With Multiyear Agreement, UMF Corporation Will Provide Infection Prevention Products to All Sodexo Markets

CHICAGO, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sodexo, Inc., the leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions, and UMF Corporation have signed a multiyear agreement whereby UMF, innovators and specialists in environmental hygiene, 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, Health Care, 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," said Jim Pazzanese, Supply Management, Vice President of Procurement, Sodexo, Inc.  "In fact, PerfectCLEAN products are a perfect strategic fit with Sodexo's Better Tomorrow Plan, which is part of our global roadmap to sustainability."  

George Clarke, UMF Corporation CEO, said, "We all look forward to working with Sodexo and we are encouraged by the Supply Chain Team's 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."

About Sodexo in North America

Sodexo, Inc. (www.sodexoUSA.com), leading Quality of Daily Life Solutions company in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, delivers On-site Service Solutions in Corporate, Education, Health Care, Government, and Remote Site segments, as well as Motivation Solutions such as Esteem Pass. Sodexo, Inc., headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., funds all administrative costs for the Sodexo Foundation (www.SodexoFoundation.org), an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 1999, has made more than $17 million in grants to end childhood hunger in America. Visit the corporate blog at www.sodexoUSA.com/blog.

About UMF Corporation

Innovators and specialists in environmental hygiene, UMF Corporation delivers advanced, patented antimicrobial technology with industry-leading PerfectCLEAN® products, education, training, motivation and support.  The company, headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, IL, is the only U.S. company that designs, engineers and manufactures high-performance fibers and accessories to help its customers meet tough new challenges in public health and safety.  UMF Corporation is the annual sponsor of the Hygiene Specialist™ Excellence award to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of ES.  For more information, visit http://www.perfectclean.com.

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