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The American Cleaning Institute is the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry®, the non-profit trade association representing manufacturers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning products industry. ACI has 120-plus member companies.
Find out why companies find value as members of ACI:
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February 8, 2019
The origins of personal cleanliness date back to prehistoric times. Since water is essential for life, the earliest people lived near water and knew something about its cleansing properties - at the very least that it rinsed mud off their hands! Fast forward to the Seventh Century when soap making was an established craft in Europe. Soap maker guilds guarded their trade secrets very closely. Vegetable and animal oils were used with ashes of plants, along with fragrances to enhance the cleaning…
February 8, 2019
Measuring the Size of the Cleaning Products Industry
The combined upstream and downstream economic impact connected to cleaning product manufacturing in the United States helped support nearly $200 billion in annual output and almost 700,000 jobs.
The report, reflecting economic data from 2019, provides detailed snapshots of the essential nature of the cleaning product supply chain in the year prior to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus.
For the first time, the ACI report demonstrates…
April 8, 2022
Senior Vice President, Communications, Outreach & Membership
Brian Sansoni is the Senior Vice President, Communications, Outreach and Membership at the American Cleaning Institute, the Washington, D.C.-based association representing the cleaning product supply chain.
For more than 20 years, Brian has worked to communicate the value, benefits, safety and sustainability that cleaning products and their chemistries bring to every-day life in home, commercial and…
March 6, 2019
Senior Director, Human Health & Safety
Dr. Kruszewski is Senior Director, Human Health and Safety at the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) where his duties focus on the human safety, toxicology, and public health issues relating to cleaning products and their ingredients and to related activities on research, regulations, and outreach. Prior to joining ACI in 2001, he worked as a Staff Scientist for The Gillette Company for seven years and as a Senior Research…
March 6, 2019
Director, Regulatory Science
Darius A. Stanton II is the Director of Regulatory Science at the American Cleaning Institute. In this Role, Mr. Stanton is responsible for development and management of research strategies related to the safety of cleaning product ingredients, serve as a point of contact for ACI’s chemical management and regulatory programs and help expand scientific understanding of ACI chemistry tools and technologies.
Prior to joining ACI, Mr. Stanton served…
August 8, 2022
Communications Coordinator
Natalie D’Apolito is the Communications and Outreach Coordinator at the American Cleaning Institute. Ms. D’Apolito is responsible for compiling and sending ACI’s weekly newsletters and other informational emails. She also assists in the creation of press releases and social media, as well as tracking industry and ACI news.
Ms. D’Apolito has two years of experience in the communications field. Previously, she worked at the Air Conditioning…
October 25, 2022
Senior Director, Digital Communications
Jessica Ek is the Senior Director, Digital Communications at the American Cleaning Institute. Ms. Ek has been with ACI since 2018, playing an essential role in leading the strategy, content creation and management of several websites, a multitude of social media channels and a consumer blog, among others.
Prior to joining ACI, Ms. Ek worked for about ten years at the American Nurses Association, formulating and sustaining the…
December 7, 2018
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Douglas is responsible for the overall leadership of the legal and government affairs functions for the Institute including engagement and advocacy on ingredient communication, chemical management, product safety, environmental and energy policy issues important to the cleaning products industry. He joined ACI (then the Soap and Detergent Association) in 2007. He previously held senior…
March 6, 2019
Director, Legal Affairs
Corey Brooks Pace is the Director, Legal Affairs. He is responsible for managing the Institute’s legal affairs to maintain compliance with federal, state, and local laws and works with the Institute’s leadership to identify and take the appropriate measures to mitigate legal and related risks in the operations of ACI. He also provides legal counsel on all contract matters, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial…
May 9, 2022