Broom, Brush & Mop May/June 2014

May/June 2014

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DIRECTORY ABCO Products Corp............................18 ACS Industries, Inc. ............................18 American Brush Manufacturers Assoc. .........................18 American Select Tubing, LLC................18 Amerwood...........................................18 Anping Shengwei Animal Hair Products Co., Ltd. ...............................18 Ariston Cleaning Solutions srl ...............18 Birdwell Cleaning Products, Inc. ...........18 Bizzotto Giovanni Automation srl ..........18 Bo-Buck Mills, Inc...............................20 Bodam International Ltd. .....................20 Borghi s.p.a. .......................................22 Boucherie USA Inc. .............................26 Briarwood Products Co.........................28 Bruin Plastics Co., Inc. ........................28 Brush Fibers, Inc.................................28 Brushes Corp. .....................................28 R.E. Caddy & Company, Inc. ...............30 Canwil Textiles, Inc..............................30 PG 4

Carolina Filaments, LLC .......................30 Carolina Mop ......................................30 Cepillos El Castor S.A. de C.V. ..............30 Charles E. Green & Son, Inc.................30 Chief Manufacturing ............................30 Chongqing Global Bristles Mfg., Co., Ltd. ....................................30 Corona Brushes, Inc. ..........................30 Creative Poly, Inc. ...............................30 Crystal Lake Manufacturing, Inc. .........32 Culicover & Shapiro, Inc. ....................32 CWP Technologies ...............................32 Deco Products Co. ...............................32 Delamo Mfg. .......................................32 Deligh Industries, Inc. .........................32 Distribuidora Perfect S.A. de C.V. .........34 DKSH Switzerland, Ltd. .......................34 Don Leventhal Group LLC ....................34 Dorden & Co., Inc. (Dorden Squeegees).34 Draper Knitting Company .....................34 Duexsa Durango Export, S.A. ................35

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Suppliers Directory Index: Continued From Page 4 Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. .......38 E. Gornell & Sons, Inc. ..............38 Gover, Horowitz & Blunt Ltd. ......38 GSC Manufacturing, Inc. ............38 Gunn Brush Co., Inc. .................38 H. Arnold Wood Turning, Inc.......38 Ha-Ste Manufacturing, Inc. ........38 Hahl-Pedex ...............................38 Haviland Corporation..................40 Hayco Manufacturing Ltd. ..........40 Hill Brush, Inc. .........................40 HIMESA Hilos Y Mechas S.A. de C.V. ..................40 Hoge Brush Company.................40 Hoge Lumber Co........................40 Industrial Brush Corporation .......42 Interpack ..................................42 Jason Mills, LLC........................42 Jewel Wire Company ..................42 Jieda (Cixi Jieda Nanometer Compound Materials Co., Ltd.) ...42 Jinxiang Bristles Industrial Co., Ltd. ....................42 Jofel USA, LLC..........................42 Jones Companies, Ltd. ...............42 K.R. Plastic Industries Co., Ltd...43 Keystone Plastics Inc.................43 Kiefer Brushes, Inc....................43 La Crosse Brush, Inc..................43 LaFitte Mop Co., Inc. .................43 Laitner Brush Company ..............43 Lambskin Specialties .................43 Lanoco Specialty Wire Products, Inc. ....................43 LC Industries, Inc. .....................43 Leistner Weruzeug GMBH...........43 Lemieux Spinning Mill, Inc. .......43 Lessmann GmbH .......................44 Libman Company, The ...............44 Lighthouse for the Blind in New Orleans, Inc. ..................44 Line Mfg. Inc. ...........................44 Lola Products ............................44 Magnolia Brush Mfrs., Ltd. .........44 Malish Corporation, The .............44 Marino – Vileda Professional.......44 Marion Brush Mfg. Co. ...............44 Paul Marsh LLC.........................44 M-B Companies, Inc. .................44 MBK Maschinenbau GmbH ........45 MFC, Ltd. .................................45 Michigan Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. ....45 Mill-Rose Company, The.............45 Milwaukee Dustless Brush ..........45 Monahan Filaments, LLC............45 Monahan Partners......................46 Thomas Monahan Co., The .........46 Monterey Mills ..........................46 Moonsoft International, Inc. .......46 Mount Joy Wire Corp..................46 Nation/Ruskin ...........................46 National Wire & Metal Technologies, Inc.......................46 Newell & Sons Inc. ....................46 Nexstep Commercial Products ...46 Ningbo IVY Daily Commodity Co., Ltd...........46

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Norshel Industries, Inc...............47 Northeast Ltda. .........................47 Northern Wood Products, Inc. .....47 Nuova Larsetta ..........................47 Nyco Products Company.............47 O’Dell Corporation .....................47 Osborn......................................47 PADCO Inc................................47 Paint Brush Corporation .............47 Patrick Yarn Mills, Inc................47 Paul Brothers & Co. ...................47 PelRay International, LLC...........47 Perfex Corporation .....................48 PFERD Milwaukee Brush Co. ......48 Plasticfibre S.P.A.......................48 Pogliani SRL .............................48 Precision Brush Company...........48 Proveedora Mexicana De Monofilamentos, S.A. De C.V. (PMM) ...................48 Purdy .......................................48 Quickie Manufacturing Corp. ......49 Quinn Broom Works, Inc. ...........49 Reit-Price Mfg. Co., Inc. ...........49 Remco Products ........................49 Rol-Brush Mfg. .........................49 Royal Paint Roller Mfg. Corp. .....49 Sanderson MacLeod...................49 Schaefer Brush Mfg. Co., Inc......49 Schlesinger Maschinenbau GmbH ......................................49 Shanghai Jiasheng Products Co., LTD......................49 Shanghai Yi Heng Daily-Use Products Co., Ltd........50 Shijiazhuang Golden Harvest Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd ......50 Shijiazhuang Lansky Trade Co., LTD. .........................50 Shurhold Industries, Inc.............50 S.M. Arnold, Inc........................50 Spiral Brushes Inc. ....................50 St. Nick Brush Co......................50 Static Faction............................50 Tai Hing Nylon Filament Products Co., Ltd. .....................50 Tanis, Inc..................................50 Thomas Textile Company ............51 Tucel Industries, Inc. .................51 Unger Enterprises, Inc. ..............51 United Rotary Brush Corp. ........51 Vonco Products, Inc...................51 Weiler Corporation .....................51 Whiteline Industries Colombo (PVT) LTD....................51 Whitley Monahan Handle Co.......51 Wöhler Brush Tech GmbH ..........51 Wolf Filaments ..........................52 WOMA ......................................52 Wooster Brush Company, The......52 Worldwide Integrated Resources..52 Young & Swartz, Inc. .................52 Zahoransky AG ..........................52 Zelazoski Wood Products, Inc. ....52 Zephyr Manufacturing Co. ..........52 ZhenJiang RuiFeng Brush Co., Ltd...........................52

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By Rick Mullen | Broom, Brush & Mop Associate Editor

The recent recession was another rough patch for broom manufacturing in the United States, which began to change rapidly after the passage of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994).

Broom, Brush & Mop Magazine recently spoke with executives from three U.S. broom manufacturers whose respective companies have stood the test of time and have found ways to prosper despite negative market forces.

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hile NAFTA, market forces and other factors have caused the demise of many companies in the broom manufacturing segment over the years, Newton Broom & Brush Co., of Newton, IL, has not only survived and prospered, but is also celebrating its 100th birthday this year.

“Business has been up and I’m fairly optimistic about 2014,” Newton Broom & Brush owner Don Leventhal Don Leventhal said.

The company’s longevity means it was around during the heyday of the industry in the 20th century when so much broom corn was grown in Central Illinois that it was known as the “Broom Corn Capital of the World.” Today, as a testament to those times, the annual Broom Corn Festival in Arcola, IL, attracts thousands of visitors.

The company’s offerings now include broom corn brooms, railroad switch brooms, angle brooms, soft sweep brooms, cob web and fan dusters, and a complete line of push brooms and floor brushes, as well as bowl brushes, kitchen and scrub brushes.

Leventhal has described Newton Broom & Brush as primarily a brush company as the staple set push brooms and upright brooms it manufactures are essentially brushes with handles. Staple set broom bristles are typically fibers such as palmyra and polypropylene, rather than broom corn.

“We have some niche items that we sell and do well with, but the main portion of our business is in OEM and contract manufacturing,” Leventhal said. “We still make a few broom corn brooms. Broom corn prices are crazy high. Tampico has also been very difficult to acquire.

Prices for wood handles, plastic fiber and molded parts have been fairly steady.

“We get a few handles domestically, but most of them come from Brazil. We use tauari hardwood handles out of Brazil. We make a heavy industrial broom and that heavy, hardwood handle is an advantage.”

Leventhal purchased the company in 2005.

“At the time (2005), the overriding issue wasn’t domestic competition, it was definitely China,” Leventhal said. “In those days, Chinese com-

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panies would quote the price of a product as a finished good in a box for what our material costs were running.”

While the Chinese had the upper hand, especially in the manufacture of small household brushes, Leventhal explained, U.S. companies continued making larger, heavier push brooms, which were more expensive to bring in from China. However, in recent years, market forces have leveled the playing field somewhat.

“Their (Chinese) labor has gone up and they now have inflation where we (United States) have very little,” Leventhal said.

Leventhal has seen evidence that some of the manufacturing that went overseas is coming back onshore.

“We have customers who have come back after being away for three or four years,” he said. “We still have the equipment to produce the items, and they can order what they need and receive it in a much more timely manner. They don’t have to order a container load only to find when it arrives they are unhappy with the quality. This is one of the reasons I am optimistic. I see more manufacturing coming back. It feels more positive whereas before it was just a downhill slope.”

Another sign that domestic manufacturing is growing, Leventhal said, is what is happening in the U.S. wood handle market.

“Wood handles are mainly for jan/san and industrial use. You mostly see only metal handles in the retail market,” he explained. “Now, there are wood handles being produced domestically with American wood and I don’t think that has happened for 60 years.”

Newton Broom & Brush maintains a raw material inventory to be able to respond quickly to fill customers’ orders. While company employees still wind a few mops and brooms, most of the work is automated to a certain degree.

“Brush machines are computer controlled, but they are not robotic,”

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We try and use everything. We recycle items

from office waste paper to plastic bottles. We bale cardboard and reuse certain boxes. We are very conscience of our electric and gas usage.

— Don Leventhal, Newton Broom & Brush Co.

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Leventhal said.

The company also employs some eco-friendly practices in its day-today operations.

“We try and use everything,” Leventhal said. “We recycle items from office waste paper to plastic bottles. We bale cardboard and reuse certain boxes. We are very conscience of our electric and gas usage. That company has also completed projects like insulating and installing better lighting.”

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“The technology and quality of the ZAHORANSKY machines perfectly meet the quality standards we demand for our toothbrushes. An additional plus is their easy operation and maintenance, which ensure a smooth production process. In the meantime, we have attained great success throughout China with our brand Frog®.”

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smaller number of employees than in the past, Leventhal said. The lower number of employees is a result of going through recent recessionary times.

“When some companies go through tough times, they tighten their belts and become more efficient, which is what we did,” Leventhal said.

“I think this is why the market is up, as companies are in better shape having gone through tough times.”

Leventhal said the company’s mostly veteran employees are crucial to the company’s success.

“One of the biggest challenges is finding the right employee to do the job. Certain people enjoy running a machine and keeping up that pace. It requires someone who has a work ethic and who comes to work everyday,” he said. “We have an aging employee base here and it seems we have a problem finding young people to do this kind of work. They (employees) have years of experience and, in our type of small business, skilled, experienced employees are very important.”

One of the foundational principles that has stood the test of time in helping to ensure Newton Broom & Brush’s success is the effort to provide the best in customer service. Offering quality products is a vital cog in the company’s customer service program “As a small company we are very dependent upon our suppliers to provide us with the right quality materials,” Leventhal said. “Some of the big companies are very vertical and they make their own materials.

We can try and control the quality of the work done here and our equipment, but we are dependent on suppliers to give us the right quality materials. To produce a quality product is an ongoing challenge that we are meeting.”

Contact: Newton Broom and Brush Co., 1508 W Jourdan St., P.O. Box 358, Newton, ILA 62448.

Phone: 618-783-4424. Email: sales@Newtonabbey.com.

Website: wow. Newtonabbey.com.

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ounded in 1925, Quinn Broom Works, Inc., of Greenup, IL, has survived the Great Depression of the 1930s and the recent recession and remains one of the few U.S. companies making broom corn brooms.

According to company President Mark Quinn, it is the only domestic manufacturer doing business solely in broom corn brooms for domestic distribution, and has been for the past Mark Quinn three decades.

The company’s location in Central Illinois put it in the hotbed of broom corn cultivation and manufacturing during the previous century, which essentially ended with the passage of NAFTA. Prior to NAFTA, Quinn Broom Works was enjoying some of the highest sales in its history; however, a significant portion of that business went away afterwards. Now the company operates on a much smaller scale.

Quinn described business lately as “slow.” He also said it has become difficult in recent times to get a handle on where the market is going from day-to-day.

“We see spikes once in a while and I think the reason we see the spikes is the fact that the economy pushes a little bit here and there, such as in the spring. I think everybody across the board, wherever they are in the stick goods market, sees a little bit more of an upturn this time of year,” Quinn said. “I don’t think there is anybody out there who can truthfully dictate, particularly in the broom business, how sales are changing. Many times customers just react to you and you react to them and there is not the feel today that we had decades ago.

“As we have transitioned over time in how business was done, it has almost become impossible for anybody in the stick goods game to just say, ‘This is how the business flows.’ We react as to how our customers place their orders and sometimes it is a little bit unforeseen. It is very tough in any business segment for manufacturers of finished goods to

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be able to plan.”

Quinn said it is especially challenging for companies importing products from outside the United States to plan ahead.

“These companies must bring in whatever they need way ahead of time because they don’t have any other recourse,” Quinn said. “It may be months down the road when the next container arrives. I don’t think anyone can honestly say he or she knows how the market will play out in the near future — it is a pretty tough call today.”

Quinn Broom Works’ broom corn broom lineup includes whisk, toy, lobby, household, warehouse and janitor brooms, as well as its Kitchenette line. The company began manufacturing this patented broom in 1948 for the Joseph Lay Company of Portland, IN. In 1986, Quinn

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We see spikes once in a while and I think the

reason we see the spikes is the fact that the economy pushes a little bit here and there, such as in the spring. I think everybody across the board, wherever they are in the stick goods market, sees a little bit more of an upturn this time of year.

— Mark Quinn, Quinn Broom Works

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Broom Works acquired all rights for the Kitchenette trademark.

“Wound brooms are wound by tension on a broom winder, which is hand intensive work,” Quinn said. “Kitchenette products are stamp press brooms. Our primary business today is in the jan/san industry, but our products can be seen in other market segments as well, such as in a hardware and grocery store. We are also an OEM manufacturer as other companies look for us to be their vendor of the corn brooms they promote. We do make some plastic and nail brooms, but they account for less that 1 percent of our total sales.”

In modern times, almost all the broom corn used in domestic production is grown in Mexico. In recent years, drug wars and drought in Mexico where broom corn is grown has caused higher prices and has impacted the availability of the raw material. The drug violence has also made it more difficult to keep channels of communication open between U.S. companies and the Mexican broom corn players.

“We do not have communication today like we had decades ago working all the way to the broom corn farmer,” Quinn said. “As a result, indications are very sketchy for how much broom corn will be available in That’s the Briarwood the next crop in Mexico, which is vital for the Mexican Microfiber Surface and the U.S. manufacturers. More information is usually Cleaning Mop available after the first of July as results of the main harvest begin to become known.”

The new Microfiber Surface When it comes to customer service, Quinn Broom Cleaning Mops from Briarwood Works has traditionally taken pride in providing high Products feature a strong molded quality products with a personal touch. base and two super aggressive Velcro® strips that keep the pads secure. The mops are “We are still a very hands-on company,” Quinn said. the perfect solution for any surface cleaning application.

“We are still that family company that deals on a very Durable and easy to clean, the Briarwood Microfiber Surface Cleaning Mop can slide under personable basis.” furniture and equipment, increasing efficiency and preventing injury. The base allows the mop According to Quinn, probably one of the biggest to sit flat on the floor, which also helps prevent challenges that companies deal with in today’s streaking. The durable head can fit any marketplace is the degrading of quality levels when it standard threaded handle. Standard sizes are comes to raw materials.

18" and 24." Smaller sizes also available.

“I would give anything to have the raw material component parts to make a broom and package it that (800) 266 -1680 For more information, visit were available when I was younger,” Quinn said. www.briarwoodproducts.com bp@briarwoodproducts.com “During the past handful of years, I have battled the www.briarwoodproducts.com problem of getting quality materials from my suppliers

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across the board. The suppliers themselves cannot obtain the quality materials. Their backs are up against the wall, too. I feel sorry for them and I understand their heartache.

“The sad fact is this is true in the world marketplace for most commodities. We have become a disposable society. If something falls apart, most people just say, “So what,’ and go out and buy a new one.

These people and those who buy strictly on price have always been there and will never change. However, there are people who still want quality, which is what we strive to provide.”

Quinn told of a study he did about 10 years ago. For about three years he looked at the number of components the company rejected due to poor quality.

“The amount of rejects in that short period of time was higher than the total of the three previous decades,” he said. “We do the best that we can with what we have. It is a challenge while we are trying to put the word ‘quality’ with our name out to the public.”

Quinn Broom Works’ 15 employees, including Quinn, are cross-trained to work at various jobs throughout the operation when a need arises.

Quinn said some of the employee’s have been with the company for many years. Some are members of the same family and some are relatives of former employees.

“The majority of employees live fewer than 15 miles from our facility,” Quinn said.

Quinn praised his father, Kenneth Quinn, who worked for the company for 67 years, for having faith in him as he grew up in the industry. Kenneth Quinn’s parents, Dewey and Frona Quinn, founded the company.

During his career, Kenneth Quinn participated in lobbying efforts to help maintain government protection concerning broom corn broom imports. He was co-founder with Everette Hatcher Jr. (then of the Chickasaw Broom Company of Memphis, TN) of the annual National Broom & Mop Meeting. This group played a crucial role in the correction

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of errors in broom duties when the Harmonized Tariff Schedule was adopted in 1998. It was also involved in lobbying efforts when NAFTA was being negotiated.

Mark Quinn was co-chairman of the 2010 National Broom & Mop Meeting.

“I have always been a team player,” Quinn said. “I look back at so many individuals I was very lucky to be affiliated with as a kid in this industry. I feel very, very fortunate. I remember the time and effort it took for my father to take me around the United States. He was affiliated with so many good companies and people.”

As a teenager, Quinn learned about machinery and spent time at a broom manufacturing company in Baltimore.

“As a teenager, I learned how to bale broom corn in Lindsay, OK,” Quinn said. “I grew up saying, ‘What can I learn? How can I do that? Let my try.’ The last thing I learned to do at our facility was to make a broom.

I learned everything else first, and then I learned how to make a broom.

In other words, I wanted to understand everything about the operation before I stepped up on a machine.”

Contact: Quinn Broom Works, Inc., P.O. Box 575, 1527 IL RT 121, Greenup, IL 62428.

Phone: 217-923-3181. Email: qbroom@rr1.net Website: www.quinnbroomworks.com.

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ocated in Autaugaville, AL, Crystal Lake Manufacturing, Inc., was founded in 1935, during the Great Depression, to primarily provide work for unemployed sharecroppers. With the company’s beginnings came a tradition of workmanship and value that continues to today, according to Crystal Lake President Edward Pearson, the grandson of

Edward Pearson

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Reason enough to talk to Mr. Bart Boucherie Jr., president of the Boucherie Company in Belgium, and Mr. Enzo Ferrari, president of the Borghi Company in Italy.

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What do you hope to accomplish with this merger?

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The announcement of the merger of both your companies was certainly an historical event of grand scale for our industry. What prompted the start of the discussions that finally led to both of you joining forces and who approached whom?

Enzo: This is not at all the result of big strategic studies prepared by some consultant, but rather the result of some reflections of two colleagues who, in their hearts and their thoughts, do like to build machinery for their customers in the brush industry. And these reflections led to the conclusion that a smart combination of both our entities creates tremendous potential for both our companies, our employees, and of course our customers. To be frank, after the very first meeting Bart and I knew we wanted to do this. And if you ask me why, well, the answer is: “Because we want this”. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity for both of us.

What is the structure of the merger and who are the shareholders that have a stake in the new company?

Bart: This is not a very complex merger. In fact, it is very easy: the basic principle is equality amongst partners. Both the Belgian and Italian entities of our Group have the same shareholders. To be honest, the legal structure of the Group was one of the smaller

Bart: We want to combine the 150 years of experience we together have in this industry, into one company, with all 420 employees and to the advantage of all our stakeholders.

Will any of the operations at either location be shut down? Will you consolidate any positions?

Enzo: We look for opportunities, not for disruptive situations. Both of our companies have their own strengths. We want to learn from each other and concentrate on the best of both worlds. The aim is not to close or shut down things. Of course we will look how and where we can improve our organization, but always keeping very strong focus on our customers. Also, we are very happy to be able

that market is tough. Growing in such a situation is a challenge. That is why, in fact, this will be one of the most important and first topics we will concentrate on together.

How do the entities intend to work together?

Bart: It is obvious we will each keep our strengths and specialisms as they are. Each entity will keep its own identity and will keep using its own name, but always with a link to the Boucherie-Borghi Group, to which we both belong.

Bart Boucherie Jr. meets Mrs. Annarita Romagnoli of the Borghi Spare Parts Dept. during his visit at Borghi.

What about the language barriers?

Enzo Ferrari meets Mr. Kurt Vandenbussche in Boucherie’s machinery assembly hall.

to start this new era of cooperation with well filled order books both in Italy as well as in Belgium, which allows us to focus our energy on what’s important.

Do you see potential for growth from the merger?

Enzo: We are active in a niche-market and

Bart: This is indeed a challenge. But at the other hand, we see a lot of companies doing business in the Far East where language barriers of a much greater magnitude exist and still they are very successful. Nobody complains about these language issues.

Anyway, I believe this will be a short term issue when I see that some of our people already have installed language courses on their iPads. And after all, all our people speak the language of the brush-maker and that is a universal language! I have to admit that after one or the other meeting, I promised Enzo that I was going to take a crash-course in Italian. I am afraid he may hold me to that. (smiles)

Above: The Boucherie Team representatives, together with their new Italian colleagues at the Borghi plant in Castelfranco Emilia, Italy.

Top Right: Borghi Team representatives, visit the Boucherie plant in Izegem, Belgium…

Right: ...and also share some good times (and good wine) together.

How will you overcome the fact that just yesterday you were still competitors?

Enzo: Well, let me first of all say that we both share a feeling of deep respect for each other’s company and for each other as a person. Respect is a key factor in making this kind of operation a success. But, yes, in the past, we were indeed using our energy to compete against each other. From now on, we will use our combined energy to better satisfy our customers’ needs.

Bart: Yes, there is mutual respect. One big advantage is also that there is really less overlapping between our machine-programs than one would think. On the contrary, our machinery lines are very complementary.

How will your customers see this merger?

Bart: It is up to us to keep convincing our customers that we are here to serve them, as we both have done in the past. Customer focus is very high on our agenda and our permanent concern to meet our customers’ expectations is one of the reasons behind this decision. We are convinced that we can do that in a better way by joining efforts.

Above: An historical moment: Mr. Lionel Boucherie welcomes Enzo Ferrari into the Boucherie plant.

Below: Experts sharing technical opinions: Paolo Pellicciari and Vittorio Pini of Borghi with Kris Geldof and Bart Boucherie Jr. of Boucherie.

Is there anything else you would like to say about the merger?

Enzo: People may speculate as to who is in control of this merger and we wish to inform them that this is truly a partnership based on equality between Boucherie and Borghi. Bart and I, and our teams, will be in constant communication working together for the benefit of the Group and our customers. Our customers will continue to contact the same people and our teams will be working together to make sure that our customers’ best interests are served.

Bart: This is a very big step for both our companies and for all stakeholders in and around both our companies. But, as we say in Flemish, sometimes in life a train stops in the railroad station unexpectedly, and then you can either jump on it or not.

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ACS Industries, Inc. Scrubble® Products Division One New England Way Lincoln, RI 02865-4247 USA Phone: 401-769-4700 Fax: 401-333-6088 E-Mail: rbeaudette@acsind.com Web Site: www.scrubble.com Products: ACS Industries, Scrubble® Products Division, manufactures a complete line of professional cleaning products including scouring pads, sponges, scrubbers, all types of wet and dry mops, upright corn and synthetic brooms, push brooms, microfiber mops and a full line of hand held brushes for commercial and foodservice use. The ACS Cyclone® Floorcare line includes floor pads, non-woven floor pads, steel wool pads, octagon floor pads, Cyclone-D™ diamond pads, rectangle pads and sand screen disks. 14

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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. The Association is comprised of manufacturers 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. 13 American Select Tubing, LLC 4005 DeWitt Ave. Mattoon, IL 61938 USA Phone: 217-234-7300 Fax: 217-234-7033 E-Mail: sales@astubing.com Company Officers: Mark Maninfior, General Manager Products: Metal handles for broom, brush, and mop industries. Available in 22 mm, 15/16-inch, and 1-inch diameters, and lengths ranging from 24 to 60 inches. Plastic and powder coatings, as well as all fitments, are available. 13

Amerwood 801 CR2943 Evant, TX 76525 USA Toll Free: 800-4-HANDLE (442-6353) Fax: 254-471-3044 E-Mail: wayne.amerwood@centex.net Company Officers: Wayne Pringle, Evant, TX; Brooks Giles, San Pedro Sula, Honduras (brooks.giles1@gmail.com) Products: Honduran pine and hardwood handles and dowels; New Orleans warehouse. 14

Anping Shengwei Animal Hair Products Co., Ltd. Kehulin Village, Anping County Hengshui, Hebei 053600 CHINA Phone: 0086-15175871819 Fax: 0086-318-7500988

E-Mail: sales5@18hair.com Web Site: www.animal-hair.cn Company Officers: Kevin Wang Products: Animal hair for brush making, including horse tail hair, horse mane hair, goat hair, badger hair. Also included: shaving brush, shaving brush knot. 14

Ariston Cleaning Solutions srl Via delle Querce, 16 Viadana, MN 46019 ITALY Phone: +39 0375 780798 Fax: +39 0375 780799 E-Mail: info@aricasa.com Web Site: www.aricasa.com Products: Manufacturer of broom and brush products - household, hygiene and professional. 14 Birdwell Cleaning Products, Inc. PO Box 1388 Burleson, TX 76097 USA Toll Free: 800-722-8006 Fax: 817-447-6059 E-Mail: davidb@birdwellcleaning.com Web Site: www.birdwellcleaning.com Company Officers: David Birdwell, Greg Birdwell Products: Birdwell manufactures a complete line of push brooms, angle brooms, concrete finishing brooms, deck brushes, acid brushes, roof brushes, counter dusters, dish brushes, bowl brushes, nail brushes, animal care brushes, bar-b-que grill brushes. 14

Bizzotto Giovanni Automation srl Via Buonarroti, 67 35010 Paviola di S.Giorgio in Bosco (Padova) ITALY Phone: +39 049 9451067 Fax: +39 049 9451068 E-Mail: info@bizzottoautomation.com Web Site: www.bizzottoautomation.com Products: Because of technological research and development of sophisticated automation systems, Bizzotto has widened its horizons, presenting itself as 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-autoContinued On Page 20 BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

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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. 14

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Bo-Buck Mills, Inc. P.O. Box 692 - 921 E. Blvd.

Chesterfield, SC 29709 USA Phone: 843-623-2158 Fax: 843-623-6849 Web Site: www.bobuckmills.com Products: Narrow fabrics (polyester and cotton). The company was founded in the early 1950s, and has been continuously operating as a manufacturer of narrow fabrics. It has supplied trim/binding to the mop industry as well as other specialty industries for many years. Capable of manufacturing a wide variety of colors, finishes, and patterns. Features include in-stock programs for immediate releases. 11

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Bodam International Ltd. 903 Cirelli Court Aberdeen, MD 21001 USA Phone: 410-272-9797 Fax: 410-272-0799 E-Mail: bodam@bodam.com Web Site: www.bodam.com Contact: Carlos Petzold, President Products: Borghi broom and brush manufacturing equipment – stapleset, anchor-set, twisted-in-wire, manufacturing machinery for all types of brooms and brushes. Also, trimmer, flaggers, cutters, strip brush machinery, mop manufacturing machinery and injection molds are available from Borghi (www.borghi.com); Carnevali Dino trimming units – Motorized clipper heads, monofilament hank cutters, metal wire hank cutters, rotary cutters, specialty cutters for abrasive materials such as grit brushes (www.carnevalidino.com); Techno Plastic monofilament extrusion lines – equipment and knowhow to produce broom and brush monofilaments for PP, PET, PS, PBT, SAN and many other types of polymers. Techno Plastic also produces lines for manufacturing PET strapping and for concrete reinforcement monofilaments: (www.technoplastic.it); Unimac power brush manufacturing equipment and metal handle manufacturing equipment – Unimac produces machinery and technology used to manufacture twisted knot power brushes, wheel brushes, cup Continued On Page 22

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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 (www.unimac.it.) 14

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Direct importers/distributors of hot dipped galvanized pails, tubs, chip brushes, corn brooms, handles and other quality products.

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Borghi s.p.a.

Via Cristoforo Colombo, 12 Loc. Cavazzona Castelfranco Emilia (Modena) 41013 ITALY Phone: +39-059-953-3911 Fax: +39-059-953-3999 E-Mail: info@borghi.it Web Site: www.borghi.com Company Officers: Paolo Roversi, Sales Manager Products: Staple-set/anchor-set brush manufacturing machines of all types; trimmers, flaggers and finishing machinery for brooms and brushes; twistedin-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 throughout the world as a leader in staple-set and anchorset 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-in-wire brushes.

Borghi also offers production solutions for 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 these needs. Borghi is a strong partner with the know-how to help customers to develop new ideas for injection molded products, in absolute privacy.

Borghi not only provides technology for brooms and brushes, but with Borghi’s engineering capacity and technical manufacturing strength, requests for automation have been met with the realization of machinery for special types of paintbrushes, paint-roller assembly, and many types of mops.

Furthermore, Borghi has been producing machinery for manufacturing strip brushes since 2004. The company’s strip brush manufacturing machine, model BS30, produces strip brushes at speeds reaching up to 100 feet per minute. Able to work with a variety of raw materials, Borghi’s strip brush machinery gives customers the versatility to produce many sizes and types of strip brushes. The key reason Borghi can offer this type of equipment is due to the company’s design, which makes it easy to run strip brushes and change-over from one product to another; and allows even the novice to produce top quality strip brushes with tight tolerances at very high speeds.

Borghi also goes beyond just providing equipment to produce “the product.” It provides specialty machinery to automate packaging and other requirements that a given product may require before it is completely

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY 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.

Please contact Borghi s.p.a. or one of its agents. For machinery sales in the USA and Canada, contact: Bodam International Ltd., 903 Cirelli Court, Aberdeen, MD 21001, USA. Telephone: 410-272-9797; Fax: 410272-0799; E-mail: bodam@bodam.com; Web site: www.bodam.com; Contact: Carlos Petzold, President. 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, E-mail: info@borghiusa.com; Contact: Matt Tompkins or Eric Juarez.

Borghi s.p.a.’s partner companies, Unimac s.r.l. and Techno Plastic s.r.l., are located along side of Borghi, in “The Brush District.” Unimac produces machinery and technology used to manufacture twisted knot power brushes, wheel brushes, cup brushes, wafer brushes as well as quality control equipment for power brushes, machinery to convert wire from spools to cut-to-length bundles as well as equipment for crimping wire to be fed into power brush machinery. Furthermore, Unimac also specializes in complete production lines of 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 tubemill can also be used in other applications to produce tubes for other products (www.unimac.it).

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Suppliers Directory: Continued From Page 24 Techno Plastic offers equipment and knowhow to produce broom and brush monofilaments for PP, PET, PS, PBT, SAN and other types of polymers. Techno Plastic also produces lines for manufacturing PET strapping and for concrete reinforcement monofilaments: (www.technoplastic.it). 14

Boucherie USA Inc. 8748 Gleason Rd. Knoxville, TN 37923 USA Phone: 865-247-6091 Fax: 865-247-6117 E-Mail: sales@boucherie.com Web Site: www.boucherie.com G.B. Boucherie Stuivenbergstraat 106 8870 Izegem, Belgium Phone: ++32 51 31 21 41 Fax: ++32 51 30 54 46 E-Mail: info@boucherie.be

Boucherie Latin America Kra. 104 No. 11-25 Apto 102 Puerta de Hierro Cali, Columbia Phone: +57-2-333-6873 Fax: +57-2-333-6873

E-mail: andres@boucherie.com Company Officers: John Williams, President; Andres Becker, Boucherie Latin America Products: Tufting machines for brooms; household, industrial and personal care brushes, and toothbrushes. Boucherie’s Anchor Free Technology has now been re-engineered to allow for the production of household and industrial brushes without the use of anchors or staples. The filament and block can be of different materials. With two filling heads running continuously at 650 RPM (1,300 tufts per minute), brushes with 138 tufts are produced at the rate of 600 pieces per hour.

The indoor broom that was demonstrated at the last InterBrush show in Freiburg, Germany, requires a mere 50 percent of the weight in polypropylene of a regular brush block.

Additionally, there are savings in filament waste since no trimming is needed and, of course, there is no wire. In this world of high energy costs and petroleum based materials, such savings cannot be considered trivial. These combined attributes have the potential to revolutionize the brush manufacturing industry.

The TCU-CNC machines are capable of handling brushes from nailbrushes to 24-inch brooms. The modular concept, which permits a machine to be reconfigured for vastly different

brushes, has now been well demonstrated.

Moreover, these machines are available from being manually loaded all the way to fully automated production cells, equipped with fully automatic handle feeders and industrial robots.

The TCU-CNC range of machines has been further extended by the introduction of the TCU-SL/CNC and the TCU-T/CNC. The TCUSL/CNC machine, with its fiber picking system and 95 mm stroke, is able to run at speeds up to 1,000 tufts per minute, even with filaments as long as 420 mm (16-inches) unfolded. The TCU-T/CC machine, with long stroke filling tools that are lined with a ceramic material and sturdy carousel with heavy-duty support in the drilling and filling stations, is designed for arduous applications with drill sizes to 12 mm, and the use of heavy vegetable fibers.

The newest refinements to the TCU line of machines are a faster indexing of the turret, higher speeds of well over 1,400 tufts per minute in some cases and a wider range of automation options. The single-header SCU will handle disk brushes as well as plate brushes, and can be converted to a household brush machine in a matter of minutes. The double-header VCU is a high-performance versatile machine for the production of all kinds Continued On Page 28

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Toothbrush Production Lines and Work Centers: Boucherie has developed a variety of toothbrush manufacturing equipment. Production machines range from the very affordable TB3-A/CNC, through the TB3-TS and TB3-FS, which are economically priced, full production lines for less demanding applications, to the highly automated and sophisticated TB3-FM and TB3-FM/L. All of these single header machines now run at continuous speeds up to 1,000 tufts per minute.

The new concept of the TB5-FM machine is yet another world’s first, according to Boucherie. The filling tool runs on ball bearings, and has very few, and light, moving parts to make it simple to maintain and make the basic tool virtually wear-free. Futhermore, the machine features reduced handling of the products to optimize efficiency and product quality.

For the highest production, Boucherie offers the double-headed TB32-flexi cell, which can make up to 70 brushes per minute when the 2 filling tools run in parallel, or for complex brushes with 2 different hole sizes when the filling tools run sequentially. This flexibility is build into the concept of the machine, and can be used effortlessly.

Anchorless Toothbrush Production Lines and Work Centers: In the field of machinery for the oral care industry, with the introduction of the AFT/CNC machine, Boucherie clearly established a leadership position in anchorless technology, but with the new AMR machine, Boucherie is making a giant step to bring anchorless toothbrush production to more toothbrush makers.

The AFT/CNC is the first machine for tufting toothbrushes without using anchors. Block tufts, strip tufts and various combinations of tuft angles widen the range of design options for the toothbrush heads. The AFT/CNC features automatic handle feeding, Windows-based CNC controls, and pre-endrounding of bristles.

No trimming is required. AFT technology may now be used to manufacture toothbrushes with tapered filaments. Available too is a less automated version of this machine: the AFT/SD line, in which the handle and bristle infeed are accomplished manually.

The AMR machine also features Boucherie’s in-line pre-endrounding system, and will make the brushes that are now manufactured on complex anchor-set production cells at a reduced cost, with a higher endrounding quality, and at least at the same speed.

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commercially available in-mould technology for the production of toothbrushes, according to Boucherie. Pre-endrounded filaments are picked and arranged in their final configuration prior to being transferred into a mold where the brush head and handle are over-molded to produce the finished product.

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 65 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.

Injection Molds: Boucherie produces single component molds, multi-component molds with manual or automatic transfer, and multicomponent, 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: Form, fill and seal blister packaging machines are available in heat seal and high frequency seal versions for toothbrush and personal care brushes. They may be operated as stand-alone machines or integrated into one or two tufting machines.

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Briarwood Products Co. 2900 Bradwell Avenue Cleveland, OH 44109 USA Phone: 216-398-1107 Fax: 216-398-1075 Web Site: www.BriarwoodProducts.com Products: In addition to an existing line of OEM plastic cleaning tools, Briarwood Products offers CamLock™ Threaded Tips, designed to keep brush and broom handles from loosening or coming unscrewed during use. Handles coming loose from the tool to which they are affixed have been a long time industry problem. Patented CamLock™ Threaded Tips actually make it more difficult to unscrew a handle than to screw it on initially. The CamLock™ Tips can be purchased already assembled onto the handle of choice or sold separately. In either case, the “cam locking” mechanism creates a tight union between the handle and brush, broom or other tool that will not unscrew during normal use. 06 Bruin Plastics Co., Inc. 61 Joslin Road P.O. Box 700

Glendale, RI 02826 USA Phone: 401-568-3081 Toll Free: 800-556-7764 Fax: 401-568-0019 E-Mail: sales@bruinplastics.com Web Site: www.bruinplastics.com Company Officers: Dennis E. Angelone, President; Steven M. Angelone, Vice President; Walter L. Conine, Vice President Sales & Marketing.

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. For samples and information, contact Bruin Plastics Co., Inc., Steve Angelone, V.P. E-mail: sangelone@bruinplastics.com. 14

Brush Fibers, Inc. 202 North Oak Street Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-3012 Fax: 217-268-3245 E-Mail: chris@brushfibers.com Company Officers: Chris Monahan, President; Alicia Leal, Customer Service Manager; Jaye Roberts, Controller Products: Vegetable fibers: Tampico fiber (natural white, black, grey, bleached, patent, union), palmyra fiber, palmyra stalks, bassine, sherbro piassava, sherbro/stalk mixes, rice root, coco fiber and arenga fiber; Wire: Card wire, staple wire–galvanized and copper coated (pay off packs, spools, reels); and bristle (hog hair).

Also offered are horse hair, horse hair mixtures, 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 North Carolina and Montreal. 14 Brushes Corp.

5400 Smith Road Brook Park, OH 44142 USA Phone: 216-267-9080 Fax: 216-267-9077 E-Mail: shicks@malinco.com Web Site: www.brushescorp.com Company Officers: Leonard DeFino, President; Jim Hauck, General Manager; Sophie Hicks, Inside Sales 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. 14

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY R.E. Caddy & Company, Inc. P.O. Box 14634 Greensboro, NC 27415 USA Phone: 336-273-3609 Fax: 336-378-6047 Toll-Free: 800-213-9224 E-Mail: rec@recaddy.com or sales@recaddy.com Web Site: www.recaddy.com Company Officers: Richard Caddy, President Products: Redrawn galvanized brush staple wire, strip brush channel wire, and mop winding wire; tinned broom winding wire; box stitching wire; and flat anchor wire. Also offered: Processed Mexican broom corn and yucca fiber; wood broom, brush, and mop handles; wet mop hardware and handles; polyethylene broom sewing twine; and nails, knives, and other supplies.

R.E. Caddy has broom and brush wire in a variety of packaging to accommodate the customers’ needs: pay off packs, wood reels from 200 through 1,000 pounds, and plastic spools from 10 through 65 pounds. Inventories are maintained for quick turnaround of orders.

R.E. Caddy has several reliable sources of processed Mexican broom corn. It also has a full selection of unprocessed broom corn and supplies, such as twines, knives, and nails, for the hand-made craft broom market. Customers visiting www.recaddy.com can complete online purchases at the company’s e-commerce store. This service is aimed at craft customers, but can be utilized to buy other materials as well. R.E. Caddy accepts Visa and Mastercard for all purchases. R.E. Caddy & Company’s commitment is to work with customers to match raw material needs and delivery with their production requirements. The company will mark its 56th year in operation during 2014. 14

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Canwil Textiles, Inc. 1520 University Dr. Auburn, GA 30011 USA Phone: 678-985-5434 Fax: 678-807-2818 E-Mail: sales@canwiltextiles.com Web Site: www.canwiltextiles.com Company Officers: Nikhil Narwani Products: Fabrics: 9x9 vinyl mesh, poly knit mesh, nonwovens, polyester twill. All fabrics available for dust and wet mop manufacturing.

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Carolina Filaments, LLC 2150 Cheswick Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 USA Phone: 888-738-5520 Fax: 626-605-8919 E-Mail: brian@carolinafilaments.com Web Site: www.carolinafilaments.com Company Officers: Brian Crawford, CEO PG 30

Products: Synthetic Filaments – PS, SAN, PP, PE, PA 6, PA 6.6, PA 6.10, PA 6.12, PET, PBT, and PVC; abrasive filaments – PA 6, PA 6.10, PA 6.12-SiC, Al03, ceramic, and diamond grits; tapered filaments - mechanically and chemically tapered filaments; metal handles – 22mm, 15/16-inch, and 1-inch diameters, plastic coated or powder painted; and blocks and brushes – foamed plastic and wooden blocks as well as finished brushes. 13 Carolina Mop 819 Whitehall Road Anderson, SC 29625 USA Phone: 800-845-9725 Fax: 864-225-1917 E-Mail: info@carolinamop.com Web Site: www.carolinamop.com Products: Mop buckets, wet floor signs, squeegees, dust pans, and carpet bonnets.

Carolina Mop carries a full line of wet mops, dust mops, brooms, brushes, and handles. 05 Cepillos El Castor S.A. de C.V. Frias #667, Guadalajara JAL 44200 MEXICO Phone: 52-333-826-3536 Fax: 52-333-826-2805 Web Site: www.cepilloselcastor.com Products: Push brooms, brushes, wet mops, dust mops, squeegees, structural foam brush blocks, fiberglass handles. The company was founded in Mexico City more than 40 years ago. In 1994, the company started exporting, and today ships products to countries including Japan, Peru, Barbados, Brazil and the United States. It has strategic alliances with other manufacturers in the production of floor pads, rubber gloves, window squeegees and floor squeegees. It can produce “private label” programs and develop special products under customer specifications. It also manufactures industrial and customized brushes starting with “one piece” orders. 08

Charles E. Green & Son, Inc. Mailing — P.O. Box 8277 Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 USA Factory — 625 3rd St. Newark, NJ 07107 USA Phone: 973-485-3630 Fax: 973-485-6510 E-Mail: sales@charlesegreen.com Web Site: www.charlesegreen.com Company Officers: John V. Green III, President; Rebecca Green Sullivan, Vice President; Caitlin E. Green, Vice President Products: Paintbrush ferrules; paint rollers and components; brush pins, plastic handles, wood handles, deep drawings, metal stamping, wire forming, Milliken Machinery and parts, and warp raschel knitting. 14

Chief Manufacturing P.O. Box 191 301 McIntosh Parkway Thomaston, GA 30286 USA Toll Free: 800-722-2061 Fax: 706-647-2790 Web Site: www.chiefmanufacturing.net and www.chiefclean.net Products: Chief Manufacturing has been making industrial mop hardware and janitorial supplies since the 1950s and, until recently, under the name The Woodbury Box Company.

One of the company’s product lines is the ZForce Hands-free Dust Mop System.

09 Chongqing Global Bristles Mfg., Co., Ltd. No. 17 Fuxing Road, Bafu Town, Jiulongpo Chongqing 401329 CHINA Phone: 0086-23-67600529 Fax: 0086-23-67600379 Email: indnet@ckbristle.com Web Site: www.ckbristle.com Company Officers: He Feng, Elaine Gou Products: Cut bristles, natural white boiled bristles, natural black boiled bristles, natural brown boiled bristles, bleached white bristles, bleached black bristles, mixed bristles, dyed bristles, special stiff bleached & special white bleached for hair bristles, mixture bristles. 14

Corona Brushes, Inc. 5065 Savarese Circle Tampa, FL 33634 USA Phone: 813-885-2525 Fax: 813-882-9810 E-Mail: info@coronabrushes.com Web Site: www.coronabrushes.com Company Officers: Benjamin Waksman, President; Albert Waksman, Vice President; Tammy Epperson, Credit Manager Products: Corona Brushes, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-quality handmade paintbrushes and paint rollers catering to the professional marketplace. The family-owned company’s painting tools are distributed throughout the United States and Canada, as well as internationally, and have been traditionally available through independent paint dealers. In addition to high-end professional paintbrushes and rollers, Corona offers high quality home/maintenance, industrial and promotional brushes. Corona also offers paint roller kits and trays, extension poles and accessories, marine products, and more.

14 Creative Poly, Inc. 620 W. Lincoln Avenue Rochelle, IL 61068 USA Phone: 815-562-9002, 866-304-BAGS Fax: 815-562-8551

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY E-Mail: creative@rochelle.net Products: Creative Poly, Inc. is a manufacturer and printer of crown top (roun ded corners), straight-edge, and custom shaped broom sleeves. Other items manufactured include mop and brush bags, reclosable zipper bags and wicketed bags.

Creative’s printing department has the capabilities to print both line print and process print items to the customers’ specs. Printed rollstock can also be supplied for automatic packaging machines. 08

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Crystal Lake Manufacturing, Inc. P.O. Box 159 Autaugaville, AL 36003 USA Toll-Free: 800-633-8720 Phone: 334-365-3342 Fax: 334-365-3332 Web Site: www.crystallakemfg.com Products: Brooms (broom corn, blended and plastic), mop heads, deck mops, dust mops, dust mop frames and handles, broom handles, complete line of handles, industrial and household wedge mops, industrial and household mopsticks, angle brooms, lobby brooms, whisk brooms, sponge mops, push brooms, and utility brushes. Handle private label requirements. Manufactures to specifications. 04

Culicover & Shapiro, Inc. 270K Duffy Ave. Hicksville, NY 11801 USA Phone: 516-597-4888 Fax: 516-597-4889 E-Mail: culicoverbrush@aol.com Web Site: www.culicoverbrushes.com Company Officers: Richard Shapiro, President; David Shapiro, Treasurer Products: Floor brushes, garage brushes, counter dusters, radiator and window brushes, truck brushes, street brooms, corn brooms, baseboard and bi-level brushes, deck scrubs, hand scrubs, masonry brushes, wet and dry mops, broom and mop handles, dustpans, squeegees, hand set boars hair brushes. 14 CWP Technologies 3871 West 150th St. Cleveland, OH 44111 USA Phone: 216-252-1190 Fax: 216-252-6205 E-Mail: info@cwptechnologies.com Web Site: www.cwptechnologies.com Company Officers: Rick Rottinger, General Manager; Chris Martin, Director of Sales & Marketing; Brian Grabowski, Sales Products: Vacuum cleaner brushrolls and bristled attachments; industrial brushes for unique applications; and unique, custom sewn products. 14

Deco Products Co. 506 Sanford Street Decorah, IA 52101 USA Phone: 563-382-4264 Fax: 563-382-9845 E-Mail: jraptes@decoprod.com Web Site: www.decoprod.com Products: Zinc die castings. Deco is a large ISO 9001:2000 registered U.S. zinc die caster, with more than 40 years of casting experience for the broom, brush and mop industry. Deco offers standard and custom made threaded tips and angular brackets. 11 Delamo Mfg. 7171 Telegraph Rd. Montebello, CA 90640 USA Phone: 888-711-8011 Fax: 323-936-3567 E-Mail: delamo@delamo-mfg.com Web Site: www.delamo-mfg.com Products: Innovative cleaning tools, including trash/utility cans, pails, wringer buckets, dust pans, mop sticks and more. 10 Deligh Industries, Inc. 255 Conover Street - P.O. Box 310-154 Brooklyn, NY 11231 USA Phone: 718-875-1511

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Royal Paint Roller Royal Paint Roller — a name known in the industry for over 35 years for top quality products, fine service and competitive prices.

Manufacturer of paint rollers in ALL SIZES—from Slim Jim to Jumbo 21⁄4” I.D. in VARIETY OF FABRICS—including lambskin, kodel, lambswool, synthetic blends & “Lint Free” woven line.

Also a complete line of frames, trays, paint brushes & painting accessories for the professional and Do-It-Yourself markets.

Specializing in private labeling at competitive prices.

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Fax: 718-237-4257 Web site: 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.

It also stocks rubber wood brush and broom blocks in a variety of sizes and profiles. Typical stock sizes are 18, 24, 30 and 36-inches long.

Custom sizes can be produced to specification. The products listed above are supplied in a variety of different put-ups: 5, 10, 35, 200, 500 and 1,000 pound spools. Filling wire is available in either crimped or straight, cut to length or on coils, spools, or bunched cores. Twisting wire is available in 200-pound coils, 2,000-pound carriers or straightened and cut lengths.

Wire supplies are packaged in a wide array of put-ups to meet the needs of each customer. Company goal is to custom design products to suit the specific requirements of customers. 11

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Distribuidora Perfect S.A. de C.V. Calle Cuatro No. 32 Naucalpan Edo de MEXICO 53370 Phone: 011 52 55 53 87 04 00 Fax: 011 52 55 55 76 24 44 E-Mail: rrk@brochasperfect.com.mx Web Site: www.brochasperfect.com.mx Company Officers: Jorge Ripstein, President and Director; Rodrigo Ripstein, Executive Director Products: The company offers tampico fiber, cup brushes, solvents, paintbrushes, end brushes, artist brushes, clothes brushes, paint rollers,

shoe brushes, kits and trays, washing brushes, wire brushes, Loosen Up WE-60, paint pads (square brushes), color sprays, circular wire brushes, and painter complementary items.

Perfect has been in business for over 60 years in Mexico. The company first started selling paintbrushes and all sorts of brushes for domestic uses and industrial applications. The company later started distributing tooling for the construction industry, as well as tampico fiber all over the world.

The company now offers lamb’s wool paint rollers, rollers that eliminate bubbles when applying varnish, and abrasive circular wire brushes. 10 DKSH Switzerland, Ltd. Wiesenstrasse 8 8034 Zurich, SWITZERLAND Phone: +41 44 386 7900 Fax: +41 44 386 7911 Web Site: 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 jaye@brushfibers.com or call 217-268-5760. 14 Don Leventhal Group, LLC 1508 West Jourdan St. Newton, IL 62448 USA Phone: 618-783-4424 Fax: 618-783-2442 E-Mail: sales@newtonbroom.com Web Site: www.newtonbroom.com Company Officers: Don Leventhal 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. 14

Dorden & Co., Inc., aka Dorden Squeegees 7446 Central Avenue - P.O. Box 10247 Detroit, MI 48210-0247 USA Phone: 313-834-7910 Fax: 313-834-1178 E-Mail: mmfgcoinc@aol.com Company Officers: Bruce M. Gale Products: Floor and window squeegees. Commercial, industrial and retail for the OEM and super distributor. “We are your source not your competitor.” 10

Draper Knitting Company 28 Draper Lane Canton, MA 02021 USA Phone: 781-828-0029 Fax: 781-828-3034 E-Mail: kdraper@draperknitting.com Web Site: www.draperknitting.com Company Officers: Kristin Draper, President and General Manager; Bill Shaul, Production Manager Products: Draper Knitting Co. 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.

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY 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. 14 Duexsa Durango Export, S.A. Irapuato 802 Col Jardines de Cancun Durango, Dur 34167 MEXICO Phone: 00 52 1 6181020671 E-Mail: dtarimas@gmail.com Company Officers: Daniel Rubinstein, CFO (drubinsteint@gmail.com); Oralia Rubinstein, Sales (oraliatrevi@yahoo.com) Products: Durango pine broom handles in all sizes, hardwood dowels eucalyptus, picket fences, garden stakes, surveyor stakes, and cleat for the packaging industry. 14

DuPont Filaments Barley Mill Plaza 22/1154 Wilmington, DE 19880-0022 USA Phone: 302-992-3284 Fax: 302-892-0955 Web Site: www.filaments.dupont.com Products: DuPont Filaments provides high quality filaments for brush applications, plus global delivery to ensure the most cost-efficient production in local markets. With manufacturing facilities that span the globe and technical experts in multiple languages, DuPont Filaments meet filament needs worldwide. From FDA-compliant colorful filaments for oral care applications, to long synthetic tapered bristles for paintbrushes and soft “natural-feel” filaments for cosmetics, DuPont Filaments provides a broad range of product development and manufacturing solutions for individual product requirements. 05

EMSCO Group 617 Church St. - P.O. Box 151 Girard, PA 16417 USA Toll Free: 800-458-0839 Fax: 814-774-3463 E-Mail: chrisc@emscogroup.com Web Site: www.emscogroup.com Products: Residential and commercial grade cleaning aids. Emsco manufactures and distributes mops, brooms, brushes, buckets, accessories and others. Emsco Group has the manufacturing capability to develop and manufacture products in venues including: metal stamping, injection molding, textile conversion, staple setting, wood handle conversion and market specific assembly. Its main manu facturing and distribution facility in Girard, PA, is located centrally for shipping products across the country, or across the globe. 11 BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

Epic Resins 600 Industrial Blvd.

Palmyra, WI 53156 USA Phone: 262-495-3400 Fax: 262-495-3410 E-Mail: sales@epicresins.com Web Site: www.epicresins.com Products: Epic Resins offers 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. 11

Evansville Association For The Blind EAB Industries 500 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 6445 Evansville, IN 47719 USA Phone: 812-422-1181 Fax: 812-424-3154 E-Mail: eabindustrial@aol.com Web Site: www.evansvilleblind.org Company Officers: Karla Horrell, Executive Director and Controller; Dan Leraris, Sales & Marketing; Tony Goebel, Plant Manager Products: Deck mops: Cotton and Rayon; mop heads: cotton and rayon. Traditional and custom sizes available. Made 100 percent in the USA. The Evansville Association For The Blind is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Indiana, April 13, 1923. The Association serves and employs person with physical and mental disabilities. Manufacturing time available for mop production due to expanded capacity. The Evansville Association For The Blind is celebrating 91 years of service and employment to the tri-state area. 14

F.M. Brush Co., Inc. 70-02 72nd Place Glendale, NY 11385 USA Phone: 718-821-5939 Fax: 718-821-2385 E-Mail: info@fmbrush.com Web Site: www.fmbrush.com Products: Artist brushes, from professional to student, all levels. Industrial affiliations, marking, stencil, and parts cleaning available.

Camel hair to red sable plus a full range of synthetics. Painted and unpainted handles.

Assembled in the United States and Thailand.

Large quantities for bids at all price ranges.

Name brand and private label with quick delivery.

The company was founded in 1929, and has over 80 years experience in creating highquality brushes that feature both form and function. F.M. Brush offers brush styles in both natural hair and synthetics. It is environmentally sensitive and supports the fight against animal testing. Handles come from managed wood reformed station programs. 11 Felton, Inc. 7 Burton Drive Londonderry, NH 03053 USA Phone: 603-425-0200 Fax: 603-425-0242 Web Site: www.feltoninc.com Company Officers: Mark Godfrey, Chairman; Dan Boehm, President & CEO Products: Custom brushes and technical assemblies. 14

Fibratexsa P.O. Box 118 San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS Web Site: www.fibratexsa.com Products: Mop making machinery including loop end and deck mop machines, sewing stations, automatic cutters and more. 12

Figley Stamping Company 401 Agnes Street Defiance, OH 43512 USA Phone: 419-782-6896 Fax: 419-784-5121 E:Mail: chris@figleystamping.com Web Site: www.figleystamping.com Company Officers: Chris Slee, President Products: Metal, aluminum and stainless steel stampings for the electrical, furniture, and many other industries. The company’s service is enhanced with secondary operations such as tapping, welding (robotic, induction, and wire), assembly and other value-added services. 14

Fili & Forme SRL Via del Lavoro, 10 41018 San Cesareo sul Panaro (MO) ITALY Phone: ++39059921462 Export: ++39031856986 Fax: ++39059921463 Export: ++39031856273 E-Mail: export@filieforme.com Web Site: www.filieforme.com Products: Product line includes: Monofilaments in PVC that can be produced as UV resistant for long lasting under sun exposure, and antibacterial to reduce and avoid the formation of offensive odors; monofilaments in polypropylene; PS and SAN. For more than 15 years, Fili & Forme has produced monofilaments for various markets like home, personal care, industrial, technical and sports. It offers a completely automated PG 35

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Filkemp - Industria de Filamentos, S.A. Rua Francisco Lyon de Castro, 28 Mem Martins 2725-397 PORTUGAL Phone: 00351 21 922 94 37 Fax: 00351 21 920 76 93 E-Mail: info@filkemp.com Web Site: www.filkemp.com Company Officers: Wolfgang Kemper, CEO; Jose Ingles, Marketing and Sales; Sofia Teles, Production and R&D Products: Polyamide and polyester monofilaments for fishing and technical applications; abrasive bristles. 14 Filmop USA, LLC 13410 Hwy 105 West Conroe, TX 77304 USA Phone: 936-588-8942 Fax: 936-588-8948 E-Mail: info@filmopusa.com Web Site: www.filmopusa.com Products: Designs, manufactures and distributes: buckets; carts - hospital, janitorial and maid; dusters; dusting cloths; dustpans; floor finish applicators; handles - mop, broom, brush and telescopic; microfiber

products; mopping equipment; mops - dust and wet; plastic containers; safety products equipment and signs; squeegees - floor and window; wall washing equipment; waste receptacles; window cleaning accessories; wringers. 11

FIMM ITALIA S.p.A. via della Repubblica 153 50050 STABBIA (Firenze), ITALY Phone: +39-0571-956124 Fax: +39-0571-956111 Web Site: www.spinelli-group.com Products: Manufacturer of metal broom handles, telescopic handles, extension poles, multipiece handles, mop handles. The history of FIMM ITALIA S.p.A. dates to the 1890s, and is part of the Spinelli Group, a machinery and molds manufacturer. Companies in Italy, the United States, Mexico and China.

13 Fuller Brush Company 860 Kaiser Road, Suite D Napa, CA 94558 USA Phone: 707-266-5500 Fax: 707-255-5935 Web Site: www.fuller.com Products: Brooms, mops, floor cleaners, carpet sweepers, bathrooom cleaners, all

house cleaners, kitchen cleaners and scrub brushes, stainless steel cleaners, laundry detergents, stain removers, scented moth block case, home scents, personal scents, spa products, personal care products, premium quality hair brushes, and NutriSelect. 13 Furgale Industries, Ltd. 324 Lizzie St Winnipeg, MB R3A OY7 CANADA Phone: 204-949-4200 Fax: 204-943-3191 E-Mail: jfurgale@broom.com Web Site: www.broom.com Company Officers: Jim Furgale, Terry Gibb, Lance Hayward Products: Household and commercial cleaning tools and supplies. OEM manufacturer of brushes, mops and injection molding. 14 G.D.F. di De Franceschi Gabriella & Co. SAS Via Mazzini, 27 40053 Bazzano BO ITALY Phone: ++39 051830189 Fax: ++39 051830263 E-Mail: gdf@gdfsrl.eu Web Site: www.gdfsrl.eu Company Officers: Gabriella De Franceschi, President Continued On Page 38

Supplier of Raw Materials to Manufacture Brooms, Mops, and Brushes • Galvanized & tinned wire for brush - broom - mop production • Processed Broom Corn & Yucca • Wood Broom - Mop - Brush Handles • Craft Broom Corn And Supplies • Other Materials - Broom Twine, Broom Nails, Mop Hardware We ship by pup or truck load direct from Mexico, or LTL/ UPS from our Greensboro warehouse.

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Products: Steel epoxy painted handles and telescopic poles; plastic blocks for brooms and brushes; mops; buckets; cleaning tools; shopping cart bags. 11

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Garelick Mfg. Co. 644 Second Street - P.O. Box 8 St. Paul Park, MN 55071 USA Phone: 651-459-9795 Fax: 651-459-8269 E-Mail: mail@garelick.com Web Site: www.garelick.com Products: Telescopic extension poles 6, 8, 12, 18 and 24-foot lengths. Garelick Mfg. Co. began in 1952. Metal fabrication is performed at two locations: St. Paul Park, MN, and Largo, FL. It offers lightweight anodized aluminum, twist lock cams that allow handles to be locked at any length, rolled tube edges, universal size screw adapter, five standard sizes. 11 Gift Sales Co. P.O. Box 17082 Wichita, KS 67217 USA Phone: 316-267-0671 Fax: 316-267-2930 E-Mail: gscjansplymfr@juno.com Web Site: www.giftsalescompany.net Products: Urinal screens, urinal blocks, plastic dust pans, toilet bowl mops, wall blocks, enzyme blocks, toilet bowl caddies, absorbents, bowl blocks in plastic cage, and the company’s metal dust pan (one-piece construction, 20 gauge metal, 12-inch edge, powder coating, reinforced handle.) 10 Golden Star Inc. 6445 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66202 USA Toll Free: 800-821-2792 Phone: 816-645-9031 Fax: 800-487-4079 Email: goldenstar@goldenstar.com Website: www.goldenstar.com Company Officers: Steven Lewis, Earl Julo Products: Brooms, wet mops, dust mops, hardware, accessories and microfiber. 14

Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. 6247 Randolph St. Commerce, CA 90040 USA Phone: 323-724-7777 Fax: 323-724-1111 E-Mail: alan@gordonbrush.com Web Site: www.gordonbrush.com, Company Officers: Kenneth L. Rakusin, President and CEO Products: Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. is an ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer of speciality, custom and standard brushes for industrial and consumer purposes. The company makes the FootMate® System as PG 38

well as over 15,000 other medical, industrial, janitorial, and electronic brushes at its 51,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Commerce, CA. It stocks over 2,000 different brushes for same day shipment selling to a variety of industries including medical, electronics, manufacturing, military, aerospace, and pharmaceutical. Gordon Brush has been featured on the Ion Network, Discovery Channel, Bloomberg News and in the Los Angeles Times. The company has received Member Resolution No. 1402, sponsored by Senator Ronald S. Calderon, 30th California State Senate District. 14

E. Gornell & Sons, Inc. 2241 N. Knox Avenue Chicago, IL 60639 USA Phone: 773-489-2330 Fax: 773-489-1102 E-Mail: sales@gornellbrush.com Web Site: 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 CNCcontrolled 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. E. Gornell & Sons, Inc., was founded in 1892 by Edward Gornell. It continues to grow, producing brushes with the latest state-of-the-art CNC machinery. Gornell will imprint and private label brushes for the brush industry.

CAD/CAM design available. Special packaging is offered to meet specific requirements.

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Gover, Horowitz & Blunt Ltd. 15 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8PS UNITED KINGDOM Phone: +4420 7838-7000 Fax: +4420 7235-1943 E-Mail: mr@ghb.co.uk Web Site: www.ghb.co.uk Company Officers: S.D. Horowitz, M.P. Ralph.

Products: PVC/ PPN/ PET/PBT monofila ments; coco fiber; bassine/palmyra fiber; brush wire. 14

GSC Manufacturing, Inc. 510 Merritt Avenue Nashville, TN 37203 USA Phone: 615-248-6556 Fax: 615-248-6558 E-Mail: info@gscmanufacturing.com Web Site: www.gscmanufacturing.com Products: Manufacturer of premium wet mops available in cut-end, loop-end, finish mops and T-bar construction. The company offers a full line of launderable and disposable

dust mops and frames. It assembles handles for both wet and dust mops. All mops are available in a variety of natural and synthetic yarns to meet every customer’s special needs.

Natural and plastic brooms, push brooms and industrial brushes complete a full janitorial and commercial line of cleaning products.

GSC Manufacturing was incorporated in 2000 to become an industry leader in the production and development of cleaning products. It offers OEM programs, private labeling, custom packs and short lead times from receipt of order to delivery. 14 Gunn Brush Co., Inc. 948 Church Street Baldwin, NY 11510 USA Toll Free: 800-834-6035 Fax: 516-771-7019 E-Mail: gunnbrush@aol.com Web Site: www.gunnbrush.com Products: All types/styles and sizes of floormachine rotary brushes and pad holder assemblies. Custom work, as well as custom diamond drivers made to specifications. Large inventory allows same day shipping on most orders. 04 H. Arnold Wood Turning, Inc. 220 White Plains Rd., Suite 245 Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA Phone: 914-381-0801 Fax: 914-381-0804 E-Mail: staff@arnoldwood.com Web Site: www.arnoldwood.com Company Officers: Jonathan Arnold, Bruce Arnold Products: Dowels, handles, mouldings, turnings, dimensions, brush blocks, strips, CNC routed and shaped parts. 14

Ha-Ste Manufacturing, Inc. P.O. Box 168 Union City, IN 47390 USA Phone: 800-228-6677 (MOPS) or, 937-968-4858 Fax: 937-968-4524 E-Mail: service@hastemops.com Web Site: www.hastemops.com Company Officers: Robin Stewart 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. 14 Hahl-Pedex 126 Glassmaster Road Lexington, SC 29072 USA

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Phone: 803-359-0706 Fax: 803-359-0074 E-Mail: customerservice@hahl-pedex.com Web Site: www.hahl-pedex.com Products: Synthetic bristle in diameters ranging from .003” - .120” nylon 6, nylon 66, nylon 612, nylon 610, polyester PBT, polypropylene. Abrasive fibers in diameters ranging from .010” - .070” nylon 6, nylon 612, with abrasive grit types silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, ceramic and diamond.

Specialty fibers are a big part of Hahl’s product offering: nylon 6 flaggeable, nylon 6 UL94VO, nylon 6 “anti-static”, nylon 6 “conductive,” nylon “HT”, polyester “metal detectable,” PEEK, PPS; HT-150, HT-250 and a full range of toothbrush filaments.

Hahl-Pedex has three manufacturing locations: Hahl-Pedex in Lexington, SC; Hahl-Pedex in Munderkingen, Germany; and Hahl-Pedex in Alffolterbach, Germany. 14

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Haviland Corporation 200 S. Hwy. U - P.O. Box 769 Linn, MO 65051 USA Phone: 573-897-3672 Fax: 573-897-4497 E-Mail: squeegees@havilandcorp.com Web Site: www.havilandcorp.com Products: Haviland manufactures floor and window squeegees; waterbrooms; replacement blades for sweeper scrubbers and paving tools in the United States. Over 90 percent of the raw materials Haviland Corporation uses to manufacture products are derived from the USA. Haviland manufactures the largest selection of floor squeegees in North America including non-marking, neoprene, FDA approved, double foam, antimicrobial and numerous others, according to the company. Haviland Corporation’s selection of floor squeegees also includes variations in blades such as flat edge, multi edge, double, serrated (notched), and beveled. 12 Hayco Manufacturing Ltd. 3002, Citicorp Centre, 18 Whitfield Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Hong Kong CHINA Phone: +852-2168-9200 Fax: +852-2834-8018 E-Mail: info@hayco.com Web Site: www.hayco.com Company Officers: Henk in ‘t Hof, Suanne Wong, Beatrice Lok Products: Household brushes, brooms, mops, dusters, squeegees, automotive cleaning, window cleaning, extension poles, floor sweepers, industrial brushes and squeegees, power toothbrushes, facial brushes, water filtration, liquid delivery systems. 14

Hill Brush, Inc. 811 Rolyn Ave. Baltimore, MD 21237 USA Phone: 410-325-7000 Fax: 410-325-6477 E-Mail: info@hillbrush.com Web Site: www.hillbrush.com Company Officers: Peter Coward, Vice President; Jim Sokaitis, National Sales Manager Products: Wooden brooms, paintbrushes, brushware, dustpans and brushes, mops, resin-set DRS® brushware, anti-microbial brushware and hygienic tools, metal and x-ray detectable brushware and hygienic tools.

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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 Fax: ++504-2558-8142 E-Mail: himesa@himesa.com Web Site: www.himesa.com Company Officers: Robert Handal Products: HIMESA spins a wide array of cotton, rayon blends, Acrylex®, synthetics, antimicrobial 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 (examples: loop end, cut end, deckmops, dustmops 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, be it for retail, industrial, foodservice, healthcare, janitorial, etc.

The company also offers complete thread and twine manufacturing and can produce items from ne. 50’s down to coarse counts like ne. 1.0. This allows HIMESA to manufacture sewing threads, industrial threads, agricultural threads/twines and more. Its facilities also include complete weaving operations for a variety of products like canvas, sheeting, tarpaulins, towels, cleaning and grill cloths, diapers, mop tape, etc. 13 Hoge Brush Company 202 E. South Street - P.O. Box 189 New Knoxville, OH 45871 USA Phone: 419-753-2351 Fax: 419-753-2893 Web Site: www.hoge.com Products: Traditional, classic, time-tested staple set brushes; push brooms; maintenance and utility brushes. Serving distributors and supply companies, co-manufacturers, dealers and stores since 1939. Special features include North American hardwood blocks. Top quality natural and synthetic fibers. Experienced workmanship. Emphasis is placed on performance, durability and value. 12 Hoge Lumber Co. 701 S. Main Street - P.O. Box 159 New Knoxville, OH 45871-0159 USA Phone: 419-753-2263 Fax: 419-753-2611 E-Mail: dzwiep@hoge.com, info@hoge.com Web Site: www.hoge.com Company Officers: John Hoge, Jack Hoge, Bruce Hoge, Clark Froning Products: Building materials, commercial casework and millwork, and Continued On Page 42

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY hardwood brush blocks/broom backs - floor, garage, street, scrub, deck, shaped, etc.

Made of North American hardwoods, much of which is bandsawn and dried in Hoge’s sawmill and kilns. In the rough mill, lumber is gang ripped using an infeed scanner to help maximize the yield. Optimizing cut off saws gets the highest value and quality from the ripped strips, and an automated sorting system reduces labor time before the blanks are stacked. Production capabilities include planing, moulding, chucking, drilling, threading, shaping, hot foil stamping, and finishing. 14

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Industrial Brush Corporation P.O. Box 2608 Pomona, CA 91769 USA Phone: 909-591-9341 Fax: 909-627-8916 E-Mail: ibcsales@industrialbrush.com Web Site: 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, de-nibbling, 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.

Founded in Arcadia, CA, in 1947, it has expanded from a single, small facility manufacturing brushes for washing California citrus to supplying a wide range of strip, staple set and other brush constructions from plants in Pomona, CA, and Lakeland, FL. 09

Interpack 104-E Camellia Ave McAllen, TX 78501 USA Phone: 956-688-8226 Fax: 956-627-2840 E-Mail: j.rodriguez0621@hotmail.com Company Officers: Jose Rodriguez, President; Luis Rodriguez, Sales Manager Products: Push brooms, dust mops, plastic brooms, rotary brushes, squeegees, deck PG 42

mops, wooden handles, car wash windows, fiber deck mops, sheet metal handles, corn brooms, antibacterial mops, dust pans, buckets and window squeegees. 14

Jason Mills, LLC 440 South Main Street Milltown, NJ 08850 USA Phone: 732-651-7200 Fax: 732-651-7222 Web Site: www.jasonmills.com Products: Five-inch mop mesh or any width variation of rachel knit polyesters or nylons. 10

Jewel Wire Company Route 101 - P.O. Box 282 Pomfret, CT 06258 Phone: 860-928-7981 Fax: 860-928-6167 E-Mail: sales@jewelwire.com Web Site: www.jewelwire.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 stem wire. Jewel Wire offers a full line of wire products in the following material and alloys: Brass alloy 260, phosphor bronze alloy 510, nickel silver alloy 745, untempered high carbon steel, galvanized low carbon steel. All alloys are available straight (level), pin or gear crimped.

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. 14 Jieda (Cixi Jieda Nanometer Compound Materials Co., Ltd.) Kandun Industrial Zone, Cixi City, Zhejiang Province, CHINA Phone: 86-574-2363 9669 or 86-574-2363 9608 Fax: 86-574-2363 9690 E-Mail: jiedaglobal@cn-jieda.com Web Site: www.global-jieda.com Products: Filaments for toothbrushes, tapered filaments, abrasive filaments and industrial filaments. 13 Jinxiang Bristles Industrial Co., Ltd. 18029 Zhongtian Plaza 766 Wuyi Avenue, Changsha Hunan 410005, P.R. CHINA Phone: 86-731-82226555/82220262 Fax: 86-731-84452564 Mobile: +86-13507319833 E-Mail: dxu18@hotmail.com Products: Natural bristles. 14 Jofel USA, LLC 12100 Crownpoint Dr., #110 San Antonio, TX 78233 USA

Toll Free: 800-875-6335 (800 US Jofel) Phone: 210-227-3779 Fax: 210-227-3782 E-Mail: info@jofelusa.com Web Site: www.jofelusa.com Products: Manufacturer of dispensers for paper towels, roll towels, tissue, napkins, soap, trash receptacles and caution signs.

The parent company of Jofel USA is in Alicante, Spain, “Jofel Industrial.” It has been in business for over 40 years. Offices are in Europe, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States.

Jofel USA, located in San Antonio, TX, serves the North America and Canadian markets. Jofel USA has been in business since 1994. 10

Jones Companies, Ltd. 312 South 14th Ave. - P.O. Box 367 Humboldt, TN 38343 USA Phone: (Customer Service) 800-238-8334 (Sales) 877-849-2767 (Office) 731-784-2832 Fax: (Customer Service Order) 800-235-9276 (Office) 731-784-7131 E-Mail: inforequest@jonesyarn.com Web Site: www.jonesyarn.com Company Officers: Ralph Jones III, President/CEO; Richard Ayers, CFO; Andrew Dailey, Vice President Sales Products: Jones Companies, Ltd. produces the largest variety of yarns available from a single source specifically engineered to meet the performance requirements of the floor care industry. Jones’ yarns range in size from Ne 0.55 to Ne 2.75 and include 100 percent cotton yarns, cotton/synthetic blend yarns, rayon blend yarns, polyester blend and recycled fiber blend yarns. In addition to the floor care yarns, Jones offers a complete line of tailband tape, headband mesh and sewing thread. Trademarked yarns include RF-Yarns™ Recycled Fiber yarns; Enviro-Color™ Yarns; AM-Yarn™ antimicrobial; and nWET™ nonwoven edge trim yarn alternative. The expanded NEXT GENERATION product line includes micro fiber mops; microfiber towels; microfiber carpet bonnets; synthetic carpet bonnets; and cotton carpet bonnets.

In addition to supplying quality products, company services include product testing, customer exclusive product development, sales training and market intelligence. The Jones ECommerce link is a password protected web portal on which customers can enter orders, update orders, review purchase histories and update account information.

Established in 1936 by W.R. Jones, Sr., and W.F. Jones, Sr., Jones Companies, Ltd. is a third generation, closely held business located in west Tennessee. Since its beginnings, Jones has grown from a one room operation to a five plant facility separately housed in a half million BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

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Jones manufactures a wide range of coarse count yarns predominantly made from recycled mill waste. Jones is one of the largest spinners of coarse count yarns made specifically for the floorcare industry. In 1981, Jones expanded into structured nonwovens, operating as Jones Fiber Products. Today, JFP operates four production facilities.

As a market leader, Jones is the only yarn spinning supplier that supports all of the floor care industry’s associations including the ABMA - American Brush Manufacturers Association; NBMMA - National Broom & Mop Manufacturers Association; and the ISSA International Sanitary Supply Association, with direct representation and active involvement.

Jones actively participated in the development of ASTM certified industry standards for broom and mops. 14

K.R. Plastic Industries Co., Ltd. Marketing Head Office: 1F No. 728 Chung Hwa Rd. Ho Mu Village Chung Pu, Chia Yi, Taiwan Phone: 886-5-2393687 Fax: 886-5-2396968 E-Mail: raihsing@ms17.hinet.net Web Site: www.raihsing.com Factory: 96 M.8 Laonadee Road T. Muangkao, Amphur MuangKhon Kaen, Thailand 40000 Phone: 66-43-324602-3, 325017-9 Fax: 66-43-324604 E-Mail: sales@kr-plastic.com Web Site: www.kr-plastic.com Products: Level Monofilament: hollow/solid; Profiles: round, cross, triangle, hexagon, star...etc. Other profiles as requested.

Krex Taper Filament: pinex, trialoy, triex, manmade bristle such as squirrel, boar, badger, goat, Kolinsky, mongoose, weasel, etc.

Material: PA6 / 66 / 610 / 612, PBT, PET, PP, TFP, PS, ABS, Victrex peek, copolymers, nodular, indicator, anti-static, anti-bacteria.

Applications: toothbrush, hair brush, household & broom, industry brush, paintbrush, cosmetic & artist brush, etc., and other special brushes.

K: KKF is a fishing net factory with 35 years experience in Thailand. R: RS has been a plastic extruding machine maker in Taiwan since 1950 with about 60 years machine fabricating experience. KKF & RS is a joint venture in Thailand, making all kinds of synthetic filaments for over 20 years. 10 Keystone Plastics Inc. 3451 South Clinton Avenue South Plainfield, NJ 07080 USA Phone: 908-561-1300 Fax: 908-561-5189 Web Site: www.keystonesweepersbrushes.com Products: Extruded polypropylene filaments BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

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Kiefer Brushes, Inc. 19 Park Dr. Franklin, NJ 07416 USA Toll-Free: 800-526-2905 Fax: 888-239-1986 Web Site: www.kieferbrushes.com Products: Kiefer manufactures an extensive line of floor and push brooms and brushes including paintbrushes, oven brushes, wire brushes and bowl brushes. 05 La Crosse Brush, Inc. 3235 George Street La Crosse, WI 54603 USA Phone: 888-683-7491 Fax: 608-783-5539 Web Site: www.lacrossebrush.com Products: Quality brooms and brushes since 1926. Serving the janitorial, construction, industrial, food processing and dairy industries.

Some products include: floor brooms, scrubs, street brooms, truck wash brushes, tank brushes and various color-coded items. Also, La Crosse is a distributor of Harold Moore, a manufacturer of plastic items for the food industry. 12

LaFitte Mop Co., Inc. P.O. Box 577 Villa Rica, GA 30180 USA Phone: 770-459-5966 Fax: 770-459-1116 E-Mail: lmc@lafittemop.com Web Site: www.lafittemop.com Company Officers: John LaFitte, President; Cathy LaFitte, Secretary Products: Looped-end and cut-end mopheads, dust mops, stick mops - made in USA. Additional products: brooms, brushes, handles and microfiber products. Green environmental dust mops and mopheads also provided. 14 Laitner Brush Company 1561 Laitner Drive Traverse City, MI 49686 USA Phone: 231-929-3300 Fax: 231-929-7219 E-Mail: sales@laitner.com Web Site: www.laitner.com Products: Brooms, brushes and squeegees. 09

Lambskin Specialties 250 Dufferin Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2W 5J1 CANADA Phone: 800-665-0202 Fax: 204-582-5598 Web Site: www.lambskin.com Products: Supplier in the duster category: dust wand wool and feather dusters; synthetic and microfiber dusters; high dusting and floor dusting. Also, floor finish applicators, window care accessories, automotive care accessories.

The company can also help design and manufacture exclusive products. 08

Lanoco Specialty Wire Products, Inc. 7 John Road Sutton, MA 01590 USA Phone: 508-865-1500 Fax: 508-865-5960 Web Site: www.lanoco.com Products: Manufacturer of high quality 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. 09

LC Industries, Inc. 4500 Emperor Blvd.

Durham, NC 27703 USA Phone: 919-596-8277 Fax: 919-598-1179 Web Site: www.buylci.com Company Officers: Bill Hudson, President; Jeffrey Hawting, COO; Chuck Vinoverski, Vice President Sales Products: Brooms, sponge mops, deck mops, refills, plastic cutlery, file folders, mattresses, and paper conversion including napkins, plates, c-fold towels. 14 Leistner Weruzeug GMBH Auerbacher Str. 15 Stuetzengruen 08328 GERMANY Phone: +49-37462-288150 Fax: +49-37462-288159 E-Mail: info@leistner-gmbh.de Web Site: www.leistner-gmbh.de Company Officers: Moniua Leistner, Managing Director; Joerg Pauls, Marketing & Sales Manager; Silue Dietrich, Sales Associate Products: High performance drill bits for the brush making industry. Leistner drills are engineered and manufactured as customized CNC cutting tools for processing steel, plastic and wooden materials. 14 Lemieux Spinning Mill, Inc. 125 Route 108 Est., C.P. 2039 St. Ephrem, Beauce QC G0M 1R0 CANADA Phone: 418-484-2169 Fax: 418-484-5561 E-Mail: sergel@lemieuxspinning.com Web Site: www.lemieuxspinning.com Company Officers: Serge Lemieux, President; Marc Lemieux, General Manager 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. Rayon blend mop yarn treated with Ultra-Fresh (antibacterial), cotton blend mop yarn, and exclusive and custom mop yarn. New Greentex mop yarn is an environmentally friendly blend of recycled PET PG 43

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Lemieux Spinning Mill’s history dates to 1906 when J.A. Lemieux founded his business on firstrate service and top quality products. In 1945, Clément Lemieux took over the business from his father, carrying on a tradition of well-known expertise. Since 1986, Jean-Paul Lemieux and his sons, Marc and Serge, have made the company a world-class manufacturer. At Lemieux, father and sons have always passed on the same philosophy of personalized service. 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. 12 Lessmann GmbH Lucas-Schultes-Str. 2 Oettingen 86732 GERMANY Phone: 0049 9082 707 0 Fax: 0049 9082 707 78 E-Mail: info@lessmann.com Web Site: www.lessmann.com Products: Brushes made in Germany: technical brushes, industrial brushes, wire brushes, wheel brushes, bevel brushes, hand brushes, interior brushes, knotted brushes, brushes with shank, end brushes, disc brushes and others. 14

Libman Company, The 220 N. Sheldon Street Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-4200 Toll-Free: 800-646-6262 Fax: 217-268-4168 E-Mail: info@libmanpro.com Web Site: www.libmanpro.com Products: Complete line of brooms, brushes, wet and dust mops, specialty mops and related equipment such as dust pans and buckets.

Virtually all products are manufactured in the USA for all commercial/industrial needs. 10

Lighthouse for the Blind in New Orleans, Inc. (DBA Lighthouse Louisiana) 123 State St. New Orleans, LA 70118 USA Phone: 504-899-4501 Fax: 504-899-5351 E-Mail: sales@lhb.org Web Site: www.lighthouselouisiana.org Çompany Officer: Renee Vidrine, President Products: 60-inch biodegradable deck swab; bathroom, kitchen, household, and cookware scrubbers. 14 Line Mfg. Inc. P.O. Box 6505 Walcott, CT 06716 USA Phone: 203-879-1481 Fax: 203-879-1530 Web Site: www.linemfg.com Products: Broom caps for both wooden and PG 44

tubular handles; ferrules for the kitchen and garden tool industry; threaded shells for the broom and mop industry; and all other deep drawn metal shells, stamping or ferrules for the above-mentioned industries.

Line Manufacturing, Inc., has the skills, experience and specialized machinery to produce precision custom, high-volume component parts from ferrous and non-ferrous metals to precise specifications. It can provide virtually any contour, shape and finish, adding distinction and individuality to products and designs. The company will produce them accurately, at a fair price, and deliver them where and when needed. 05 Lola Products 343 South River St. Hackensack, NJ 07601 USA Phone: 201-343-1243 Fax: 201-489-6477 E-Mail: info@lolaproducts.com Web Site: www.lolaproducts.com Company Officers: Edward Spitaletta, Chairman; Richard Spitaletta, CEO; Charles Spitaletta, COO; Anthony Mickolajczyk, CFO; Di Qiao, Purchashing Manager Products: Floor wipes, mops, brooms, brushes, sponges, scourers, clothespins, lint traps, mop buckets, cloths/dish clothes, gloves, dust pans, squeegees, dusters and flyswatters. 14

Magnolia Brush Mfrs., Ltd. P.O. Box 932, 1001 N. Cedar St. Clarksville, TX 75426 USA Phone: 903-427-2261 Fax: 903-427-5230 E-Mail: sales@magnoliabrush.com Web Site: www.magnoliabrush.com Company Officers: Ken Backus, President; Scott Adams, Director of Operations; Gary Townes, Director of Purchasing; Jim Jeffer, National Sales Manager Products: Floor brushes, garage brushes, street brooms, scrub brushes, concrete finishing brushes, janitorial items, detail brushes, counter dusters, vehicle wash brushes, masonry brushes, paintbrushes, utility brushes, floor squeegees, wax applicators, window brushes, corn brooms, hot dipped galvanized pails and tubs, variety of handles and wire scratch brushes. 14

Malish Corporation, The 4260 Hamann Parkway Willoughby, OH 44094 USA Phone: 440-951-5356 Fax: 440-951-0293 E-Mail: info@malish.com Web Site: www.malish.com Company Officers: Terry J. Malish, Chairman; Jeffrey J. Malish, President & CEO; Fred Lombardi, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Products: Leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial floor machine brushes, including

a full range of rotary brushes, foodservice/colorcoded brushes, as well as janitorial brushes.

Most recently, the company introduced the DiamabrushbyMalish Floor Preparation System that features products for concrete prep and polishing as well as products for wood and mastic removal. 13 Marino – Vileda Professional 59 Talman Ct. Concord, Ontario L4K 4L5 CANADA Phone: 905-669-9949 Fax: 905-669-5750 Web Site: www.marinomop.com, www.vileda.com Products: Brooms, brushes, mops, dust mops, mop handles, floor squeegees, microfiber wiping cloths, buckets and wringers, plastic bottles, health care products, washroom accessories, and more. 10 Marion Brush Mfg. Co. 1685 7th Ave. Marion, IA 52302 USA Toll Free: 800-930-9062 Fax: 319-377-3208 E-Mail: gary@marionbrush.com Web Site: www.marionbrush.com Company Officers: Gary Bolden, President Products: Concrete finishing brushes and equipment; concrete finishing brushes in widths of 4, 6 and 8 feet. 14

Paul Marsh LLC 654 Madison Ave., Suite #1405 New York, NY 10065 USA Phone: 212-759-9060 Fax: 212-319-6214 E-Mail: marsh.llc@verizon.net Web Site: www.paulmarshllcworldwide.com Company Officers: Paul S. Marsh, Mike Verdu, Nelly S. Shoham, Denise Zhang and Raul A. Molina Products: China bristles, horse hair, fine hair, synthetic tapered filaments (all colors), mixtures for paintbrushes (synthetic filaments and natural bristles), machinery new and reconditioned, parts and service, paint roller widing, cutting and finishing machines, roller frames, paint roller fabrics, phenolic paper, adhesives, covers, extension poles, handles, ferrules, brush pins, epoxy resins, etc.

Founded in 1959 by Paul S. Marsh, the firm has grown steadily. Paul Marsh LLC is an international supplier to the brush and broom trade, serving manufacturers in over 40 countries. Diversified departments within the company now supply manufacturing and trading concerns in a wide range of industries. 14 M-B Companies, Inc. 1615 Wisconsin Ave. / P.O. Box 200 New Holstein, WI 54915 USA Phone: 800-558-5800

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Fax: 920-898-4588 E-Mail: sales@m-bco.com Web Site: www.m-bco.com Products: Tube brooms, gutter brooms, runway wafers, strip brooms, poly wafers, wire wafers, poly/wire wafers. Brushes for all makes and models of attachment brooms, runway snow removal equipment, and street sweepers. 12

MBK Maschinenbau GmbH Friedrich-List-Str. 19 88353 Kisslegg Bad.-Wuertt. GERMANY Phone: 0049-75 63-91 31-0 Fax: 0049-75 63-25 66 Web Site: www.mbk-kisslegg.de Products: Machines for the production of paint rollers made of foam – Drilling machine MBO, drill grinding machine, gluing machine MKL also available with Corona, splitting machine MSP, ejecting machine MAS, round off machine MAR, frame bending automat BBM, automated assembly machine for roller cores KMA, foam gluing machine MKE, roller supply RZ, supply hopper BF, pea-hole burning machine ERB. Machines for the production of paint rollers made of plush and lambskin – Strip cutting machine STM and STM-R, plush cutting device PSE, turn over equipment SUV, tandem-turn-over-machine SUM, drawing device SAV, roller winding automat RWA, roller assembly machine RMA, roller treating automat RBA, radiator plush roller winding automat HWA, radiator plush roller assembly automat HMA, production automat for radiator rollers HFA, roller supply RZ and supply hopper BF. Machines for the production of flat and round paintbrushes – Flat paintbrush automat with automated adhesive dispenser FPA, automated cleaning and trimming machine for flat paintbrushes ABM-K and ABM-L also for synthetic fiber, inserting and stapling machine EHM extendible with printing device and packing unit, paintbrush packing automat PEA, tuft dividing machine BAM, bristle vibrator BAG, shearing and trimming machine ZSM, wall brush assembly device FME, round paintbrush automat RPA, production equipment for round paintbrushes RFA, round paintbrush assembling machine RPM, and cleaning and trimming machine for round paintbrushes RSA. Mixing, metering and dispensing mac hines – Automated adhesive dispenser VGA; mixing, metering and dispensing machine for two and more component resin systems MUD and MUD-R with adjustable mixing ratio.

MBK is a state-of-the-art, medium-sized engineering company located in Kisslegg in the Allgaeu (approx. 35 km northeast of Lindau on the Lake of Constance, Germany). Maint BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

enance and service for all types of machines, conversion and extension of machinery in stock available. 11

MFC, Ltd. 1904 Freight Street Laredo, TX 78041 USA Phone: 956-724-5191 Fax: 956-725-8080 E-Mail: info@mfc-usa.com Web Site: www.mfc-usa.com Company Officers: David Kalisz Products: Tampico fibers, union mix, semipatent fiber, palmyra, bassine, horsehair, horsehair mixtures with tampico fiber and/or synthetic. Boar bristle mixtures (natural and/or with synthetics), paintbrush mixtures of synthetic and natural bristles. Tipping, flagging, mixing and dyeing of taper synthetic fiber for paintbrush industry. Also rice (broom) root and metal handles. MFC, Ltd., has been a supplier to brush manufacturers for over 100 years. 13 Michigan Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. 7446 Central Avenue - P.O. Box 10247 Detroit, MI 48210-0247 USA Phone: 313-834-1070 Fax: 313-834-1070 Toll-Free: 800-642-7874 E-Mail: mmfgcoinc@aol.com Web Site: www.mi-brush.com Company Officers: Bruce M. Gale, President/ Managing Director Products: Specializing in all types of brooms, brushes, mops, squeegees, paint rollers and related products. Special order products for machinery and equipment including oversize paint rollers, brushes, and squeegees are available. Prototypes and long or short runs invited. 10

Mill-Rose Company, The 7995 Tyler Blvd.

Mentor, OH 44060 USA Phone: 440-255-9171 Fax: 440-255-5039 E-Mail: info@millrose.com Web Site: www.millrose.com Company Officers: Paul Miller, President Products: Mill-Rose is a U.S. manufacturer of twisted-wire brushes and a market leader for brushes of all uses. The company designs, engineers, manufactures, and delivers brushes in small, as well as large quantities catering to a customer’s specific needs. Mill-Rose brushes are used in virtually every industry around the world, including, but not limited to, aerospace, agriculture, automotive, defense, energy, manu facturing, medical, technology, and telecom munications.

Customers can 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 brushes are often used in non-brushing applications to solve engineering, design, and production problems.

Mill-Rose has designed more than 100,000 special brushes with unique configurations for unique applications.

Strong demand for Mill-Rose brushes by the plumbing, heating and cooling industry led to the formation of Clean-Fit Products serving professional contractors, hardware wholesalers and Do-It-Yourself home centers. Clean-Fit Products offers contractors a complete line of brushes, abrasives, PTFE sealants and specialty tools, including the line of Blue Monster® professional-grade products.

Mill-Rose Laboratories manufactures a complete line of disposable and reusable brushes, snares and baskets used throughout the medical industry. It’s a leading source for laboratory and scientific brushes, biopsy and micro brushes, and stainless steel wire forms used in a broad range of applications. 14

Milwaukee Dustless Brush Gordon Brush Wisconsin, LLC 6247 Randolph Street Commerce, CA 90040 USA Phone: 323-724-7777 ext. 280 Fax: 323-724-1111 Web Site: www.milwaukeedustless.com Products: Brooms; brushes; squeegees; dusters; mops (including the eMop™ Bucketless Mop System); sweepers (including: Speedy Sweep, cordless battery operated sweeper); brooms; Speed Sweep®, Speedy Corn®; upright and lobby, deck scrubs; truck wash brushes; Speed Squeegy®; aluminum, flex squeegy; utility brushes; PermaPoly™ brush, industrial and retail. 12 Monahan Filaments, LLC 215 Egyptian Trail Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-4957 Customer Service: 888-833-1097 E-Mail: info@monahanfilaments.com Web Site: www.monahanfilaments.com Company Officers: Jon Monahan, President; Chris Monahan, 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 PG 45

2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ship all items together with Monahan Filaments further saving on freight.

Now offering high performance filaments such as PPS for demanding applications and V0 grade nylon. 14

Monahan Partners 200 N. Oak Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-5771 Fax: 217-268-3113 E-Mail: pat@monahanpartners.com; kevin@monahanpartners.com Web Site: www.monahanpartners.com Company Officers: Pat Monahan, President, (888-268-5754); Kevin Monahan, Vice President (888-268-5757) Products: Monahan Partners assembles wood, metal or fiberglass mopsticks. It offers a full range of metal and plastic attachments for both wet and dry mops, and sells the component parts for self-assembly. Monahan Partners offers popular plastic and metal janitor quick changes/stirrups, gripper (jaws), household and janitor spring 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 heads (in 3 1/2 and 5-inch widths) including cotton, colored cotton, colored synthetics, disposables and microfiber dust mop pads with a velcro backing as well as wedge mop heads and frames.

Monahan Partners also sells broom braces; industrial T-bars; plastic/wire connectors for layflat mops; twist mops made with cotton yarn, and non-woven strips; microfiber yarn wet mops; both metal and plastic hinge sponge mops; and fiberglass handles with swivel cap and thread. Monahan Partners now also sells a popular, made in USA, economical, patented lobby dust pan and is a leading producer of fiberglass handle mopsticks.

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. 14

Thomas Monahan Co., The 202 North Oak Street Arcola, IL 61910 USA Phone: 217-268-4955 Fax: 217-268-3113 E-Mail: tim@thomasmonahan.com Web Site: www.thomasmonahan.com Company Officers: Jim, Tim, Jon, and Chris Monahan. Pat Monahan owns and runs a sister company, Monahan Partners Products: The Thomas Monahan Company is the parent of the Monahan family of companies – Brush Fibers, Inc. (natural filaments); Monahan Filaments (synthetic filaments); and Whitley Monahan Handles Company (wood handles). See separate listings for these comPG 46

panies in this issue.

The Thomas Monahan Company manu factures and sells component parts for the manufacture of brooms and mops. It has proven sources in the USA, China, Mexico and around the world. Through its Whitley Monahan Handles Company, Monahan offers quality handles in pine and hardwoods in clear lacquer, painted or plain sanded, with tapers, tennons or threads, in all standard diameters and lengths.

The company is the exclusive distributor of Bamwood – a manufactured wood made from bamboo.

Through its Brush Fibers and Monahan Filament companies, Monahan manufactures synthetic filaments and sells them along with imported natural fibers to the brush industry.

The Thomas Monahan Company sells broomcorn and natural filler fibers, plastic angle brooms, and broom twine. The company also offers products from foreign sources on a container load basis for direct shipment at nice savings. 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. 14 Monterey Mills P.O. Box 790 Janesville, WI 53547 USA Phone: 608-754-2866 Fax: 608-754-3750 E-Mail: birkhoffb@montereymills.com Web Site: www.montereymills.com Company Officers: Daniel Sinykin, President Products: Supplier of knitted pile fabric for the paint roller industry. Also supplier for apparel, over-the-counter, toy, saddlepad, casket/boot/slipper/music case liners, wash mitts, pet beds, wool and wool blended buffing pads, premium hospital pads, and pet bed fabrics. 14 Moonsoft International, Inc. 3808 N. Sullivan Rd., Bldg. 12, Suite Q Spokane, WA 99216 USA Phone: 877-892-9360 Fax: 509-892-9355 Web Site: www.moonsoftcorp.com Products: Microfiber mop pads and dusters, related hardware. 12

Mount Joy Wire Corp.

1000 E. Main Street Mount Joy, PA 17552 USA Phone: 717-653-1461 Toll Free: 800-321-2305 Fax: 717-653-0221 E-Mail: sales@mjwire.com Web Site: 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. 11

Nation/Ruskin 206 Progress Drive Montgomeryville, PA 18936 USA Toll Free: 800-523-2489 Fax: 267-654-4010 E-Mail: nationruskin@nationruskin.com Web Site: www.nationruskin.com Products: Sponges, cheesecloth, tack cloths, towels, rags, microfiber towels, drop cloths, coveralls, paint strainers. 13

National Wire & Metal Technologies, Inc. 200 Harrison Street Jamestown, NY 14701 USA Phone: 716-661-9180 Fax: 716-661-9189 E-Mail: national@netsync.net Web Site: www.homemaid.us Products: Twist mops, dust mops, sponge mops, roller mops, butterfly mops, commercial metal wet mops, broom braces, brush scrapers and squeegees. Other product capabilities include metal stamping, wire forming welding, tool and die capabilities, assembly and metal finishing operations. 13 Newell & Sons Inc. P.O. Box 1098 Roxboro, NC 27573 USA Toll Free: 800-467-8996 Fax: 336-599-3354 E-Mail: newell@esinc.net Web Site: www.newellandsons.com Products: Industrial/janitorial wet mop manufacturer and broom, brush and janitorial supplier. 13

Nexstep Commercial Products 1450 W. Ottawa Road Paxton, IL 60957 USA Phone: 217-379-2377 Fax: 217-379-9901 E-Mail: customerservice@ocedarcommercial.com Web Site: www.ocedarcommercial.com Company Officers: Todd Leventhal, President; Joel Hastings, General Manager Products: (Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar) A complete line of commercial cleaning products: brooms (angle and traditional upright), floor sweeps, brushes (utility, counter, scrubs, and bowl), wet mops (traditional), mops (selfwringing, sponge and roller), dust mops, microfiber (cloths, wet mops, dust mops, dusters, heads/holders, and cleaning systems), squeegees, dusters, waste containers, dispensers, sponges, floor mats, rotary brushes, pad drivers and hardware, carts, mop buckets and wringers. 14 Ningbo IVY Daily Commodity Co., Ltd. No. 76 2nd Xinggong Road Developing Industrial Zone Ninghai, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315600 CHINA Phone: +86-574-65331166

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Fax: +86-574-65331222 E-Mail: joyce@nbcqt.com Web Site: www.nbcqt.com Company Officers: Ying Wei Dong, General Manager; Joyce Zhang, Sales Manager Products: Car wash brushes, dish brushes and mops. 14 Norshel Industries, Inc. 2933 River Rd. Croydon, PA 19021 USA Toll Free: 800-355-MOPS Fax: 215-788-5225 E-Mail: sales@norshel.com Web Site: www.norshel.com Products: Wet mops, handles, dust mops, brushes, dust pans, poly and corn brooms. 06

Northeast Ltda.

Rua Lisboa, 453 Sao Paulo S.P. 05413-000 BRAZIL Phone (U.S.): 917-842-5062 Phone: 55 11 3085 4955 Fax: 55 11 3081 2176 E-Mail: michaelg@northeast-brazil.com Web Site: www.northeast-brazil.com Company Officers: Michael Grossman, Elaine Kimoto, Isabela Zanini Products: FSC and non-FSC wooden handles; softwood and hardwood, all finishing available: sanded, lacquered or painted; all accessories such as metal threaded tips, thread on wood, tenon, domed, plastic caps, etc. available, as are bar codes and private labels. All packing available including strip pack, box pack, etc.

Metal handles and angle brooms are also available.

The company has developed into a prime resource for quality and legally logged wooden handles from Brazil. Reliability, consistent quality and timeliness of shipping have become synonymous with Northeast and the Malinski factory. Multi-annual logging contracts will guarantee its raw material for years to come. 14

Northern Wood Products, Inc. 1504 Lauderdale Pl. La Crosse, WI 54603 USA Phone: 608-783-1112 Fax: 608-783-0272 Web Site: www.northernwoodproductsinc.com Products: Wood handles and wood brush blocks manufactured for the broom, brush and mop industries. 10

Nuova Larsetta V. Naviglio Alto, 91.

Parma PR 43122 ITALY E-Mail: fava@nuovalarsetta.com Web Site: www.nuovalarsetta.com Products: Machinery, equipment and technologies for PVC, PET, PE and PPL extrusion processing. 14 BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

Nyco Products Company 5332 Dansher Road Countryside, IL 60525 USA Toll Free: 800-752-4754 Fax: 708-579-9898 E-Mail: customerservice@nycoproducts.com; jticsay@nycoproducts.com Web Site: www.nycoproducts.com Company Officers: Robert J. Stahurski, President 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. 14 O’Dell Corporation P.O. Box 540 Ware Shoals, SC 29646 USA Toll Free: 800-342-2843 Fax: 800-445-1533 E-Mail: orders@odellcorp.com Web Site: www.odellcorp.com Products: Wet mops, dust mops, handles, brushes, janitor carts, microfiber, echoMop, The Edge Mop, The Patriot Mop, frames, janitorial accessories. 12

Osborn 1100 Resource Dr., Suite 1 Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131 USA Toll Free: 800-720-3358 Phone: 216-361-1900 Fax: 216-361-1913 E-Mail: marketsupport@osborn.com Web Site: www.osborn.com Company Officers: Mark Johnson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing; Todd Reasonover, National Director of Sales; Thom MacLean, Vice President of Operation - North America; Jeff Naymik, Marketing Manager; Robin Lang, National Account Manager - Private Label.

Products: Push brooms, upright brooms, handles, squeegees, angle brooms, whisk brushes, counter dusters, bowl brushes, fountain brushes, car wash brushes, tire cleaning brushes, nail brushes, scrub brushes, scratch brushes, paintbrushes, artists brushes, paint rollers and roller frames. 14

PADCO Inc. 2220 Elm Street Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA Phone: 612-378-7270 Fax: 612-378-9388 E-Mail: info@padco.com Web Site: www.padco.com Company Officers: Anna MacCormick, CEO; Edward Goldstein, President; John MacCormick, National Sales Manager Products: Paint pads, stain applicators, Beatsa-Brush, paint rollers, NanoFlock® rollers,

paint trays, texture tools, extension poles and paint sundries. 14

Paint Brush Corporation P.O. Box 371 Vermillion, SD 57069 USA Phone: 605-624-8601 Fax: 605-624-6909 Web Site: www.paintbrushpartsbrush.com Products: Paintbrushes for the professional, as well as automotive parts cleaning brushes.

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Patrick Yarn Mills, Inc. 501 York Road Kings Mountain, NC 28086 USA Phone: 704-739-4119 Fax: 704-739-9276 E-Mail: sales@patrickyarns.com Web Site: www.patrickyarns.com Products: Patrick Yarn Mills offers a complete product line of high quality yarns for wet mops, dust mops and finish mops. The company’s modern manufacturing facilities produce cotton yarns, synthetic blends, and specialty mop yarns, including anti-microbial and microfiber products. 06 Paul Brothers & Co. Bros India Office, Post Bag No. 3, Muhamma Alappuzha, Kerala 688 525 INDIA Phone: 91 478 2862344 / 2863593 Fax: 91 478 2862648 E-Mail: brothers@vsnl.com Web Site: www.brosindia.com Company Officers: K.P. John, Chairman; John Paul, Managing Director; John Jose, Export 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; and agricultural and horticultural products. 14

PelRay International, LLC 4511 Macro Dr. San Antonio, TX 78218 USA Phone: 210-757-4640 Fax: 210-650-8103 E-Mail: info@PelRay.com Web Site: www.PelRay.com Company Officers: Michael McKenzie, CEO; Ray LeBlanc, COO; Bart Pelton, President Products: With over 100 years of combined experience in the industry, PelRay’s sales team, Ron Cherryholmes, Raul Gonzalez, Ray LeBlanc, David McGee and Bart Pelton, has been meeting the needs of manufacturers of PG 47

2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY brooms, mops and brushes worldwide. From raw materials such as natural fibers (broomcorn, beargrass, tampico and palmyra) to mop yarn (blended, cotton, rayon, natural or dyed) to OEM products made to customer specifications (angle broom heads, corn brooms, mops or mop sticks) to handles (hardwood or softwood, poplar, southern yellow pine, Taeda pine, Elliotis pine, Eucalyptus or metal plastic coated and powder painted), PelRay has it available and can ship in mixed loads to help customers to better manage their inventories.

For those customers looking for products “made in the USA”, PelRay offers competitively priced poplar and pine handles as well as mop hardware and assembled mop sticks.

PelRay also stocks an extensive inventory for artisans and crafters with raw broomcorn, stitching needles, twine and more. Visit PelRay’s website for specials and inventory clearance items. Quality, integrity and service are hallmarks of PelRay’s commitment to the success of its customers. 14 Perfex Corporation 32 Case Street Poland, NY 13431 USA Toll Free: 800-848-8483 Fax: 315-826-7471 E-Mail: perfex@perfexonline.com Web Site: www.perfexonline.com Products: TruCLEAN® Mopping Systems, sponge mops, microfiber mops, brooms and brushes, and shovels and squeegees. 14

PFERD Milwaukee Brush Company 30 Jytek Drive Leominster, MA 01453 USA Toll Free: 800-342-9015 Fax: 978-840-1563 E-Mail: sales@pferdusa.com Web Site: www.pferdusa.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 (MBRAD®). 12 Plasticfibre S.P.A. Via Emilia 309A 40011 Anzola Emilia (BO) ITALY Phone: +39-051-739762 Fax: +39-051-739519 E-Mail: fiori@plasticfibre.com Web Site: www.plasticfibre.com Products: Synthetic monofilaments: Plasticrin (PVC), Emilen (PP), Ecoclean (PBT), Ecoster (PET), Politex (PE), Ultrapaintex (hollow PBT), Paintex (hollow PET), Ecostil (PS), Ecosan (PS/SAN), Plastinyl (PA). Also offered are vegetable fibers (tampico/broomroot/palmyra).

Manufacturers of quality synthetic fibers for the broom and brush industry since 1959. The PG 48

company extrudes filaments made of PVC, PP, PET, PBT, PS, SAN, PE and PA. Plasticfibre can offer a complete range of synthetic filaments to manufacturers of all brush products in every sector. Its filaments vary in application throughout the industrial and manufacturing sectors in more than 50 countries worldwide. Quality system certified under ISO 9001:2008. 11

Pogliani SRL Via A. Volta 7/A Costa Masnaga (LC) 23845 ITALY Phone: ++39031856986 Fax: ++39031856273 E-Mail: info@poglianisrl.com Web Site: www.poglianisrl.com Company Officers: Gianantonio Pogliani, Sales Manager; Claudia Rigamonti, Customer Service; Daniela Proserpio, Customer Service; Mara Vigano, Customer Service; Maria Pogliani, Customer Service; Virgilio Serra, Sales Manager Products: Synthetic Filaments: solid and hollow polyester, nylon, PP and polyethylene; tapered filaments for paint, cosmetic and toothbrushes; Wire: stapling wire (flat and round), wire for crimping or for twisted purpose, wire for filling, wire in many different raw materials such as stainless, brass, phosphorous bronze, nickel silver, copper coated and galvanized steel; Natural Fibers: tampico, broom root, coco, palmyra, horsehair, bristles and mixtures. 14

Precision Brush Company 6700 Parkland Blvd.

Solon, OH 44124 USA Phone: 440-542-9600 Fax: 440-542-9696 E-Mail: jbenjamin@Precisionbrush.com Web Site: www.precisionbrush.com Company Officers: Jim Benjamin, President Products: Precision Brush Company has 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 management— Precision is a provider of custom industrial brushes that can handle the demands of nearly any industry.

The manufacturing capabilities of the 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. 13 Proveedora Mexicana De Monofilamentos, S.A. De C.V. (PMM) Oriente 217 No. 190 Agricola Oriental Mexico City, D.F., 08500 MEXICO Phone: 00 5255 5763 86 63 Fax: 00 5255 5700 57 69 E-Mail: pmm@pmm-mex.com Web Site: 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. 14

Purdy 101 Prospect Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115 USA Toll Free: 800-547-0780 Fax: 800-380-9422 E-Mail: info@purdycorp.com Web Site: www.purdy.com Products: Purdy offers a broad assortment of brushes, roller covers, faux finishing tools and painting accessories. The company began in 1925 when S. Desmond Purdy began building paintbrushes in a converted two-car garage in Portland, OR. Purdy painting tools offer outstanding finish appearance, which forms a smooth, even layoff of the paint on the surface.

Smoother “no drag” brush strokes and better paint flow and release are also qualities found in Purdy brushes, and help to make faster and better production on big jobs. Purdy brushes also provide cutting-in capabilities for corners and sash work because of the individual craftsmanship put into the chiseling, shaping and finishing of all Purdy brushes. The brushes are also light weight and balanced.

Purdy’s premium adjustable roller frame fits all standard roller covers from 12 to 18inches. This design works with a cam latch system for quick adjustment. Purdy also launched a jumbo mini-roller system. This cageless jumbo mini-roller frame features a patent-pending “dog bone” design which provides the smooth rolling action for a perfect finish. The 3/4-inch jumbo core cover holds more paint giving professionals the desired look in less time. The new lightweight frame is available in 14 and 26 1/2-inch lengths, as well as a complete assortment of 4 1/2 and 6 1/2-inch jumbo mini-roller replacement covers. 11 BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Quickie Manufacturing Corp.

1150 Taylors Lane Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 USA Phone: 856-829-7900 Fax: 856-829-6150 Web Site: www.quickie.com Company Officers: Scott Henrikson, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing; Paul Vosbikian, COO Products: Brooms, mops, sponges, buckets, dusters, brushes, plungers, microfiber towels. 14

Quinn Broom Works, Inc. 1527 IL Rt. 121 P.O. Box 575 Greenup, IL 62428 USA Phone: 217-923-3181 Fax: 217-923-5150 E-Mail: qbroom@rrl.net Web Site: www.quinnbroomworks.com Company Officers: Mark D Quinn, President Products: All types of wound, nail, kitc henette, whisk and toy brooms. Corn brooms manufactured to customers’ specifications. 14 Reit-Price Mfg. Co., Inc. 522 W. Chestnut Street Union City, IN 47390 USA Phone: 765-964-3252 Fax: 765-964-5343 E-Mail: customerservice@reitprice.com Web Site: www.reitprice.com Products: Wet mops, dust mops, squeegees, handles, corn brooms, microfiber mopping pads and microfiber cleaning towels. 10

Remco Products 4735 W. 106th Street Zionsville, IN 46077 USA Phone: 317-876-9856 Fax: 800-585-8619 Web Site: www.remcoproducts.com Products: Designers and manufacturers of quality plastic products. Color-coded polypropylene one- and two-piece shovels, mixing paddles, scoops, scrapers, metal detectable tools, HDPE tubs, lids, pallets, and steel undercarriages. Remco also offers the Vikan hygiene system® line of color-coded hand brushes, floor and wall brushes, sque egees, pails, pad holder system, paddle/floor scrapers, tube and valve brushes, handles (regular and specialized), wall brackets and waterfed brushes and handles.

Remco Products is a family business started in 1985 by Richard L. Garrison in Zionsville, IN. The company offers a large range of products and serves a number of markets, including the food processing, food service, jan/san, material handling, and safety markets.

Remco offers Vikan hygiene system® color-coded hygienic brooms, brushes and squeegees. The brooms and brushes feature a BBM MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2014

solid polypropylene block and polyester bristles that are held in place with stainless steel staples. With block and bristle of the same color, they are autoclavable, sterilizable and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and bristle types. In addition to fixed head and swivel neck squeegees, an ultra hygiene squeegee is also available. The single-blade design of this squeegee discourages bacterial growth. These products can be purchased with Remco’s selection of European-thread handles that are of varying length, material and color.

Remco also offers a complete line of helically wound stainless steel tube and valve brushes as well as several special application brushes. 11

Rol-Brush Mfg. Division of Michigan Brush Mfg. Co. Inc. 7446 Central Avenue - P.O. Box 10247 Detroit, MI 48210-0247 USA Phone: 313-834-1070 Fax: 313-834-1178 Toll-Free: 800-642-7874 Web Site: www.mi-brush.com Products: Company offers paint rollers, covers and trays. Private label is the company’s specialty. Rol-Brush is a prime manufacturer, an OEM source and is a member of the American Brush Manufac turers Association. 10

Royal Paint Roller Mfg. Corp.

248 Wyandanch Ave. West Babylon, NY 11704 USA Phone: 631-643-8012 Fax: 631-253-9428 E-Mail: 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-ityourself markets.

Royal Paint Roller Mfg. Corp. has been providing top quality paint rollers and painting accessories for the professional and do-it-yourself markets for over 45 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 spec ifications. Offers private labeling to many volume purchasers. 14 Sanderson MacLeod 1199 South Main Street Palmer, MA 01069 USA Phone: 866-522-3481; 413-283-3481

Fax: 413-289-1919 Web Site: www.sandersonmacleod.com Products: Sanderson MacLeod specializes solely in twisted-wire brushes. It is a large volume contract manufacturer of medical and dental brushes, firearm brushes, cleaning brushes and cosmetic brushes. It is also the inventor of the Z-Tip, which puts a protective tip on a twisted-wire brush that is smoother, safer and stronger than traditional tipping methods. The Z-Tip is manufactured using high energy fusion welding technologies to melt a pre-constructed core wire section of a twisted-wire brush into a consistent, smooth and inseparable protective tip.

Manufactures twisted-wire brushes including: medical endoscope cleaning, medical cytology, interdental, shotgun cleaning, rifle cleaning, pistol cleaning, general cleaning, deburring, polishing, and mascara. Sanderson MacLeod employs more than 100 employees and operates out of a 137,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility with an FDA compliant quality control lab. Engineering custom brushes is the company’s specialty.

11 Schaefer Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. 1101 S. Prairie Avenue Waukesha, WI 53186 USA Phone: 262-547-3500 Fax: 262-547-3927 Web Site: www.schaeferbrush.com Products: Twisted-in-wire brushes continue to be the core of Schaefer Brush; however, staple-set and hand drawn brushes, for all industries, play an important part of the business. Schaefer Brush designs and builds custom brushes and brushing systems for a variety of applications and industries. The company is celebrating 109 years in business. 13

Schlesinger Maschinenbau GmbH ForststraBe 3 Burgwald, Hessen 35099 GERMANY Phone: 0049-6451-719180 Fax: 0049-6451-71918-30 E-Mail: info@schlesinger.de Web Site: www.schlesinger.de Products: Brush production machinery.

Automatic cleaning and trimming machinery.

High performance and special machinery; appliances for brush production; perform ance, modern and versatile machine constructions; powerful technics and reliable service. 10 Shanghai Jiasheng Products Co., LTD 33 Lane 555 Huanqiao Rd. Shanghai 201315 CHINA Phone: +86-21-50890438 Fax: +86-21-50890483 Products: Shanghai Jiasheng Products provides PG 49

2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY professional cleaning products including 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 cloth, trash pickers, wool dusters, dustpans and brooms, brushes, etc. The company offers OEM and R&D services. 14 Shanghai Yi Heng Daily-Use Products Co., Ltd. No. 27 Si Cheng Rd. Ma Lu Town, Jia Ding District Shanghai, P.R. 201208 CHINA Phone: 86-21-69158000, Ext. 8077 Fax: 86-21-69158070 and 69158093 Web Site: www.sh-yiyuan.com Products: Cleaning products, daily-use products, brooms, brushes, mops, mop buckets, squeegees, dusters, etc. Also offered are machinery such as broom stitchers, cutting machines, binding machines, as well as furniture.

Shanghai Yi Heng Daily-Use Products Co., Ltd was founded in 1996, headquartered in Shanghai. Manufactured products come in various kinds and are kept updated with the quick change in technology. Primary items cover cleaning products and daily-use products involving over 400 kinds, and are exported to the United States, Australia, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia. Since the establishment of the company, both Yi Heng representatives and customers have witnessed a rapid development that comes from the company’s management team. Innovation in management, research and development, especially in sales, enable the company to accommodate further growth.

The company offers American long fiber corn brooms to the U.S. market with over 40 styles. It offers direct sales for American nationwide supermarkets through U.S. partners. 11

Shijiazhuang Golden Harvest Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd Fullboon Building, No. 1, North Jianshe Street Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011 CHINA Phone: 86-311-87761195 Fax: 86-311-87760818 E-Mail: xiufeng.chen@gmail.com Company Officers: Chen Xiufeng, Sales Manager; Li Fan, Sales Products: Boiled bristle, bristle mixture (tapered filaments mixed with boiled bristle), synthetic filaments (PBT/PET), filament mixture, horse tail hair, horse mane hair, horse hair mixture (PTB/PET mixed with horse hair), ox tail hair, ox hair mixture, soft hair for cosmetic and art brush (pony hair, ox ear hair, goat hair), soft hair mixture (pony mixed with goat hair, pony mixed with ox ear), synthetic PG 50

filaments for cosmetic and art brush (imitation blue squirrel tail hair, imitation pine squirrel tail hair). 14

Shijiazhuang Lansky Trade Co., LTD. RM 1017, No. 345 You Yi North Street Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061 CHINA Phone: 0086-311-87777060 Fax: 0086-311-87777010 E-Mail: brush@lanskyco.com Website: www.lanskyco.com Products: Brush components include: brush fine hair (badger hair, squirrel hair, Kolinsky hair, goat hair, pony hair, horse tail hair and mixed hair, etc.); brush synthetic filaments (specially PBT imitation squirrel/badger filaments, etc.); and, brush ferrules and handles, etc. Also provided are shaving brushes, brush heads and wet grooming items.

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Shurhold Industries, Inc. 3119 SW 42nd Ave. Palm City, FL 34990 USA Phone: 772-287-1313 Fax: 772-286-9620 Web Site: www.shurhold.com Products: Brushes, mops, brooms, handles, cleaning chemicals, buffer and fishing gaffs. 09

S.M. Arnold, Inc. 7901 Michigan Ave. St. Louis, MO 63111 USA Toll Free: 800-325-7865 Fax: 314-544-3159 Web Site: www.smarnoldinc.com Products: Car and truck wash brushes, scrub brushes, detail scratch brushes, tire and spoke brushes, push brooms, chamois, sponges, wash mitts, polishing cloths and applicators, microfiber cloth and towels.

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Spiral Brushes Inc. 1355 Commerce Drive Stow, OH 44224 USA Toll Free: 800-888-2861 Phone: 330-686-2861 Fax: 330-686-9436 E-Mail: sales@spiralbrushes.com Web Site: www.spiralbrushes.com Company Officers: Chuck Nichols - Sales Manager, Cheryl Loucks - Inside Sales Associate, Andrew Mercer - Purchasing and Production Manager, Richard Harala Engineering Manager, Ernest Preston President.

Products: Industrial brushes, standard power brushes and custom brushes; metal back strip and cylinder brushes; steel wire, stainless steel wire, brass wire, bronze wire; synthetic fiber including nylon, polypropylene, abrasive nylon; natural fiber including tampico and horsehair available as brush fill materials. 14

St. Nick Brush Co. P.O. Box 15 Burton, OH 44021 USA Toll Free: 800-798-1269 Fax: 440-834-0243 Web Site: 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 manu facturing process is overseen by experienced brush makers who are dedicated to creating the highest quality products. In 2005, the company doubled the size of its warehouse and inventory, decreasing the average lead time to two days.

Products listed as brushes and brooms: street brooms, floor sweeps, scrub brushes and concrete finishing brushes, specializing in African Bass 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. 14 Static Faction 201 Washington St., Suite 6 Salem, MA 01970 USA Phone: 978-745-6238 Fax: 978-741-4761 E-Mail: info@staticfaction.com Web Site: www.staticfaction.com Company Officers: Ian Moss, President Products: Thunderon® conductive filament; mixtures of Thunderon® with goat hair, nylon and horse hair; Thunderon® woven strip tapes. 14

Tai Hing Nylon Filament Products Co., Ltd. Shop C, On Ying Mansion, G/F., 1138 Canton Rd. MongKok, Kowloon, Hong Kong CHINA Phone: +852 2494 0233 Fax: +852 2485 2677 E-Mail: marketing@taihingnylon.hk Web Site: www.taihingnylon.com Company Officers: Wilson H. Lau; William Lau; Peter Pang Products: All kinds of filaments including PA filaments of nylon 6, 66, 46, 610 and 612; PBT filaments of normal and tapered; PE filaments of HDPE, and LOPE; PET fila ments of normal, tapered and recycled; PP; PS; PPS; PEEK; PLA; ABS and PMMA filaments for making brushes in various applications including industrial, cosmetic, oral care, cleaning, broom, paintbrushes, etc. 13 Tanis, Inc. 3660 Kettle Court East Delafield, WI 53018 USA

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2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY Phone: 262-646-9000 Fax: 262-646-9005 E-Mail: sales@tanisinc.com Web Site: www.tanisbrush.com Company Officers: Scott Tanis, President; Mark Kappes, Vice President of Sales & Marketing; Jeff Miller, COO; John Cotton, Directors of Operations & Engineering Products: Abrasive brush products including wheel disc and tube brushes; twisted-in-wire internal cleaning brushes and tube brushes; stip brushes used to guide, seal and protect; rotary and cylinder brushes; dairy and foodservice brushes; artist brushes; parts cleaning and utility brushes. 14 Thomas Textile Company P.O. Box 35697 Charlotte, NC 28235 USA Phone: 704-342-9200 Fax: 704-342-9233 E-Mail: wgtttc@bellsouth.net Products: Cotton and rayon blend mop yarns on ball warps, cones, and large single end wheels. 12

Tucel Industries, Inc. 2014 Forestdale Road - P.O. Box 146 Forestdale, VT 05745 USA Phone: 802-247-6824 Fax: 802-247-6826 E-Mail: jlewis@tucel.com Web Site: www.tucel.com Company Officers: John C. Lewis, Jr., President; Joanne Raleigh, Vice President Products: Tucel produces brushes currently serving foodservice, janitorial and other industries. Tucel is 100 percent green, recyclable and fused. All products are polypropylene which does not absorb water, causing bacteria.

Fused brushes are made using a manufacturing process whereby the bristle and block are “heat fused” together; thus no holes and no staple where bacteria can harbor and cross-contaminate.

Tucel originated in 1970 gaining its first patent for “fusing” bristle to block. Tucel was located in Middlebury, VT, for 10 years and relocated to Forestdale where the 45,000square-foot factory still remains. Tucel has held more than 38 patents worldwide. Tucel also develops a wide assortment of specialty brushes for other companies.

Tucel has its brushes NSF tested for cleanability. All products are HACCP compatible. Tucel has been under the same ownership since the company began in 1970. 12 Unger Enterprises, Inc. 425 Asylum St. Bridgeport, CT 06610 USA Toll Free: 800-431-2324 Fax: 800-367-1988 E-Mail: unger@ungerglobal.com Web Site: www.ungerglobal.com

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Products: Unger manufactures tools that help professionals clean windows, floors and restrooms, as well as outdoor and high access areas in the janitorial/sanitation, industrial, food and retail industries. In the mid-1990s, Unger expanded its product lines to become a provider of cleaning and maintenance solutions for janitorial sanitation, window and industrial sectors. 09 United Rotary Brush Corporation Engineered Products Division 20078 State Route 4 Marysville, OH 43040 USA Toll Free: 800-893-0003 Fax: 937-642-3552 E-Mail: info@united-rotary.com Web Site: www.united-rotary.com Company Officers: Jeff Ghilani, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Products: Custom-made wide-face brushes and non woven rolls for the heavy industrial market; trommel screen brushes, deburring brushes, shaft maintenance, disposable brush cores, wide face disposable brushes and brush rewraps. 14

Vonco Products, Inc. 201 Park Avenue Lake Villa, IL 60046 USA Phone: 847-356-2323 Fax: 847-356-8630 Web Site: www.vonco.com Products: Broom sleeves, mop bags, printed roll stock, bags on a roll, header bags, hard header bags, wicketed bags, custom shapes, process printing, trade show bags.

Vonco has been a manufacturer of all types of polyethylene shapes and flexible packaging since 1955. Broom sleeves are available with a straight side tapered shape with optional “fast-load” features. Vonco provides mop bags, printed roll stock and header bag needs. See Vonco’s promotional products at www.thunderstix.com. 12

Weiler Corporation One Weiler Drive Cresco, PA 18326 USA Phone: 570-595-7495 Fax: 570-595-2002 E-Mail: info@weilercorp.com Web Site: www.weilercorp.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. 13

Whiteline Industries Colombo (PVT) LTD 169 New Moor Street Colombo 01200 SRI LANKA

Phone: +94-11-2344821 Fax: +94-11-2447842 E-Mail: whitelin@slt.lk Web Site: www.featherbroom.com Company Officers: M.A. Nazir Ali, Sales.

Products: Plastic brooms, deck brushes, floor squeegees, dust pans, floor mops and glass wipers. 14

Whitley Monahan Handle Co. 3827 Whitley Road Midland, NC 28107-0112 USA Phone: 704-888-2625 Fax: 704-888-3023 E-Mail: patrick@whitleyhandle.com; jim_monahan@thomasmonahan.com Web Site: www.whitleyhandle.com Company Officers: Patrick Peebles, President; Jim Monahan, Sales Manager; Lorraine Peebles, Vice President Products: Whitley Monahan Handle is a domestic producer of wood handles from the broom, mop and brush trade. Its plant in Midland, NC, has the capabilities to process wood handles to meet customer exacting specifications. The company can provide wood handles with smooth sanded finishes; painted handles with clear lacquer or any colored finish; cut tapers, tennons and threads; attached labels and metal threads; and special pack all to customer specifications. It currently processes Tauri from Brazil, mixed hardwoods from the Far East, and domestic hardwoods and softwoods to meet customers exacting standards. The company has an excellent workforce and company officials take pride in their products and ability to work with customers to give them the best possible product, on time and at a reasonable price. 14

Wöhler Brush Tech GmbH Schützenstrasse 38 33181 Bad Wüennenberg GERMANY Phone: +49 2953-73-300 Fax: +49 2953-7396-300 E-Mail: bt@woehler.de Web Site: www.bt.woehler.com Products: In Wöhler’s modern facility of over 10,000 square meters with state-of-theart machinery, the company offers many flexibility and engineering possibilities to build specialty machines for a diverse range of applications. This includes specialty machines and complete production systems for all types of technical brushes for industrial applications: strip brushes, roll brushes, twist knot brushes, brush segments (wheel and cup), dental brushes, polishing brushes, end brushes, street sweeper brushes, cleaning brushes, twist-in wire brushes, micro brushes, paintbrushes and special technical brushes Wöhler Brush Tech also supplies: punching, trimming, cutting and crimping PG 51

2014 | SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY equipment; brushing and specialty machines; surface finishing and WPC wood grain devices; and special filaments. 13

Wolf Filaments (Shenzhen Tidy-Feel Filaments Co., Ltd.) No. 255-1 Jintian Rd., Tiantou, Pingshan New District Shenzhen, 518118 CHINA Phone: +86-0755-8426 0800 Fax: +86-0755-8426 0031 E-Mail: sallylee@tidyfeel.com Web Site: www.tidyfeel.com Company Officers: Sally Lee, General Manager Products: A supplier of industrial abrasive filaments, nylon filaments without abrasive, and other high-quality monofilaments. 13 WOMA Im Gewerbepark 10, Stadtlengsfeld 36457 GERMANY Phone: +49 (0) 36964 86600 Fax: +49 (0)1805 0065344744 E-Mail: info@woma-brush.com Web Site: www.woma-brush.com Company Officers: Daniel Koehler, General Manager; Maria Koehler, Sales Products: Second-hand machines for brush industries; second-hand wood working machines for brush and broom blocks, shafts and handles. 14

Wooster Brush Company, The 604 Madison Avenue Wooster, OH 44691 USA Phone: 330-264-4440 Fax: 330-263-0495 E-Mail: customerservice@woosterbrush.com Web Site: www.woosterbrush.com Company Officers: William Fagert, President; Jon Rose, Vice President of Sales; Scott Rutledge, Vice President of Marketing Products: With more than 160 years of industry experience, The Wooster Brush Company is a manufacturer of paintbrushes, rollers, surface prep tools, and painting equipment. Wooster offers, through distribution, over 2,000 products for professional and do-it-yourself painters.

Brand names include Ultra/Pro®, Alpha™, Advantage®, Yachtsman®, Shortcut®, and Golden Glo® paintbrushes; Super/Fab®, Pro/Doo-Z®, Avalon™ Super Doo-Z®, and Polar Bear® paint rollers; Sherlock® roller frames and extension poles; the Jumbo-Koter® miniroller system; and Prep Crew® surface prep tools. 14

Worldwide Integrated Resources 7171 Telegraph Rd. Montibello, CA 90640 USA Toll Free: 800-441-6448 Fax: 323-838-8939 E-Mail: info@wwir.com PG 52

Web Site: www.wwir.com Products: Metal and plastic hardware, dustpans, self-ringing mops, wet mops, sponge mops, dust mops and frames, buckets, brooms, miscellaneous and specialty items. 10

Young & Swartz, Inc. 39 Cherry St. Buffalo, NY 14204 USA Phone: 716-852-2171 Fax: 716-852-5652 E-mail: info@youngandswartz.com Web Site: www.youngandswartz.com Products: Specialty brush manufacturing.

Staple set, wheels, strip, cylinders, hand and machine brushes. All mediums–natural, synthetic, wire. Can work in wood, plastic, leather back. Custom and contract runs invited. Company uses quick change, computerized equipment. 12

Zahoransky AG Anton-Zahoransky Str. 1 Todtnau 79674 GERMANY Phone: 49 7671-9970 Fax: 49 7671-997-299 E-Mail: info@zahoransky.de Web Site: www.zahoransky.com Company Officers: Robert Dous, Sales Director; Artur Seger, President of Zahoransky USA, Inc. For USA: Zahoransky USA, Inc. 1981 Bucktail Lane Sugar Grove, IL 60554 USA Phone: 630-466-1901 Fax: 630-466-1902 E-Mail: info@zahoransky.de Web Site: www.zahoransky.com Company Officers: Artur Seger, President; Ulrich Zahoransky, Board Member; Robert Dous, Board Member Products: Broom and brush machines; automation; technical brush machines; toothbrush machines; packaging machines; cosmetic brush machines; injection molds; and twist-in-wire machines. 14

Zelazoski Wood Products, Inc. 835 Ninth Avenue - P.O. Box 506 Antigo, WI 54409 USA Phone: 715-627-4804 Fax: 715-627-2347 E-Mail: ben@zwpi.com Web Site: www.zwpi.com Company Officers: James Zelazoski, Presi dent; Michael Zelazoski, Vice President; Joseph Zelazoski, Vice President; Charles Zelazoski, Treasurer; Benjamin Zelazoski, Secretary 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. ZWPI is always ready to look at new items and anxious to quote customer needs, simple or complex, from 1 to 1 million pieces. 14 Zephyr Manufacturing Co. 200 Mitchell Road Sedalia, MO 65301 USA Phone: 660-827-0352 Fax: 660-827-0713 E-Mail: info@zephyrmfg.com Web Site: www.zephyrmfg.com Company Officers: R.J. Lindstrom, President; Bob Schneider, Vice President of Sales Products: Zephyr offers a complete 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. 14

ZhenJiang RuiFeng Brush Co., Ltd. Zhuangquan, Guyang Town, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, CHINA Phone: +86-511-83323108 Fax: +86-511-83326711 E-Mail: sales@ruifengbrushes.com Web Site: www.ruifengbrushes.com Products: Professional manufacturer of paintbrushes. The company has been in business for over 20 years. Other products include artist brushes, paint rollers and scrapers. 10

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Industry News

Industry Leaders Combine To Meet Global Market Challenges

Unger Announces Its ErgoTec® Special 50th Anniversary Edition

Jones Companies, Ltd., of Humboldt, TN, has been named the North American market sales and distribution partner for GV Cotton Mills PVT. LTD., of Tamil Nadu, India.

Ralph Jones III, president & CEO of Jones Co. Ltd. and R. Suresh, of GV Cotton Mills, personally developed the market alliance.

Jones said about the teaming, “A unique combination of world-class companies capable of producing and supplying the most complete and competitive line of yarns for the cleaning industry available worldwide.”

Jones Companies discontinued production of DREF or friction spun products in 2012 as a result of changing raw material supplies.

According to Jones, “The alliance with GV brings world-class DREF spun yarn products back to our line, allowing us to once again pursue market segments that were out of reach.”

The yarn product line at Jones Companies now includes GV DREF spun economy cotton yarns; as well as Jones’ OE spun industrial cotton, cotton/polyester blends and polyester/rayon blends; EnviroColor yarns; anti-microbial blend yarns; and nWET strips mop material.

This line of products is engineered for at-home cleaning, commercial cleaning, wet or dry mopping and finish applications. In addition to yarn, Jones offers a variety of mop manufacturing accessory items including polyester mesh, vinyl coated mesh, polyester narrow tapes and sewing thread.

Jones Companies added the Next Generation product group in 2011.

The products include a line of carpet bonnets, microfiber hand towels and microfiber looped mops.

Jones said, “Similar to the Next Generation line expansion, this strategic alliance is a continuation of our plans to maintain Jones’ position as the leading industry supplier of quality products and unmatched service to the mop manufacturing industry. Our commitment to the floorcare industry is strong, and we are excited about other strategies in development for the near and long term.”

Visit www.jonesyarn.com for more information.

Unger is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014 with limited editions of some of its betterknown products.

“When it was first introduced, the ErgoTec® Squeegee offered an ergonomic design, with increased comfort, balance and greater control to window Unger’s 50th Anniversary Edition cleaners,” according to Unger ErgoTec® Squeegee. representatives. Its molded handle has a secure grip when wet and is warm to the touch in winter.

The special edition “50 years” squeegee features: • ErgoTec™ Soft Rubber Green – Sharp edges for thorough wiping; • Ergonomic two-component handle in grey color with silver metallic effect; and, • Laser-engraved 50th anniversary logo.

A “50 years” washer with Ninja sleeve is also available, featuring an ergonomic two-component handle with water wells, in grey color with silver metallic effect. The washer sleeve is absorbent with two abrasive side pads featuring built-in rows of scrubbing fibers, with a 50th anniversary logo on the Velcro fastening.

Both products are available individually, but also come in a “50 years” anniversary set, together with Unger’s “bucket on a belt.” This holdall for tools has a clip lock for quick fastening, and is for use when working on ladders, indoors, or in narrow, confined spaces. The set, which features the special 50th anniversary logo on each product, includes a certificate of authenticity and is packed in a unique box set. All products will be available throughout the anniversary year, while stocks last.

Unger was founded in 1964 by Henry and Barbara Unger in the attic of the home of Barbara’s grandmother in Hamburg, Germany. While the original intent was to manufacture window cleaning products, the company soon expanded its product line to enter the sanitary supply and retail cleaning fields.

Unger is an international company and has been manufacturing professional cleaning tools for more than 40 years.

Visit www.ungerglobal.com for more information.

The Malish Corporation, a global manufacturer of rotary brushes and accessories, hand maintenance brushes, plastic extrusions, injection molded products, and rotational molded parts and assemblies, now offers customized rotational molding solutions from the company's manufacturing center in Dongguan, China.

Rotational molding, often called roto-molding, is a competitive approach to plastic manufacturing and is for air-tight or water-tight plastic products like inflatable balls, water tanks and lids, and marine products. It is also recommended for industrial and commercial products.

The roto-molding process creates hollow plastic products from polymer resins, flexible PVC, vinyl, nylon, and urethane and other plastic materials including the most popular high and low density polyethylene.

The company says the benefits of rotational molding include:

• More cost-effective than plastic manufacturing; • One-piece manufacturing of a hollow part with no joints or weld lines; • Essentially stress-free molded parts; • Relatively inexpensive molds; • Short lead times; • Short production time; • Makes multi-layer moldings possible; • Inserts are relatively easy to mold in, and; • The ability to mold high quality graphics onto the final product.

Malish currently occupies a 90,000-square-foot facility located in the city of Dongguan, in the Guangdong province of southern China.

Visit www.malish.com for more information.

The Malish Corporation Offers Customized Rotational Molding Solutions

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Imports/Exports IMPORTS/EXPORTS FOR FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2014 MOSTLY DOWN

By Rick Mullen | Broom, Brush & Mop Associate Editor

U.S. government trade figures for the first two months of 2014 indicate raw material imports were up in two categories outlined: broom and mop handles and brush backs, compared to the first two months of 2013. For February 2014, raw material imports were down in three categories outlined: hog bristle, brush backs and metal handles, compared to February 2013.

Import totals for the first two months of 2014 were down in six finished goods categories outlined: brooms of broom corn valued at more than 96 cents, brooms and brushes of vegetable materials, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, paint rollers and paintbrushes, compared to the same time period in 2013. In February 2014, six categories outlined recorded decreases: brooms of broom corn valued at more than 96 cents, brooms and brushes of vegetable materials, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, paint rollers and paintbrushes, compared to February 2013.

Hog Bristle The United States imported 11,961 kilograms of hog bristle in February 2014, down 56 percent from 27,294 kilograms imported in February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 64,042 kilograms of hog bristle were imported, down 28 percent from 88,841 kilograms imported during the first two months of 2013.

China sent 64,011 kilograms of hog bristle to the United States during the first two months of 2014.

The average price per kilogram for February 2014 was $27.40, up 29 percent from the average price per kilogram for February 2013 of $21.28.

The average price per kilogram for the first two months of 2014 was $12.75, up 1 percent from the average price per kilogram of $12.60 for the first two months of 2013.

Raw Material Imports

Broom And Mop Handles The import total of broom and mop handles during February 2014 was 1 million, up 20 percent from 833,312 for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 2.2 million broom and mop handles were imported, up 5 percent from 2.1 million for the first two months of 2013.

During the first two months of 2014, the United States received 1 million broom and mop handles from Brazil, 674,164 from China and 391,405 from Honduras.

The average price per handle for February 2014 was 69 cents, the same as the average price for February 2013. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was 79 cents, up 5 percent from 75 cents for the first two months of 2013.

Brush Backs February 2014 imports of brush backs totaled 414,360, down 9 percent from 454,682 for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 807,419 brush backs were imported, up 19 percent from 679,311 for the first two months of 2013.

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two months of 2014, while Canada shipped 301,605.

The average price per brush back was 55 cents during February 2014, up 22 percent from the average price for February 2013 of 45 cents. For the first two months of 2014, the average price per brush back was 49 cents, up 4 percent from 47 cents the first two months of 2013.

Metal Handles The import total of metal handles during February 2014 was 1.4 million, down 30 percent from 2 million for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 3 million metal handles were imported, down 27 percent from 4.1 million for the first two months of 2013.

During the first two months of 2014, China exported 1.9 million metal handles to the United States, while Spain shipped 529,536 and Italy sent 386,333.

The average price per handle for February 2014 was $1.19 cents, up 78 percent from 67 cents for February 2013. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was $1.17 cents, up 86 percent from the average price for the first two months of 2013 of 63 cents.

Brooms Of Broom Corn Valued At More Than 96 Cents The United States imported 589,932 brooms of broom corn valued at more than 96 cents per broom during February 2014, down 6 percent from 629,397 for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 1.2 million brooms of broom corn were imported, down 8 percent from 1.3 million for the first two months of 2013.

Mexico shipped nearly all the brooms to the United States during the first two months of 2014.

The average price per broom for February 2014 was $2.58, up 8 percent from the average price for February 2013 of $2.38. The average price per broom for the first two months of 2014 was $2.56, up 8 percent from $2.37 for the first two months of 2013.

Finished Goods Imports

Brooms & Brushes Of Vegetable Material The import total of brooms and brushes of vegetable material during February 2014 was 108,028, down 46 percent from 201,440 brooms and brushes imported during February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 225,582 brooms and brushes were imported, down 39 percent from 369,503 for the first two months of 2013.

Sri Lanka exported 127,190 brooms and brushes to the United States during the first two months of 2014, while Vietnam sent 28,450.

The average price per unit for February 2014 was $1.83, up 43 percent from $1.28 for February 2013. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was $1.93, up 53 percent from the average price recorded for the first two months of 2013 of $1.26.

Toothbrushes The United States imported 71.4 million toothbrushes in February 2014, down 12 percent from 80.8 million imported in February 2013.

During the first two months of 2014, 154.5 million toothbrushes were imported, down 19 percent from 190.4 million imported during the first two months of 2013.

China sent 120.4 million toothbrushes to the United States during the first two months of 2014, while Vietnam shipped 10.9 million.

The average price per toothbrush for February 2014 was 23 cents, the same as for February 2013. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was 22 cents, up 1 cent from the first two months of 2013.

Hairbrushes February 2014 imports of hairbrushes totaled 2.2 million, down 42 percent from the February 2013 total of 3.8 million hairbrushes. During the first two months of 2014, 5.7 million hairbrushes were imported, down 30 percent from 8.1 million for the first two months of 2013.

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two months of 2014.

The average price per hairbrush was 28 cents during February 2014, up 12 percent from the average price for February 2013 of 25 cents. For the first two months of 2014, the average price per hairbrush was 28 cents, the same as the average price for the first two months of 2013.

Shaving Brushes The United States imported 4.9 million shaving brushes in February 2014, up 29 percent from 3.8 million imported in February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 12.9 million shaving brushes were imported, up 13 percent from 11.4 million imported during the first two months of 2013.

China sent 9.6 million shaving brushes to the United States during the first two months of 2014, while Mexico shipped 1.3 million and Germany sent 1.2 million.

The average price per shaving brush for February 2014 was 14 cents, down 22 percent from the average price for February 2013 of 18 cents.

The average price for the first two months of 2014 was 14 cents, up 17 percent from 12 cents for the first two months of 2013.

Paint Rollers The import total of paint rollers during February 2014 was 3.5 million, down 13 percent from 4 million recorded for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 7.6 million paint rollers were imported, down 15 percent from 8.9 million during the first two months of 2013.

China sent 5.8 million paint rollers to the United States during the first two months of 2014, while Mexico exported 1.5 million.

The average price per paint roller for February 2014 was 48 cents, down 4 percent from 50 cents for February 2013. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was 56 cents, up 19 percent from the average price recorded for the first two months of 2013 of 47 cents.

Paint Pads The total import of paint pads for February 2014 was 3.2 million, up significantly from 735,404 for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 6.5 million paint pads were imported, up 103 percent from 3.2 million imported during the first two months of 2013.

China sent 6.4 million paint pads to the United States during the first two months of 2014.

The average price per paint pad for February 2014 was 12 cents, down 84 percent from the average price for February 2013 of 76 cents. The average price per paint pad for the first two months of 2014 was 19 cents, down 51 percent from 39 cents from the first two months of 2013.

Paintbrushes U.S. companies imported 14.9 million paintbrushes during February 2014, down 23 percent from 19.4 million paintbrushes imported during February 2013. Paintbrush imports for the first two months of 2014 were 33 million, down 15 percent from 38.7 million recorded for the first two months of 2013.

China shipped 30.1 million paintbrushes to the United States during the first two months of 2014.

The average price per paintbrush for February 2014 was 28 cents, the same as the average price for February 2013. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was 28 cents, down 7 percent from 30 cents for the first two months of 2013.

Exports Export totals for the first two months of 2014 were down in three categories outlined: brooms and brushes of vegetable materials, toothbrushes and paintbrushes compared to the first two months of 2013. In February 2014, three categories outlined reported increases: broom and brushes of vegetable materials, toothbrushes and paintbrushes, compared to February 2013.

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Brooms & Brushes Of Vegetable Materials The United States exported 2,990 dozen brooms and brushes of vegetable materials during February 2014, down 53 percent from the February 2013 total of 6,336 dozen. Exports of brooms and brushes of vegetable materials during the first two months of 2014 were 9,521 dozen, down 20 percent from 11,878 dozen for the first two months of 2013.

The United States sent 3,854 dozen brooms and brushes to Canada during the first two months of 2014 and 1,620 dozen to Trinidad.

The average price per dozen brooms and brushes was $42.02 in February 2014, down 16 percent from $49.97 for February 2013. The average price per dozen brooms and brushes for the first two months of 2014 was $35.76, down 21 percent from the average price per dozen for the first two months of 2013 of $45.11.

Toothbrushes During February 2014, the United States exported 11.6 million toothbrushes, down 19 percent from the total recorded in February 2013 of 14.4 million. During the first two months of 2014, 25.5 million toothbrushes were exported, down 23 percent from 33 million exported during the first two months of 2013.

The United States exported 9.7 million toothbrushes to Canada during the first two months of 2014, while sending 5.5 million toothbrushes to Mexico.

The average price per toothbrush for February 2014 was 51 cents, up 34 percent from the average price for February 2013 of 38 cents. The average price per toothbrush for the first two months of 2014 was 45 cents, up 7 percent from 42 cents for the first two months of 2013.

Shaving Brushes The United States exported 727,005 shaving brushes during February 2014, down 34 percent from 1.1 million shaving brushes exported for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 3 million shaving brushes were exported, up 20 percent from 2.5 million during the first two months of 2013.

Mexico imported 1.6 million shaving brushes from the United States during the first two months of 2014.

The average price per shaving brush for February 2014 was $2.06, up 110 percent from the average price for February 2013 of 98 cents. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was $1, up 20 percent from 83 cents recorded for the first two months of 2013.

Artist Brushes February 2014 exports of artist brushes totaled 829,943, up 51 percent from the February 2013 total of 547,974 artist brushes. During the first two months of 2014, 1.5 million artist brushes were exported, up 7 percent from 1.4 million for the first two months of 2013.

Canada received 939,873 artist brushes from the United States during the first two months of 2014, while the United Kingdon imported 73,528.

The average price per artist brush was $2.49 during February 2014, down 21 percent from the average price for February 2013 of $3.15. For the first two months of 2014, the average price per artist brush was $3.05, up 12 percent from the average price for the first two months of 2013 of $2.73.

Paintbrushes The export total of paintbrushes during February 2014 was 97,196, up less than 1 percent from 96,818 for February 2013. During the first two months of 2014, 182,947 paintbrushes were exported, down 5 percent from 191,638 during the first two months of 2013.

Canada imported 79,535 paintbrushes from the United States during the first two months of 2014.

The average price per paintbrush for February 2014 was $20.22, up 7 percent from $18.96 for February 2013. The average price for the first two months of 2014 was $18.54, up 2 percent from $18.13 recorded for the first two months of 2013.

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exports FEBRUARY EXPORTS BY COUNTRY

Domestic Merchandise

1404902000 Broomcorn (Sorghum Vulgare Var. Technicum) Used Primarily In Brooms Or In Brushes, Whether or Not In Hanks or Bundles February Year To Date Country Net Q/Ton Value Net Q/Ton Value France 6 23,328 TOTAL 6 23,328

9603100000 Brooms & Brushes, Consisting of Twigs or Other Vegetable Materials Bound Together, With or Without Handles February Year To Date Country Net Q/Dozen Value Net Q/Dozen Value Canada 1,907 74,810 3,854 164,080 Mexico 10 3,300 211 9,504 C Rica 314 6,747 314 6,747 St K N 100 2,760 100 2,760 Trinid 1,620 25,000 Colomb 766 15,547 Chile 93 3,051 93 3,051 Uruguay 6 9,430 U King 319 12,487 404 21,182 Ireland 83 12,000 Nethlds 692 7,710 Germany 31 2,752 31 2,752 Poland 83 3,460 Kazakhs 14 7,916 14 7,916 S Arab 2 2,839 2 2,839 Arab Em 106 17,257 Singapr 7 3,500 7 3,500 China 617 8,954 Kor Rep 193 5,463 193 5,463 Hg Kong 80 3,613 Japan 195 4,680 Austral 50 3,024 TOTAL 2,990 125,625 9,521 340,469 Country Canada Mexico Belize Hondura C Rica Panama Bahamas Jamaica Dom Rep S Lucia Barbado Trinid S Maarte Curaco Aruba Colomb Guyana Peru Chile Brazil Uruguay Argent Finland U King Ireland Nethlds

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9603210000 Toothbrushes February Year To Date Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. 4,843,041 2,731,557 9,687,203 2,577,776 819,876 5,462,670 8,136 12,744 35,260 24,592 38,484 705,816 369,894 1,051,376 265 14,112 4,476 35,568 21,095 32,143 43,620 372 3,806 372 38,760 4,143 38,760 100,953 67,484 163,981 252 2,577 512 48,600 20,970 48,600 8,376 2,889 8,672 75,209 132,015 86,112 304 3,106 1,134 34,200 18,842 39,536 63,000 11,340 74,328 352 2,350 107,400 66,706 107,400 48,384 65,318 48,384 991 11,006 10,532 151,200 51,257 151,200 1,915 7,367 6,130

Value 5,081,480 1,705,909 4,294 12,863 57,574 542,088 6,830 12,313 52,265 3,806 4,143 95,081 5,551 20,970 5,914 147,058 11,602 73,442 18,147 3,510 24,047 66,706 65,318 28,363 51,257 50,496

France Germany Czech Lithuan Poland Italy Slvenia Israel Arab Em India Thailnd Singapr Indnsia Phil R China Kor Rep Hg Kong Taiwan Japan Austral Rep Saf TOTAL

1,728,798 47,610 153 548 886

323,254 136,756 3,311 5,611 12,586

3,816 49,024 80,472 2,400

4,051 501,568 15,470 4,848

170,741 566,550 856 75,200 3,618 1,094 11,609,202

256,497 177,760 8,305 13,237 2,532 7,555 5,927,610

420

2,905

336 4,528,660 263,019 153 744 1,414 1,248 1,704 61,824 50,196 122,304 2,400 17,472 420 197,298 1,504,903 1,523,447 8,836 125,782 5,354 1,094 25,547,029

3,440 757,981 362,059 3,311 9,863 17,986 4,413 3,658 51,662 513,564 25,306 4,848 5,010 2,905 152,753 873,008 495,802 15,509 46,965 20,296 7,555 11,528,921

9603290000 Shaving Brushes, Hairbrushes, Nail Brushes, Eyelash Brushes & Other Toilet Brushes For Use on the Person February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q./No. Value Canada 256,956 321,383 581,592 646,948 Mexico 6,772 44,908 1,638,102 570,221 Salvadr 1,296 2,570 Hondura 1,584 2,680 C Rica 4,032 8,013 Panama 10,300 49,994 10,300 49,994 Dom Rep 5,000 4,750 5,000 4,750 Trinid 1,876 24,000 5,320 58,000 Colomb 3,048 9,228 Chile 8,592 14,070 8,592 14,070 Brazil 197,838 121,326 338,314 230,994 Paragua 426 3,892 426 3,892 Uruguay 3,552 6,921 4,992 9,518 Argent 60,850 24,433 60,850 24,433 Denmark 2,454 22,440 2,454 22,440 U King 6,324 24,750 20,088 70,490 Nethlds 1,742 99,538 2,842 108,617 Belgium 1,658 19,788 France 17,190 38,119 18,486 70,196 Germany 47,356 200,512 48,233 209,027 Switzld 300 2,804 300 2,804 Russia 1,755 16,045 1,755 16,045 Spain 359 3,283 3,860 27,055 Portugl 2,376 5,570 2,376 5,570 Italy 2,402 38,675 Turkey 43,200 49,306 Israel 1,200 9,894 1,200 9,894 Kuwait 1,574 14,398 S Arab 610 9,945 Arab Em 11,129 156,851 11,783 162,831 Oman 21 3,034 21 3,034 Thailnd 18,078 34,527 18,078 34,527 Singapr 12,710 53,569 29,900 97,830 Phil R 14,536 11,626 18,416 30,822 China 20,065 139,186 23,146 179,962 Kor Rep 3,612 12,404 5,968 22,143 Hg Kong 3,952 19,193 4,000 22,000 Taiwan 7,410 17,450 Japan 5,846 16,221 10,614 35,628 Austral 3,838 12,946 7,644 42,086 TOTAL 727,005 1,498,189 2,951,466 2,957,874 9603300000 Artists Brushes, Writing Brushes and Similar Brushes for the Application of Cosmetics February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 598,373 1,186,562 939,873 1,978,851 Mexico 13,422 48,292 37,860 133,070 Panama 4,452 5,044

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Haiti Dom Rep B Virgn Trinid Martinq Colomb Chile Brazil Paragua Norway Finland Denmark U King Ireland Nethlds Belgium France Germany Switzld Latvia Poland Russia Spain Italy Turkey Israel Jordan Arab Em Pakistn Bngldsh Thailnd Singapr China Kor Rep Hg Kong Japan Austral Rep Saf TOTAL Country Canada Mexico C Rica Panama Bermuda Dom Rep Trinid Peru U King Nethlds Belgium Germany Czech S Arab Thailnd Austral N Zeal Fiji Rep Saf TOTAL Country Mexico Salvadr Chile Finland Denmark France Israel Thailnd

1,265

22,784

17,813 959

71,005 3,540

8,195 6,540 6,297 31,894

30,235 16,691 23,235 141,752

680 27,579 2,787 1,986 144 1,200 7,556 25,731 1,310 941 725 693 10,369 3,781

2,508 101,759 10,282 14,032 2,878 6,000 27,878 94,939 23,886 3,473 2,674 2,558 38,259 25,203

829,943

2,066,527

1,173 13,598

7,794 9,957 3,996 1,696 21,489

4,328 50,170

32,078 36,741 14,744 3,483 24,558

1,265 5,810 702 3,888 1,412 22,659 4,963 2,342 25,290 12,001 6,540 6,297 73,528 1,455 15,797 13,598 36,140 1,748 28,492 2,787 1,986 144 1,200 18,182 31,443 4,458 941 1,405 693 10,369 6,907 2,069 13,694 15,843 33,529 5,489 50,177 23,703 1,471,131

9603402000 Paint Rollers February Year To Date Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. 37,094 136,260 75,339 30,126 62,984 44,705 4,800 8,952 7,792 1,472 2,539 1,472 576 2,647 75,345 3,773 1,293 9,515 1,293 5,400 16,094 19,310 141 4,926 141 46 20 2,940 805 10,582 18,527 10,582 20 480 5,600 22,656 169 14,241 105,229 32,617 1,476 6,136 1,476 11,082 11,279 14,958 117,596 84,669 117,596 238,450 550,995 355,326

9603404020 Paint Pads February Year To Date Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. 500 2,535 6,592 6,928 49,175 6,928 996 11,040 516 3,663 516 174 20 743 5,272 743

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22,784 15,386 2,590 10,225 5,210 88,884 16,003 8,642 93,312 44,276 16,691 23,235 301,052 9,625 150,439 50,170 133,341 5,475 110,013 10,282 14,032 2,878 6,000 67,082 117,196 40,565 3,473 10,489 2,558 38,259 38,021 7,633 53,848 70,275 434,779 48,782 162,064 135,336 4,487,870 Value 226,277 95,245 46,238 2,539 2,824 95,097 9,515 26,864 4,926 3,663 26,060 18,527 5,410 20,769 2,966 136,886 6,136 14,945 84,669 829,556 Value 29,113 49,175 3,260 21,692 3,663 6,745 3,970 5,272

Austral TOTAL

6,708 15,395

25,963 86,608

10,628 37,637

28,584 151,474

9603404050 Paint, Distemper, Varnish or Similar Brushes (Except Brushes of 9603.30) February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 33,568 536,942 79,535 1,140,408 Mexico 1,303 27,017 4,291 88,995 Hondura 432 13,524 432 13,524 Nicarag 185 3,840 185 3,840 C Rica 261 5,405 261 5,405 Panama 2,090 78,154 5,496 134,085 Bermuda 312 6,480 Bahamas 190 5,177 Dom Rep 2,318 48,082 Trinid 178 3,697 178 3,697 Colomb 2,253 46,725 2,253 46,725 Venez 246 5,100 Ecuador 679 18,466 679 18,466 Chile 171 3,539 171 3,539 Brazil 136 5,169 136 5,169 Argent 2,315 48,011 2,315 48,011 Norway 108 3,337 108 3,337 U King 8,486 376,174 8,735 382,921 Ireland 455 9,443 Nethlds 9,819 293,659 21,302 578,732 France 135 2,794 1,296 26,881 Germany 1,387 15,629 1,811 22,251 Poland 2,163 24,707 2,163 24,707 Italy 186 3,848 372 7,696 Turkey 1,954 18,191 Israel 37 8,049 784 23,546 S Arab 257 7,676 Malaysa 232 4,810 Singapr 2,431 21,424 2,631 27,384 China 2,700 46,350 3,495 62,841 Kor Rep 6,008 124,620 13,665 277,833 Hg Kong 2,114 43,844 5,620 116,570 Japan 564 3,424 1,211 7,250 Austral 14,817 150,704 15,188 157,043 N Zeal 2,496 51,773 2,496 51,773 Libya 174 4,216 174 4,216 TOTAL 97,196 1,965,041 182,947 3,391,804

9603900000 Hand-Operated Mechanical Floor Sweepers, Not Motorized, Mops & Feather Dusters; Prepared Knots & Tufts for Broom or Brush Making, NESOI February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 213,124 2,041,886 463,497 4,372,861 Mexico 69,352 814,319 124,363 1,467,573 Salvadr 477 10,517 477 10,517 Hondura 401 6,507 Nicarag 100 2,592 C Rica 661 10,713 4,100 46,422 Panama 1,741 14,123 7,155 44,906 Bahamas 318 2,599 2,830 29,866 Haiti 75 3,090 S Lucia 1,361 6,308 1,361 6,308 Trinid 297 6,536 S Maarte 150 2,550 Aruba 484 7,853 484 7,853 Colomb 708 9,677 1,374 23,442 Venez 362 5,872 362 5,872 Ecuador 770 2,680 2,574 15,280 Peru 562 9,640 2,341 38,358 Chile 30 4,504 1,386 50,941 Brazil 8,482 116,744 9,998 132,151 Argent 756 12,259 756 12,259 Sweden 180 2,919 180 2,919 Norway 666 8,892 666 8,892 Finland 538 8,732 Denmark 1,003 34,252 1,003 34,252 U King 4,992 70,600 9,485 130,892

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Ireland Nethlds Belgium Luxmbrg France Germany Austria Czech Hungary Switzld Poland Russia Spain Malta Italy Turkey Iraq Israel S Arab Qatar Arab Em Oman India Pakistn Burma Thailnd Vietnam Malaysa Singapr Phil R China Kor Rep Hg Kong Taiwan Japan Austral N Zeal Nigeria Rep Saf TOTAL

325 962 9,321 240 964 2,450 172

5,268 15,186 43,472 11,762 20,455 22,050 2,782

177 583 602 2,552 795 1,260 2,655 471 454 3,732 5,835

2,870 9,450 5,786 41,372 6,823 7,534 40,070 7,786 7,361 63,594 97,930

876 180

5,344 4,095

2,599

29,388

343 76 595 3,007 375 3,162 1,167 2,131

11,613 3,281 6,723 18,710 6,081 51,875 19,101 36,751

176 249 366,842

2,850 3,496 3,917,668

5,444 6,883

38,254 82,198

745 1,794 11,331 290 1,323 4,878 172 619 177 583 602 8,439 1,391 1,260 5,212 471 454 4,319 11,156 366 3,360 140 2,112 180 59 535 76 942 4,062 1,734 6,225 2,564 2,726 1,205 16,291 10,047 369 176 877 745,215

9,810 34,525 74,585 14,510 34,163 38,463 2,782 10,047 2,870 9,450 5,786 72,430 16,500 7,534 84,152 7,786 7,361 76,738 249,734 3,988 36,080 3,655 25,389 4,095 3,360 14,725 3,281 14,035 30,410 19,544 101,374 41,765 47,676 19,552 184,335 109,375 5,021 2,850 13,674 7,914,981

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Country Thailnd China TOTAL

Country Germany Thailnd China Japan TOTAL

0502100000 Pigs’, Hogs’ or Boars’ Bristles and Hair and Waste Thereof February Year To Date Net Q/KG Value Net Q/KG 31 11,961 327,759 64,011 11,961 327,759 64,042 0502900000 Badger Hair and Other Brushmaking Hair and Waste Thereof February Year To Date Net Q/KG Value Net Q/KG 37 108,884 48 125 6,660 208 5,870 118,204 5,950 4 15,045 4 6,036 248,793 6,210

Value 2,178 814,209 816,387

Value 113,997 12,459 123,829 15,045 265,330

0511993300 Horsehair and Horsehair Waste, Whether or Not Put Up As A Layer With or Without Supporting Material February Year To Date Country Net Q/KG Value Net Q/KG Value China 8,484 124,583 29,510 381,469 TOTAL 8,484 124,583 29,510 381,469

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1404903000 Istle Used Primarily In Brooms or In Brushes, Whether or Not In Hanks or Bundles February Year To Date Country Net Q/KG Value Net Q/KG Value Mexico 14,594 80,890 30,772 168,092 TOTAL 14,594 80,890 30,772 168,092 4417002000 Broom and Mop Handles, 1.9 CM or More In Diameter and 97 CM or More In Length, Of Wood February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 29,053 32,542 31,813 37,242 Hondura 141,348 83,201 391,405 197,475 Colomb 11,388 5,972 Brazil 379,260 387,471 1,038,071 1,104,776 Indnsia 31,413 59,127 73,029 114,086 China 454,664 153,975 674,164 299,758 TOTAL 1,035,738 716,316 2,219,870 1,759,309

4417004000 Paint Brush February Country Net Q/Variable Germany Italy Thailnd Indnsia China Taiwan TOTAL Country Canada Hondura Sri Lka Vietnam TOTAL

and Paint Roller Handles, Of Wood Year To Date Value Net Q/Variable Value 10,425 533,569 1,020,272 21,570 44,323 32,846 117,152 201,831 469,102 3,880 789,816 1,665,154

4417006000 Brush Backs, Of Wood February Year To Date Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. 184,614 84,757 301,605 58,800 204,322 115,712 421,590 25,424 25,992 25,424 414,360 226,461 807,419

4417008010 Tool Handles of Wood February Year To Date Country Net Q/Variable Value Net Q/Variable Canada 7,864 Mexico 47,904 Hondura 39,300 Brazil 224,812 Germany 3,601 Spain Vietnam 48,737 China 69,660 Taiwan 38,269 TOTAL 480,147

Value 121,488 20,053 230,293 25,992 397,826 Value 42,787 120,716 39,300 522,639 3,601 18,404 110,554 140,264 86,075 1,084,340

4417008090 Tools, Tool Bodies, Broom or Brush Bodies, Shoe Lasts and Trees, of Wood February Year To Date Country Net Q/Variable Value Net Q/Variable Value Canada 59,677 136,434 Mexico 2,703 Chile 458,460 1,002,466 Brazil 122,217 252,242 U King 7,330 33,239 France 5,261 23,260 Germany 27,356 30,072 Spain 3,227 Italy 16,298 India 231,222 529,422 Sri Lka 44,214 65,276 Thailnd 40,667 61,547 Vietnam 8,386 34,426 China 337,622 773,928 Taiwan 34,709 40,191 Japan 360,006 443,968 TOTAL 1,737,127 3,448,699

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7326908576 Metal Handles For Brooms, Mops, Paint Applicators February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 123,586 37,571 183,802 60,117 Brazil 7,512 4,300 Denmark 225 2,872 885 11,213 France 2,932 8,010 Germany 1,000 2,692 2,484 10,941 Spain 215,040 125,389 529,536 279,638 Italy 210,857 543,553 386,333 1,111,254 Turkey 2,000 6,275 2,000 6,275 Sri Lka 16,536 16,487 China 860,304 965,256 1,859,910 2,006,204 Hg Kong 4,000 4,200 Taiwan 9,984 2,528 TOTAL 1,413,012 1,683,608 3,005,914 3,521,167

9603100500 Wiskbrooms, of Broom Corn, LT=.96 EA. Prior to Entry or Withdrawal for Consumption of 61,655 Dozen In Calendar Year February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 3,696 3,435 9,756 9,022 TOTAL 3,696 3,435 9,756 9,022

9603104000 Other Brooms, of Broomcorn, LT=.96 EA, Prior to Entry or Withdrawal For Consumption of GT=121,478 Dozen in Calendar Year February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 6,504 5,652 10,560 8,972 China 6,048 6,206 6,048 6,206 TOTAL 12,552 11,858 16,608 15,178

9603105000 Other Brooms, of Broomcorn, LT=.96 EA, at Entry or Withdrawal For Consumption of GT=121,478 Dozen in Calendar Year February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 26,784 5,467 TOTAL 26,784 5,467 9603106000 Other Brooms, Of Broomcorn, Valued Over .96 Each February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 588,612 1,521,415 1,191,217 3,050,614 Hondura 1,320 3,035 2,640 5,757 Italy 3,320 9,533 TOTAL 589,932 1,524,450 1,197,177 3,065,904

9603109000 Brooms & Brushes, Consisting of Twigs or Other Vegetable Materials Bound Together, With or Without Handles, NESOI February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 17 2,477 17 2,477 Colomb 18,828 31,921 22,836 38,599 Norway 25 5,356 U King 1 2,785 France 1 3,769 1 3,769 Germany 2,160 9,148 3,600 15,293 India 5,395 7,315 Sri Lka 57,528 92,445 127,190 241,883 Thailnd 12,000 14,334 23,050 33,520 Vietnam 5,500 5,483 28,450 28,931 China 11,994 38,298 15,017 55,983 TOTAL 108,028 197,875 225,582 435,911

9603210000 Toothbrushes, Incl. Dental-Plate Brushes February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 141,660 39,082 145,684 50,742 Mexico 228,624 107,828 550,155 243,055 Guatmal 1,600 14,441 1,600 14,441 Brazil 121,536 34,964 121,536 34,964 Sweden 72,180 115,186 U King 86,400 28,594 86,400 28,594

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Ireland Germany Hungary Switzld Italy India Thailnd Vietnam Malaysa China Kor Rep Hg Kong Taiwan Japan TOTAL

611,761 2,521,342 16,152 3,038,040

385,578 1,899,348 23,150 1,996,343

5,417,067 241,600 54,596,719 299,856 42,000 85,992 2,900 71,368,593

428,739 17,253 10,733,727 115,889 22,485 23,356 3,053 16,395,903

3,915,344

522,073

1,037,425 4,227,166 16,152 6,503,816 3,480 7,714,638 337,536 10,877,505 670,393 120,367,760 421,096 81,877 312,524 982,208 154,531,131

606,066 3,236,653 23,150 4,384,810 10,759 1,193,249 93,796 819,972 64,609 22,651,743 188,782 38,464 118,408 116,322 34,033,765

9603294010 Hairbrushes, Valued Not Over .40 Each February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value China 2,212,876 618,785 5,670,112 1,576,878 TOTAL 2,212,876 618,785 5,670,112 1,576,878

9603294090 Shaving Brushes, Nail Brushes, Eyelash Brushes & Other Toilet Brushes For Use On The Person, Valued Not Over .40 Each February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 699,050 108,633 1,346,450 199,543 Germany 18,750 4,672 1,229,240 294,674 China 3,530,740 512,164 9,558,762 1,193,328 Kor Rep 500,000 11,800 535,000 21,000 Hg Kong 35,710 11,448 Taiwan 37,040 7,757 Japan 137,450 45,530 137,450 45,530 TOTAL 4,885,990 682,799 12,879,652 1,773,280 9603302000 Artists Brushes, Writing Brushes & Similar Brushes For Application Of Cosmetics, Valued Not Over .05 Each February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 420,000 5,345 2,428,424 32,044 France 1,525,000 64,944 3,285,000 144,338 Germany 2,180,000 83,532 12,408,000 347,970 Italy 6,050,000 75,254 14,585,400 184,110 India 777,600 17,522 Vietnam 3,420,000 39,601 4,170,000 48,354 China 9,857,796 358,884 20,798,352 730,216 Kor Rep 448,000 11,162 1,398,000 33,910 Hg Kong 201,600 4,732 Taiwan 1,003,643 15,488 1,967,143 39,750 TOTAL 24,904,439 654,210 62,019,519 1,582,946 9603304000 Artists Brushes, Writing Brushes & Similar Brushes For Application of Cosmetics, Valued Over .05 But not Over .10 Each February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Mexico 5,304,773 395,534 9,868,193 741,306 France 310,000 22,068 Germany 600,000 54,979 1,320,000 114,836 India 75,300 5,543 China 14,046,471 1,092,779 26,331,707 2,088,213 Kor Rep 300,000 26,404 369,900 31,316 Hg Kong 832,000 58,590 Taiwan 272,692 22,658 645,292 49,381 TOTAL 20,523,936 1,592,354 39,752,392 3,111,253 9603306000 Artists Brushes, Writing Brushes & Similar Brushes For Application Of Cosmetics, Valued Over .10 Each February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 149 14,245 149 14,245 Mexico 14,121,797 2,497,131 25,750,443 4,498,697 Dom Rep 66,642 69,321 157,593 171,954 U King 51,291 78,651 67,970 119,628 France 99,008 516,122 164,757 828,546

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Germany Switzld Spain Italy Greece India Sri Lka Thailnd Vietnam China Kor Rep Hg Kong Taiwan Japan Mauritn Maurit TOTAL Country Canada Mexico Germany Czech Indnsia China TOTAL

63,609

107,959

732,706 122,950 238,648 94,920 18,494,864 84,556 118,991 568,424 181,315 6,851 1,740 35,114,903

392,433 202,416 148,996 31,064 16,230,181 127,381 240,297 136,620 1,220,067 21,126 7,877 22,289,766

7,223 59,219

32,485 215,394

306,217 140 10,243 61,219 192 1,368,388 374,386 468,581 346,420 43,198,719 173,389 141,867 1,250,779 352,493 9,977 18,150 74,222,072

9603402000 Paint Rollers February Year To Date Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. 7,357 12,188 7,357 622,545 202,949 1,489,417 43,460 12,389 175,140 110,000 42,106 9,144 89,194 2,757,229 1,438,564 5,776,317 3,472,697 1,675,234 7,647,425

421,216 5,180 49,583 241,431 2,659 648,765 381,258 290,402 136,816 34,452,259 255,264 289,711 268,109 2,360,242 41,653 126,897 45,604,515 Value 12,188 504,653 39,796 19,896 17,129 3,669,070 4,262,732

9603404020 Paint Pads (Other Than Of Subheading 9603.30) February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value U King 25,000 13,300 25,000 13,300 Pakistn 51,600 5,370 China 3,171,486 344,368 6,364,450 1,166,061 Taiwan 27,233 20,294 27,233 20,294 TOTAL 3,223,719 377,962 6,468,283 1,205,025

9603404040 Natural Bristle Brushes, Other Than Brushes Of Subheading 9603.30 February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 13,164 16,029 29,338 37,394 U King 4,500 7,735 13,000 23,450 Germany 1,829 11,434 2,233 15,671 Italy 2,400 17,761 24,790 201,803 Turkey 8,240 32,423 8,240 32,423 India 13,235 66,913 2,127,029 140,950 Vietnam 118,415 19,880 Indnsia 3,322,074 614,956 9,456,248 1,626,404 China 3,989,341 875,037 8,825,819 1,838,815 Kor Rep 650 4,325 Taiwan 500 3,764 500 3,764 TOTAL 7,355,283 1,646,052 20,606,262 3,944,879

9603404060 Paint, Distemper, Varnish/Similr Brushes Exc Brushes of Subheading 9603.30 NESOI February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 3,759 6,304 7,909 13,752 Sweden 25,000 11,579 U King 62,000 43,404 82,700 62,433 Germany 504 3,413 9,004 24,228 Italy 3,780 7,898 3,780 7,898 India 427,012 20,798 427,012 20,798 Indnsia 1,358,736 300,092 2,145,056 453,339 China 12,986,176 3,781,413 30,085,351 8,633,475 Hg Kong 6,830 3,252 Taiwan 22,149 40,693 143,581 103,852 Japan 9,160 11,124 16,160 19,513 TOTAL 14,873,276 4,215,139 32,952,383 9,354,119 Country Mexico China TOTAL

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9603908010 Wiskbrooms February Year To Date Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. 867 2,457 867 208,716 131,215 451,508 209,583 133,672 452,375

Value 2,457 275,245 277,702

Country Mexico Guatmal Colomb Brazil U King Germany Italy Sri Lka Vietnam China TOTAL

9603908020 Upright Brooms February Year To Date Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. 24,038 38,806 62,796 2,950 22,623 20,134 5,100 11,226 76,116 16,753 3,096 11,479 3,096 6,755 38,014 9,762 54,298 63,500 134,915 20,940 47,579 133,152 16,500 1,072,987 1,727,036 2,165,475 1,196,290 2,025,153 2,567,683

Value 123,180 44,818 4,884 89,099 11,479 72,218 199,288 262,826 18,840 3,222,629 4,049,261

9603908030 Push Brooms, 41 CM or Less in Width February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Sri Lka 23,124 84,919 84,572 302,471 China 42,438 73,864 77,530 161,986 TOTAL 65,562 158,783 162,102 464,457 Country Canada Mexico Salvadr Colomb Brazil Czech Spain Italy Sri Lka Thailnd Vietnam China Kor Rep Hg Kong Taiwan TOTAL

9603908040 February Net Q/No. 75,482 400,601 33,744 46,957 8,292 9,912 9,856 28,967 63,010 2,500 9,400 596,826 756

1,286,303

Other Brooms, NESOI Year To Date Value Net Q/No. 133,112 309,191 634,922 794,676 35,678 55,632 66,568 75,625 15,558 47,934 7,712 33,600 20,104 18,656 43,559 29,387 151,059 147,718 3,961 19,600 14,835 23,450 996,882 1,241,626 200,000 4,670 756 5,150 2,128,620 3,003,001

Value 514,297 1,309,530 58,724 113,887 81,474 24,786 38,495 58,118 330,180 37,618 45,765 1,988,903 18,880 4,670 15,808 4,641,135

9603908050 Brooms, Brushes, Sqeegees, Etc., NESOI February Year To Date Country Net Q/No. Value Net Q/No. Value Canada 1,015,845 2,221,841 Mexico 4,173,497 8,807,097 Salvadr 21,995 21,995 Hondura 1,394,089 2,484,904 Dom Rep 101,633 133,258 Colomb 65,692 142,437 Brazil 18,171 31,358 Sweden 19,145 Finland 5,656 Denmark 98,281 260,691 U King 41,377 53,633 Nethlds 50,368 60,472 Belgium 51,977 129,237 France 10,611 20,664 Germany 321,648 684,182 Czech 43,161 43,161 Hungary 9,687 9,687 Lichten 36,663 36,663 Switzld 10,663 22,538 Estonia 5,187 5,187 Poland 41,219 122,887 Spain 162,456 232,681 Italy 175,432 567,007 Romania 8,086 Turkey 5,480 15,065 Israel 79,057 81,659 Arab Em 22,757 India 79,391 96,829 Pakistn 458,114 847,946

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Broom Makers: Continued From Page 14

“

Broom corn remains artificially high, but cotton

is pretty stable at the moment. Handles are a little scarce but manageable.

”

— Edward Pearson, Crystal Lake Manufacturing

founders Edward Holmes and Ericales Willett Pearson.

The company manufactures broom corn brooms as well as household, janitorial, warehouse, whisk and lobby brooms. Other product offerings include wet and dry mops, broom and mop handles, push brooms, brushes, buckets, wringers and various cleaning accessories.

Born during the Great Depression, the company was no stranger to hard times when the recent recession crippled the economy several years ago.

While the down economy caused shrinking sales, loyal Crystal Lake customers continued to buy from the company, albeit in smaller amounts. To counteract smaller orders, the company concentrated on selling new items to customers and finding new distributors.

“Business is not too bad right now,” Pearson said. “It has picked up a little with the traditional spring push. We are continuing to expand our product lines into more cleaning items, brushes, buckets and microfiber. Mop sales continue to grow. I think NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994) sealed broom manufacturing’s fate in this country, although we still make a few here and import some as well.”

As a result of NAFTA, tariffs were lifted from imported broom corn brooms. This meant that Mexico, the major broom corn exporter to the United States, could make and sell the brooms cheaper than domestic companies. Many U.S. broom manufacturers subsequently went out of business.

In recent years, drug wars and drought in the regions in Mexico where broom corn is grown have led to shortages and higher prices.

In speaking of raw material prices, Pearson said, “Broom corn remains artificially high, but cotton is pretty stable at the moment. Handles are a little scarce but manageable. We import some hardwood handles from Brazil and we buy some from domestic sources as well.

“Broom corn is always a challenge. The cost of the large amount of labor that goes into making a broom here in the United States is a challenge we are working through.”

In addition to broom corn brooms, Crystal Lake makes a variety of synthetic brooms for household and institutional use. The company sells to distributors, including janitorial and paper houses, foodservice distributors, industrial suppliers, hardware wholesalers, wholesale groceries, master distributors and retail chains.

Crystal Lake has a long tradition of eco-friendly products and practices, beginning decades before “green” became a part of the conversation in the business world.

The company is named after Crystal Lake that was constructed in 1931 to

Imports/Exports Data: Continued From Page 60 Bngldsh Sri Lka Thailnd Vietnam Malaysa Indnsia China Kor Rep Hg Kong Taiwan Japan Austral N Zeal Egypt TOTAL

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206,037 122,235 70,596 106,200 28,329 34,494,975 285,168 279,365 754,436 43,003 56,382 14,965 16,831 44,950,216

15,961 366,199 340,899 170,092 137,714 90,952 77,470,442 534,318 985,862 1,766,216 91,995 71,756 14,965 30,143 99,276,237

power Crystal Lake Mills that produced organic corn meal and flour. After the broom manufacturing company opened in 1935, more electricity was needed. To meet that need, the dam on Crystal Lake was converted to produce clean carbon free hydroelectric power, which served the company until it was shut down in the 1950s, according to Pearson.

Today, in addition to renewable broom corn, the company’s products are made with recycled cotton waste and reclaimed wood waste. Crystal Lake uses only recycled textile mill and gin waste in its cotton mop yarns. The company blends these ingredients with recycled polyester bottle caps to produce its high-performance Eco-2 line of looped end mop heads. Most handles are manufactured from reclaimed wood or recycled steel.

Also, boards unsuitable for construction or other purposes are ripped into squares around defects such as knots and splits, salvaging most of the board.

These squares are rounded into the familiar round dowels used in some Crystal Lake products, according to the company.

The establishment of the company’s loyal customer base over the years, that has seen it through good times and bad, is a result of a corporate culture

“

Broom corn is always a challenge. The cost of

the large amount of labor that goes into making a broom here in the United States is a challenge we are working through.

”

— Edward Pearson, Crystal Lake Manufacturing of offering personalized customer service.

“We believe in person-to-person contact,” Pearson said. “We have an automated phone system, but we try our best to never allow it to kick on. We always want a live person to answer the phone.”

Most of Crystal Lakes’ 45 employees are long-time veterans of the company, as turnover has been light over the years.

“We would not be successful without the hands out there making, assembling and repackaging the products,” Pearson said. “Our employees are ‘ground zero’ in the company’s operation. We don’t have much turnover.”

Because of NAFTA, the Great Recession and other issues, the broom manufacturing industry in the United States is much smaller than it was a couple of decades ago. The companies that remain, such as Crystal Lake, have adapted to the times by running “leaner and meaner” and by finding new business, while maintaining quality and value pricing.

Indeed, when asked what he attributes the company’s success over the long haul, Pearson said, “Adaptability.”

He added: “I think things are slowly getting better here as we are adapting to the current economic environment. I don’t think there is a big future in American-made brooms, but we still make a few and we import a few.”

Contact: Crystal Lake Mfg., Inc., 2225 Alabama 14, P.O. Box 159, Autaugaville, AL 36003.

Phone: 800-633-8720.

Email: customerservice@crystallakemfg.com.

Website: www.crystallakemfg.com.

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Michael Grossmann

By Rick Mullen | Broom, Brush & Mop Associate Editor Wire and wood handles are just two of the myriad of raw materials used in the manufacture of brushes, mops and brooms. Broom, Brush & Mop Magazine recently spoke with executives from two companies, one of which supplies hard and soft woods for handles, and the other that supplies wire to the industry.

here is an “ample” supply of hardwood and softwood handles from Brazil, according to Northeast-Brazil President Michael Grossmann.

The company, which is based in both Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the United States, provides FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and non-FSC wooden handles. Many of these handles are imported into the United States and used in mop and broom production.

“We work with multi-year logging contracts,” Grossmann said. “We invest heavily in inventory. This allows for our customers to have continuity of delivery, even during the rainy season, which usually runs from November through midMay.” According to Grossmann, a typical lead time of wooden handles from Brazil to North America is six to eight weeks.

Northeast supplies tauari, a hardwood from Brazil, and pine softwood for the cleaning industry. The wood harvest usually begins the latter part of May and continues through October or November.

“When the rains come, it is very difficult to log wood,” Grossmann said. “Even if you have the logs, the roads are all muddy and it is hard to get them out of the forest.

“Tauari grows in tropical forests, but is logged through government-sponsored management projects, which are not FSC. The pine is both FSC and non-FSC.” According to us.fsc.org, “The Forest Stewardship Council’s mission is to promote environmentally sound, socially beneficial and economically prosperous management of the world’s forests. Today, FSC operates in more than 80 countries, wherever forests are present.”

One factor in doing business between the United States and Brazil is the exchange rate between the two countries’ currencies — the U.S. dollar and the Brazilian real.

“The exchange rate has been roughly stable,” Grossmann said. “People talk about the exchange rate in Brazil. If it is favorable, they think prices should go down. If it is unfavorable, prices could go up. However, there are other factors involved. First is the price of wood. The world is coming out of a recession; therefore, the price of wood has gone up all over the world. It is a globalized economy. Brazil is now an emerging market, as was Japan in the 1950s, Taiwan in the ’60s and, more recently, China.” Thus, rising salaries become a

Kristopher Shaw

crucial factor.”

Grossmann said business at Northeast-Brazil “has been stable to good.”

He added: “We can’t complain, at all. If business is good for us, it is good for our customers. We are really concerned about holding our prices and automating.

We are concentrating on our efficiency and our cost control. We aim to get consistency and quality in deliveries.

“So far in 2014, business is probably as good as last year. It is a very mature market. It is not like something is going to happen where, all of a sudden, everybody is going to double their sales. Essentially we all are fighting for market share.”

W

CJ Pilgrim Wire, of Glendale, WI, is a manufacturer and distributor of wire used in the manufacturing of brushes, brooms and related products. The company has warehouses located around the world, and carries more than 150 sizes of wire in stock.

“We use stainless, low carbon and high carbon steel,” WCJ Pilgrim Sales Manager Kristopher Shaw said. “Currently, we are having no issues obtaining the steel we need. The company does some sourcing from U.S. rod. It is a global market; therefore, some of the rod material comes from overseas.”

The company also sells raw materials for such applications as paper clips, industrial clamps, wire cables, clothes pins, bicycle spokes, springs, rivets, welding, weaving, and more.

In addition to its headquarters and a warehouse in the Milwaukee metro area, the company’s North American facilities are located in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in Canada; as well as Shelbyville, KY; Houston and Laredo in Texas; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; and Torreon, Mexico City and Monterey in Mexico.

WCJ Worldwide, The Wire Specialists, a Division of WCJ Wire, operates warehouses in Waterford, Ireland; West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom; Radom, Poland; Alicante, Spain; Bogota, Columbia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; Cairo, Egypt; Shanghai, China; and Hong Kong.

When asked about business at WCJ, Shaw said, “We haven’t been setting any records. It has not been terrible, but we can always be better. It seems like there is a little more confidence to buy right now. We have seen some of the rod suppliers increasing some rates recently. We will just have to see if we can get through these increases safely and smartly. Our customers demand the highest quality products at the lowest prices. We are doing our best by getting the customers what they need. Holding pricing with an increased raw material cost and increased quality of goods is a tough formula to keep.”

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