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  • WFBSC 2012 presentation content strongly focused on BSC issues

    WFBSC 2012 presentation content strongly focused on BSC issues

    • May 17, 2012
    • By alan
    • Contracting, Email Newsletter
    • no comments

    One the most important international building service contractor events, the 19th World Federation of Building Service Contractor (WFBSC) International Congress will deliver a programme strongly focused on international and local BSC issues. The Congress will be held in Brazil’s ‘sustainable’ city of Curitiba from 10 to 14 October 2012 and it is expected to attract some 1,000 leading BSC delegates [...]

     
  • Record ISSA/Interclean exhibitor numbers include large percentage of ‘first time’ participants

    Record ISSA/Interclean exhibitor numbers include large percentage of ‘first time’ participants

    • May 14, 2012
    • By alan
    • Email Newsletter, Supply Side
    • no comments

    Reflecting the cleaning and hygiene industry’s buoyancy, the ISSA/Interclean 2012 Amsterdam opened its doors on Tuesday 8 May with a record 690 exhibitors (from 42 countries) that covered some 50,000 sq metres of floor space. Of those 690 companies, about 26 percent (180) were first time ISSA/Interclean exhibitors. A spike of 84 percent growth in exhibitors from Asia was a major [...]

     
  • Tennant gears up for Australian Orbio Technologies’ launch

    Tennant gears up for Australian Orbio Technologies’ launch

    • March 29, 2012
    • By alan
    • Supply Side
    • no comments

    Conference themed ‘Full Steam Ahead’ While Tennant’s 2012 Sales Conference delivered attendees a comprehensive package of varying subjects, there was no doubt a local Orbio Technologies’ launch was the primary topic at this two day event for the company’s direct sales force. Held at the Novotel Brighton-le-Sands (Sydney) late March, the conference’s key speaker was visiting Orbio Technologies director of [...]

     
 
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Contracting

  • Contractors responsible for low-paid cleaning staff and ‘allegedly low levels of cleanliness’, says Westfield

    Contractors responsible for low-paid cleaning staff and ‘allegedly low levels of cleanliness’, says Westfield

    Non-executive chairman Frank Lowy Pointing out ‘we at Westfield really don’t know to clean a shopping centre’, Westfield non-executive...

  • WFBSC 2012 presentation content strongly focused on BSC issues

  • RNS hospital staff stop work over cleaning dispute

  • Hospital cleaning staff dispute causes patient risk

  • Spotless agrees to PEP takeover bid

 

Commercial

  • CIVENEX’s demonstration area will make ‘live’ viewing convenient

    CIVENEX’s demonstration area will make ‘live’ viewing convenient

    Technology has changed the way people get their information, but nothing can match showing real equipment, and talking face to face with real...

  • Growth prompts Hako’s move to larger facility

  • Green skills are increasingly being sought, says Hays

  • Industry celebrates 6-star building and launch of World Green Building Week

  • Lennox appoints Neary GM training

 

Healthcare

  • RNS dispute unresolved – ‘superbug’ infection risk without cleaners

    RNS dispute unresolved – ‘superbug’ infection risk without cleaners

    Royal North Shore Hospital (Photo - Bob Pearce, SMH) A Sydney Morning Herald report on 7 May states, ‘if the number of cleaners at Sydney’s...

  • RNS hospital staff stop work over cleaning dispute

  • Hospital cleaning staff dispute causes patient risk

  • Hand hygiene plays vital role in public health

  • Swine flu strain has pandemic potential, warns CDC

 

Hot Products

  • A Bin Trolley For Every Purpose

    A Bin Trolley For Every Purpose

    There are three WheelieSafe models; the ‘Essential’, the ‘Multi’ and the ‘Dolly Trolley’. All trollies will handle bins from 120L...

  • ARE YOU TAKING TOO LONG TO STRIP FLOORS?

  • A Paper Towel That’s Kind to Your Hands

  • The Vacuum That’s Always Got Your Back.

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Supply Side

  • Record ISSA/Interclean exhibitor numbers include large percentage of ‘first time’ participants

    Record ISSA/Interclean exhibitor numbers include large percentage of ‘first time’ participants

    Networking is an important part of ISSA/Interclean. The ISSA held a 'family' get together.... world associations, bodies and interested...

  • Vermop’s ‘Mag’ system wins Amsterdam innovation award

  • Tennant exceeds target range in first quarter results

  • Activeion unable to achieve commercial viability

  • Nilfisk challenges ec-H2O advertising claims with NAD

 

Technology

  • More equipment will be battery powered in the future, confirms survey

    More equipment will be battery powered in the future, confirms survey

    An April 2012 survey asked US cleaning professionals their thoughts about battery-operated cleaning equipment, such as those found in auto-scrubbers. The...

  • Nilfisk challenges ec-H2O advertising claims with NAD

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  • End-users seeking efficient floorcare equipment

  • Anti-bacterial glass for healthcare facilities

 
 
 

Recent Posts

  • Contractors responsible for low-paid cleaning staff and ‘allegedly low levels of cleanliness’, says Westfield

    Contractors responsible for low-paid cleaning staff and ‘allegedly low levels of cleanliness’, says Westfield

    • May 18, 2012
    • By alan
    • Contracting, Email Newsletter

    Pointing out ‘we at Westfield really don’t know to clean a shopping centre’, Westfield non-executive chairman Frank Lowy told shareholders at the group’s AGM last Wednesday 17 May that questions from the floor pertaining to poor cleaners’ wages and low cleanliness levels really belong to the contractors providing the services. An item by Scott Rochford in the Sydney Morning Herald’s [...]

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  • WFBSC 2012 presentation content strongly focused on BSC issues

    WFBSC 2012 presentation content strongly focused on BSC issues

    • May 17, 2012
    • By alan
    • Contracting, Email Newsletter

    One the most important international building service contractor events, the 19th World Federation of Building Service Contractor (WFBSC) International Congress will deliver a programme strongly focused on international and local BSC issues. The Congress will be held in Brazil’s ‘sustainable’ city of Curitiba from 10 to 14 October 2012 and it is expected to attract some 1,000 leading BSC delegates [...]

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  • Book your place at Clean NZ industry dinner

    Book your place at Clean NZ industry dinner

    • May 14, 2012
    • By Kim Taranto
    • Email Newsletter, Management

    The Building Service Contractors of New Zealand (BSCNZ) are excited by the number of suppliers who will be showing their wares at the Clean NZ Show to be held 24 and 25 May, and are grateful for their support. This is the first trade show that has been held since 2009 so it’s a great opportunity for the industry to get together [...]

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  • Record ISSA/Interclean exhibitor numbers include large percentage of ‘first time’ participants

    Record ISSA/Interclean exhibitor numbers include large percentage of ‘first time’ participants

    • May 14, 2012
    • By alan
    • Email Newsletter, Supply Side

    Reflecting the cleaning and hygiene industry’s buoyancy, the ISSA/Interclean 2012 Amsterdam opened its doors on Tuesday 8 May with a record 690 exhibitors (from 42 countries) that covered some 50,000 sq metres of floor space. Of those 690 companies, about 26 percent (180) were first time ISSA/Interclean exhibitors. A spike of 84 percent growth in exhibitors from Asia was a major [...]

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  • IICRC develop new standard and reference guide

    IICRC develop new standard and reference guide

    • May 14, 2012
    • By Kim Taranto
    • Email Newsletter, Management

    In a May 8 press release the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announced the ‘formation of consensus bodies for the development of a new BSR-IICRC S210 Standard and Reference Guide on Dimensional Stone Maintenance and Restoration and the revision of IICRC S300 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning.’ “As new materials and processes are introduced [...]

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  • Sealed Air attributes profit to Diversey in first quarter results

    Sealed Air attributes profit to Diversey in first quarter results

    • May 10, 2012
    • By Kim Taranto
    • Email Newsletter, Management

    Sealed Air Corporation released its first quarter results for 2012 on 3 May with sales totalling $1.92 billion, which is a 70 percent increase – 66 percent related to the Diversey acquisition. However, it also reported a loss per common share of $0.03 after a $0.21 per share effect from special terms. ‘The five percent increase in 2012 pro forma [...]

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  • A Bin Trolley For Every Purpose

    A Bin Trolley For Every Purpose

    • May 10, 2012
    • By sam12
    • Hot Products

    There are three WheelieSafe models; the ‘Essential’, the ‘Multi’ and the ‘Dolly Trolley’. All trollies will handle bins from 120L up to 240L and some 360L, from any side. They are equipped with a failsafe braking system and will freestand. The ‘Essential’ is designed for home use – handling one or two bins down steep slopes and across difficult terrain [...]

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  • Musilli appointed account manager for RapidClean

    Musilli appointed account manager for RapidClean

    • May 9, 2012
    • By Kim Taranto
    • Email Newsletter, Management

    Musilli has been working in the cleaning industry for 18 years with senior roles at Jal Chemical, Peerless Jal and more recently with Tasman Chemicals. He has secured many national accounts for his previous employers across a broad customer base including building service contractors, aged care groups, hospitality and government bodies. RapidClean endorses Musilli’s knowledge of cleaning products and systems [...]

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  • Vermop’s ‘Mag’ system wins Amsterdam innovation award

    Vermop’s ‘Mag’ system wins Amsterdam innovation award

    • May 9, 2012
    • By alan
    • Email Newsletter, Supply Side

    The Mag System from Vermop Salmon was announced as winner of the prestigious Amsterdam Innovation Award prize. At midday on the event’s first day (Tuesday 8 May) an official presentation was made to the winner and recognition given to short-listed products. The jury felt that the Mag system ‘brings an entirely new way of attaching mop covers to the mop [...]

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  • Tennant exceeds target range in first quarter results

    Tennant exceeds target range in first quarter results

    • May 9, 2012
    • By Kim Taranto
    • Email Newsletter, Supply Side

    Tennant Company released its 2012 First Quarter Results, ending 31 March, with a reported net earnings of $5.3 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, on net sales of $173.7 million, which rose 0.6 percent compared to the prior year quarter. “The first quarter is seasonally our weakest,” commented Tennant Company’s president and chief executive officer Chris Killingstad. “Though sales came [...]

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