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Northwood Paper Sales buys Disposables UK
18th of June 2015The shareholders of Northwood Paper Sales and its associated companies have acquired the issued share capital of Disposables UK, best known for manufacturing and distributing ranges such as Bay West, Optimum Professional, and Optimum ProWipers in the UK.
Commenting on the sale David Burkill, managing director of Disposables UK said: “This
Thomann-Hanry cleans up the Bank of England
17th of June 2015Exterior building cleaning and restoration specialist Thomann-Hanry has been undertaking a very special project at the Bank of England's Threadneedle Street headquarters in London, which are having their first clean-up in more than 20 years.
The company's previous restorations include the Ritz in London, Moscow’s Kremlin, the Louvre in
The mega trends that will impact greatest on our work
16th of June 2015Peter Ankerstjerne, head of group marketing at global facilities services provider ISS, talks about the mega trends that will have the greatest impact on the way people work in the run-up to 2020.
Teen’s invention keeps germs on planes in check
15th of June 2015A Canadian teenager has come up with an airflow concept aimed at preventing the spread of airborne diseases on aircraft.
Raymond Wang started working on the project after learning that a single air passenger with an infectious disease had the potential to spread the disease to as many as 17 other passengers on the flight.
Impressed by what he
Pulire Italy visitor figures grow
12th of June 2015The Pulire cleaning exhibition took place in Verona, Italy recently and attracted over 15,100 visitors, a 6.3 increase over the last event in 2013. Almost 27 per cent of the visitors were from outside Italy, up two per cent from 2013 - cleaning professionals from 99 countries attended.
This year's show featured 271 exhibitors from 16 countries -
New study shows benefits of modern wipes
11th of June 2015A study by an independent research institute which included tests on the latest Tork wiping products from SCA has concluded there are a number of advantages for non-woven products compared with rags and rental cloths in manufacturing industries.
Benefits include less time required to achieve the same results, and less solvent needed.
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