Virtual Info Systems Pvt Ltd (VIS), India and Afidamp Servizi srl, Italy, the organisers of Clean India Pulire, have joined hands with EUnited Cleaning for the 10th edition of the Clean India Show — Clean India Pulire 2013 — to be held from December 5 to 7 at Mumbai, India. The agreement was signed by
Clean India Journal deeply regrets the sad demise of Rupali Sethi, a leading stalwart of the Indian cleaning industry and co-founder of Manmachine India, last week. Rupali along with her husband Anil Sethi started Manmachine India over two decades ago with a vision to provide state-of-the-art mechanised housekeeping services to offices, hospitals, industries & commercial
More and more facilities are now being covered by professional cleaning service providers at the North Central Railway. In a recent move to clean the TTE guest house in Kanpur, NC Railway has officially called for bidders for comprehensive housekeeping services. Speaking to Clean India Journal Ravi Prakash, PRO, North Central Railway Kanpur has said,
This year the Pulire Verona Show saw the launch of Pulire 2.0, an ‘interactive event’ available on smart phones and tablets which have two applications: one for exhibitors and one for visitors. The entire catalogue was online with assigned QR codes, which facilitated as a match-making system for managing appointment books and agendas as well
Georgia-Pacific has announced that they will 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 approximately $1.5 billion, including debt. Buckeye Technologies, based in Memphis, Tenn., manufactures and markets speciality fibres and non woven materials made from wood and
The 2nd International Brainstorming Workshop on Waste to Energy in India organised by WTERT in Delhi discussed problems and solutions of MSW management in Indian cities and future opportunities. The need to move ahead, decisively and distinctly was agreed upon among discussions on regulatory reforms. Some of the issues that saw consensus were roles and
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals has ranked global facilities services provider ISS as the ‘Number 1′ on its annual list of the world’s best outsourcing service providers -The Global Outsourcing 100. ISS and its global platform integrates and self-delivers a complete set of facility services such as catering, cleaning, security, property and support services
Internationally, countries have laid down stringent safety laws, regulations and standards pertaining to façade maintenance and window cleaning. But, in India there are no laws or rules specifically laid down for the safety of people working at heights! Ironically, the laws laid down for the safety of workers, in general, are more than 50 years
It was a high-rise building in Kolkata… A man on ropes is busy cleaning the windows. A closer look… the ropes he was hanging on were damaged and were from the ones discarded as non-usable; cloth tied across his shoulder and waist formed his safety harness; the karabiners had no twist locks or screw-gate closures;
Early this year, R Varun Karthikeyan took over as the Managing Director of Roots Multiclean Ltd, India’s leading manufacturer of mechanised cleaning equipment. Having been trained over the years under his father, K. Ramasamy, Chairman of Roots Group, and also worked as the Director-Operations in RMCL, the transition to the pivotal role was rather smooth