand during the distribution, including the pandemic, but the focus was on The company has promoted COVID-19 jan/san industry. chemicals and everything else “I am sure there are distributors that was needed to clean at the vaccine awareness, and has shipped who have decreased their inventabletop level and above.” masks and hand sanitizer directly to the tories to adequately meet a slower Fortunately, more away-fromdemand for products. And now, home locations are reopening, homes of employees so that they could many of their customers’ facilities which translates to more foot better protect their families. are starting to reopen. All of a traffic. Thus, the need is increasing sudden, there is a greater demand for mops and mop-making ~ Andrew Dailey for cleaning supplies,” Dailey materials to clean those floors. said. “An example is our cust“There is now a ‘wind in the omers who make mattresses. That industry is expected to see a surge sail’ for the mop industry, and it’s much needed,” Dailey said. Jones Family of Companies primarily operates two divisions in demand for college dorm mattresses. The pandemic shut down — Jones Yarn and Jones Nonwovens. The company’s executive many dorms, but they are expected to reopen this fall. That is leading offices are located in Charlotte, NC, with manufacturing facilities to a greater demand for new mattresses.” Of course, not all cotton comes from overseas. In fact, the U.S. in Humboldt and Morristown, TN, and North Las Vegas, NV. Jones Yarn manufactures proprietary blended yarns to meet cotton crop is traditionally one of the largest in the world. Dailey customers’ application needs, from wet mops to high twist dust said for the most part, weather has been mops consisting of antimicrobial, rayon blend, cotton blend and good for this year’s domestic cotton plantcellulose/synthetic blend yarns. Jones Nonwovens, meanwhile, ing, and that demand for this crop should produces various products involved in the manufacture of remain stable. Dailey added that an abundant supply of U.S. cotton improves the mattresses, furniture and other items. Although the material for most of today’s cotton mop yarn availability of raw stocks — such as gin motes generated from the comes from textile mill waste and/or gin motes, rather than ginning process and textile mill waste. Those are items used in the virgin cotton, the current price and availability of cotton still production of cotton mop yarn and other cleaning-related textiles. impacts the mop yarn industry. Mop yarn prices often move up Virgin cotton is generally not used due to higher prices for the material. Other raw materials often used in mop production include or down with cotton prices. There are currently several challenges taking place on the global stage regarding cotton. synthetic rayon and polyester. Dailey reported that the supply of One is the present U.S. imposed sanctions and import both of those items remains stable. Another major issue for businesses and industries of all restrictions involving suppliers of cotton that is grown in the Xinjiang region of China. That is due to human rights issues. types is inflation.

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“Overall inflation is influencing just about every component and commodity. That is true not only for the mop industry, but everything else we work with (at Jones) that involves textile fibers,” Dailey said.

said. “That greatly helps our people continue to take care of customers, even while working from home. It’s important that we stay in front of our customers, and maintain their attention, when it comes to our new products and innovations.” Looking at the summer months and beyond, Dailey is optimistic that business, and everyday life “We moved several employees between the two in general, will continue to improve as more people operations, helping our company learn more about become vaccinated and more facilities open. “Our company remains committed to the the flexibility that is needed, as a business, to mop industry. Although we will continue to make changes as the industry changes, I see a properly take care of demand shifts.” bright future,” Dailey said. “To provide a sense of what the mop industry went through (during ~Andrew Dailey the height of the pandemic), I read at one point that 110,000 restaurants had shut down. If each An overall shortage of labor is also a problem, one which may find of those restaurants used one new mop per month, and each some relief as government-issued supplemental unemployment, mop weighed 16 ounces, that is 110,000 pounds of mop yarn related to the pandemic, begins to end. Dailey feels that should not being consumed on a monthly basis. increase the number of quality applicants for many businesses. “That is why it’s very good news restaurants, schools and other Despite the many hardships brought on by COVID-19, the facilities are reopening. It’s vital to the mop industry.” Jones Family of Companies was able to stay open during the entire pandemic. Contact: Jones Family of Companies, “We never stopped operations at either our yarn or our nonwovens 312 South 14th Ave., P.O. Box 367, businesses, during the pandemic. It took a tremendous amount of Humboldt, TN 38343. Phone: 800-238-8334. faith from our employees, trusting that everyone, at each of our Email: solutions@jonesfiber.com. facilities, was taking the correct steps to protect not only themselves, Website: www.jonesfamilyco.com. but also their co-workers,” Dailey said. “Our company’s precautions were taken very seriously. That included the wearing of face masks, temperature monitoring and proper social distancing. We also halted igns of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic are plant visits for a period of time.” beginning to take place in Canada, after a long period of He added the company has also promoted COVID-19 vaccine curfews and other restrictions in the country. awareness, and has shipped masks and hand sanitizer directly to the “We have had a curfew in Quebec, for example, that required homes of employees so that they could better protect their families. people to stay home between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Those curfews are According to Dailey, having employees socially distance during beginning to end. Restaurants and various stores in our area are also the production process has not overly hampered productivity. reopening,” Serge Lemieux, president of Lemieux Spinning, of Yet another step taken by the Jones Family of Companies, St. Ephrem, QC, said. “As a country, we are heading in the right during the pandemic, was the implementation of a cross-training direction. A growing number of people are becoming vaccinated. We program at the two Humboldt facilities. It involved both yarn and hope that continues.” nonwovens employees. From the beginning of “We moved several employees between the two operations, the pandemic, Lemieux helping our company learn more about the flexibility that is Spinning established a needed, as a business, to properly take care of demand shifts,” protocol of strict meaDailey said. “That has also helped improve resourcefulness and sures that complied with innovation at our company. The (focus on) cross-training was Quebec’s public health directly related to the pandemic.” and safety regulations, It also provided veteran employees of Jones’ yarn operations ensuring that proper with an opportunity to do something different. actions were in place to “Some of those employees indicated they wanted to retire as the protect all employees pandemic continued,” Dailey said. “In response, we asked them entering the company’s that instead of retiring, if they would like to work for a time in our facility. On a weekly nonwovens plant. It gave those longtime employees an basis, a special flyer was prepared and sent to each opportunity to learn new skills. “Overall, I give a lot of credit to our operations, management employee, informing and employees for everyone’s willingness to adapt and change him/her on COVID-19 during this trying time.” updates and all necSerge Lemieux Added technology in the office also played a key role in helping essary information perrepresentatives at Jones Family of Companies keep up with taining to Lemieux customer service demands during the pandemic. Spinning, making sure everyone was on the same page. “Our company has many locations, which means we have had That has included the wearing of masks at Lemieux, even to adapt and transition from desktop to laptop computers,” Dailey during production.

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of product, which means we must successfully turn orders around in a very short time.” The majority of raw materials that Lemieux Spinning uses, for the mop industry, involve synthetic rayon and polyester. The company also uses a lesser amount of cotton material, such as blending rayon and polyester with either cotton waste or virgin cotton to produce certain products. According to Serge Lemieux, there were not many issues involving supply or pricing of either rayon and polyester during the bulk of the pandemic, although now there are challenges. “Right now, there is extra pressure being placed on polyester, which may be a result, in part, to the recent announcement by DAK Americas that it plans to close its polyester staple fiber manufacturing operations near Charleston, SC,” Lemieux. “The price of rayon, meanwhile, remains stable, but could be influenced by recent increases in freight costs. The same issue involves many products coming from overseas, such as from China, South Korea and India. “The timing of increased freight costs is bad, but it’s something we can’t control. It is putting a lot of pressure on overall endproduct costs.”

On a weekly basis, a special flyer was prepared and sent to each employee, informing him/her on COVID-19 updates and all necessary information pertaining to Lemieux Spinning, making sure everyone was on the same page. ~Serge Lemieux “The main problem with wearing masks in the production area is employees get very hot. Our employees, however, have persevered and done a good job keeping them on. We have also had our employees fill out a questionnaire before every shift, asking about their health, how they are feeling and if they have come into recent contact with anyone who is COVID-19 positive,” Lemieux said. “So far, we have been lucky, with no virus outbreak in the plant. In December, we did have some people in the office with the virus, which meant we had to send other employees home as a precaution. Everybody is now OK. “We kept most of our employees in place even though our business was up and down. No employees were laid off. That was our goal during the pandemic. There was a time we did shut down production one day each week, which was necessary to compensate for slower demand. Fortunately, business is looking much better. There is going to be an end to this (the pandemic), and we are getting there.” Founded in 1906, Lemieux Spinning manufactures yarns for institutional and commercial cleaning supplies, such as wet and dust mops. The company also offers yarns for top-of-the-line tufted, braided and woven carpets, as well as yarns used in the filtration industry. Serge Lemieux reported that overall business at the company has been down approximatively 15 percent, compared to the year prior to the pandemic. “Certain months have been better than others. There are places that use our products that have reopened, while other locations are still shut down. A lot of cleaning supplies, traditionally sold by our customers to end-users, have been in less demand, except for disinfectants and hand sanitizers,” Lemieux said. “Business is currently more active with our U.S. customers. Customer activity, meanwhile, in Canada and other parts of the world is also getting better. Customers are starting to rebuild their inventories.” As in-person visits came to a halt for many company representatives during the pandemic, one hurdle has been finding the best ways to keep in contact with customers. Officials at Lemieux Spinning have relied on various forms of technology. “I still believe a phone call is the best way to communicate. You have to keep talking with customers,” Lemieux said. “It’s tough to not be able to meet with customers at their locations. That traditionally helps us better meet their needs and discover new opportunities. I look forward to getting back on the road to visit with people. “The key is being able to adapt to what is happening and meeting customer needs. We try to help them plan ahead. That includes reserving space in our production calendar for their anticipated needs. The goal is to make sure they do not run out PG 26

“I still believe a phone call is the best way to communicate. You have to keep talking with customers.” ~Serge Lemieux One rare advantage to the pandemic is that it has given more people, including company leaders, added “time to think.” Officials at Lemieux Spinning have taken full advantage of this added time to help move the company forward.

“The pandemic has given us time to think about our overall business. One thing we did was focus on a key word: ‘improvement.’ That key word is being applied to all aspects of our

company. For employees, it includes improving quality of life, training and the machinery many of them operate,” Lemieux said. “The same is true for our products. How can we improve what we make, while keeping prices low? When it comes to customers, how can we improve delivery times, while also planning for their future needs? “We are focusing on every aspect of improvement, involving our employees, customers and the consumers who use our products.” Contact: Lemieux Spinning, 125 Route 108 C.P. 2039, St. Ephrem, QC, Canada G0M 1R0. Phone: 1-877-484-2169. Email: info@lemieuxspinning.com. Website: www.lemieuxspinning.com.

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Abtex LLC 89 Main St. Dresden, NY 14441 USA Phone: 315-536-7403 Email: sales@abtex.com Website: www.abtex.com Products: Abrasive filament brushes and custom deburring systems. 21 ACS Industries, Inc. One New England Way Lincoln, RI 02865 USA Toll Free: 800-222-2880 Email: rbeaudette@acsind.com Website: www.acs-cp.com Company Officers: Steven Buckler, President; Rory Beaudette, Vice President Sales & COO; Peter Botvin, Executive Vice President Products: From the company’s beginnings in 1939 as a wire sponge manufacturer in Rhode Island, ACS has grown its product offerings. It is a global organization with corporate and R&D functions in the USA and manufacturing operations in Mexico and China. Vertical integration has taken the company to five facilities with almost 4,000 employees. Its Cleaning Products Division includes hand pads, stainless scrubbers, sponges, soap pads, grill screens and grill bricks. It produces a full range of mops, brooms and brushes. Its floor maintenance line includes non woven floor pads, steel wool floor pads, sand screens and many specialty floor pads. ACS has achieved UL validation regarding 100 percent recycled material in all of its non woven hand and floor pads from postconsumer to post-industrial. 21 PG 28

Algoma Mop Manufacturers 813 Rabas St. Algoma, WI 54201 USA Toll Free: 800-216-3478 Email: sales@algomamop.com Website: www.algomamop.com Company Officer: Tracy Nelson, C.E.O.; Jeff Espe, Director of Manufacturing; Allan R. Wartella, Director of Sales Products: Wet mops, dust mops, microfiber products and more. Mops manufactured are made by people with disabilities in Algoma, WI. The company offers a full line of mops and microfiber products. Custom manufacturing capabilities are available. Many of the products can be private labeled with company information. Many new products are now available including brushes, brooms, and sponges along with numerous other janitorial supplies. Algoma Mop serves accounts throughout the nation which includes wholesalers, distributors, schools, universities, hospitals, laundry and linen services, janitorial contractors, restaurants, correctional and governmental facilities. Customer purchases help Algoma’s mission of training and employing people in obtaining their personal independence and employment goals. 21 American Brush Manufacturers Association (ABMA) See Ad On Page 55 736 Main Ave., Suite 7 Durango, CO 81301-5479 USA Phone: 720-392-2262 Email: info@abma.org Website: www.abma.org Company Officers: David C. Parr, Executive Director

Products: Founded in 1917 to assist North American brush manufacturers and their suppliers by enhancing industry knowledge, providing a variety of networking opportunities, and promoting profitability for its members. ABMA strives to promote and strengthen value for its members to be the preferred and innovative source for broom, brush and mop products worldwide. ABMA provides an industry freight and transportation guide and newsletter, industry statistics, ANSI safety standards, ASTM packaging standards, leads generation, the ABMA Annual Convention including the Suppliers Display, classifieds on the association website (www.abma.org), discounted freight program, employees screening program and merchant services program. ABMA also serves the industry as its voice in Washington, D.C., and provides member services to a common group that individual members of the group may find difficult or impossible to manage alone. Comprised of manu facturers and suppliers who seek to constantly expand and improve the North American broom, brush, mop and roller industry. Membership is open to brush making manufacturers and component, machinery and service suppliers worldwide. 21 American Select Tubing/AST Filaments See Ad On Page 15 4005 DeWitt Ave. Mattoon, IL 61938 USA Phone: 217-234-7300 BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Email: dustinm@astubing.com Website: www.astubing.com Company Officer: Mark Maninfior, General Manager Products: Metal handles for brooms, brushes, mops, snow shovels, rakes and other tools. Diameters - 21mm, 22mm, 23.5mm, 25mm, 28.5mm. Extension handles in steel, aluminum and fiberglass. Abrasive and nonabrasive filaments for many brush and industrial applications using PP, PVC, PE, PS, RPET, PBT, PET, nylon 6, nylon 6.6, nylon 6.10, nylon 6.12, SIC, AO, ceramic, diamond grit, and SAN. 21 Birdwell Cleaning Products, Inc. P. O. Box 1388 Burleson, TX 76097 USA Toll Free: 800-722-8006 Email: davidb@birdwellcleaning.com Website: www.birdwellcleaning.com Company Officers: David Birdwell, President; Greg Birdwell, Vice President of Operations Products: Quality household, hardware, and industrial cleaning products, including brooms, mops, sponges and push brooms. 21

Bizzotto Giovanni Automation srl See Ad On Page 19 Via Buonarroti, 67 35010 Paviola di S.Giorgio in Bosco (Padova) ITALY Phone: +39 049 9451067 Email: info@bizzottoautomation.com Website: www.bizzottoautomation.com Products: Bizzotto is a supplier of totally customized machinery for different industrial sectors. It focuses on a complete partnership with the customer, that expresses itself in the capacity to understand the needs of the customer and provide that customer with “made-to-measure” solutions. The Bizzotto Company supplies automatic and semi-automatic machines (totally controlled by programmable logics on PC or on numerical control centers, with man-machine interactive and supervision systems) for the handle, broom and brush industry, as well as complex automations for the assembly of particular products. Bizzotto is specialized in three main sectors: Handle Machinery Sector: Sanders, chucking machinery (i.e. doming, tapering, tenoning, threading, end-boring, cross-boring,

etc.), painting machinery (lacquering), labeling systems and packing machinery for the production of wooden handles. Complete machinery lines for the production of metal handles, starting from the flat steel or aluminum band coil, including painting lines, machines for assembling the various plastic inserts (hanger tips, thread inserts, mop inserts, tapered inserts, etc.), boring, deforming and cutting, as well as labeling systems and machines for packaging with the use of different systems, even robotized; Woodworking Machinery Sector: Profiling and shaping machines, boring and tapping machines, sanders for the production of broom and brush blocks, paintbrush handles and similar items; and; Industrial Automation Sector: Customized machinery for the preparation, positioning and assembly of particular products and accessories for the cleaning industry (mops, floor scrubbers, detergent dispensers, velvet lint brushes for clothes cleaning, adhesive lint brushes for clothes cleaning, toothbrush/accessories, etc.), automotive industry and the kitchen appliance industry. 21

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Bodam International Ltd. 903 Cirelli Court Aberdeen, MD 21001 USA Phone: 410-272-9797 Email: cp@bodam.com Website: www.bodam.com Company Officer: Carlos Petzold, President Products: Borghi broom and brush manufacturing equipment – Staple-set, anchor-set, and twisted-in-wire manufacturing machinery for all types of brooms and brushes. Also, trimmers, flaggers, cutters, strip brush machinery, mop manufacturing machinery, injection molds, and assembly and packing machinery are available from Borghi (www.borghi.com); Carnevali Dino trimming units – Motorized clipper heads, monofilament hank cutters, metal wire hank cutters, rotary cutters, and specialty cutters for abrasive materials such as grit brushes (www.carnevalidino.com); Sima monofilament extrusion lines – Equipment and know-how to produce broom and brush monofilaments for PP, PET, PS, PBT, SAN and many other types of

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polymers. Sima also produces lines for manufacturing PET strapping and for concrete reinforcement monofilaments (www.sima-ds.com); and, Unimac power brush manufacturing equipment and handle manufacturing equipment – Machinery and technology used to manufacture crimped-wire power brushes as well as twisted-knot power brushes made in the various formats: wheel brushes, cup brushes, end brushes and wafer brushes. Also, quality control equipment for power brushes, machinery to convert wire from spools to cut-tolength bundles as well as equipment for crimping wire and converted into spools that are then fed into power brush manufacturing machinery. Unimac also specializes in complete production lines or specific-use machinery to produce fixed metal handles that are either powder coated or plastic coated, as well as equipment for extension handles (telescopic handles). Unimac’s tube-mill can also be used in other applications to produce tubes for other products. Also available are machines for working on wood handles. (www.unimac.it). 21

Borghi s.p.a. See Ad On Page 40 Via Cristoforo Colombo, 12 Loc. Cavazzona Castelfranco Emilia (Modena) 41013 ITALY Phone: +39-059-953-3911 Email: info@borghi.it Website: www.borghi.com Company Officers: Paolo Roversi, President Products: Staple-set/anchor-set brush manufacturing machines of all types; trimmers, flaggers and finishing machinery for brooms and brushes; twisted-in-wire brush manufacturing machinery; strip brush manufacturing machinery; mop manufacturing machinery; injection molds; and, specialty machinery for automation, packaging, etc., of brooms, brushes and mops. Borghi is known as a leader in staple-set and anchor-set brush manufacturing machinery, sometimes referred to in the brush industry as “drilling and filling” machinery. Borghi also has many decades of experience in producing equipment for the production of twisted-inwire brushes. Borghi also offers production solutions for

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY mop manufacturing and various types of injection molds. Borghi not only provides the mold itself, but also helps with product design, prototyping and testing the injection molds for plastic parts. Understanding that customers need a continuous renewal of their product lines, and that this takes time between the various phases of engineering and development, Borghi is able to offer a prompt response to those needs. Borghi is a strong partner with the know-how to help customers to develop new ideas for injectionmolded products, in absolute privacy. Borghi not only provides technology for brooms and brushes, but offers engineering capacity and technical manufacturing strength. Borghi also produces special types of equipment for manufacturing paintbrushes, paint roller assembly, and many types of mops. Borghi has been producing machinery for manufacturing strip brushes since 2004. Borghi goes beyond just providing equipment to produce “the product.” It provides specialty machinery, macro- and micro-assembly equipment and machinery to automate packaging and other requirements that a given product may require,

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before it is completely finished and ready to go into the warehouse or out the door. Borghi’s flexibility in offering custom solutions is what keeps its level of technology fresh and cutting-edge. Contact Borghi s.p.a. or one of its agents. For machinery sales in the USA and Canada, contact: Bodam Int. Ltd., 903 Cirelli Court, Aberdeen, MD 21001, USA. Telephone: 410-272-9797; Fax: 410272-0799; Email: bodam@bodam.com; Website: www.bodam.com; Contact: Carlos Petzold, President or Miguel Medrano, Director of Marketing. For technical support and spare parts in the USA and Canada, contact: Borghi USA, Inc., 903 Cirelli Court, Aberdeen, MD 21001, USA. Phone: 410-272-9797, Fax: 410-272-0799, Email: usatec@borghiusa.com (technical support) and usaparts@borghiusa.com (spare parts). Contacts: Matt Tompkins and Leo Juarez. 21 Boucherie USA Inc. 8748 Gleason Rd. Knoxville, TN 37923 USA Phone: 865-247-6091

Email: john@boucherie.com Website: www.boucherie.com G.B. Boucherie N.V. See Ad On Back Cover Stuivenbergstraat 106 8870 Izegem, Belgium Phone: ++32 51 31 21 41 Email: info@boucherie.be Website: www.boucherie.com Company Officers: Williams, President Products: Boucherie USA Inc., has been selling Boucherie brush machines, sophisticated multi-component injection molds and packaging equipment in North, Central and South America for more than 40 years. Boucherie products include tufting machines for brooms, household and personal care brushes, as well as toothbrushes. Household brush production lines: The brand new Aeola concept of household brush machinery combines the advantages of Ovale technology with the simplicity and reduced footprint of a single filling tool. The very high speed and elimination of the index time gives this machine a very high output. The Ovale is a

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY high-output carrousel machine with two drills and two filling tools for the production of a wide variety of household brushes. The unique feature of this machine is that the carousel moves from drilling to filling without a stop of the filling tools, which boosts the production. Full 5-axis control of the brush holders, on-board trimming and a very universal handle feeder make this a highly-automated yet flexible machine. The DMU machine is a small flexible drilling and filling machine with a very short change-over time. Different tool strokes are available to cover as many applications as possible. Hairbrush and tufted personal care brushes can also be manufactured. Toothbrush Production Lines and Work Centers: Boucherie has developed a variety of toothbrush manufacturing equipment. These range from the stand-alone Hepta tufting machine, through the Hepta-FM, which has an integrated finishing machine and a universal handle feeder, all the way up to the double-header Hepta-2-FM machine. All of these machines are now available with the new Hepta filling tool that runs at up to 1200 tufts per minute, and are completely reengineered for ease of maintenance and

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affordability. For mass production of high quality toothbrushes, Boucherie has the very compact Hepta-2-FM double header, but also offers the double-headed or tripleheaded TB32-Flexi and TB33-Flexi cells. These can produce up to 80 brushes per minute when the filling tools run in parallel, or for complex brushes with two different hole sizes when the filling tools run sequentially. Because this type of machine is modular in its construction, flexibility is built into the concept of the machine. Anchorless Toothbrush Production Lines and Work Centers: In the field of machinery for the oral care industry, Boucherie established a leadership position in anchorless technology with the introduction of the AFT/CNC machine more than 20 years ago. With the new PTt machine, however, Boucherie is making a giant step in flexibility of brush designs and bringing anchorless toothbrush production to more toothbrush makers. The PTt machine works with normal toothbrush handles with pre-cored holes, and requires no brush head plate. This

makes for more compact brush heads, with a more comfortable brushing feeling because less plastic is holding the tufts. Block tufts, strip tufts and various combinations of tuft angles widen the range of design options for the toothbrush heads. The machine is very suitable for the processing of tapered filaments, and rubber elements can be integrated in the brush head, such as massaging fingers or tongue cleaners. The machine works with pre-cut filament pucks, and end-rounding of the bristle tips happens in-line in the fiberbox, without the need for intermediate stocking or cumbersome transfers of raw materials. IDM Machine: The IDM is a compact carousel machine for the high-speed production of inter-dental and mascara brushes. It is now possible to produce up to 95 high-quality brushes per minute, even while using the smallest wire sizes, since the brush remains in the same clamp throughout the whole production process. The IDM is available in versions with spool feed of the nylon, or with fiber boxes for pre-cut filaments. An integrated vision system for the automatic inspection of finished brushes is also available.

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY The automatic brush handle assembly machine HMU is new: This compact machine will assemble up to 90 brush handles per minute onto interdental brushes, using a unique and patented ultrasonic embedding technique, resulting in a fast process that will give extremely high extraction forces. Injection Molds: Boucherie produces single-component molds, multi-component molds with manual or automatic transfer, and multi-component, high cavitation, valve gated, hot runner stack molds. Boucherie molds are used to produce a wide range of consumer, medical and engineering products. Packaging Machines: Cooperating with ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH, of Heilbronn, Germany, Boucherie now has available a high-performance packaging line for carton blisters in the range, allowing brushes to be placed in an ecologically friendly and attractive package. Furthermore, form, fill and seal blister packaging machines for traditional blisters are available, in heat seal and high frequency seal versions, for toothbrushes and personal care brushes. All of these may be operated as stand-alone machines or integrated into one or two tufting machines. 21 Briarwood Products LLC 2900 Bradwell Ave. Cleveland, OH 44109 USA Phone: 216-398-1107 Email: bp@briarwoodproducts.com Website: www.BriarwoodProducts.com Products: Briarwood Products is an innovator and manufacturer of safe correctional cleaning tools. Its extensive product line is comprised

of dust mop frames, brooms, brushes, squeegees, and more. All products in the line are made from a plastic that is unable to be sharpened into a weapon, adding an extra level of security to correctional facilities. The design of each cleaning tool enables it to be strong and durable, while disrupting an inmate’s ability of handcrafting shanks and weapons. 21 Brosses Lacasse Inc. / Norman Brush Inc. 107 Authier St. St-Alphonse-de-Granby, QC J0E 2A0 CANADA Toll Free: 800-940-2829 Website: www.brosseslacasse.com Products: Brosses Lacasse Inc./Norman Brush Inc. specializes in the manufacturing and refurbishing of custom-made industrial brushes. The company’s customers cover a wide range of industries. Some specialities include cylinder brushes, twisted wire brushes, block and belt brushes, strip brushes, rotary brushes, maple product brushes, spiral wound brushes, and track and switch brooms. 21 Bruin Plastics Co., Inc. 61 Joslin Rd. P. O. Box 700 Glendale, RI 02826 USA Phone: 401-568-3081 Toll Free: 800-556-7764 Email: sales@bruinplastics.com Website: www.bruinplastics.com Products: Since 1964, Bruin Plastics Company has been a producer of industrial textiles. Bruin provides mildew and rot resistant VCM® (vinyl coated mesh) for wet mop head bands in a variety of colors, slit to a customer’s specific width requirements. 21 Brush Fibers, Inc. See Ad On Page 5 202 North Oak St. Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-3012 Email: chris@brushfibers.com Website: www.brushfibers.com Company Officers: Chris Monahan, President; Jaye Roberts, Customer Service Manager; Ian Moss, Bristle Trading Manager Products: Vegetable fibers: Tampico fiber (natural white, black, grey, bleached, patent, union), palmyra fiber, palmyra stalks, bassine, sherbro piassava, coco fiber and arenga fiber. Also offered are hog hair, horse hair, mixtures, staple wire, foam and solid plastic brush blocks. Established in 1979, Brush Fibers, Inc., is a supplier of a full range of brush filling materials to brush manufacturers around the world. Brush Fibers offers customers a comprehensive line, serviced from its Arcola warehouse, supported by warehousing facilities in New Jersey and Montreal. 21 Brush Technology Ltd 3 Throckley Ind Estate Newcastle, Tyne & Wear NE159EW ENGLAND

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Phone: +44 01912291666 Email: info@brushtec.com Website: www.brushtec.com Products: Manufacturer of brushware and large injection moldings for industrial and municipal applications. 21 Brushes Corp. 5400 Smith Rd. Brook Park, OH 44142 USA Phone: 216-267-9080 Website: www.brushescorp.com Products: Twisted-in-wire brushes of all materials and sizes for industrial, medical, automotive, plumbing, bottle, textile and government. The company supplies both standard and custom engineered brushes and can accommodate any size order. 19 Bruske Products 7447 Duvan Dr. Tinley Park, IL 60477 USA Phone: 708-532-3800 Email: bruskeproducts@ameritech.net, customersupport@bruskeproducts.com Website: www.bruskeproducts.com Company Officers: Steve Schafer, President; Products: Metal-backed floor brushes, power sweeping brushes, power scrubbing brushes, knob scrubs, washing brushes, deck scrubs, street sweeps, floor squeegees, sponges, upright brooms, metal cap upright brooms, counter dusters, lobby brooms, corn brooms, floor scrapers, concentrated soap, block floor brushes, and replacement squeegees for power scrubbing machines. 21

Products: Paint brush ferrules, roller components, Milliken Machines, Milliken spare parts, brush pins, plastic handles, wood handles, steel stamps, and general metal stamping. 21 CiBrush See Ad On Page 39 Room 7, Building 4, Timecourt, No. 6, Shuguang Xili, Chaoyang District Beijing, CHINA Toll Free: +86 10 58678210 Email: cibrush@hjtexpo.com Website: www.cibrush.com/en/ Products: The next biennial Shanghai International Brushes & Brush Making Industry Exhibition (CiBRUSH) is scheduled for Dec. 5-7, 2021, at the Shanghai (China) International Expo Centre (SNIEC). 21 Corona Brushes, Inc. 5065 Savarese Cir. Tampa, FL 33634 USA Phone: 813-885-2525 Email: info@coronabrushes.com Website: www.coronabrushes.com Company Officers: Benjamin Waksman, President; Albert Waksman, Vice President Products: Corona Brushes, Inc., is a fourth-generation family company. Corona designs and constructs contractor painting tools to give optimum performance and durability. Its brushes and rollers are

Carlisle FoodService Products 4711 E. Hefner Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73131 USA Toll Free: 800-654-8210 Email: customerservice@carlislefsp.com Website: www.carlislefsp.com Products: Sparta brush and brush accessories, wet and dry mopping products, EZ Snap Floor Care, waste and material handling products. 15 Carolina Brush 3093 Northwest Blvd., P.O. Box 2469 Gastonia, NC 28052-2469 USA Toll Free: 800-822-1160 Website: www.carolinabrush.com Products: Carolina Brush manufactures custom industrial strip brushes, staple-set brushes, twisted-in-wire brushes and more. Industrial brushes can be created in a broad range of sizes, and with a large number of filament types, channels and holders to meet various application requirements. 19 Charles E. Green & Son, Inc. 625 3rd St. Newark, NJ 07107 USA Phone: 973-485-3630 Email: sales@charlesegreen.com Website: www.charlesegreen.com BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY handmade to exacting standards to ensure this built-in quality. The primary goal of the company is to manufacture quality painting products. 20 Creative Poly, Inc. See Ad On Page 41 620 W. Lincoln Ave Rochelle, IL 61068 USA Phone: 815-562-9002 Email: creative@creativepoly.com Website: www.creativepoly.com Company Officers: Walter Dudziak, Yolanda Garcia Products: Crown top broom sleeves; Straight edge broom sleeves; Contour shaped broom sleeves (custom holes, knock outs for better fit); Brush bags (as small as 1.75 with half hole handle); Mop bags; and, Roll stock-plain or printed. 21 CWP Technologies 3881 West 150th St. Cleveland, OH 44111 USA Phone: 216-252-1190 Email: customerservice@cwptechnologies.com Website: www.cwptechnologies.com

Products: All kinds of floor brushes. Primarily vacuum cleaner brushes and attachments, floor machine brushes and janitorial cleaning brushes for tile and grout as well as hard floors and carpet. 21 Deco Products Co. 506 Sanford St. Decorah, IA 52101 USA Phone: 563-387-9077 Email: sales@decoprod.com Website: www.decoprod.com Company Officers: Chris Storlie, General Manager; Randy Tangen, Operation Manager; Mike Murphy, Engineer Manager; and Dave Magner, Director of Sales & Marketing Products: Custom die cast, broom tips and handle ends. 21 Deligh Industries, Inc. P. O. Box 310-154 255 Conover St. Brooklyn, NY 11231 USA Phone: 718-875-1511 Website: www.deligh.com Products: Tinned broom wire; galvanized mop and broom bands; galvanized and stainless steel brush stapling wire;

galvanized stainless steel and plastic coated twisting wire; oil tempered and stainless steel scratch brush wire; brass and phosphor bronze brush filling wire; oil tempered, hard drawn and stainless steel power brush wire; wood brush blocks and broom handles. 19 Direct Mop Sales, Inc. See Ad On Page 35 7700 Schuele Rd. Atchison, KS 66002 Toll Free: 866-475-8667 Email: fsmith@directmopsales.com Website: www.directmopsales.com Company Officer: Freddie Smith, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Products: Dust mops, wet mops, microfiber wet mops, wet mop handles, dust mop handles, microfiber tube mops, microfiber flat mops, microfiber cloths, carpet bonnets and squeegees. No order minimums. 21 DKSH Switzerland, Ltd. See Ad On Page 11 Wiesenstrasse 8 8034 Zurich, SWITZERLAND

Schlesinger Quality since 1919

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Phone: +41 79 7854657 Website: www.dksh.ch Products: Various types of bristle, fiber and hair for the brush industry. DKSH is a global leader in Market Expansion Services, employing 22,000 specialists in 560 business locations all over the world. The exclusive North American agent is Brush Fibers, Inc., of Arcola, IL. Contact Ian Moss at ian.moss@brushfibers.com or call 978-290-0731. 21 Dorden & Company, Inc. a/k/a Dorden Squeegee™© 7446 Central Ave., P. O. Box 10247 Detroit, MI 48210 USA Phone: 313-834-7910, 313-407-7557 Email: mmfgcoinc@gmail.com Website: www.dordensqueegee.com Company Officer: Bruce M. Gale, President/Managing Director Products: Manufacturing “The World’s Finest Squeegees™©” and made in the USA. Dorden is a contract manufacturer of floor and heavy-duty commercial, industrial and specialty high quality “Not Just For Windows - Window Squeegees™©.” Dorden can seamlessly expand a customer’s product line and increase the bottom line through its “Dorden Private Label Customer-Centric Tailored Squeegee Program™©” to fit specific needs. 20

Draper Knitting Company 28 Draper Lane Canton, MA 02021 USA Phone: 781-828-0029 Email: kdraper@draperknitting.com Website: www.draperknitting.com Products: Develops and manufactures quality paint roller materials. It offers a broad spectrum of paint roller cover fabrics from the mainstream economical quality to contractor grade materials for some of the most well-known national suppliers. With an onsite paint roller lab, full coating/finishing department, and a custom dye house, Draper can create any blend, pile height, density, color, and texture that is required. The company has years of experience working with wool blends, recycled and synthetic fibers. Draper Knitting has been a “Made in the USA” family run business for over 160 years, creating fabrics for a variety of technical, sustainable and protective applications. 21 DuPont Filaments — Americas, LLC See Ad On Page 9 Washington Works Plant 8480 DuPont Road, Bldg. 158 Washington, WV 26181 USA Toll Free: 800-635-9695 Phone: 304-863-4908 Email: dupont.filaments@usa.dupont.com Website: www.filaments.dupont.com Products: DuPont™Tynex® 612 nylon level filaments for toothbrushes; DuPont™ Tynex® 612 nylon fine filaments for cosmetic brushes; DuPont™Tynex® 612 nylon tapered filaments for paintbrushes; DuPont™ Tynex® A 612 nylon abrasive filaments for floor care and industrial brushes; DuPont™Chinex® 612 nylon synthetic bristle for paintbrushes; DuPont™ Herox® 610 nylon level filaments for toothbrushes; DuPont™Natrafil® polyester filaments for cosmetic brushes; and, DuPont™Orel® polyester tapered filaments for paintbrushes. 21 Ebser Mechanical Engineering Schönauer Str. 34 D-79674 Todtnau, GERMANY Phone: +49 7671 992308-0 Email: info@ebser.de Website: www.ebser.de Company Officers: Thomas Schmidt, President; Sajad Barbin, Sales Manager Products: Drilling as well as tufting machines for brooms, household, industrial, cosmetic, and personal care brushes. Trimming, cleaning and flagging machines. Hot stamping and labeling machines. Special machines for brushes, up to 360mm filling-tool stroke. As well as ball-head coloring machines for hairbrushes. EBSER also overhauls used machines. For over 100 years, Ebser has produced machines for the brush industry. It builds machines with the high quality, 100 percent made in Germany, 24 month guarantee. Machines have an ergonomic structure for the best working condition. Easy to learn as well as to work with. Also, direct, free of charge hotline service. 21

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Epic Resins 600 Industrial Blvd. Palmyra, WI 53156 USA Phone: 262-495-3400 Email: sales@epicresins.com Website: www.epicresins.com Products: Offering paintbrush and paint roller adhesives. These adhesives offer adhesion to natural bristles, nylon, polyester and olefin filaments, as well as vinyl substrates. Epic Resins provides both two component epoxy resin adhesives as well as one component polyurethane moisture cure adhesives to serve the paintbrush and paint roller markets. Epic Resins is a custom formulator of epoxy resin and polyurethane compounds for original equipment manufacturers (OEM). In business since 1958, Epic Resins specializes in custom manufacturing and formulating materials. 21 Evansville Association For The Blind EAB Industries P. O. Box 6445 500 N. Second Ave. Evansville, IN 47719 USA Phone: 812-422-1181 Email: danleraris@aol.com Website: www.evansvilleblind.org Company Officers: Karla Horrell, Executive Director & Controller; Dan Leraris, Sales & Marketing Products: Deck mops: cotton and rayon; mop heads: cotton and rayon. Traditional and custom sizes available. Made in the USA. Manufacturing time available for mop production due to expanded capacity. 21 F.M. Brush Co., Inc. See Ad On Page 33 70-02 72nd Place Glendale, NY 11385 USA Phone: 718-821-5939 Email: info@fmbrush.com Website: www.fmbrush.com Company Officers: Jeffrey A. Mink, President; Gregory F. Mink; Jacqueline M. Mink; and Michael A. Mink Products: Artist brushes for painting as well as specialty brushes for a wide range of industrial applications. Fill materials include an assortment of both natural hairs and synthetic fibers. Handles are offered in a multitude of lengths, shapes and finishes. All brushes are made by FM Brush, NY, and FM Brush, Thailand. Private label and custom brushes are available. Family owned and operated since 1929. 21 PG 42

Felton, Inc. 7 Burton Dr. Londonderry, NH 03053 USA Phone: 603-425-0200 Email: info@feltoninc.com Website: www.feltoninc.com Products: Custom brushes and technical assemblies. 21 Fibratexsa P. O. Box 118 San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS Website: www.fibratexsa.com Products: Mop making machinery including loop end and deck mop machines, sewing stations, automatic cutters and more. 21 Fili & Forme SRL Via del Lavoro, 10 41018 San Cesario sul Panaro (MO) ITALY Phone: ++39059921462 Email: filaments@mapei.it Website: www.filieforme.com Products: Product line includes: Monofilaments in PVC that can be produced as UV resistant for long lasting under sun exposure, and anti-bacterial to reduce and avoid the formation of offensive odors; monofilaments in polypropylene, PS and SAN. Fili & Forme produces monofilaments for various markets including home, personal care, industrial, technical and sports. It offers a completely auto mated manufacturing process, with cutting edge technology and machines, quality control, efficiency and competitive prices. 21 Filkemp - Industria de Filamentos, S.A. See Ad On Page 17 Rua Francisco Lyon de Castro 28 Mem Martins 2725-397 PORTUGAL Phone: +351 21 922 6416 Email: info@filkemp.com Website: www.filkemp.com Products: Custom-made abrasive filaments based on PA6, PA 6.10 and PA 6.12, used in polishing and deburring tool accessories worldwide. Great variety of grits available. Filkemp also produces polyamide and polyester monofilaments for fishing, technical applications, 3D printing and agricultural appliances. 18 Filmop USA 13410 Hwy 105 West Conroe, TX 77304 USA

Phone: 888-741-0707 Email: info@filmopusa.com Website: www.filmopusa.com Products: Designing, manufacturing and distribution of engineered cleaning systems for health care and facility environments. Products include cleaning carts, linen collection hampers, mobile trash cans, buckets/wringers, microfiber mops (reuseable and disposable), handles, mop holders, dusters, microfiber cloths, and bucketless mops. 21 Fuller Industries LLC 1 Fuller Way Great Bend, KS 67530 USA Toll Free: 800-848-4901 Website: www.fullercommercial.com Products: FullPro, Franklin Cleaning Technology, Trumix DC2 and Masury Columbia. 16 G.D.F. di De Franceschi Gabriella & C. s.a.s. See Ad On Page 21 Via Mazzini 27 Bazzano 40053 Valsamoggia ITALY Phone: +39 051830189 Email: gdf@gdfsrl.eu Website: www.gdfsrl.eu Company Officer: Gabriella De Franceschi Products: Foamed and solid plastic blocks, metal handles, telescopic poles, buckets, mops and cleaning tools. 21 Gator Cleaning Products, LLC 725 McKinley St. Eugene, OR 97402 USA Website: www.groutgator.com Products: The Grout Gator: clean grout two to eight times faster with the multibrush head Grout Gator. Featuring an award-winning and patented design, the Grout Gator is saving time for both homeowners and professional cleaners in the United States, Canada, Australia, Dubai, and the United Kingdom. 17 Gift Sales Co. P. O. Box 17082 513 S. St. Francis Wichita, KS 67217 USA Phone: 316-267-0671 Toll Free: 800-992-0181 Email: gscjansplymfr@juno.com, mskate@juno.com Website: www.giftsalescompany.net Products: Bowl block, urinal para and BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY non-parablock, 20-pound sewer block, non-para dumpster system, bowl caddy, mint absorbent, urinal screens (all kinds), putty knives, dust pans (metal and plastic), and other supplies. 20 Giori Automation/Global Line Group Srl Via Francesca 2942 B Larciano, Pistoia 51036 ITALY Phone: 0039-0573-84564 Email: info@giori.it Website: www.giori.it Products: Machines for the manufacturing of wet mops; machines for the flagging and trimming of brooms; machines for the finishing of brushes; monofilament production lines and PET bottle washing plants. 19 Golden Star Inc. 6445 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66202 USA Phone: 816-842-0233 Email: goldenstar@goldenstar.com Website: www.goldenstar.com Products: Golden Star is a full line, vertically integrated manufacturer of professional surface cleaning tools, systems and accessories since 1908. The company offers private branding capabilities and marketing tools to better grow customers’ brands. Products include wet and dust mops, microfiber pads and cloths, dusters, bonnets, corn brooms, push brooms and hardware and single use disposable products. 21 Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. See Ad On Page 31 3737 Capitol Ave. City of Industry, CA 90601 USA Phone: 323-724-7777 Email: sales@gordonbrush.com Website: www.gordonbrush.com Company Officer: Kenneth L. Rakusin, President and CEO Products: Hand-held brushes, scratch brushes, platers’ brushes, medical brushes, instrument cleaning brushes, applicator brushes, detail brushes, parts cleaning brushes, military brushes, block brushes, upright brushes, paintbrushes, flow-thru brushes, high-pressure brushes, strip brushes, micro-spiral brushes, abrasive brushes, spiral brushes, twisted-in-wire brushes, vacuum brushes, condenser tube brushes, paddle brushes, bore brushes, radiator brushes, spoke brushes, refrigerBBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

ation and plumbing brushes, tube-fitting brushes, bowl brushes, vat brushes, janitorial brushes, brooms, squeegees, polycorn uprights, truck wash brushes, lobby brooms, dusters, cylinder brushes, bonded disc brushes, bonded flap brushes, abrasive nylon brushes, spiral round coil brushes, rotary brushes, fine filament brushes, Thunderon® brushes, dome brushes, acid brushes, power brushes, specialty brushes, hygienic brushes, mops, buffs, dressing sheets and handpads. 21 Gornell Brush 2241 N. Knox Ave. Chicago, IL 60639 USA Phone: 773-489-2330 Email: sales@gornellbrush.com Website: www.gornellbrush.com Products: Gornell built its reputation as a custom designer and manufacturer of quality brushes for industry and maintenance. Gornell is a supplier of scratch, platers and welder brushes, staple set on the latest CNC-controlled machinery. It offers custom-design and manufactures staple set and wire-drawn brushes for industry, using all types of wire, synthetic and natural fill materials. Will imprint and private label brushes for the brush industry. CAD/CAM design available. Special packaging is offered to meet specific requirements. 21 Gover Horowitz & Blunt Ltd. 15 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8PS UNITED KINGDOM Phone: +44 207 838-7000 Email: info@ghb.co.uk Website: www.ghb.co.uk Products: Synthetic monofilaments (PVC, PPN, PET, nylon, etc), bassine, palmyra, coco, tampico and cotton mop yarn. 21 H. Arnold Wood Turning, Inc. See Ad On Page 3 220 White Plains Rd., Suite 245 Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA Phone: 914-381-0801 Email: staff@arnoldwood.com Website: www.arnoldwood.com Products: Broom and mop handles; lawn, garden and agricultural tool handles; snow shovel handles; concrete prep handles; grill and pizza handles; squeegee handles; plunger handles; dowels and dowel handles; turned and shaped handles; brush

blocks; mouldings; CNC and shaped parts; most finishing and secondary work available. 21 Ha-Ste Manufacturing, Inc. P. O. Box 168 Union City, IN 47390 USA Phone: 800-228-6677 (MOPS) or, 937-968-4858 Email: service@hastemops.com Website: www.hastemops.com Products: Manufacturer of quality (Made in the USA) mopping products. Specializing in janitorial and industrial hard floor care. Quality product line of wet mops, dust mops, microfiber products, hardware and no-lint monofilament finish mops. Includes custom factory and private labeling as well as construction modifications to suit customers’ needs. 21 Hahl Inc., a Div. of Perlon The Filament Co. See Ad On Page 13 126 Glassmaster Rd. Lexington, SC 29072 USA Phone: 803-359-0706 Email: customerservice@perlon.com Website: www.perlon.com Products: Synthetic bristle in diameters ranging from .003” - .120” featuring nylon 6, nylon 66, nylon 612, nylon 610, polyester PBT, and polypropylene; Abrasive fibers in diameters ranging from .010” - .070” featuring nylon 6, nylon 612, nylon 610 with abrasive grit types Silicon Carbide (SC), Aluminum Oxide (AO), Ceramic (KK) and Diamond (DM). Specialty innovative fibers are also a big part of Hahl/Perlon product offering: nylon 6 flaggeable, nylon 6 UL94VO, nylon 6 “anti-static,” nylon 6 “conductive,” nylon “HT,” polyester “metal detectable,” HT-150 (PPS), HT-250 (PEEK) and a full range of toothbrush filaments. 21 Haviland Corporation P. O. Box 769 200 S. Hwy. U Linn, MO 65051 USA Phone: 573-897-3672 Email: squeegees@havilandcorp.com Website: www.havilandcorp.com Products: Since 1946, Haviland Corporation continues to manufacture premium floor and window squeegees; waterbrooms; replacement blades for sweeper scrubbers; and PG 43

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY paving tools in the United States. The newest addition to Haviland’s floor squeegee selection is the Quick Flip. This versatile squeegee features a blade on each side of the frame. Choose the same type of blade on both sides and increase the life of the unit, or choose different blades to be used on different surfaces. The product saves time, money, and provides more options. 21 Hillbrush Company, Inc. 811 Rolyn Ave. Baltimore, MD 21237 USA Phone: 410-325-7000 Email: info@hillbrush.com Website: www.hillbrush.com Products: Wooden brooms, paintbrushes, brushware, dust pans and brushes, mops, hygienic cleaning tools, Resin-Set DRS®, anti-microbial brushware and hygienic tools, metal and x-ray detectable brushware and hygienic tools. 16 HIMESA Hilos Y Mechas S.A. de C.V. P. O. Box 118 San Pedro Sula HONDURAS Phone (USA): 954-323-8692 Phone: ++504-2558-8141 Email: himesa@himesa.com Website: www.himesa.com Products: HIMESA is a Latin American textile producer. Its textiles spin a wide array of cotton, rayon blends, Acrylex®, synthetics, anti-microbial yarns, 100 percent recycled, etc. The various styles that HIMESA uses for spinning yarns are ring, open end/friction and core spun. These different methods enable HIMESA to produce an array of titles, colors and form options. HIMESA also produces various types of mops (loop end, cut end, deck mops, dust mops and disposables). It also offers an assortment of custom mops such as lay flat style, double tailbanded mops, wire/connector mops, quik on, etc. All these mops are custom designed to customers’ specs, such as for retail, industrial, foodservice, healthcare, janitorial, etc. The company also offers twine, sewing threads, industrial threads, agricultural threads/twines and more. Its facilities include complete weaving operations for a variety of products like canvas, sheeting, tarpaulins, towels, cleaning and grill cloths, diapers, mop tape, etc. HIMESA has ventured into plastics with success in making a variety of products for the industry. 21 PG 44

Industrial Brush Corporation 763 E. Commerce Dr. St. George, UT 84790 USA Phone: 435-673-7500 Email: sales@industrialbrush.com Website: www.industrialbrush.com Products: Custom designs and prototypes. Designs and manufactures thousands of different brushes to satisfy a wide variety of industrial and food processing applications. Also offered are standard and custom design staple set, metal channel strip and other brush constructions including straight and formed strip, coil, cylinder cup, inside and outside disc, twisted-in-wire, wire scratch, wheel cup and stem brushes, acid, paint and artist brushes. All types of fill materials are provided including synthetic, natural, hair and wire. Common applications include brushes for washing, drying, waxing, polishing, peeling and harvesting various fruits and vegetables. Other applications include scrubbing and deburring printed circuit boards; washing silicon chips; finishing and deburring metal; sanding, denibbling, staining and dusting wood products; glass and mirror washing; egg washing; static elimination; trommel cleaning; conveyor cleaning; mold cleaning and vehicle washing. Products are marketed throughout North America, Western Europe and Asia. 21 InterBrush Messe Freiburg Neuer Messplatz 1 79108 Freiburg, Germany Phone: +49 761 3881 3400 Email: info@interbrush.com Website: www.interbrush.com Products: InterBrush is scheduled for May 24-26, 2024, at Messe Freiburg, in Freiburg, Germany. The quadrennial trade fair includes suppliers and displays of machinery, materials and accessory equipment designed for the international broom, brush, paint roller and mop industries. 21 The InterWire Group 355 Main St. Armonk, NY 10504 USA Toll Free: 800-699-6633 Website: www.interwiregroup.com Products: National distributor of wire for the brush, broom, mop and other industries. 17 Jason Mills, LLC 440 S. Main St. Milltown, NJ 08850 USA

Phone: 732-651-7200 Email: info@jasonmills.com Website: www.jasonmills.com Company Officers: Michael Lavroff, President; Brenda Stamboulian, Director of Sales & Marketing Products: Jason Mills manufactures textile fabrics for industrial, commercial, military and personal safety end-users. Specific industries include automotive, aeronautical, healthcare and law enforcement. The company has an extensive stock program which includes fire retardant, Berry compliant, MIL-SPEC and NAFTA-certified fabrics. 21 Jersey Jerry Broomsquire 911 Larkspur Pl., S. Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 USA Phone: 856-222-0713 Email: moyerbase@aol.com Products: Broomcorn seed for multicolored broomcorn, designed for machine harvest with three genetic traits: (1.) 4-5 foot tall, (2.) stem/peduncle longer than 12 inches, (3.) top leaf/boot covers only little of brush for easy drying. Also easier to cut by machete than pull by hand. Also available, directions for making a machine/reaper to harvest/cut broomcorn designed for the machine (see YouTube video of broomcorn harvester designed by Dr. Sam Moyer); and directions for making a mini cutter from a string trimmer. Also directions for making broom winders. 21 Jones Yarn - Jones Family of Companies See Ad On Front Cover 312 S. 14th Ave. Humboldt, TN 38343 USA Toll Free: 800-238-8334 Phone: 731-784-2832 Email: adailey@jonesyarn.com Website: www.jonesyarn.com Company Officers: William Ralph Jones III, Executive Chairman; CP Davis, Chief Executive Officer & President; Doug McIlvaine, Chief Financial Officer; Andrew Dailey, Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development; Mike Jewell, Senior Vice President of Operations Products: Jones Yarn offers USAproduced and globally sourced yarns engineered to meet the performance requirements of the floor care industry no matter what the market: healthcare, hospitality, food service, retail or jan/san. Yarns are produced with various spinning technologies using fiber blends of BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY cotton/polyester, rayon/polyester, cotton/polyester/rayon, anti-microbial/cotton, anti-microbial/rayon and microfiber blends. Trademarked yarns include RF-Yarns™- Recycled Fiber Yarns, Enviro-Color™ Yarns, AMYarns™ - Anti-microbial, and nWET™ - nonwoven edge trim. In addition to the variety of yarns, Jones offers mop tape, mesh and sewing thread. The Jones Next Generation product line includes microfiber tube mops, microfiber towels, microfiber carpet bonnets, synthetic carpet bonnets and cotton carpet bonnets. Also available are yarn for wet mops, dust mops and finishing mops. Jones Yarn’s other services include product testing, customer exclusive product development, sales training, market intelligence, warehousing, supply-chain management and logistics services. 21 Justman Brush Company 5401 F St. Omaha, NE 68117 USA Toll Free: 800-800-6940 Email: customerservice@justmanbrush.com Website: www.justmanbrush.com Products: Justman Brush is an American manufacturer of twisted-in-wire, staple-set and heat-fused hygienic brushes. ISO 2015:9001 registered. Justman’s reputation is built on 90 years of production for the commercial, industrial, laboratory scientific, medical, water treatment, and foodservice industries, with capabilities to manufacture to customer specifications. With two acquisitions in 2017, including Tucel Industries, Justman is a leading manufacturer of metal-free, color-coded foodservice grade brushes. Products include: Brooms, squeegees, hand-held scrubs, counter dusters, parts cleaning brushes, small to large utility brushes, tank and vat brushes, sieve cleaning brushes, nail brushes and rotary drill attachment scrubbing brushes. 20 Keystone Plastics Inc. 3451 S. Clinton Ave. South Plainfield, NJ 07080 USA Toll Free: 800-635-5238 Email: info@kpbrush.com Website: www.kpbrush.com Products: Extruded polypropylene filaments (custom color match) will meet exact specifications. 21 La Crosse Brush, Inc. 3235 George St. La Crosse, WI 54603 USA BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

Toll Free: 888-683-7491 Email: customerservice@lacrossebrush.com Website: www.lacrossebrush.com Products: Manufacturer of brooms and brushes for various industries: color-coded products for food processing, including brooms, brushes, squeegees, fiberglass handles, shovels, scoops and scrapers, etc.; industrial/maintenance brooms and brushes, including floor sweeps, scrub brushes, counter brushes, wood handles, etc.; and, various brooms and brushes for the dairy industry, including tank brushes, barn brooms, scrub brushes, etc. 19

Rayon blend mop yarn treated with UltraFresh (antibacterial), cotton blend mop yarn, and exclusive and custom mop yarn. Greentex mop yarn is an environmentally friendly blend of recycled PET and postconsumer fiber. Lemieux Spinning Mill’s history dates to 1906 when J.A. Lemieux founded his business on first-rate service and top quality products. With well-established experience, Lemieux’s vision is constantly focused on the future. No matter what the specific requirements or needs are, Lemieux Spinning Mills, Inc., has the team and resources to meet them. 21

Lafitte Mop Co., Inc. P. O. Box 577 Villa Rica, GA 30180 USA Phone: 770-459-5966 Email: lmc@lafittemop.com Website: www.lafittemop.com Company Officers: John Lafitte, President; Cathy Lafitte, Secretary Products: USA-made products include: Looped-end and conventional cut-end mopheads in rayon, cotton and blended yarns-white and colors; stick mops, all sizes and yarn types; green environmental dust mops and mopheads; and specialty mops including non-woven mops and dust mops in cotton, synthetic and launderable. Additional products: brooms, brushes, handles, microfiber products and industrial roofing items. 20

Lessmann GmbH The German Brush Company Lucas-Schultes-Str. 2 Oettingen 86732 GERMANY Phone: 0049 9082 707 0 Email: info@lessmann.com Website: www.lessmann.com Products: Brushes made in Germany: technical brushes, industrial brushes, wheel brushes, bevel brushes, hand brushes, interior brushes, shank brushes, end brushes, disc brushes, strip brushes and others. Lessmann provides a wide product range of standard and special brushes. The brushes are used for cleaning, deburring, polishing and surface finishing in the metal working, tube and pipeline, wood working, automotive, and aircraft industries and others. 21

Lanoco Specialty Wire Products, Inc. 7 John Rd. Sutton, MA 01590 USA Phone: 508-865-1500 Website: www.lanoco.com Products: Manufacturer of stainless steel wire for the power brush industry. Wire includes pin crimped, gear crimped, or straight in multiple strands, hanks, coils, cut to lengths, or bobbin form. 21 Lemieux Spinning Mill, Inc. See Ad On Page 27 125 Route 108 Est., C.P. 2039 St. Ephrem, Beauce QC G0M 1R0 CANADA Phone: 418-484-2169 Email: sergel@lemieuxspinning.com Website: www.lemieuxspinning.com Products: Rayon blend white and colored mop yarn, Price-Wise economy synthetic white and colored mop yarn, dust control synthetic white and colored dust mop yarn.

Libman Company, The 1 Libman Way Arcola, IL 61910 USA Toll-Free: 800-646-6262 Email: info@libmanpro.com Website: www.libmanpro.com Products: Mops, brooms, brushes, buckets, squeegees, dusters, dust pans, sponges, gloves, and more. Libman manufactures the vast majority of its products, from raw materials to finished goods, in its 1.6-millionsquare-foot plant in Central Illinois. 21 Loos & Co., Inc. Jewel Wire Division See Ad On Page 37 16B Mashamoquet Rd. Pomfret Center, CT 06259 USA Phone: 860-928-7981 Email: sales@loosco.com Website: www.loosco.com Products: Stainless steel, high fatigue power brush wire, scratch brush wire, and draw wire; also available, stainless steel and nickel silver staple wire, along with PG 45

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY stem wire. Jewel Wire offers a full line of wire products in the following materials and alloys: Brass alloy 260, Phosphor Bronze alloy 510, Nickel Silver alloy 745, untempered high carbon steel, and galvanized low carbon steel. All alloys are available pin crimped, gear crimped, or straight (level). Standard packaging available: hanks, coils, precision cut to length, single strand and multi-stranded on spools and cores. Jewel Wire also offers packaging to customer specifications. 21 M2 Professional Cleaning Products LTD 59 Talman Ct. Concord, ON L4K 4L5 CANADA Phone: 905-738-2007 Website: www.m2mfg.com Products: M2 Professional Cleaning Products Ltd., is a manufacturer of buckets and wringers, along with a complete line of professional cleaning products including wet mops, dust mops, as well as assorted brushes and push brooms. M2 has over 40 years of manufacturing experience in the cleaning industry. 16 Madison Steel 977 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE #204 Atlanta, GA 30306 USA Phone: 404-343-4855 Email: info@madisonsteel.com Website: www.madisonsteel.com Company Officer: Al Hickson, CEO Products: Steel Wire: music wire, duct wire, broom wire, hand-drawn wire, oil tempered, chrome silicon, high/low carbon, patented wire; Stranded products: PC strand, galvanized PC strand, aircraft cable, guy strand; Reinforcing products: rebar, wire mesh, PC wire. 20 Magni Giovanni snc Via Lecco, 20/B 22036 Erba CO ITALY Phone: 0039-031-643224 Email: info@maiertools.com Website: www.maiertools.com Products: Manufacturer of drill bits for brushmakers, selling products all around the world for over 60 years. The company produces CNC-machined bits in HSS 8solid carbide in all sizes and types. 18 Magnolia Brush Manufacturers, Ltd. P. O. Box 932 - 1001 N. Cedar Clarksville, TX 75426 USA Phone: 903-427-2261 Email: sales@magnoliabrush.com PG 46

Website: www.magnoliabrush.com Products: Full line of floor, street, garage brushes; deck, scrub brushes; floor and window squeegees; dust mops; wet mops; microfiber; galvanized pails; tubs; detail brushes; and other assorted maintenance items. 21 Malish Corporation, The 7333 Corporate Blvd. Mentor, OH 44060 USA Phone: 440-951-5356 Email: info@malish.com Website: www.malish.com Company Officers: Terry J. Malish, Chairman; Jeff Malish, President & CEO; Dan Kirtz, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Products: Manufacturer of commercial and industrial floor machine brushes and bristled pads, including a full range of rotary brushes, foodservice/color-coded brushes, as well as janitorial brushes. A global leader in floor care products, the industry has turned to Malish for quality and innovation since 1945. 21 Marco Kracht Via L Biagi, 55/C15 20099 Sesto San Giovanni, MI ITALY Phone: 0039-02-24416854 Email: info@marcokracht.com Website: www.marcokracht.com Products: Flagging knives, blades for trimming units, blades for cutting metal pipe of broom handles, needles for Dal Maschio and other machine manufacturers for sewing corn brooms and similar types of brooms. 19 MFC, Ltd. 1904 Freight St. Laredo, TX 78041 USA Phone: 956-724-5191 Email: info@mfc-usa.com Website: www.mfc-usa.com Products: Tampico fibers, union mix, semi-patent fiber, palmyra, bassine, horsehair, horsehair mixtures with tampico fiber and/or synthetic filaments; boar bristle mixtures (natural and/or with synthetics), paintbrush mixtures of synthetic and natural bristles; and tipping, flagging, dyeing and mixing of tapered synthetic filaments for paintbrush industry. 21 Michigan Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. P. O. Box 10247 7446 Central Ave.

Detroit, MI 48210-0247 USA Phone: 313-834-1070 Toll Free: 800-642-7874 Website: www.mi-brush.com, www.michiganbrush.com Products: Specializing in all types of brooms, brushes, mops, squeegees, paint rollers and related products. Special order products are available for machinery and equipment, including oversize paint rollers, brushes and squeegees. Prototypes, long and short runs invited. 18 Mill-Rose Company, The 7995 Tyler Blvd. Mentor, OH 44060 USA Toll Free: 800-321-3533 Email: info@millrose.com Website: www.millrose.com Company Officers: Greg Miller; Larry Miller Products: U.S. manufacturer of twisted-wire brushes and a global market leader for brushes of all uses. Mill-Rose brushes are used in virtually every industry around the world, including, but not limited to, aerospace, agriculture, automotive, defense, energy, manufacturing, medical, technology, and telecommunications. Choose from thousands of “standard” and “not-so-standard” sizes and shapes of brushes that deburr, polish, finish, sort, auger, conduct, dissipate, collect, move and protect materials. Mill-Rose specializes in designing and manufacturing brushes used in new and unique applications. This may require modifying one of the thousands of standard and not-so-standard brushes it manufactures on a regular basis. If a brush requirement calls for a completely new design, Mill-Rose can design it and make it from configurations for unique applications. 21 Milliken Machine 625 3rd St. Newark, NJ 07107 USA Phone: 973-485-3630 Email: info@millikenmachine.com Website: www.millikenmachine.com Products: Semi-automatic paintbrush nailing equipment. Brush pins/nails. 21 Milwaukee Dustless Brush 3737 Capitol Ave. City of Industry, CA 90601 USA Phone: 323-724-7777 Email: sales@milwaukeedustless.com Website: www.milwaukeedustless.com BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Products: Floor brooms, handles, polycorn upright brooms, corn brooms, lobby brooms, dust pans, bench/counter dusters, squeegees (floor), truck wash brushes, sponge mops, bucketless mops, utility brushes, window and feather dusters, commercial kitchen brushes, valve brushes, dish brushes, detail brushes, scoops and shovels, wire brushes, scratch brushes, stencil, acid and parts wash brushes, paintbrushes, specialty brushes, power brushes, block brushes, nail brushes, bowl brushes, scrub brushes, and tank brushes. 16 Monahan Filaments, LLC 215 Egyptian Trail Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-4957 Customer Service: 888-833-1097 Email: info@monahanfilaments.com Website: www.monahanfilaments.com Company Officers: Matt Monahan, President; Tom Vichich, Vice President Sales & Marketing Products: Broad selection of synthetic filaments in a wide range of diameters for the brush and monofilament industries. Nylon, polyester, polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene fibers for applications in industrial, construction, automotive, personal care, paint, cosmetic, and janitorial markets. Founded in early 2007 with the acquisition of Specialty Filaments, the company has consolidated operations into a new facility in Arcola, IL. Centrally located in the Midwest, MFI is well positioned to meet the challenging needs of all customers. Sister company Brush Fibers, Inc., is also located in Arcola and able to ship all items together with Monahan Filaments, further saving on freight. Now offering high temperature nylon filaments for demanding applications and V0 grade nylon. 21 Monahan Partners, Inc. See Ad On Page 36 202 N. Oak St. Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-5771 Website: www.monahanpartners.com Company Officers: Kevin Monahan, President; Pat Monahan, Ambassador; Matt Short, Vice President Products: Monahan Partners assembles wood, metal and fiberglass mopsticks. It offers a full range of metal and plastic BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

attachments for both wet and dry mops, and sells the component parts for selfassembly. Monahan Partners offers popular plastic and metal janitor quick changes and grippers (jaws), household and janitor springs and levers. And for dust mops, the company offers nylon slide connectors and a patented flexible connector. Other popular products are dust mop frames and cotton heads as well as wedge mop heads and frames. Monahan Partners also sells broom braces; broom twine; industrial T-bars; plastic/wire connectors for layflat mops; twist mops made with either cotton yarn or non-woven strips; microfiber yarn wet mops; and fiberglass handles with swivel cap and thread. Monahan Partners now also sells competitively-priced wet floor signs; dust pans; large and small angle brooms; and a popular, made in USA, economical, patented lobby dust pan. The company is also a leading producer of fiberglass handle mopsticks. In addition, Monahan Partners is offering a patentpending, stainless steel, multi-piece “Freight Buster” handle. Monahan Partners was spun out of The Thomas Monahan Company, in December 2010. Formerly, a division of the family business, Monahan Partners continues a long history of great service. 21 Thomas Monahan Co., The 202 N. Oak St. Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-4955 Email: tim@thomasmonahan.com Website: www.thomasmonahan.com Company Officers: Tim, Jon, Matt, and Chris Monahan. Products: The Thomas Monahan Company is the parent of the Monahan family of companies – Brush Fibers, Inc. (natural filaments); Monahan Filaments (synthetic filaments); and PelRay International Company. See separate listings for these companies in this issue. The Thomas Monahan Company manufactures and sells component parts for the manufacture of brooms, brushes, and mops. It has proven sources in the USA, China, Mexico and around the world. The company has been a family business since 1922, now managed by its fourth generation of Monahans. The Thomas Monahan Co. stands behind everything it sells. The company prides itself on fast, courteous service. 21

Mount Joy Wire Corp. 1000 E. Main St. Mount Joy, PA 17552 USA Phone: 717-653-1461 Toll Free: 800-321-2305 Email: sales@mjwire.com Website: www.mjwire.com Products: Wide range of brush wire products – carbon steel, stainless steel, brass plated, galvanized, tinned, flats. All sizes of tempered and hard drawn brush wire with full capabilities in crimping, bunching, and cutting in hanks. 21 Mr. LongArm, Inc. P.O. Box 377, 400 Walnut St. Greenwood, MO 64034 USA Toll Free: 800-821-3508 Email: info@mrlongarm.com Website: www.mrlongarm.com Products: Extension poles, cleaning brushes, flow-thru cleaning products, deck stain applicators, paint rollers, paint pad applicators, light bulb changers, dusters, window cleaning products and solar panel cleaning kits. 19 Multi Brosses Inc. 300 Rue Principale St. Jules, QC G0N 1R0 CANADA Toll Free: 418-397-1870 Website: www.multibrosses.com Products: Manufacturer of brushes, brooms, mops and handles. 19 National Wire & Metal Technologies, Inc. 22 Carolina St. Jamestown, NY 14701 USA Phone: 716-661-9180 Email: info@nationalwire.us Company Officers: Bump Hedman, Sales & Marketing Products: U.S. Manufacturer of cleaning products, household & commercial mops: sponge mops, butterfly mops, roller mops, dust mops, deck mops, clamp jaw mops, lay flat mops, quick change mops, spring and lever mops, stirrup mops, and twist mops. Mop & dust heads: cotton, rayon, nylon and synthetic blends in various colors and sizes. Floor squeegees: 18”, 24”, 30”, 36”, black, gray, non-marking, moss, sponge, rubber, PVC, neoprene and hi-temp silicone. Brooms: metal cap, upright brooms, track and switch brooms. Broom hardware: push broom braces, connectors, scrapers, broom bands, rivets and handles. Brush hardware: wire brush scrappers. Mop hardware: ferrules, t-bars, PG 47

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY t-nuts, mop brands, rivets, staples, mop hardware, dust mop hardware. Furniture and barrel hardware: chair supports, bed fasteners, corner braces, barrel closure hardware. 21 Newton Broom & Brush Co. 1508 W. Jourdan St. Newton, IL 62448 USA Phone: 618-783-4424 Email: sales@newtonbroom.com Website: www.newtonbroom.com Products: Broom corn brooms, railroad switch brooms, angle brooms, soft sweep brooms, cob web and fan dusters, push brooms and floor brushes, bowl brushes, kitchen and scrub brushes. 21 Nexstep Commercial Products (O-Cedar Commercial) 1450 W. Ottawa Rd. Paxton, IL 60957 USA Toll Free: 800-252-7666 Email: customerservice@ocedarcommercial.com Website: www.ocedarcommercial.com Company Officers: Todd Leventhal, President; Joel Hastings, General Manager; Steve Keller, CFO; Erin E. Busch, National Director of Sales & Marketing Products: Nexstep Commercial Products is the exclusive licensee of O-Cedar products for the commercial cleaning market. O-Cedar is one of the most recognized and prominent manufacturers of cleaning tools in the USA and Nexstep’s commercial grade tools truly deliver on the well-known slogan “Makes Your Life Easier.” The company’s products are manufactured and distributed in jan/san, foodservice and industrial markets. Over 70 percent of the products are made in the USA, including angle brooms and wet mops. Nexstep’s full line includes microfiber products, mops with handles, mopsticks, mop bucket and wringers, cleaning equipment, waste containers, dust mops, plastic brooms, dust pans, floor sweeps, brushes, handles, bathroom accessories, squeegees and scrapers, dusters, gloves, corn brooms, and rotary brushes. The company’s dedicated to providing innovative, top quality products at very competitive prices and world class customer service. 21 Norshel Industries, Inc. 2933 River Rd. Croydon, PA 19021 USA Toll Free: 800-255-6677 Email: sales@norshel.com PG 48

Website: www.norshel.com Company Officers: Eric Leibowitz; Aaron Leibowitz Products: Manufacturer of wet mops and handles. Importer and master wholesaler of a complete line of janitorial and industrial products. Servicing distributors in the jan/san, food service, educational, industrial, hospitality, construction and health care industries. 20 Nyco Products Company 5332 Dansher Rd. Countryside, IL 60525 USA Phone: 708-579-9898 Website: www.nycoproducts.com Products: Carpet cleaners, spotters and stain removers; upholstery cleaners; floor strippers; floor cleaners; floor finish chemicals; floor sealers; floor preparation chemicals; ice film neutralizer; dust mop treatment; and liquids, aerosols, powders. 19 O’Dell Corporation P.O. Box 540 Ware Shoals, SC 29646 USA Toll Free: 800-342-2843 Email: info@odellcorp.com Website: www.odellcorp.com Products: Wet mops, dust mops, handles, brushes, janitor carts, microfiber. 21 Padco Inc. 3501 Broadway St., N.E. Minneapolis, MN 55413 USA Phone: 612-378-7270 Toll Free: 800-328-5513 Email: info@padco.com Website: www.padco.com Products: Paint pads, paint rollers, floor finish applicators, painting accessories and trays. 19 Parts Brush by Lisle Corporation 807 E Main St. Clarinda, IA 51632 USA Phone: 712-542-5101 Email: partsbrush@lislecorp.com Website: www.lislecorp.com Products: Automotive parts cleaning and detailing brushes. 21 Paul Brothers & Co. Bros India Group, Muhamma Alappuzha, Kerala 688525 INDIA Phone: 91 478 2862344 / 2863593/2864434 Email: brosindia@brosindia.com

Website: www.brosindia.com Company Officers: John Jose, Executive Director Products: Natural palmyra fiber; oiled palmyra fiber; bassine (dyed palmyra fiber); extra fine palmyra stalks (natural and dyed); regular natural stalks (RNS); mixture of palmyra fiber and stalks (50/50, 60/40, 70/30); union mixture of poly and palmyra fiber (50/50, 60/40, 80/20). Natural floor furnishing of coir, jute rubber, cotton (mats, matting rolls, rugs and carpets), erosion control products, agricultural and horticultural products. 21 PelRay International Co., a division of Brush Fibers, Inc. See Ad On Page 2 4712 Macro San Antonio, TX 78218 USA Phone: 210-757-4640 Email: info@PelRay.com Website: www.PelRay.com; www.caddysupply.com Company Officers: Chris Monahan, CEO; Bart Pelton, President; Ron Cherryholmes, Vice President; Raquel Estrada, Controller; Roberto Sixtos, Director of Mexico Operations Products: As a divsion of Brush Fibers, Inc., PelRay can offer its customers a complete line of natural fibers with additional product lines to serve all cleaning industry supply needs. From natural fibers (broomcorn, African grass, palmyra and Tampico) to mop yarn (blended, cotton, rayon, natural or dyed) to OEM products made to customer specifications (angle broom heads, corn brooms or mops) to handles (wood or metal), PelRay has it available and can ship in mixed loads to help customers manage their inventories better. Need items shipped with bar codes already on the box or item? PelRay can do that too, and box them to meet customers’ specifications. Are you now working with Amazon to ship products or opened your own e-commerce website? We can supply special handles in three or four ready to assemble parts by the customer to save on shipping costs by using smaller boxes. For those customers looking for products “made in the USA,” PelRay can supply poplar and pine handles as well as imported FSC-certified wood handles. Serving the growing artisan and crafters market, Caddy Supply Company stocks an extensive inventory for those who need unprocessed “craft” broomcorn, wire, stitching needles, twine and more. 21 BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Perfex Corporation 32 Case St. Poland, NY 13431 USA Phone: 800-848-8483 Email: perfex@perfex.com Website: www.perfex.com Company Officers: Mike Kubick, President; Mike Dougherty, Marketing Manager Products: Cleanroom mopping systems, cleanroom mops, color-coded brooms and brushes, hygienic material handling tools, laboratory brushes, natural fiber brooms and chisel brooms. 21 PFERD INC. 9201 W. Heather Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53224 USA Toll Free: 800-342-9015 Email: sales@pferdusa.com Website: www.pferd.com Products: Brooms, floor sweeps, squeegees, paintbrushes and accessories, scratch and chip brushes, utility and deck scrub brushes, power wire brushes and abrasive filament nylon brushes (M-BRAD®). 17 Pogliani SRL Via Volta 7/A 23845 Costa Masnaga (LC) ITALY Phone: 0039 031856986 Email: info@poglianisrl.com Website: www.poglianisrl.com Products: All kinds of raw materials for the brush, broom and paintbrush industries. This includes wires, synthetic filaments, and natural fibers. 21 Precision Brush Company 6700 Parkland Blvd. Solon, OH 44139 USA Toll Free: 800-252-4747 Website: www.precisionbrush.com Products: The technology, expertise and experience to satisfy industrial brush requirements. The company can customize nearly every aspect of a brush, including brush length, bristle length, stiffness, density, coarseness, fill material and base materials. These custom brushes can be constructed out of materials that resist certain harsh chemicals, temperature extremes, or both. Conversely, Precision’s industrial brushes can be gentle and soft enough to spread confectioner’s sugar on doughnuts. From food processing, steel processing, glass manufacturing, pharmaceutical production and data cable manage ment—Precision is a provider of BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

custom industrial brushes that can handle the demands of nearly any industry. The manufacturing capabilities of Precision Brush Company have allowed it to offer clients customized bristle tools for an almost infinite number of brush applications, including, but not limited to: metal channel strip brushes, plastic channel strip brushes, twisted wire brushes, brush seals and specialty brushes. 21 Premier Mop & Broom 2395 Railroad St. Corona, CA 92878 USA Toll Free: 800-959-3402 Email: topmop@sbcglobal.net Website: www.premiermop.com Products: Premier Mop & Broom is a fullline manufacturer of wet mops, dust mops, corn brooms and related products. It specializes in manufacturing custom private label products made to customer specifications. The company has been manufacturing products in the USA for over 65 years. 21 Proveedora Mexicana de Monofilamentos, S.A. de C.V. (PMM) See Ad On Page 16 Oriente 217 No. 190 Agricola Oriental 08500 Mexico City MEXICO Phone: 00 5255 5763 86 63 Email: pmm@pmm-mex.com Website: www.pmmbrightline.com Company Officers: Enrique Mejia, General Manager; Dennise Silva, Sales Manager Products: PMM produces synthetic engineered monofilaments for the brush industry. It offers nylon 6.12, nylon 6, nylon 6.6, nylon 6 plus, polyester PBT, polyethylene and polypropylene filaments in a wide range of calipers and colors. It specializes in critical applications, where consistency and quality are a must. 21 Purdy Professional Painting Tools 101 W. Prospect Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115 USA Toll Free: 800-547-0780 Email: info@purdy.com Website: www.purdy.com Products: Purdy offers a broad assortment of professional paintbrushes, roller covers, prep tools, storage, organization and painting accessories. 21

Reit Price Company 532 W. Chestnut St. Union City, IN 47390 USA Phone: 765-964-3252 Email: sales@reitprice.com Website: www.reitprice.com Company Officers: Thomas Kerns, President; R. Allen Kerns, Vice President Products: Janitorial floor supplies featuring “Black Cat” metal band mops, handles, squeegees, floor brushes and scrapers, along with traditional sewn band and screw type mops, brooms, dust mops, microfiber pads and cleaning cloths. 21 Remco Products 4735 W. 106th St. Zionsville, IN 46077 USA Phone: 317-876-9856 Email: cs@remcoproducts.com Website: www.remcoproducts.com Company Officers: Lindsay Adams, Rob Middendorf Products: Offers both Remco and Vikan lines of hygienically designed color-coded products made specifically for areas where sanitation is critical, including the food, HORECA, and pharmaceutical industries. Remco provides one-piece lightweight shovels, mixing paddles, scrapers, metal detectable tools, tubs and lids. Remco also carries Vikan’s hand and floor brushes, waterfed products, squeegees, buckets, pad holder systems, paddle/floor scrapers, tube and valve brushes, and wall brackets. 21 Rol-Brush Mfg., Division of Michigan Brush Mfg. Co. Inc. P. O. Box 10247 7446 Central Ave. Detroit, MI 48210-0247 USA Phone: 313-834-1070 Toll Free: 800-642-7874 Website: www.mi-brush.com Products: Company offers paint rollers, covers and trays. Private label is the company’s special-ty. Rol-Brush is a prime manufacturer, an OEM source and is a member of the American Brush Manufacturers Association. 21 Roth Composite Machinery GmbH See Ad On Page 38 Bauhofstr. 2 D-35239 Steffenberg, Germany Phone: +49 6464 9150-0 Email: info@roth-composite-machinery.com PG 49

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Website: www.roth-composite-machinery.com; www.roth-industries.com Products: For 100 years, Roth Composite Machinery — formerly known as Schlesinger — has been developing, manufacturing and selling universal production machines for the brush industry. Its focus centers on providing advanced and high-performance constructions, versatility and user-friendly operability. Various machine versions can be developed by Roth — from basic to high-end. The portfolio at Roth Composite Machinery also includes coating and filter pleating machines, as well as machinery for the manufacture of lightweight components by using the filament winding process. 21 Royal Paint Roller Mfg. Corp. See Ad On Page 34 248 Wyandanch Ave. West Babylon, NY 11704 USA Phone: 631-643-8012 Email: royalpaintroller@aol.com Products: Paint roller covers made of lambskin, microfiber, kodel, lambswool, synthetic blends, “Lint Free” woven fabrics. All sizes available. Jumbo 2-1/4” ID to Slim Jim covers, plus roller frames, trays, paintbrushes and a full line of painting accessories for the professional and do-it-yourself markets. Providing top quality paint rollers and painting accessories for the professional and do-it-yourself markets for over 50 years. It takes pride in the reputation it has established over the years of being more than simply a supplier, but rather a “business partner” to customers. Along with the many items offered in its catalog, the company has increased the number of items it manufactures according to customer specifications. Offers private labeling to many volume purchasers. 19 Schaefer Brush Mfg., LLC 1101 S. Prairie Ave. Waukesha, WI 53186 USA Phone: 262-547-3500 Website: www.schaeferbrush.com Products: Experts in twisted-in-wire, staple set and hand drawn brushes since 1905. Custom or specialty brushes, exclusively designed and made for many Schaefer customers, represents a growing part of the company’s business. It offers a full line catalog of standard in stock items as well. Schaefer works with customers in PG 50

the development of a brush perfectly suited to a specific application. 16 Shanghai Jiasheng Products Co., LTD See Ad On Page 32 33 Lane, Huanqiao Rd., Pudong Shanghai Shanghai 201315 CHINA Phone: +86-21-50890438 Website: www.jiashengco.com Products: Shanghai Jiasheng Products is a one- stop source for high quality professional cleaning products with competitive prices and good service. The company offers a variety of dust mops and wet mops, covering the full range of yarns, styles and prices. Also offered are floor squeegees, window squeegees, mop wringer buckets, janitor carts, service carts, trash bins, floor signs, mop and broom accessories, mop sticks, sponge mops, microfiber mops and cloths, trash pickers, wool dusters, dust pans and brooms, brushes, etc. The company also offers OEM and R&D services. 21 Shurhold Industries, Inc. 3119 SW 42nd Ave. Palm City, FL 34990 USA Phone: 772-287-1313 Website: www.shurhold.com Products: Brushes, mops, brooms, handles, and cleaning chemicals. 21 SIBO Engineering See Ad On Page 25 Via A. Di Dio, 215 28877 Ornavasso (VB) ITALY Phone: +39 0323 837205 Email: commerciale@sibo.it Website: www.sibo.it Products: Customized machines for the prod-uction of paintbrushes, hairbrushes, brooms, broom sticks, trowel handles, knife handles and other wooden articles. 21 Sieko Brushware (India) Sieko House, 4/15, Bagichi St. Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Dehli - 110032 INDIA Phone: +91 11 45645617/ +91 9810448228 Email: siekobrush@hotmail.com, siekobrush@yahoo.com, siekobrush@gmail.com Products: Indian bristles, butt cutt bristles, and extra stiff bristles. 21 S.M. Arnold, Inc. 7901 Michigan Ave. St. Louis, MO 63111 USA

Phone: 314-544-4103 Email: kellyf@smarnoldinc.com Website: www.smarnoldinc.com Company Officers: Joseph Arnold, President; Sanford Arnold, Executive Vice President Products: Brite’n up line of sponges and scrubbing pads, scrub brushes, wash brushes, push brooms, upright brooms, floor squeegees, counter dusters, dust pans, sheepskin chamois, water sprite drying cloth, sure-dri towel, microfiber towels, terry towels, water blades, wool buffing and polishing pads, foam buffing and polishing pads, velocity machines, wash mops, wash mitts, bottles, triggers and more. 21 Spiral Brushes Inc. 1355 Commerce Dr. Stow, OH 44224 USA Toll Free: 800-888-2861 Phone: 330-686-2861 Email: sales@spiralbrushes.com Website: www.spiralbrushes.com Products: Industrial brushes, standard power brushes and custom brushes; metal back strip and cylinder brushes. Fibers include: steel wire, stainless steel wire, brass wire, bronze wire; synthetic fiber including nylon, polypropylene, abrasive nylon; and natural fiber including tampico and horsehair. 19 St. Nick Brush Co. See Ad On Page 10 P. O. Box 15 Burton, OH 44021 USA Toll Free: 800-798-1269 W e b s i t e : w w w. s t n i c k b r u s h . c o m ; www.hardwood-lumber.com Products: For over 30 years, the St. Nick Brush Company (a division of the Hardwood Lumber Company) has been a start-to-finish business that produces a complete line of consumer and industrial brushes, brooms and brush blocks. Every stage of the manufacturing process is overseen by experienced brush makers who are dedicated to creating the highest quality products. Products listed as brushes and brooms: street brooms, floor sweeps, scrub brushes and concrete finishing brushes, specializing in African grass street brooms. Products listed as hardwood brush and broom blocks: shoe handle, scratch brush, bagel block, floor sweep, street broom, deck scrub and all types of scrub brush blocks. 21 BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Stainless Steel Products See Ad On Page 23 561 Acorn St., Suite T Deer Park, NY 11729 USA Phone: 631-243-1500 Email: sales@stainlesswires.com Website: www.stainlesswires.com Company Officers: Ralph Rosenbaum, Melissa Rosenbaum Products: Round or flat wire, strip and tubing made from stainless steel, brass, nickel silver, phosphor bronze, steel, and more. The company offers all common and specialty packages for the brush industry. Round wire can be crimped and bunched or straightened for single-end or bunched configurations. The company also straightens and cuts wire. It stocks wire, strip and tubing of various sizes and tempers for quick shipments and as part of kanban programs. Stainless Steel Products looks forward to assisting with application engineering, such as problem solving and material specification assistance. The company’s wires are used for brush staples, filaments, channel wire, stem wire, and more. It also offers strip and tubing for making brushes. Stainless Steel Products can assist from prototyping to mass production. 21 Stolzfus Brooms & Carpets 39-B Pequea Valley Rd. Kinzers, PA 17535 USA Phone: 717-442-8411 Products: 100 percent broom corn brooms–warehouse, household, whisk, also palmyra added. Equine brooms. Selling broom making supplies to local crafters. Also USA manufactured popular handles. In stock 1 1/8” x 42” through 3/4” x 24” clear lacquered. Buy 50 or a pallet full. The company ships UPS and LEL freight. 20 Suzhou SUIKING Electric Co. Ltd. 1502 S. Runjie Mansion, No. 9 Dengwei Rd. Suzhou, Jiangsu 215011 CHINA Phone: +86-512-65113989 Website: www.suiking.com Products: A supplier of vacuum cleaners and vacuum cleaner accessories in China. The company makes floor nozzles, tubes, HEPA filters and bags. It does OEM and ODM for various brands/customers. It has two factories and a combined workforce of 200, with over 20 injection molding machines and several production lines. 21 BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

Tai Hing Nylon Filament Products Co., Ltd. Shop C, On Ying Mansion, G/F., 1138 Canton Rd. KLN, Hong Kong CHINA Phone: +86-750-3777088; +86-18022927899 Email: marketing@taihingnylon.com, peter@taihingnylon.com Website: www.taihingnylon.com Company Officers: Wilson Lau, Executive Director; Peter Pang, Sales Manager Products: Synthetic fibers and filament, PA6, PA46, PA66, PA610, PA612. Abrasive filament, PBT, PET, PBT tapered filament, PET tapered filament, PP, PS, PE, PPS, PEEK, bio-based filament, BPF, BioFil, functional filament, antibacterial, anti-static, negative io, flame retardant, conductive, antiUV, manetic induction, anti-UV and customized. 21 Tanis, Inc. See Ad On Page 30 3660 Kettle Ct. East Delafield, WI 53018 USA Phone: 262-646-9000 Email: sales@tanisinc.com Website: www.tanisbrush.com Company Officers: Nick Mallinger, President; Mark Kappes, COO Products: Stock and custom brush products. Global customer base includes OEM, distributors and industrial end-users in industries such as aerospace, automotive, agriculture, construction equipment, food service equipment, medical, printing, packaging, and more. Technology platforms include staple set, metal back strip, twisted-in-wire and composite brushes. 21

Website: www.unimac.it Products: Unimac power brush manufacturing equipment and handle manufacturing equipment. Unimac produces machinery and technology used to manufacture crimped-wire power brushes as well as twisted-knot power brushes made in various formats: wheel brushes, cup brushes, end brushes, and wafer brushes. It also produces quality control equipment for power brushes, machinery to convert wire from spools to cut-tolength bundles and equipment for crimping wire (one or two planes of crimping) and then spool the multi-end rope of crimped wires. These spools are typically used for power brush manufacturing production. Unimac also specializes in complete production lines and custom-made machinery to produce fixed metal handles that are either powder coated or plastic coated, as well as equipment for extension handles (telescopic handles). Unimac’s tube-mill can also be used in other applications to produce tubes for other products. Also available are machines for working on wood handles. 21 United Rotary Brush 15607 W. 100th Ter. Lenexa, KS 66219 USA Toll Free: 800-851-5108 Website: www.united-rotary.com Products: Replacement rotary brooms for street sweepers, paving contractors and airport runways as well as trommel and metal finishing brooms. 20

Thomas Textile Company P. O. Box 35697 Charlotte, NC 28235 USA Phone: 704-342-9200, 704-562-4236 Email: wgtttc@bellsouth.net Company Officer: Bo Thomas, Sales Manager Products: Cotton and rayon blend mop yarns on ball warps, cones, and large single-end wheels. 20

Weiler Abrasives One Weiler Dr. Cresco, PA 18326 USA Toll Free: 800-835-9999 Email: info@weilerabrasives.com Website: www.weilerabrasives.com Products: Sweeps; floor, garage, and street brushes; handles; upright and whisk brooms; dusters and dust pans; squeegees and window brushes; vehicle care brushes; scrub and utility brushes; mops and accessories; scratch brushes; flue brushes; tube fitting brushes; paintbrushes; rollers and accessories. 20

Unimac S.r.l. Via C. Colombo, 9, Loc. Cavazzona 41013 Castelfranco Emilia (Modena) ITALY Phone: + 39-059-932664 Email: paolo@unimac.it Contact: Paolo Malavasi (Sales Office Mgr.)

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2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Company Officers: Patrick Peebles, President; Jim Monahan, Vice President of Sales Products: Offering a full line of wood handles manufactured from domestic softwoods (yellow pine) and hardwoods (poplar) from a modern plant in Midland, NC. Handles are shipped direct to customers with finishes, end treatments, labeling and packaging all to customer specifications. Works with customers to reduce handles costs in products. 21 Wöhler Brush Tech GmbH Wöhler-Platz 2 33181 Bad Wünnenberg GERMANY Phone: +49 2953 73 300 Email: bt@woehler.com Website: www.woehlerbrushtech.com Company Officers: Matthias Peveling, General Manager; Daniel Horenkamp, MBA, General Manager Products: Strip brush machines; roll brush machines; power brush machines; street sweeper brush machines; dental and polishing brush machines; twisted-in-wire brush machines; paintbrush and roller machines; brush trimming machines; machines for crimping, cutting and bundling of brushes and filaments. 21 Wolf Filaments (Shenzhen Tide Filaments Co., Ltd.) See Ad On Page 7 4th building, Yong Yuanjin Industrial Park, No.8 Jinlong 4th Rd. Tongle, Longgang District Shenzhen, 518118 CHINA Mobile: +86 (0)138 2520 3390 Email: sallylee@tidesz.com Skype: tidyfeel WeChat: sally860755 Website: www.tidesz.com Products: A professional manufacturer of industrial/household abrasive filaments and diamond abrasive filaments. 20 WOMA (Wood Machinery Daniel Koehler) Am Langen Streif 8 Bad Salzungen 36433 GERMANY Phone: +49 (0) 3695 858450-0 Email: info@woma-brush.com Website: www.woma-brush.com Company Officers: Daniel Koehler, General Manager; Maria Koehler, Sales Manager Products: Second hand machines for brush induPG 52

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WOMAtec Maschinenbau GmbH See Ad On Page 29 Am Langen Streif 8 Bad Salzungen 36433 GERMANY Phone: +49 (0) 3695 858450-0 Email: info@womatec.com Website: www.womatec.com Company Officers: Daniel Koehler, General Manager; Maria Koehler, Sales Manager Products: New brush machines, special machines, strip brush machines and woodworking machines. 21 Wool Shop 21935 Hwy. E Grant City, MO 64456 USA Toll Free: 800-635-8921 Email: jeff@woolshop.com Website: www.woolshop.com Products: Lambswool dusters, lambswool dust mops, 6.5 foot, 9 foot, 13 foot, and 25 foot lambswool telescopic angle dusters, lambswool ceiling fan dusters, and ostrich feather dusters. 19 Wooster Brush Company, The 604 Madison Ave. Wooster, OH 44691 USA Phone: 330-264-4440 Email: customerservice@woosterbrush.com Website: www.woosterbrush.com Products: Wooster is known for its tradition of innovation, and introduces new products each year for professional and DIY painters alike. 21 Young & Swartz, Inc. 39 Cherry St. Buffalo, NY 14204 USA Phone: 716-852-2171 Email: info@youngandswartz.com Website: www.youngandswartz.com Company Officer: Paul E. Winzig Products: Specialty brush manufacturing including staple set, wheels, strip, cylinders, hand and machine brushes. All mediums– natural, synthetic, and wire. Can work in wood, plastic, and leather back. Custom and contract runs invited. Company uses quick change, computerized equipment. 20

Zahoransky AG Anton-Zahoransky-Strasse 1 Todtnau 79674 GERMANY Phone: +49 7671 997 0 Email: info@zahoransky.com Website: www.zahoransky.com Products: As an internationally active, full-range provider in engineering, automation, and injection molding technology, ZAHORANSKY constructs machines for four different business areas: automation, mold construction, packaging and brush machines. Molds - From design to production under one roof. This includes technical consulting on usage as well as feasibility analysis. The company rounds off its range of services with product optimizations that are tailored to the needs of the client. This allows injection molds to reach optimal performance, precision, quality, and reliability. These are the vital parameters for seamless production using a ZAHORANSKY injection mold or complete production line. Automation - The integration of up- and downstream work steps is crucial to improving efficiency in injection moldrelated manufacturing processes. ZAHORANSKY has worked out a simple success formula: tool plus machine plus control equals greater efficiency. The intelligent (inter) connection of tools, machines, and control elements is key. With its innovative solutions for the integrated automation of plastic and metal-processing manufacturing processes, ZAHORANSKY offers a vital benefit in packaging, medical technology, and personal care. Oral Care - As a full-range provider of all technologies to produce interdental, hand, and electric toothbrushes, ZAHORANSKY offers individual machines and tufts to final processing and interlinked production lines. The company’s range of machines offers a host of different options to produce electric and hand toothbrushes. Technical & Household Brushes Includes Z.TIGER, Z.PARD, Z.WASP, Z.LYNX, Z.SPIDER, Z.SAILFIN, Z.LION machinery. Whether a drilling, tufting, or trimming machine, ZAHORANSKY offers equipment to produce first-class brushes. Cosmetic - It’s quite probable that a beauty-conscious person from anywhere on the globe embellishes his or her daily life with ZAHORANSKY-related products. Women in particular use many brushes for BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

2021 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY their daily beauty routines: seven brushes on average to brush their teeth and hair, and to apply mascara and nail polish. ZAHORANSKY develops and produces machines and units to manufacture these beauty products. Packaging - Whether deep drawing, sealing or punching out, with its German brand quality and precision, ZAHORANSKY packaging machines provide flexibility, productivity and cost-efficient production. Easy sample changes offer the versatility customers need. Combine this with great output numbers and low tool costs, and the various models guarantee the efficient and safe packaging of products. 21 Zahoransky USA, Inc. 1601 Atlantic Dr., Suite 133 West Chicago, IL 60185 USA Phone: 630-507-9872 Email: info.usa@zahoransky.com Website: www.zahoransky.com Products: A full-line supplier of injection molding tools, automated solutions, final packaging machines, tufting and shearing machines for brushes and brooms in markets such as oral care, health care and beauty, industrial, household and consumer. 21 Zelazoski Wood Products, Inc. See Ad On Page 18 P. O. Box 506 835 Ninth Ave. Antigo, WI 54409 USA

Toll Free: 800-240-0974 Phone: 715-627-4804 Website: www.zwpi.com Products: Complete line of wooden brush and broom blocks - molded, shaped, and/or turned, finished or plain, manufactured according to customers’ specifications. The company can also machine most plastics. Zelazoski Wood Products began in 1924 as the Thos. Zelazoski Mfg. Co. The company began making wooden blocks for the brush and broom industry in 1928. Over its existence, ZWPI has continued to update machinery, facilities, and processes to meet the ever-changing needs of its customers. Zelazoski Wood Products’ modern facility enables it to manufacture a wide range of parts according to customers’ specifications, especially where close tolerance and high quality are required. Unless imported wood is specifically requested, all brush and broom blocks are made using lumber harvested from managed North American forests. 21

selection of wet mops and dry mops covering the full range of fibers, styles, and prices. Also offered are brooms, brushes and specialty products, handles, frames, dusters, mop sticks and many related items. 21

Zephyr Manufacturing Co. 200 Mitchell Rd. Sedalia, MO 65301 USA Phone: 660-827-0352 Email: rjl@zephyrmfg.com Website: www.zephyrmfg.com Company Officer: R.J. Lindstrom, President Products: Zephyr offers a complete

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Richard Lawrence "Dick" Noon, age 89, died Saturday, May 15, 2021. Born in Glen Ridge, NJ, he was a resident of Ridgewood, NJ, for 50 years before moving to Hillsdale, NJ. He is a U.S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War. He graduated from NYU School of Business, and went on to serve as CEO and president of several companies including Avdel Corporation of Parsippany, NJ; Rae Metal of Cleveland, OH; and, RL Noon Associates of Clifton, NJ, before retiring in 2013. He was a former member of the Upper Montclair Country Club. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Beverly, October 14, 2010. He is survived by his four children: Thomas, of Lakewood Ranch, FL; Brian, of Chandler, AZ; Brenda Chinn, of Haymarket, VA; and, Barbara Patterson, of Cape Coral, FL. Also surviving are his six grandchildren: Ryan, Kara, Kyle, Cheryl, William and Shana, and four great grandchildren: Ella, Nora, Hayden and William. Services were held May 21, 2021, with interment at Valleau Cemetery, Ridgewood, NJ. In his memory, donations to the doner’s favorite charity would be appreciated.

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HEPTA-FM And HEPTA-FM/1200 Productivity, Efficiency And Quality Built In Belgium

HEPTA-FM 1200 is a compact high-output toothbrush production cell.

Modern toothbrushes have become high-tech oral care instruments with sophisticated tuft layouts. These contemporary toothbrush designs require high-tech machinery to manufacture them efficiently. Automation, reduced floorspace and high output are all important in the continuous quest to improve hygiene, boost quality and reduce cost. The HEPTA-FM machine is a high-speed filling toothbrush manufacturing cell, seamlessly centralizing all parts of the manufacturing process in one machine: high speed tufting, highprecision trimming and smooth end-rounding. The machine can be equipped with an automatic handle feeder with positive transfer of the handles, from the moment they leave the handle container to the moment they are placed in the turret clamps. With up to 1,200 tufts per minute, and handling devices that will transfer up to 35 brushes per minute, the HEPTA-FM is the fastest in its class. Plenty of trimming stations keep the options open for the trimming profile, flat or profiled, with or without fibre spreading systems. The longitudinal end-rounding gives a consistently smooth and

HEPTA-FM 1200 tufts toothbrushes at up to 1200 tufts per minute.

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glossy end-rounded surface finishing along the length of the brush head, usually with less endrounding units required than the traditional type. The HEPTA filling tool is a completely new design, different from any other filling tool type, and it is extremely simple, with a minimum of parts and adjustment. It requires no lubrication, maintenance is minimized and setup is quick and easy. This HEPTA filling tool really shines when it comes to processing tapered filaments at high speed. All movements of the machine are controlled by servomotors. The trimming- and endrounding units all have their own drive motors, so the product quality can be tuned to perfection. A highly efficient cleaning unit removes any dust, and an electronic marking press puts your brand on the handle. With universal clamping units and clamping fingers used throughout, and servomotor controls on all the handling devices, this machine is extremely quick to change-over.

HEPTA-FM can be equipped with a drill head to manufacture wooden toothbrushes, and processes tapered filament very well.

Special options for particular products are available, such as: rotary turret clamps for brush designs that require a variable anchor insertion angle, or an integrated drill unit to manufacture wooden toothbrushes. The user interface is based on graphics of the machine, and also has messages in the mother tongue of the user, in order to make the user interface very organic and clear, so the machine is very easy to work with. For quick and in-depth support by our specialists, every machine can be connected to the internet. The whole machine is engineered and manufactured in the Boucherie plant in Belgium, with service both from the people who built the machine as well as from different Boucherie service points all over the world. The HEPTA-FM is a giant step forward in toothbrush manufacturing technology, with plenty of options for both brush models as well as automation. Find out more by contacting info@boucherie.be. BBM MAGAZINE | May/June 2021

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