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Spanish exhibition Hygienalia to take place in November
7th of February 2025
Professional cleaning exhibition for the Spanish market Hygienalia will be held in Madrid from November 4-6. The show will feature around 150 national and international exhibitors, say the organisers, with an expected increase in visitors from the previous edition two years ago. The 2023 event attracted almost 6,500 cleaning
Nexaro's new robot vacuum can clean larger, more complex spaces
6th of February 2025
Robotic vacuum cleaner technology specialist Nexaro has unveiled its latest model - the NR1700 - which it says has been developed to meet the demands of larger, more complex spaces than than the existing NR1500.
"The Nexaro NR 1700 is the ideal solution for large-scale and complex applications such as lobbies, showrooms and other complex room
OCS acquires Maxim FM
5th of February 2025
In the UK, facilities services provider OCS has acquired Maxim FM in the north-east of England. This is the group's sixth strategic transaction in the UK over the last 18 months and follows its acquisition of Scottish facilities management specialist FES FM and FES Support Services at the end of last year.
With Maxim FM's head office in
The PandemicClean project: cleanliness and cost-efficiency
31st of January 2025
For three years a team of industry experts has been gathering material on cleaning ergonomics and conscious cleaning. In the second of their exclusive articles for ECJ, Helge Alt from Puhastusekspert in Estonia and Tarja Valkosalo of Propuhtaus Finland (who have been involved since the start) tackle the theme of cleanliness and
Cleaners in China go through tonnes of trash to retrieve man’s lost cash
30th of January 2025
A group of sanitation workers in China searched through a pile of rubbish for six hours to help a young couple retrieve cash that had been thrown away by mistake.
The unnamed groom-to-be in eastern China's Shandong province had accidentally thrown away banknotes to the value of 230,000 yuan - equivalent to more than €30,000 - in a takeaway
Trolleys - too posh to push
30th of January 2025
Pushing a trolley laden with buckets, appliances and chemicals can represent a significant physical challenge for a cleaner. Ann Laffeaty looks at some of the ways in which producers are helping to ease the strain.
Trolleys provide an easy method of moving cleaning materials from A to B. But when they are loaded with buckets, mops, vacuums,
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