UMF Corporation to Provide Infection Prevention Products to All Sodexo Markets
Sodexo Inc. and UMF Corporation have signed a multi-year agreement whereby UMF will provide its infection prevention products to Sodexo. Under the terms of the agreement, UMF Corporation will provide its advanced antimicrobial technology with industry-leading PerfectCLEAN® products, education, training and support to the more than 6,000 client partners in education, healthcare, corporate, government and remote site markets served by Sodexo every day.
Of all the products we evaluated, PerfectCLEAN delivers the services, performance and training necessary to exceed our customers requirements for clean, safe and sterile results, says Jim Pazzanese, vice president of procurement for Sodexo, Inc. In fact, PerfectCLEAN products are a perfect strategic fit with Sodexos Better Tomorrow Plan, which is part of our global roadmap to sustainability.Â
George Clarke, CEO of UMF Corporation, notes, We all look forward to working with Sodexo and we are encouraged by the Supply Chain Teams thorough evaluation and selection of our offer. They recognize the benefits of providing safer environmental hygiene with less effort, less waste and in a manner that is more cost effective than traditional cleaning methods.
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