“Technology made available – to everybody, anywhere, anytime…” Two years ago when INCLEAN spoke with deputy CEO and vice chairman management board of Alfred Karcher GmbH & Co. KG. Markus Asch, the company had moved from a product-driven focus to a customer-centric strategy, which continues today. As INCLEAN’s editor Kim Taranto discovered during an interview […]
5 May, 2014With one of the world’s greatest cities as its stage, the 20th Congress of the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) delivered what delegates described as the best, world class line up of keynote speakers and captivating content ever seen at a Congress. Held April 6 to 9, 2014 at the Marriott Marquis in […]
21 April, 2014Effective 16 January 2014, Karcher acquired Italian sweeping machine manufacturer and metal component producer ISAL. The purchase price was not disclosed. The two companies had been working together for more than 10 years in the development of industrial sweepers. Following bereavement in ISAL’s owner family, it stepped in to acquire a 100 percent stake. ISAL […]
23 January, 2014A 20 September press release issued by Tennant Company stated it has withdrawn its appeal of the June 2013 German court decision in Karcher’s lawsuit regarding the wording used in advertisements of Tennant Company’s proprietary ec-H2O technology – a chemical-free cleaning technology based on the process of electrolysis. However, Karcher believes the judgement will ‘make […]
23 September, 2013Karcher Australia recently held a spectacular, and loud, event at Melbourne’s Carousel function centre to launch its new professional range, which has undergone major rebranding. Keith Watts reports To the pounding beat of AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’, Karcher business manager, dealer, professional, Andrew Callinan literally roared through the function on a Harley Davidson motor bike to the […]
19 July, 2013The Tennant Company is likely to appeal against a Stuttgart (Germany) Regional Court judgement, delivered early last week, against Tennant and its advertising of ec-H2O technology. The legal action was instigated by Karcher. According to a 17 June Karcher blog post, the court determined Tennant advertisements claiming that the machines with ec-H2O-technology clean as well […]
23 June, 2013Held 15 to 16 May at Eastern Creek NSW, Sydney Dragway, CIVENEX 2013 showcased the latest innovations in civil works, construction, machinery, water and sewer, trucks, waste, cleaning equipment and more. It’s the exhibition for owners, operators, councils, public utility or private contractors to see all the latest products and serves at the one event. […]
20 May, 2013Courtesy European Cleaning Journal, 25 January 2013 German cleaning machine producer Karcher has won its unfair competition suit against the Chinese company Wenzhou Haibao. It’s one of the first German businesses to win a lawsuit of this kind in China. The dispute at the district court in Guangzhou (Canton) was over design copies of Karcher […]
14 February, 2013The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has made public its decision (13 June 2012) regarding challenges made against Tennant advertising by Karcher UK Ltd. Both manufacturer marketers have claimed ‘victories’ with the decision. ‘The ASA rejected one advertising challenge and upheld another. In the end, the ASA determined that Tennant’s ec-H2O is an effective cleaning […]
14 June, 2012The 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 […]
11 April, 2012Tennant 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 […]
26 March, 2012According 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, […]
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