The advent of increasingly powerful Wi-Fi technology, complemented with ‘smart TVs’ as the standard television, offers a ready and easy access to a prodigious array of training videos, complemented with interactive options such as webinars. No longer are PCs (desktops and laptops) and ‘pads’ the only logical viewing platform. Large screen TVs with integrated Wi-Fi are a more ‘viewable’ option. [...]
Pulire 2.0, 21 to 23 May 2013, Verona, Italy Based on the ‘Pulire 2.0′ concept, Pulire 2013 edition will deliver a dynamic and interactive environment that will enhance buying relationships between exhibitors and visitor buyers. To be held in Verona, Italy, from 21 to 23 May 2013, Pulire is the largest professional cleaning exhibition in Italy, home of European [...]
All ISS Finland cleaners will, during this year, start using smartphones and QR codes to register their working hours. The service provider sees significant administrative efficiencies as well as safety benefits in this reporting system. Until now, cleaners filled in time-sheets and sent them to their managers. The new practice will ease this process significantly. The QR code (a type [...]
CMS 2013, Berlin, 24 to 27 September 2013 Cleaning.Management.Services (CMS) has reported that early booking levels for its 2013 fair are high, ‘with preparations and planning of new concepts also well under way’. ‘With many bookings already taken from all the leading market players the task of allocating individual stands and special display areas in the halls has already begun. [...]
Trade fairs represent the wealth of a nation By Toni D’Andrea* A month or so has passed since the PULIRE Eurasia exhibition was held in Istanbul. Today, a number of assumptions have become convincing truths. The results or consequences of decisions, whether conscious or unintentional, are often revealed at a much later date. Sometimes it takes a few weeks, other [...]
ISSA Innovation Award Program 2012 winners were announced at ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America 2012, held 16 to 19 October in Chicago. They were selected by cleaning industry distributors, wholesalers, building service contractors, and in-house service professionals who cast their votes for the most innovative products among the 51 entries in five categories. The contest, which was conducted electronically, received more than [...]
One of the excellent WFBSC presentations was delivered by Luciano Pizzatto, environmentalist and CEO of Compagas, a Brazilian energy company. Presented in Portugese, this writer had difficulty in understanding the English translation, however, here are some bullet points. *A hungry man cannot think about tomorrow… *Countries defend the technologies they manufacture, whether wind, water, solar or nuclear. *Bacteria and viruses [...]
Diversey awarded Marsden Building Maintenance its Sustainability Innovation Award at the 19th Congress of the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) in Curitiba, Brazil. Diversey recognised the Minneapolis-based building service contractor (BSC) for its innovative composting program. OCS Group and Verzani & Sandrini were also named finalists. Diversey developed the Sustainability Innovation Award to encourage and promote green cleaning [...]
By Briana Davis* Most of us will agree that regular hand washing runs synonymous with good hygiene. In hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare settings, hand hygiene is especially crucial because it remains the single most important means of preventing the spread of dangerous pathogens (such as Staph infection). The simple act of touch is the primary mode of infection [...]
It is often said few outside our industry see quality cleaning for what it really is: an essential investment. ISSA is so focused on changing that perception it is dedicating the ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America 2012 tradeshow and ISSA Convention toward helping attendees achieve that goal. To be held 16 to 19 October 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago, the event [...]
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