History
Joseph Racenstein started the business in 1909. The business started in the lower east side of Manhattan. During that time, Joseph peddled cleaning supplies directly to office buildings. He took orders for the day, went home and filled the orders and delivered the supplies generally the next day. Joseph was always in the distribution side of the business. Fast forwarding through 94 years of being a family-run establishment under the leadership of Irwin, George and Marty Racenstein and Bob Ertel, the company was sold to long time friends Steve Blyth and Cameron Riddell in 2005. Since transition, J.Racenstein has been busy. A warehouse and sales office was opened in California in 2005, lowering shipping costs to most of the country and increasing phone coverage to 8AM to 8PM Eastern.
Specialties
J Racenstein & Co. is a preeminent distributor of window washing supplies, tools and equipment in the United States. JRC has been in the business for over 100 years and is nationally recognized as the comprehensive solution to the window washing cleaning industry.