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Results-driven cleaning
20th of September 2018
Dutch reporter Jacco Vonhof writes about a recent visit to the VSR association by a Singaporean government delegation.
The government of Singapore – the Real Estate & Construction Centre and the Environmental Management Association of Singapore (EMAS) – asked our association to teach them more about the Dutch cleaning market,
Workwear - keeping up appearances
20th of September 2018
ECJ’s Lotte Printz takes a look at workwear in Denmark where unusually high temperatures over the summer ignited a heated debate on dress codes.
Sandals and shorts signal “lack of authority”. Or at least that’s what leading public transport companies in Denmark think and the reason why their drivers are not allowed to wear
When solar panels shine
19th of September 2018
It was long believed that solar panels have virtually no need for maintenance or cleaning – this is not the case. Alexandra Lachner reports from Germany.
“We believe 80 per cent of the photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany have clear potential for increased output”, says Christian Shuster of Berlin company ucair. This
French cleaning group moves into football
19th of September 2018
The third largest cleaning company in France, Groupe Nicollin, is expanding in the west of the country and has invested in a football stadium - writes ECJ’s reporter there Christian Bouzols.
A year after the death of the company’s former boss, Louis Nicollin, who was an emblematic figure in France, Groupe Nicollin, now managed by
An honourable cleaning job
4th of July 2018
They are all smiles, the two women in charge of cleaning the altarpiece in Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark. To them, removing 11 years’ dust is an honourable job. ECJ’s Lotte Printz reports.
“I don’t think many of us actually love dusting in places where it is really filthy,” says the news reporter from Danish TV2 as she
Cleaning goes digital
3rd of July 2018
German correspondent Alexandra Lachner speaks to engineering association VDMA about robotics.
“Things are happening in the world of robotics at the moment – many of our members are making substantial investments in order to bring good products on to the market. The demand for driverless cleaning machines is increasing all the
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