What’s New at ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America 2015

Attracting and landing a new customer can be challenging, time-consuming, and costly.

To create a successful training program for your organization that helps to cultivate the best staff, consider these steps.

From encapsulation machines to backpack vacuums, there are many types of solutions available to help custodians tend to carpet.

In early June, my partner and I traveled into the future of the cleaning industry, and what we saw was good—very good.

Many of the questions I receive about cleaning relate to pricing or bidding and estimating.

The latest technology in detergent-free cleaning from Tennant is ec-H2O NanoClean™.

CleanTelligent is the leading janitorial software solution, trusted for more than 10 years to help build and preserve relationships.

A backpack vacuum is a faster, more efficient way to clean carpet. It moves quickly through a space, and the lightweight aluminum wand is easy to maneuver around obstacles.

Whether in a hospital, school, an office, or a retail space, the floor of a facility is an important, visible component of a business’s environment.

If you’re an attorney, you’ll know you’ve made it when you buy your first cruiser sports boat. If you’re a real estate agent, you’ll know you’ve made it when you drive your brand new “beemer” home. And, when you’re a contract cleaner, you’ll know you’ve made it when you buy your first automatic scrubber.

Americo introduces a new floor care tool that could help reduce operational processes and costs, while providing answers about floor mats and pads—fast. Americo’s mobile app gives users the power to select correct floor pads and mats to maintain every floor type. Users can also receive access to step-by-step instructions from the experts and more.

Clarion Metal Interlock/No Buff Floor Finish is a durable and low-maintenance floor finish for when there is limited equipment or manpower for a buffing program. Clarion maintains high gloss, is versatile and may be used on all porous floors.

PortionPac Chemical Corp. offers a complete system of high concentrate, color-coded cleaning products in pre-measured Pac® brand pouches with new formulations that are Green Seal™-certified. Along with updated packaging and a modern manufacturing process, PortionPac® Cleaning Systems are free of hazards per the OSHA HazCom Standard and contain no pictograms, hazard, or precautionary statements.

The Kärcher ECO! T11 Bp Liner CartVac is a professional mobile cleaning solution designed with an integrated vacuum. The clean design of the Kärcher CartVac allows for organized storage of cleaning supplies, providing a more professional appearance than today's janitorial carts.

The all-new PowerUp 14-inch upright vacuum combines dual motor power and HEPA filtration in a carpet care solution. The ergonomic design and lightweight construction make this vacuum easy to maneuver. Operate under normal soil conditions in its low-power mode; for heavier debris, such as ice melt on mats, PowerUp to the high-speed mode to increase air movement.

The CompuClean app lets you perform custodial quality inspections using your smartphone or tablet. Inspect, capture images to highlight deficiencies, and document your facility performance, even where Internet services are unavailable. Available for Android® devices and the Apple® iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, the CompuClean App is free for all registered CompuClean users.

Whittaker has created a suite of cleaning products to suit the everyday and longterm carpet cleaning needs of facilities, beginning with the original CRYSTAL Dry Extra formula. CRYSTAL® Quick Restore, the newest addition to the CRYSTAL line, is a low-moisture encapsulation chemistry that can deliver results similar to hot water extraction. Products will not leave behind cloudy residues, helping to prevent resoiling.

Deb Group has launched a comprehensive occupational skincare range formulated to serve a variety of market segments, including industrial, food processing and service, commercial, and healthcare. The new Deb Stoko Range is designed to protect, cleanse, sanitize, and restore skin. It includes a variety of products, including antibacterial washes and foams for washrooms, and foaming sanitizers for healthcare facilities.

Tennant’s T300 Walk-Behind Scrubber, with its Pro-Panel™ touch screen, features programmable Zone settings™, which allow supervisors to preconfigure the machine to clean individualized building areas. It also provides on-board video tutorials, operator login, and supervisor lockout capabilities, delivering optimized cleaning performance for virtually any hard floor condition while lowering operating costs.

The new Compact® with ActiveAire™ solves a top public restroom problem. Installed in the dispenser, ActiveAire™ neutralizes odors at their source—inside the stall—providing improved hygiene standards and a better overall perception of the facility. The unit activates automatically when a person enters the stall; a hand-wave reactivates it. ActiveAire™ features six fragrances.

Wausau Paper’s Alliance® offers twice the capacity of typical roll towel dispensers in a similar wall footprint. Its design accommodates two full rolls—up to 2,000 feet. Featuring a patent-pending design, Alliance® automatically transfers to the second roll when the first is completely depleted, reducing service interruptions and maintenance time.

Sport Kote® PC is the next generation of Sport Kote, a water-based, single-component gym floor finish that should take two people just five hours to apply two coats. It contains low VOCs, and is MFMA-approved and UL-classified, but it is also now made with polycarbonate. That means big gains in durability, gloss, and scuff/scratch resistance.