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Daytime cleaning: an alliance for fair working time
17th of June 2025
Last week, more than 50 trade unionists, employers, clients, politicians, researchers, and cleaning machine manufacturers came together in Brussels to explore the opportunities and challenges of implementing daytime cleaning.
Hayat El Hore, a cleaner and delegate from ACV-CSC in Belgium, opened the conference with powerful remarks: "Daytime
Vectair acquires Big D Industries
16th of June 2025
Global provider of aircare and hygiene solutions Vectair has completed the acquisition of Big D Industries, manufacturer of odour control and air freshening products based in the US.
"We are excited to welcome Big D Industries into the Vectair family," said Peter Lipke, CEO of Vectair. "Big D Industries' exceptional range of odour control
Fleet management based on IoT technology
16th of June 2025
Managing machines, equipment and tools is a massive challenge for cleaning companies, particularly when it’s still done manually. Implementing a centralised IoT platform as the foundation for a vendor-agnostic fleet management system can help streamline operations - says Alexander Manafi, co-founder & CEO of asset operations
Rise of specialist qualifications
16th of June 2025
The industry is seeing an increase in more specialist aspects, reports Anna Garbagna from Italy.
The Pandemic has caused a widespread diffusion of sanitisation systems for domestic and working environments, as well as creating the need to establish benchmarks to assess the effectiveness and safety of indoor sanitisation methods.
This situation
Business enters the space race
13th of June 2025
Mega-rich entrepreneurs are seizing lucrative opportunities to boldly go where only government agencies with hefty budgets have gone before … and beyond. Hartley Milner explores the burgeoning commercial space industry, its trailblazers, triumphs and troughs.
As dawn breaks over California’s Mojave airport, White Knight, a
Solar panel cleaning niche
11th of June 2025
ECJ’s Christian Bouzols on a new cleaning sector that’s booming in France - solar panels.
The solar panel cleaning sector is booming, fuelled by the increase in photovoltaic installations in France. Thanks to some state subsidies (incentives, reduced VAT rate) and current regulations, this niche market is attracting more and more
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