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ABM Announces Latest Updates to Leadership Team

By |2024-02-28T22:08:29-06:00February 28, 2024|

ABM has detailed the most recent additions to the company’s leadership team. Valerie Burd has been promoted to president of ABM’s business and industry (B&I) division. Burd has been with the company for nearly 20 years and has spent the past three years as president of ABM’s educations segment. In her new position, Burd will ...

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Facility Productivity Strategies: Unleashed!

By |2024-07-16T20:50:53-05:00February 28, 2024|

Improving facility cleaning and maintenance productivity is more than just an objective. It is essential. Innovative strategies can enhance a facility’s productivity rather than merely cleaning and maintaining it. It can lead to cost savings, occupant satisfaction, and increased operational efficiencies. Let’s reconsider not only your building’s potential but the abilities of your team. Embracing ...

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Berk International President Announces Retirement

By |2024-02-27T20:26:55-06:00February 27, 2024|

Berk International LLC has some exciting news to share. After 22 years of business building and visionary leadership, Jeff Berk, a founding partner at Berk International LLC, President and Head of Sales, has decided to retire. Since co-founding Berk International in 2000, Jeff has been instrumental in shaping the company’s business into the leading manufacturer ...

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Leveraging AI for Facility Maintenance Services

By |2024-07-16T21:05:00-05:00February 26, 2024|

Sustainable and efficient facility management is vital in today’s fast-changing business industries. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) within facilities can significantly enhance building efficiency and performance. As AI gains traction, its applications are expanding across various industries, including environmental sustainability. AI has the potential to drive corporate responsibility through predictive analytics, automation, energy optimization, cleaning, inventory ...

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Newell Announces Updates to Board

By |2024-02-23T22:07:21-06:00February 23, 2024|

Newell Brands, parent company of Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), has announced changes to its board of directors as part of the board’s continued commitment to refreshment. On February 15, James “Jim” Keane was elected to the company’s board of directors. Keanne is the retired president and CEO of Steelcase Inc. and is the second new director to ...

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Clorox Continues Reign as Most Sustainable U.S. Company

By |2024-02-23T22:05:35-06:00February 23, 2024|

The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, has achieved the top ranking on Barron’s 2024 100 Most Sustainable Companies list. In developing the seventh-annual index, the financial publication collaborated with Calvert Research and Management to analyze the 1,000 largest U.S. publicly traded companies by market value and scored them on more than 230 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators. This ...

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Ecolab Adds Microsoft Exec to Board

By |2024-02-23T22:04:48-06:00February 23, 2024|

The board of directors of Ecolab Inc. has appointed Judson Althoff to the company’s board. Althoff currently serves as chief commercial officer for Microsoft Corp. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2013, Althoff held senior executive and sales roles at Oracle and EMC. Althoff will serve as an independent director and a member of Ecolab’s audit ...

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Technology and Building Service Contracting

By |2024-07-16T21:04:53-05:00February 23, 2024|

“Technology doesn’t define our operations; it can only enhance them.” When presenting to future or current clients, this has been one of my favorite rebuttals in addressing technology integration into our operations. It isn’t that we are resistant to technology—quite the contrary. My question has always been: Is it as effective as it has been ...

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Brain Corp Teams With Tennant

By |2024-02-22T22:00:59-06:00February 22, 2024|

Brain Corp has entered into an exclusive technology agreement with Tennant Co.  The deal calls for the two organizations to collaborate on accelerating the development and adoption of the next generation of robots in the floor cleaning industry. As part of the agreement, Tennant will launch the new X4 ROVR, the company’s first purpose-built autonomous mobile robot ...

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Sodexo Secures Extension With AstraZeneca

By |2024-02-22T21:58:28-06:00February 22, 2024|

Sodexo has been awarded a five-year contract extension with multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca plc. The extended deal calls for Sodexo to provide catering and facilities management services to AstraZeneca properties in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. Sodexo will also assist AstraZeneca in achieving its sustainability goals by reducing food waste ...

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