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de Bruin joins ISSA Europe board
19th of May 2011
Industry association ISSA has appointed Michel de Bruin of MGS International/Greenspeed to its European board of representatives. He will represent members from the Benelux region.
"I feel privileged to take on the exciting challenge of Benelux," de Bruin said. "My goal is to adapt ISSA's invaluable global knowledge and skills to local needs
Poland showcase
18th of May 2011
As the ISSA/INTERCLEAN Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) exhibition opens its doors in Warsaw, Poland, ECJ takes a look at the the events taking place at the show, and the products visitors can see there.
Warsaw in Poland is the venue for this year's ISSA/INTERCLEAN Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) exhibition, which takes from May 18-20. Over
Significant steps
18th of May 2011
Dutch scientific journalist Anton Duisterwinkel describes the long term changes resulting from the widespread cleaners' strike a year ago.
A book, a special cleaners' day, more (self) respect and a wage increase. Those are the major consequences, a year after the start of one of the longest strikes in Dutch history, the cleaners' strike of 2010.
Only in it for the money?
17th of May 2011
Even though contract cleaning employees in Germany received a pay rise at the beginning of this year, their trade union is now demanding another wage increase. Thomas Schulte-Marxloh reports.
Since January this year the 900,000 employees in the contract cleaning business have been receiving higher wages – this was the beginning of my last
Industry companies rank highly in outsourcing table
17th of May 2011
Three of the industry's top service providers have scored highly in this year's International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) league of the world's leading outsourcing services companies. ISS is ranked at number two, while Sodexo comes in at number three and Johnson Controls at number 10 in the Global Outsourcing 100.
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Hygolet appoints new ceo
16th of May 2011
Washrooms systems company Hygolet Europe, based in Switzerland, has appointed a new ceo. He is Andreas Faller and he takes over from Chris Van Laere who retires in the summer.
Faller has a background in international sales, marketing and product management through previous roles with a number of Swiss and German premium brand companies.
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