Spartan Chemical Presented with the Eastman Chemical Sustainability Award

Spartan Chemical Company, a recognized leader in the formulation and manufacture of sustainable cleaning and sanitation solutions for the industrial and institutional market, was awarded the Eastman Chemical Company Supplier Excellence Sustainability Award on Monday, August 11, 2014.

Annually, Eastman honors suppliers who have demonstrated significant and new improvements for Eastman in one or more of the following areas: waste and recycling; natural resources and/or material content; and energy and emission.

"Eastman has thousands of suppliers globally and only four suppliers earned the Sustainability Award for 2013 performance" said Willie Frye, global sourcing manager at Eastman. "Spartan's concentrated, Biorenewables® products provide an environmentally preferred cleaning solution that allowed us to reduce waste while contributing cost savings."

"We developed our Biorenewables formulas to deliver a sustainable alternative that really works, " said Greg Ford, VP of sales, Spartan Chemical. "For many years now, Spartan has been advancing the production and use of sustainable cleaning products; it gives us great pride to be acknowledged for our efforts."

The award was pesented to Spartan by Willie Frye at the Spartan's headquarters in Maumee, Ohio. Spartan Chemical was represented by Greg Ford, VP of sales, Dave Reed, VP national accounts, Dale Lujan, southeast divisional manager, Doug Peterson, national account manager, and Josh Belcher, regional manager.

About Spartan Chemical Company
Spartan Chemical Company has been a recognized leader in the formulation and manufacture of sustainable cleaning and sanitation solutions for the industrial and institutional market since 1956. A proud US employer, Spartan manufactures high quality products from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Maumee, OH and sells both domestically and internationally through a selective network of distribution. Spartan's chemical products and services are used in building service contractor, education, healthcare, food service and processing, lodging/hospitality, and industrial markets.