Surie Polex has announced the opening of two new factories. The first factory in Bahadurgarh, Haryana has a total land area of 8.5 acres and a built up factory shed …

Frost & Sullivan honoured Eureka Forbes Limited with the Best Company of the Year Award for 2010 in the Indian Residential POU Water Treatment Systems Market. Over the years, the …

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Offering Customised Services Started in year 2000, Mumbai based Alert Private Services (APS) is an integrated facilities management company offering an array of customised services like housekeeping, electrical & mechanical …

Carpeted floors are still very popular. Apart from hotels, even commercial buildings at many places are carpeted. Carpeted floors guarantee high non-slip properties and help reduce sound levels but require efficient and systematic modern cleaning methods if they are to be maintained attractive, clean and bacteria free.

The cleaning equipment and tools which clean and maintain a facility need maintenance too, a fact which is very often ignored and overlooked. The service providers tend to complain about the frequent breakdowns of the equipment and blame it on poor service by the equipment suppliers. After sales service is necessary, but at the same time the cleaning contractor should train his cleaning staff on proper usage and daily maintenance of the equipment. A cable not checked, a filter not cleaned, a brush not replaced or a battery not charged, can cause loss of time, revenue or at times even serious accidents.

Marketing planning is key to success but what goes into an international marketing plan and how does it differ to a plan for your domestic market? Ceris Burns, international marketing specialist for the cleaning industry, MD of Ceris Burns International Ltd, London talks us through the key points to be considered.

“Today clients demand not only quality washing, but also better hygiene standards. They look for cost effective, energy efficient and time saving laundry systems and cleaning chemicals,” says Atul Rawal, …

When door-to-door collection and delivery in the retail laundry segment hit the Indian market, people were agog with the comfort it brought with it. It meant no carrying loads of …

While various toilet fixtures are being introduced for better cleaning of toilet, facility managers are yet to find ways to beat the odour resulting out of low-flow and no-flow systems.

About 10 years ago, I was attending a US Green Building Council meeting where Jan Beyea, the facility manager for the National Audubon Society, was reporting on the “greening” of …