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Grupo Eulen and Dussmann agree cooperation
17th of May 2013
Building services companies Grupo Eulen of Spain and Dussmann Group of Germany have signed a cooperation agreement for the joint provision of integrated facility management services in 35 countries.
The agreement provides companies with global activities the opportunity to organise their facility management operations in an international master
UK FM and cleaning associations announce merger
16th of May 2013The British Institute of Facilities Management, Asset Skills, the Facilities Management Association and the Cleaning and Support Services Association have agreed to the concept of forming a single body to represent facilities management and support services.
A steering group has been established to progress the proposed merger which brings
Cleaning towns and streets - a history
15th of May 2013
In the latest part of our exclusive series about the history of hygiene, we focus on city and town cleaning. When did sanitation and waste removal become a priority on the streets of Europe and how was today’s modern street cleaning equipment developed?
The cleanliness of towns and streets has been a concern ever since they first came about
Urinal video games: coming soon to a toilet near you?
15th of May 2013
Urinal video games are currently entertaining male washroom visitors at a US baseball stadium.
Each urinal at the Lehigh Valley IronPigs stadium in Pennsylvania features an individual screen that automatically senses when a man walks up to it. The urine stream begins the game and patented technology interprets elements of the stream while also
Cleaning on a new level
14th of May 2013
German reporter Thomas Schulte-Marxloh brings news of latest sustainability initiatives in the sector.
It is hard for ‘sustainability’. It is a nice little word, no doubt, neither a beauty, nor a monster. However it has to compete with terms like ‘economy’, ‘growth’, ‘maintenance free’,
Americo acquires strategic assets of Glit/Microtron
14th of May 2013
Just weeks after the announcement by Continental Commercial Products that it was closing the Glit/Microtron floor pad manufacturing plant in Georgia, USA, Americo has acquired the strategic assets of the company.
The purchase included equipment and inventory as well as formulations for all products produced in the Glit/Microtron facility. Americo
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