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The Industrious Podcast Episode 4: Henkel’s Josh Schlup On Bonding Technology And Why Partnerships Are The Key To Growth

Come for the college football talk. Stay for the industry insight. Josh Schlup, Channel Sales Manager for Henkel, was born in Chicago, grew up in the Caribbean, swam with Tim Duncan, and now oversees vendor-distributor partnerships – like the one they have with Accessa. “We want to be able to, as a team, tell a compelling story about how successful this model has been.” For more, tune...
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Accessa Adds Tara Holcomb As Marketing Coordinator

Accessa is pleased to announce the addition of Tara Holcomb in the position of marketing coordinator. Holcomb grew up in Franklin Township and attended Franklin Central High School. She is a graduate of Ball State University. Holcomb spent two years at Accessa previously in sales operations. She also has a background in marketing and customer service. In her newly created role, she’ll he...
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The Industrious Podcast Episode 3: Accessa Operations Manager Les Yoder: “It’s a different world out there.”

Accessa Operations Manager Les Yoder was born and raised in an Amish community in Holmes County, Ohio. He started his own custom finishing business, sold it, and began in production with Accessa (then Paints & Solvents) 21 years ago. From the challenges of operating during the COVID pandemic to new investments in equipment and his number one goal for the remainder of the year – Yoder...
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The Industrious Podcast Episode 2: AcromaPro’s John Andreoli on the Vendor – Distributor Relationship

John Andreoli has spent his whole life in Wisconsin. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, he stumbled into the paint industry. “You graduate from school and you’re not raising your hand in the front row saying, ‘I want to be a paint salesman.’ What it really came down to was I needed a job.” That job turned into a career. He started in the paint stores an...
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The Industrious Podcast Episode 1: Reflections On Family, Business, And The Pandemic

For brothers and business owners Joe and Vince Todd, the Indianapolis 500 is a holiday. Leading up to race weekend, they reflected on the family tradition that dates back to the 1940s. “We have a core group of families and friends that have been going with us for many, many years,” said Joe. “We're very much looking forward to getting back at it this weekend as the world comes back to life...
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Introducing The Industrious Blog And Podcast

Over the past year, every company has had to adapt and find new ways of doing business. Accessa is no exception. Communicating with clients, employees, and vendors is more important than ever before. And today, there are more ways to do that than there have ever been. Earlier this year, Vince Todd, Jr. was tossing around some marketing ideas. “Knowing that we wanted to resurrect...
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EPA Approves Bactiblock Antimicrobial Product

At no time in our lifetime have we been more focused on stopping the spread of germs. One of the ways we can achieve that is through the use of antimicrobials. The science behind antimicrobials has been around for ages. More recently, that technology has been developed into an additive that uses silver as an active ingredient to inhibit the growth of bacteria by stopping cell replication....
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Accessa Bolsters Customer Service by Moving to New, Expanded Chicago Location

Accessa is excited to announce it has expanded once again by relocating its Chicago facility. This new location will further enable Accessa to better serve our customers throughout greater Northern Illinois, Southeastern Wisconsin, and Northwestern Indiana. The move to the larger facility will allow Accessa to work out of more efficient space, and provide greater inventory and production capab...
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