Sat, 19 May 2012
Growing Opportunities for Facility Services in South India
Published on 20 Apr, 2012 at 17:24 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
At a rapid growth rate of 25-30% per annum, the over `16,000 crore-facility services industry of India is drawing global attention with more and more international service providers making inroads into this market. While the overall development in various sectors has increased opportunities, the service industry is heading for a boom in South India. Clean India Journal takes stock...
Bhart Forge Ltd, Pune: Increasing productivity with Cleaner Workshops
Published on 22 Mar, 2012 at 10:33 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
One of the oldest known metalwork manufacturing processes where metal is pressed, pounded or squeezed under great pressure and heated into high strength parts is forgings. The domestic automotive sector and outsourcing have been the key drivers of growth for the forging industry in India with consistent increase in production, capacity utilization and exports. With the booming auto component...
Municipal Waste Management Models Outsourcing Under Scrutiny
It is less than a decade since the Municipal Corporations across India began outsourcing their support services like collection, processing and disposal of waste. The tried and tested methods of waste management through outsourcing have helped create models at various levels. In an exclusive round table meet, civic officials from five Corporations discussed the successes and failures in handling...
Gloves: Barriers of Infection
Published on 1 Jan, 2012 at 13:55 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Hand hygiene in healthcare sector is one of the most important practices that forms the basis for prevention and acquisition of any kind of infection. Apart from regular hygiene practices, proper use of hand gloves can prevent exposure to infection.
Cost Matters in Cleaning Matters – Striking a Balance
The reluctance to shake out of the comforts of the existing cleaning system and the unwillingness to incur additional expenses in implementing innovative cleaning systems are globally being viewed as impediments to adopting standard cleaning or eco-friendly practices. In India, the going is rougher, as the very proposal to introduce better practices using eco-products or systems is directly associated...
It wasn’t me
When things are just not right and everything seems to go wrong… the sweeper brush moves zig-zag, the handle gets tipsy, the wheels do a roller coaster, the dispenser lid pops up, the chemical goes flying up, floor pad screw jumps out… What would you do? What ensues is an argument between the service provider and the equipment supplier...
Innovation in Cleaning Equipment – Reducing Cost – Increasing Performance
Published on 1 Oct, 2011 at 9:42 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Given the increased need for standard cleaning practices, the solution adopted by any organisation is largely customized to suit specific applications. The cleaning industry globally is constantly strengthening its R&D to develop comprehensive and specific cleaning solutions to suit the cleaning requirements of a facility and to achieve a good price-performance ratio. Resultantly, the innovative, eco-friendly, cost effective and...
Maintaining Mangalore Airport
Published on 1 Sep, 2011 at 14:53 in Extras | Viewed times | No Comments
In this centenary year 2011-12 of the civil aviation, India also takes pride of being the 9th largest market in the aviation world and in the forward march, it is expected to become one of the three largest markets in the world by 2020. With the air passenger traffic likely to cross over 300 million (domestic) & 100 million...
Automobile Industry – Growing market for mechanised cleaning
Published on 1 Sep, 2011 at 10:17 in Professional | Viewed times | No Comments
The Indian automobile industry, ranked seventh largest in the world today, owes its growth to the increased presence of world auto giants who have ventured into this flourishing market. Further, with sourcing parts from India being 10-20% cheaper for US auto makers and about 50% cheaper for their European counterparts, over the decade, several car companies are investing in...
Hygiene in Healthcare – A Diagnosis
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 10:55 in Professional | Viewed times | No Comments
In nine out of ten cases, the criteria for choosing a hospital by any individual would be the medical facilities offered therein. However, when the situation is critical, any hospital in the vicinity becomes the first choice and in a life-and-death situation the scope for making a choice would be limited. Given a choice, how many of us would...
