2019 NBMB Meeting: Handles

Jim Monahan of Whitley Monahan Handle Company

 

The National Broom, Mop and Brush meeting was held October 10-11, 2019, in St. Louis, Mo. Below are reports on Handles. Broomcorn, Tampico and Mop Yarn reports are available here. The Foreign Exchange Report and 2020 Economic Outlook by Bart Pelton will be in the print and digital versions of the November-December issue of Brushware.

2019 NBMB Meeting: Broomcorn, Tampico and Mop Yarn

Bart Pelton from Pelray International Company

The National Broom, Mop and Brush meeting was held October 10-11, 2019, in St. Louis, Mo. Below we have early reports on broomcorn, tampico and mop yarn. Next week, we’ll post reports on handle materials. The Foreign Exchange Report and 2020 Economic Outlook by Bart Pelton will be in the print and digital versions of the November-December issue of Brushware.

ABMA Speaker Ryan Offers 98 Strategies to Retain/Attract Talent

On the ABMA website, 2020 convention speaker Lisa Ryan has offered a link to a PDF copy of Manufacturing Engagement: 98 Proven Strategies to Attract and Retain Your Industry’s Top Talent.  Inside this short, concise book are useful tips that will help you find and keep employees. The best part? These ideas don’t cost a lot of money. They don’t take a lot of time – and they work!

ISSA North America: 2020 Speaker Proposals

ISSA, the worldwide cleaning association, and its ISSA Show North America event partner Informa Markets today launched the speaker proposal submission process for the ISSA Show North America 2020 trade show, which takes place October 26-29, 2020, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Professionals who serve and represent the professional cleaning and facility maintenance industries may submit proposals via the ISSA Show website for the industry-leading education program at ISSA Show North America 2020.

Kaposplast Celebrates 70th Anniversary

Kaposplast Plastic Industrial Ltd. has released a redesigned logo to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the company. The logo redesign respects the tradition of Kaposplast with a refined design that ignores all unnecessary graphical elements and redundant creative solutions. The redesign is modern and energetica and aligns with the future pursuits of the company.

As the only manufacturer of plastic fibers for the brush and broom industry in Hungary, Kaposplast Ltd. has been operating as a Hungarian family business since 1949.

ABMA Survey: The Future with 2020 Vision

The American Brush Manufacturers Association (ABMA) is performing a strategic planning process for your organization as well as the association itself for 2020.

The ABMA exists to help North American brush manufacturers by enhancing industry knowledge, providing an unparalleled variety of networking opportunities and promoting profitability for its members and the industry. ABMA strives to promote and strengthen value for its members to be the preferred and innovative source for broom, brush, roller and mop products worldwide.