According to a 8 March Karcher press release, ‘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 (Tennant) at the beginning of September 2011 for misleading advertising. ‘Tennant made the changes prior to legal or official rulings in Germany, Belgium and UK. Karcher objected [...]
“Welcome to new beginnings,” said Hako Australia’s managing director Frank Cupido in his opening address at the Hako Dealer Conference held at Rydges Hotel in Parramatta (NSW), late February. In the four years that have passed since Hako’s last conference, Cupido reflected on the impact the GFC and various natural disasters has had on how we do business today. “All [...]
Keen to take its education concept to smaller cities, Interpoint (part of The Intermedia Group, INCLEAN’s publisher) has announced its organisation of AUSCLEAN WA, which will be held 19 and 20 March 2013, Perth. AUSCLEAN WA, which is supported by the Cleaning Council of WA, will include a series of educational seminars and workshops, complemented with an exhibition of cleaning [...]
The increasing presence of information technology and web-based solutions is a feature of the 2012 ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam Innovation Award entries, noted jury chair Michelle Marshall. Late last week it announced the selected nine nominees from a total of 71 entries. The overall winner, the category winners and visitors’ choice winner of this prestigious, international prize for the best innovation in [...]
Based on its 2011 results and expectations of future performance, Tennant Company estimates 2012 full year earnings in the range of US$2.30 to US$2.45 per diluted share on net sales in the range of US$790 million to US$805 million. That compares with 2011’s net sales of US$754.0 million and US$1.69 per diluted share. “In 2011, Tennant benefited from increased sales [...]
The ISSA/Interclean 2012 organisers have reported that there will be more than 135 first-time exhibitors out of the 650-plus companies participating. In line with 2011’s Pulire and ISSA North America event experiences, this reinforces the message that cleaning and hygiene is genuinely a recession-proof, growth industry. ISSA/Interlcean Amsterdam 2012 will feature exhibitors from more than 40 countries, displaying their products [...]
Announced in a press release, Hako Australia has appointed Scott Farr as field service mechanic as part of the manufacturer’s further growth plans in Victoria. According to the release, ‘Farr is new to the cleaning industry and has worked previously as a motor mechanic and field service technician. He has already undergone training out of Hako Australia’s new premises in [...]
Equipe Solutions says it has taken swift action to stop the sale of counterfeit hand soap dispensers from China which infringe Australian patents held by United Kingdom based Brightwell Dispensers Ltd. The fake goods were identical copies of the Brightwell Dispensers MSD soap dispenser and infringed two patents covering a valve inside the dispensing pump and the way the dispenser cover moves. [...]
A US survey conducted for The Sustainability Dashboard, a web-based system that helps organisations measure and monitor their use of fuel, water, energy, etc., has found that 43 percent of facility managers and cleaning professionals would pay more for products made by a company that practices sustainability.* However, 28 percent of respondents indicated they would not pay more and 30 [...]
Michael Schaffer, a senior executive with Tacony’s Commercial Floor Care division and president of Tornado Industries and CFR, has seen many industry trends come and go. According to a press release, however, Schaffer believes what is occurring now “is the emergence of a ‘new norm’ impacting the entire industry. “No one can argue that our industry is recession proof any longer,” [...]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2012 Australasia's Cleaning Industry and Environmental Technology Magazine. All rights reserved.
