Hospeco Brands Group Purchases Canadian-Based Innocore
Move fortifies company’s continental leadership in disinfecting, sanitizing and personal care wipes category
Hospeco Brands Group, a United States-based, full-line manufacturer of cleaning and protection products to serve the janitorial, industrial supply, food service, health care and hospitality markets, has purchased Innocore of Ontario, Canada, maker of Touch Point and Certainty Brands premoistened, non-woven, surface and personal wipes and other hand care products. The merger complements HBG’s already-robust wipes offering and expands the company’s North American footprint in the wipes market. The merger of the two companies was effective Feb. 24.
Certainty Brands is Canada’s industry leader in large format, ready-to-use, multi-surface disinfecting, sanitizing, personal care and specialty wipes. The same high-quality Innocore products are known to U.S. customers under the Touch Point brand. The merger will enable Hospeco’s customers to gain access to these high-quality formulations with broad brand recognition in both countries. It will also enable Innocore customers to gain access to Hospeco’s full line of personal care, cleaning and protection products for sale to the away-from-home market.