The company, which also has a New York City office, is locatedat 1023 Morales St. Due to the holiday, officials could not bereached to determine if an office expansion is in the offing as aresult of the decision.The board also has formed a mergers andacquisitions committee to explore alternative buys outside thejanitorial supply industry. Environ-Clean is a manufacturer anddistributor in the janitorial and sanitary maintenance supplyindustry. Its wholly owned subsidiaries comprise 13 operatinglocations which include Cleaning Ideas Corp and Sanivac/DavisManufacturing Co. , both in San Antonio; Kandel & Son Co., inHicksville, NY; and Superior Chemical & Supply in BowlingGreen, KY. The company owns 37% of equip2move Inc., an onlineindustrial and commercial equipment auction site and 11% ofb2bstores.com Inc.

Enviro-Clean recently has executed a merger agreement with IVAXDiagnostics, a subsidiary of IVAX Corp. and completed the sale ofJune Supply Corp. for $1.4 million to York Supply LTD. Enviro-Cleanhad bought the supply operation in September 1999.