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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
According to a 20 April 2012 post by US supplier Cleaning Solutions LLC, that company has been unable to achieve ‘commercial viability’ for its Activeion ionator. ‘Since 2008, Cleaning Solutions LLC has been proud to heighten awareness of the benefits of chemical-free cleaning. Regrettably, while many customers continue to be satisfied with Activeion solutions, the business has been unable to [...]
Late March the US’s National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus recommended that Tennant Company discontinue certain claims promoting the superior performance of the company’s ‘ec-H20’ technology. The claims at issue were challenged before NAD, the US advertising industry’s self-regulatory forum, by Nilfisk-Advance, stated an official NAD press release. Claims at issue included: ec-H20 ‘electrically converts [...]
The Regional Court in Cologne, Germany, has granted Tennant Company an interim injunction against Alfred Karcher GmbH & Co. KG. ‘The court’s decision, effective immediately, means that Karcher is no longer allowed to state that Tennant has weakened its ec-H2O advertising claims, and Karcher must immediately remove all such statements from the Internet,’ stated a 10 April Tennant press release. [...]
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 [...]
Tennant Company has sent a ‘cease and desist’ letter to major competitor Karcher following a blog statement made by the German-based manufacturer earlier this month. Karcher had stated, ‘The US cleaning equipment manufacturer Tennant has pulled back from its controversial claims for so-called ec-H2O technology in scrubber-driers significantly after Karcher initiated legal or regulatory action against the company at the [...]
Francis Alexander (Frank) Cormack 19 April 1924 – 17 March 2012 A skilled engineer, Frank Cormack was instrumental in the design and manufacture of the first Polivac suction polisher. In reality, it was the world’s first suction polisher and a machine that put Australian cleaning equipment on an international stage. While working for Vincent Brothers (part of Pye) during the [...]
The Cleaning Council WA (CCWA) Supplier Showcase was held 13 March 2012 at the Saint Hotel Innaloo with 120 registered delegates and more signing up at the door. As Western Australia’s only trade show for the cleaning industry, the atmosphere was alive and buzzing. The showcase featured displays from over 30 suppliers as well as key government bodies including the [...]
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