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A year of contradictions
13th of March 2017
Latest trends in the Russian cleaning market, from Oleg Popov of Cristanval Cleaning.
For the Russian cleaning market, the second year of the third crisis wave has come to an end. We’ve undergone serious downturns in 1998 and 2008 and now we’re going through another one. To say that Russian entrepreneurs have been hardened is an
Greece’s cleaning sector - challenges and opportunities
13th of March 2017
Anthi Iliopoulou is general manager of Alter Ego, one of the largest integrated facility management providers in Greece. With its headquarters in Athens, Alter Ego has over 800 employees and provides services throughout the country. It has 68 major Greek and multinational businesses among its clients and is a subsidiary of the European Reliance
Waste management partner
10th of March 2017
Jacco Vonhof, chairman of the Association of Cleaning Research (VSR) is the new Dutch reporter for ECJ. He explores how cleaning companies can add value in this age of robotisation and digitisation.
The world is changing and so is the cleaning industry. Robots are taking over tasks and digitisation allows those working in the industry to be
Cleaning the cleanroom
10th of March 2017
How do you keep the cleanest places in the world clean? German reporter Alexandra Lachner finds out.
Although cleanrooms were for many years intended for sectors such as pharmacy or space technology, they have now become commonplace in a wide range of industries. “The driving force is mainly the consumer”, explains Frank Duvernell,
Dirty cleaning
7th of March 2017
A case of misuse of workers and government funds has tainted the reputation of Denmark’s second largest facility service company, reports ECJ correspondent Lotte Printz.
They were going to start a new life in Denmark. But for 149 poor Eastern Europeans their dreams turned into a nightmare. The Eastern Europeans were lured to Denmark by
Encouraging signs from Italian survey
15th of December 2016
Anna Garbagna reports from Italy on the latest survey by the AfidampCOM association, covering the cleaning products distribution market.
AfidampCOM’s survey on the distribution market for the professional cleaning in Italy in 2015 was conducted from March until June this year.
The survey shows a reasonably positive picture with growing
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