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Italian Forum Pulire discusses integrated services
4th of April 2012Milan was the venue for the first Forum Pulire, a congress for the Italian market about integrated services that took place at the end of last month.
Over 280 delegates attended the two-day event - among them were service companies, manufacturers and product distributors. Vice president of the European parliament Gianni Pittella was also
More mobile phones than lavatories in Indian homes
4th of April 2012More Indians have access to a mobile telephone than a lavatory, according to the country's latest census. The 2011 study revealed that 115 million homes in India have a toilet -16 million fewer than the 131 million homes with access to a mobile phone.
The number of Indian families without access to any lavatory and forced to use open ground
ISSA/INTERCLEAN seminar will focus on healthcare
3rd of April 2012Cleaning association ISSA, co-organiser of the ISSA/INTERCLEAN exhibition in Amsterdam next month, is to host a seminar at the event dedicated to the role of cleaning in healthcare.
The seminar - entitled ‘Cleaning in the 21st Century: the Vital Importance of Cleaning on Healthcare' - will focus on the positive impact cleaning can have on
Chidichimo blog tackles service quality
2nd of April 2012Pedro Chidichimo, president of the institutional and laundry business unit of Sealed Air (known as Diversey before it was acquired last year), writes in his latest ECJ blog about how web-based auditing applications can differentiate a company from its competitors through improved service quality of the customer-facing operations.
He writes that
bpi.recycled products invests millions in recycling
30th of March 2012Refuse and recycling sacks manufacturer bpi.recycled products has commissioned a multi-million euro state-of-the-art, waste wash plant at its factory in the UK, which will enable it to improve its 100 per cent recycled polythene products.
Estimated to have cost in the region of 5.4 million euros, the new plant will be used to recycle waste such
Truvox celebrates 50th year
29th of March 2012Truvox International, UK manufacturer of floor care machines, is celebrating its 50th year in business. Truvox Floorcraft was first incorporated in July 1962, became Truvox International in 1992 and was acquired by the Tacony Corporation of the US in 2006.
Throughout its history the company has built scrubber dryers, carpet extractors, vacuums