FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brian Sansoni, 202-662-2517 or bsansoni@cleaning101.com

SDA Membership Now Open to Chemical Distributors

            WASHINGTON, DC – December 18, 2006 – Chemical distributors who do business with the cleaning product or oleochemical industries are now eligible to join The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA).

            Companies must have sales in the United States to qualify for membership. 

            “As the home of the U.S. cleaning product and oleochemical industries, SDA offers distributors who work along side our members throughout the year an opportunity to take part in SDA programs and activities, especially our Annual Meeting and Industry Convention,” said Ernie Rosenberg, SDA President & CEO.

            Chemical distributors who join SDA now are eligible to receive SDA member registration discounts for the 2007 SDA Convention, which takes place January 30-February 3 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida.  

            Distributors, as well as cleaning product formulators, ingredient and packaging suppliers, and oleochemical producers, can find out more information about SDA membership online at www.cleaning101.com/joinSDA.   Questions can also be directed to Brian Sansoni, Vice President of Communication and Membership, at 202-662-2517 or at bsansoni@cleaning101.com.

            The SDA Convention is the cleaning product and oleochemical industries’ premier forum for business interaction and networking.  Highlights of the 2007 Convention include:
           

• Keynote speaker Marcus Buckingham, the former Gallup Organization executive who has written the best-sellers: First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Best Managers Do Differently; Now, Discover Your Strengths; and  The One Thing You Need to Know.

• Keynote speaker Ted C. Fishman, author of the bestselling book, China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World.

• A briefing on REACH, Europe’s chemical regulatory policy, by those closest to the process in Brussels.

• SDA’s annual Issues Briefing, a concise summary of the priority issues and activities affecting SDA member companies.

• SDA’s Global Industry Update, featuring updates by executives at SDA’s sister trade organizations from around the world.

Online Convention registration is available at www.cleaning101.com/meetings/convention2007.

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The Soap and Detergent Association (www.cleaning101.com), the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Product and Oleochemical IndustriesSM, is the non-profit trade association representing manufacturers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products; their ingredients and finished packaging; and oleochemical producers. SDA members produce more than 90 percent of the cleaning products marketed in the U.S. The SDA is located at 1500 K Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005.

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