Buckeye International is a longstanding player in the cleaning industry, founded way back in 1844 as the J.P. Davies Company in Dayton, Ohio, kicking things off with oils for lamps and lubrication before pioneering commercial chip soap in 1892 and household packaging by 1905. It incorporated in 1914 as Davies-Young Soap Company, moved its HQ to St. Louis, and rebranded to Buckeye International in 1994, rolling out innovations like the recyclable Action Pac bag-in-a-box in 1988 and the Eco Proportioning Program in 2011. Today, the company manufactures a wide range of high-performance cleaning supplies, including neutral cleaners, degreasers, hand hygiene systems, wood floor programs, and Green Seal-certified products for commercial and institutional use, all focused on efficiency, safety, and cost savings.
Buckeye keeps its policies refreshingly simple with just an "Equal Opportunity Employer" nod on the careers page, skipping the DEI workshops, equity quotas, or inclusion buzzwords that turn hiring into a virtue contest. No signs of Pride endorsements, BLM donations, or social justice tie-ins anywhere, with sustainability efforts laser-focused on practical eco-innovations like biodegradable packaging and waste reduction, not the usual corporate guilt parades.
