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Cleaning and Maintenance Services and Supplies

Sell all you want, but you still to have clean and maintain your business

By Daniel Kehrer

Maintenance and cleanup isn't as glamorous as finance, e-commerce, online marketing, negotiating tactics and other parts of running a small business. But these tasks are, nonetheless, vital to your ongoing operations. You can't run a successful company if it's dirty, piled with trash and falling apart. MRO (maintenance, repair & operations) may not be top-of-mind, ...

Carpet Cleaning Equipment

Portable carpet extractors or a carpet cleaning truck mount, choose the right carpet cleaners.

By Jeff Copeland

We call them carpet steam cleaners, but steam doesn't really power carpet cleaning - it's sprayed hot water and detergents sucked up by a powerful vacuum that makes a modern carpet cleaning machine.  If you're looking for carpet cleaning equipment for your maintenance crew or to start a business cleaning carpet, here's the down and dirty on professional carpet cleaning machine...

Adhesives and Sealants

Adhesive products and industrial sealants can help hold your business together

By Stephanie Fagnani

Regardless of the industry your business serves, adhesives and sealants can truly be the glue that helps hold operations together. You can use adhesive products and sealant materials in many capacities, from securing packages for mailing to keeping metal pipes from bursting. Adhesive materials can take the form of tape, paste, cement and sprays. Adhesive products are often used for...

Cleaning Chemicals

Use online directory listings to locate discount and green cleaning agent suppliers

By Heather Topham Wood

When performing industrial cleaning tasks, you need to first consider the chemical cleaning agents that you plan to purchase. You will not only want to work cost into your buying decision, but also figure in cleaning efficiency, environmental safety and compatibility with your industrial cleaners. The cleaning chemicals suppliers that you consider should have a wide range of cleani...

Suppliers of Essential Oils

Where to find essential oil distributors for your spa, massage practice or retail store

By Marianne Moro

Essential oils, or potent plant extracts distilled from breaking down a plant to its purest liquid soluble form, have moved from an esoteric niche market to a major beauty, health and home product. Essential oil manufacturers supply a variety of oils for spas, salons, and specialty shops. Many distributors offer essential oils wholesale, and the selection consists of aromatherapy o...

Activated Carbon

Activated carbon comes in many forms; do your homework before diving in

By J. Simonetta

Activated carbon is widely used as a filtration and purification medium in medical, environmental, industrial and manufacturing applications including air and water filtration, chemical processing, groundwater remediation, spill cleanup, sewage treatment, odor reduction, de-chlorination, gas purification, alcoholic beverage filtration and metal processing. Depending on the intended...

Chemicals Suppliers

Finding the chemical producer that will work for you

By Janet Krenn

Whether you're looking for cleaning chemicals or industrial process chemicals, your options are wide open. There are literally hundreds of chemicals producers across the U.S. The trick is finding one that works best for you.When searching the chemicals industry for a chemical supplier, keep the following in mind.1. The grade of chemicals offered depends on the kind of chemical ...

Flavor and Fragrance Suppliers

Flavor and fragrance suppliers entice the senses

By Nikki Davis

Walking into a home, you notice the fresh scent of a beach wave in the entry way, the aroma of baked gingerbread in the living room, and the tantalizing fragrance of fresh cut flowers in the kitchen. You are a recipient of the hard work of fragrance manufacturers who labor to entice your olfactory senses to reawaken old memories and to help you build new ones.Flavor manufacturers p...

Solvent Recovery and Recycling

Solvent recyclers keep the toxins out of our waterways

By Nikki Davis

Solvent recycling can help you profit by reducing the costs associated with your solvent waste disposal. By reducing your solvent use, you also reduce the cost of purchasing virgin solvents in addition to reducing storage and management costs. You also help reduce hazardous waste pollution and water pollution.Solvent recovery helps you control pollution by capturing and condensing ...

Chemical Design and Process Simulation Software

Improve chemical design and production with chemical simulation software

By Janet Krenn

Chemical design software can help you test your chemical theory and workflow before ever purchasing equipment. You can also use chemical process simulation software to improve a workflow you already have in place. Either way, you can find a chemical design simulation software supplier that fits your need.When choosing providers of chemical design and process simulation software, ke...

Chemical Waste Disposal

Choose safe, cost-effective methods for hazardous chemical waste disposal to protect the environment

By Angela King

Industrial chemical disposal must be done properly to ensure the safety of the people exposed to the chemicals and protect the environment. Disposing of chemical waste is a process that must follow state and federal regulations. Regardless of the type of chemical waste disposal in question, finding chemical waste disposal companies to do the job effectively and at an affordable pri...

Chemical Industry Recruiting Services

Hire specialized staff using chemical industry recruiting firms

By Kelly L. Trainor

Chemical search firms can display vast differences in expertise. Specialized recruiters for chemical companies are worth every penny when you need technically proficient chemical experts on staff. Don’t wade through unusable resumes -- let recruiting specialists do the legwork for you.Chemical industry recruiting services offer another advantage. Highly educated chemical spec...

Chemical Jobs

Use your research skills to get chemical industry employment

By Shannon Tani

Careers in the chemical industry are perfect for those with a scientific background. While most chemical jobs, such as chemical operator jobs or chemical engineer jobs are quite technical, not all jobs require extensive lab experience. There are plenty of sales jobs in chemical industry.If you want to find chemical industry employment:1. Get the right education for the chemical job...

Medical Waste Management

Find medical waste disposal companies that meet the needs of your business

By Jamie McIntosh

Medical waste management is a key concern for facilities that must discard hazardous materials that may include sharps, mercury, dental amalgams, expired drugs or chemotherapy agents. Medical waste companies ensure the safety of people and the environment by disposing of the detritus of nursing homes, hospitals, dental offices, clinics, laboratories and other industries in the alli...

Farming Fertilizer

Get the most out of your farmland with farm fertilizer

By Denise Brown

Since man began farming, agricultural fertilizer has been an important tool. Without farm fertilizers the land becomes non-productive. While agriculture fertilizer is important, modern farmers have to make sure they use environmentally-friendly crop fertilizer. More and more fertilizer companies realize that need, and many are expanding into organic fertilizer production.While you ...

Shoe Polish for Your Shoe Shine Business

Choose shoe shine supplies that will produce quality and professional results you'll be proud of

By Kim Alayon

There are many options available when it comes to shoe polishing products. Many people know that clean, well-cared-for shoes will last longer and can even make or break a first impression. Proper shoe shining is a craft that is often overlooked in our hustle and bustle society, but look at any successful professional and nine times out of ten their footwear is well maintained.Manuf...

Water and Wastewater

Ensure your environmental protection compliance with wastewater treatment

By Gennifer Harding-Gosnell

The US Environmental Protection Agency considers any used water as wastewater. Wastewater must go through some type of wastewater purification process before a company returns it to our natural water resources. Releasing untreated wastewater into the environment transports diseases and destroys animal habitats and recreational areas. Wastewater treatment companies clean wastewater ...

Dye and Pigment Distributors and Wholesalers

Bring in a lot of green with the right dye distributors

By M. Krasniak

The world is full of beautiful color. Harness that beauty by using colors from dye manufacturers when you are creating products for your business. Whether you are weaving textiles, pouring candles or shaping wood, color plays an integral part in the overall look of your finished product. Don’t waste your or your customers' time and money by using dyes or pigments that won...

Spreaders

Apply fertilizer precisely with fertilizer spreading equipment

By Denise Brown

Spreaders are a convenient tool for when you need to disperse small granules or liquid materials. The most common kind of spreaders are fertilizer spreaders, but you can find special-purpose spreaders as well. These include seed spreaders, chemical spreaders, compost spreaders, lawn spreaders and manure spreaders. Some fertilizer spreaders can also work as a pesticides spreader.The...

Food Additives and Preservatives

Thinking about a business that involves food preservatives? The good, the bad, the ugly....

By Deneatra Harmon

Food additives and preservatives maintain the quality of foods as they move from farming or manufacturing methods to the market. Additives and preservatives used in food are labeled as colorants, flavorings, emulsifiers, nutrients and preservatives. The overall goals of food preservatives are to maintain freshness, appearance, color and nutritional value by keeping microorganisms, ...

Photography Chemicals

Photography chemicals bring your film and photos to life

By Nikki Davis

Photography chemicals are a key ingredient to developing prints whether you are creating them yourself in a darkroom on your own and/or operate the commercial print lab machines at the nearest development location. Traditional style photographic chemicals will give you or your clients a permanent record of your image for archive or distribution.Chemicals used in photography vary ba...

Textile and Fiber Dyes and Pigments

Choosing the right textile dye and fiber pigments for your textile business

By Margaret Haerens

Finding the right textile and fiber dyes and pigments can imbue your product with vivid and long-lasting color that will appeal to discerning customers and clients.It is important to find high quality textile dyes and the right textile pigment that will make your product stand out from all the others. Depending on the type of fiber you are working with, you will have to d...

Decorative Paints

How to utilize decorative painting to improve your business

By Margaret Haerens

Showcasing your product, store, showroom, or trade booth involves focusing on the details that customers notice.By utilizing decorative paints to create murals, stenciling, bronzing, faux finishing, textured finishes, decorative wall painting, and other design details, you can draw customers in and create an appealing space for your products and/or services. Designing you...

Dyes and Pigments

Choosing the right dyes and pigments for your product needs

By Margaret Haerens

Now, as it was for thousands of years in the past, dyes and pigments are used as colorants. Synthetic and organic dyestuffs are soluble (will dissolve in liquid) and will penetrate the fiber or material to produce a vivid, strong color, but may result in bleeding and may fade over time if exposed to sunlight or repeated washing.Pigments are insoluble and must be atta...

Caustic Soda

Where to find caustic soda suppliers

By Patricia Flinsch-Rodriguez

Caustic soda, commonly called lye or sodium hydroxide, is used in chemical reactions to neutralize acidic materials and to induce chemical reactions. For these reasons, uses for caustic soda are extremely varied. It can be used as a cleanser to dissolve oil and protein deposits. Caustic soda has been used in soap production, paper making, food preparation, chemical analysis and wat...