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The CDC Recommends EPA-Registered and Hospital Grade Disinfectants to Fight Coronavirus

– Permatex reminds consumers to follow manufacturer’s instructions to ensure disinfectants work as intended

Solon, OH …To help combat the Novel 2019 Coronavirus, the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended that citizens utilize EPA-Registered and Hospital Grade Disinfectant cleaners. However, consumers must follow the manufacturer’s instructions to fully disinfect the surfaces they are cleaning.

Disinfectants commonly misused
“Many consumers spray on a disinfectant cleaner and almost immediately wipe it away,” notes Paco Agrafojo, Permatex Director of Marketing, “they don’t realize that they need to let the spray stay on long enough for it to disinfect the surface.” Permatex distributes Spray Nine® Heavy-Duty Cleaner/Degreaser/Disinfectant, which the EPA has certified as effective against viruses similar to Novel 2019 Coronavirus on hard, non-porous surfaces.

“To be effective against pathogens such as the Coronavirus, Spray Nine must be sprayed, have surface contact for 30 seconds, and then be fully wiped away. Many other spray cleaners require even longer contact time to be effective. It is of the utmost importance that consumers are aware of how to properly use the products that can be effective in protecting them during the Coronavirus outbreak,” states Agrafojo.

Spray Nine effective against Coronavirus
As an EPA-Registered Cleaner/Degreaser/Disinfectant, Spray Nine has been proven effective against viruses similar to the Novel 2019 Coronavirus, such as Norovirus/Feline Calicivirus, Rhinovirus Type 37, and Poliovirus. Spray Nine has also been proven effective against well-known pathogens such as Pandemic 2009 H1N1, Influenza A (Swine Flu), Salmonella Choleraesuis, and others.

Spray Nine Heavy-Duty Cleaner/Degreaser/Disinfectant is available at The Home Depot, Walmart (Automotive aisle), Amazon, Ace Hardware, NAPA, Pep Boys, Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper, Federated Auto Parts, West Marine, TruckPro, Fleetpride, PartsPlus/Auto Pride, Pronto, and many more.

www.spraynine.com

Permatex is a leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of premium chemical products for the home, automotive, and maintenance and repair markets. Since 1909, Permatex has been an acknowledged leader in the development of innovative new products and services. Permatex markets a wide range of products under well-known ITW brand names such as Permatex®, Fast Orange®, Spray Nine®, and Scrubs®.

Permatex currently operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the U.K. and exports products to more than 85 countries around the world. North American operations include a headquarters and state-of-the-art manufacturing, distribution, and technical center in Solon, OH.

Permatex is a division of ITW (Illinois Tool Works Inc.), a US based, NYSE listed corporation, founded in 1912. ITW is a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturing company.

Melanie Grubaugh of Estes Park Lumber in Estes Park, Colo., has been coming to the Orgill market for 10 years. One display that caught her eye here for the distributor’s 2020 Spring Dealer Market is the enhanced Paint & Paint Sundries Showcase.

“I’m always wondering what new paint products I can bring to the store, so this is such a help. They should do this every year,” she said. “It’s very amazing that they did this.”

Paint played a prominent role here, along with impulse merchandising and dealer services.

Thousands of independent home improvement retailers gathered here to attend the Orgill Spring Dealer Market, which runs through Feb. 29. The Market covers nearly 1 million square feet of the Orange County Convention Center and draws retailers from across North America and around the world in search of deals, new products and Orgill services — all to help improve their businesses.

“Our Dealer Markets are designed to be a complete showcase of what Orgill and our vendor community can offer our customers,” says Boyden Moore, Orgill’s president and CEO. “Not only do we want to highlight the latest products and assortments they can bring into their stores, but we want the Dealer Market to be a place where dealers share ideas, find inspiration, competitive advantages, and learn how Orgill can best help them execute their vision.”

The Paint & Paint Sundries Showcase at the Market includes 18,000 square feet of paint and paint sundries products from top vendors like Valspar and Sherwin-Williams. Included in this showcase is Orgill’s enhanced Paint Works program. This program is designed to help retailers improve traffic, increase profitability, and help both pro and DIY-focused dealers become more of a paint destination.

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Hardware distributor House-Hasson recently provided a tour of distribution center expansion moves to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs.

House-Hasson is adding 100,000 square feet to its existing 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Knoxville, Tenn.

While meeting with company employees, Jacobs told them that House-Hasson is a “great example of American business at work.”

Jacobs was hosted on his tour by Don Hasson, president of the 113-year-old company. One of the nation’s largest independent regional hardware distributors, the family-owned company serves some 2,500 independent hardware store and lumberyard dealers in 23 states and throughout the Caribbean Basin.

Hasson told the mayor that when the expansion is completed about 50 employees would be added to the company’s existing 440 employee roster. House-Hasson has a second warehouse in Prichard. W. Va.

House-Hasson’s latest expansion is the third since it moved in 1979 from downtown Knoxville to its present site on Water Plant Road in Forks of the River Industrial Park. The warehouse contains 55,000 items.

A principal factor in the decision to expand was House-Hasson’s purchase earlier this year of $2.5 million in inventory from Hardware Distributor Warehouses, which closed its doors earlier this year.

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Paslode was welcomed as a new Orgill exhibitor

Orgill nation descended on Chicago for several days of networking, products and advancing the cause of the independent hardware dealer.

The Aug. 22-24 2019 Fall Dealer Market, featured the usual traffic-generating attractions — Door Busters, Market Busters, Pallet Buys and the early morning Flash Market, which offered discounts of up to 75% on certain items. On top of all those promotions, Orgill elevated six Product Showcases on the market floor, including Power Tools and a Spring is Here program.

Behind the merchandise was a concerted effort to bring expertise and innovation to the independent dealer.

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Orgill, Inc., the world’s largest independent hardlines distributor, will build its first Northeastern U.S. distribution center in Rome, Oneida County, New York.

The new, 780,000 square-foot facility, to be located at Griffiss Business and Technology Park, will be the company’s first in New York State and lead to the creation of 225 new jobs in the Mohawk Valley. The company plans to invest nearly $70 million to construct and equip the facility, which will serve Orgill’s customers throughout the Northeast.

Orgill serves more than 6,000 retail hardware stores, home centers, professional lumber dealers and farm stores throughout the United States and Canada, and more than 50 countries around the world.

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Knoxville, Tenn.-based distributor House-Hasson Hardware is expanding, thanks to the acquisition of inventory and key salespeople from the now defunct Hardware Distribution Warehouses.

According to House-Hasson, the new hires and the $2.5 million purchase of HDW inventory are generating a 100,000 square-foot expansion of House-Hasson’s Knoxville, Tenn., headquarters. The moves are also bringing House-Hasson new customers in several U.S. states, the company said.

The combined cost will be about $10 million for the Hardware Distribution Warehouse (HDW) inventory and Knoxville warehouse expansion to 500,000 square feet, said Don Hasson, president of House-Hasson Hardware.

“We’ve added eight former HDW salesmen, which is growing our customer base in Texas, Louisiana  and Arkansas,” Hasson said. “With their territorial knowledge and our focus on store dealer profitability, they’re having an immediate impact; we’ve quickly added 200 new hardware store and lumberyard customers.”

HDW, based in Greenwood, Miss., ceased operations on Jan. 4, 2019.

Knoxville’s warehouse expansion will bring to 750,000 square feet the combined size of House-Hasson’s Knoxville and Prichard, W. Va. warehouses. In 2018, Prichard underwent a 50,000 square-foot enlargement and modernization.

The Knoxville’s warehouse is expected to be completed in summer 2019. Until then, the HDW inventory will be split between Knoxville and Prichard.

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