Spartan Chemical Receives Vendor of the Year Award from Johnston Paper

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 distinguished honor of being named Johnston Paper's Vendor of the Year at their annual vendor dinner on December 13, 2012.

Each year, Johnston Paper holds a dinner event to honor its core vendors and to celebrate the year's success. In recognition of their contributions to growth, profitabilty, and strong partnering in the market, Spartan Chemical was awarded the prestigous Vendor of the Year award for 2012.

"We greatly appreciate the timely manner in which Spartan undertook projects from us and returned quality output," said Mike May, president of Johnston Paper. "'Adding Value' has always been our main goal at Johnston Paper and having Spartan Chemical as one of our core partners helped us realize that mission in 2012."

"Spartan emphasizes 'Strategic Partnering' with our distributor network." said Mark Collins, regional manager for Spartan Chemical, "This award acknowledges that we are doing our job; not only providing great products, great service, and on-demand logistics, but partnerning with Johnston paper to keep them aware of market and technology trends."

Spartan Chemical was represented by Jack Ellison, divisional manager, Jay Anderson, regional sales manager, and Mark Collins, regional sales manager.

About Johnston Paper
Johnston Paper, an industry leader in the wholesale distribution market since 1881, proudly distributes a wide range of high quality food service and janitorial products throughout New York State, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

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, health care, food service and processing, lodging/hospitality, and industrial markets.