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Managing the experience
21st of November 2019News from correspondent John Griep, director of the Dutch Association for Cleaning Research (VSR).
Forget the objective measurement of fingermarks, dust particles and cleaning performance. During the VSR’s recent event, the focus was on the staff’s subjective work experience. For example, temperature – a relatively small
A workplace out of the ordinary
20th of November 2019
Lotte Printz, ECJ’s correspondent in Denmark, reports from an inspiring business - The Laundry.
“It could be a cleaning company, a bicycle workshop or something else. The main thing is that each and every one can contribute and that we do things together,” Pia Stabell Hjort says.
She and Katrine Knudsen are social workers who
What do we know about cleaners?
19th of November 2019
A survey by the French Ministry of Labour shows that the industry set to recruit the most people over the next three years is cleaning. ECJ reporter Christian Bouzols tells us more.
It turns out from a recent survey by the French Ministry of Labour that the trade that’s going to recruit the most people these next three years is none other
Northwood makes two acquisitions
18th of November 2019
Northwood Paper, Tissue & Hygiene in the UK has made two acquisitions.
The first is Dicepa Papelera in Enate, Spain as well as the trade and assets of the converting plant of Manipa in Madrid. This brings additional recycled paper production and further increases the security supply for the converting papers needed by the Northwood Companies,
EFCI news - how have cleaning companies evolved over time?
15th of November 2019
In June 2019 the EFCI published its Trend Report, The European Cleaning Industry 1995-2016. This statistical work presents a great deal of information about the cleaning companies in Europe and their evolution throughout the past 20 years. The report builds on the past editions of the EFCI survey published regularly since 1987 and on
Fragrance Forum looks at AI
14th of November 2019
London was the venue for the recent Fragrance Forum hosted by the International Fragrance Association UK (IFRA-UK).
This year, the programme explored how new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and machine learning are changing the face of the fragrance industry, with some of the biggest names in the fragrance, computing and biotechnology
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