As the ISSA/Interclean Central & Eastern Europe event opened (24 April in Warsaw), Karcher’s KM 105/100 R P compact ride-on sweeper and the Touch-less Disinfecting Services from Sanoserv were announced as winners of Golden Broom Innovation Award. The KM 105/100 R is said to be a ‘completely new’ compact ride-on sweeper in the 1 metre working width class. It is [...]
Buckeye Technologies Inc and Georgia-Pacific LLC have reached a ‘definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies’ common stock for $37.50 per share in cash. The transaction, subject to completion, is valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt.’ Buckeye Technologies’ stockholders will receive $37.50 in cash per share, representing a premium of some 29 [...]
By joining international cleaning supply group INPACS, local buying group RapidClean is now in a position to source ‘the best products available anywhere in the world at excellent prices’. In early April RapidClean announced that it had become an INPACS’ associate member and that organisation’s first non-European member. Berlin-based, INPACS has an annual turnover of $2.2 billion. ‘As the largest [...]
Copy courtesy of www.cleanzine.com Reflecting the increasing importance of training in our cleaning and hygiene industry, Jangro’s ‘Learning Management Solution’ was overall winner of the UK Cleaning Show’s Innovation Awards. More than 70 exhibitors entered the UK Cleaning Show’s Innovation Awards and, for the first time, these were featured in an Innovation Zone at the show. Judging by a team [...]
Always a keenly anticipated facet of Pulire, entries are now being called for Innovation Award Pulire 2013. The awards, open only to Pulire exhibitors, are designed ‘to enhance the research and innovation carried out by companies operating in the specific market’. Pulire 2013 will take place in Verona, Italy, from 21 to 23 May 2013. Located in Europe’s cleaning equipment [...]
Courtesy European Cleaning Journal, 25 January 2013 German cleaning machine producer Karcher has won its unfair competition suit against the Chinese company Wenzhou Haibao. It’s one of the first German businesses to win a lawsuit of this kind in China. The dispute at the district court in Guangzhou (Canton) was over design copies of Karcher compact class commercial pressure cleaners. [...]
Effective 1 January 2013 Dr Ilham Kadri is Sealed Air’s institutional and laundry (I & L) business president, replacing Pedro Chidichimo who has left the company to pursue personal interests in sustainability and philanthropy projects. I & L focuses on differentiated cleaning, sanitation and infection control solutions and services (formerly part of the Diversey business unit). William V. Hickey, Sealed [...]
The Made In America Store has announced Libman as its first ‘Home Cleaning Tools’ vendor. Libman, which owns Sabco, is a family owned business with a proud tradition of local manufacturing. ‘The iconic green cleaning tools come in a variety of styles and functions. The list available to the Made In America Store includes five different mops, seven brooms, 17 [...]
Visiting HIGIEXPO 2012 in Curitiba, Brazil, INCLEAN consulting editor Alan Hardcastle met Peter Hug, managing director of EUnited Cleaning, the European Association of Cleaning Machines Manufacturers. Here, Hug proffers his views on exhibitions, market developments and association work in Europe. The HIGIEXPO took place for the 22nd time and in parallel to the WFBSC world conference for building service contractors. [...]
The international cleaning industry’s supply segment continues to welcome more companies to its ranks, judging by participation at the recent ISSA/Interclean North America 2012 event. Of the 623 exhibitors, some 95 companies (or 15%) were new to ISSA/INTERCLEAN. ‘The results of the recent ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America 2012 exceeded expectations, both statistically and according to the stream of positive feedback received [...]
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