ISS uses the chemical free Twister™ solution

​ISS – one of the world’s leading providers of cleaning, catering and other facility services – will be using chemical free floor cleaning solutions from HTC Sweden AB and Nilfisk-Advance as one of their Sustainability solutions.

The Twister™ solution is an innovative eco-friendly way of cleaning and maintaining floors without the use of chemicals. The Twister™ pads are equipped with billions of diamonds that clean and polish all sorts of flooring efficiently and with water only. The Twister™ pads are developed by Swedish HTC and distributed worldwide by Nilfisk-Advance.

- Being a global partner to ISS it seemed suitable to join forces and equip ISS’s floor cleaning machines with Twister™ pads, Michael Fenger, General Manager Product Marketing, Nilfisk-Advance says. The Twister™ pad is a mechanical solution that mounted on a Nilfisk cleaning machine polish the floor without using any chemicals, just water. This is not only good for the environment, it also lowers the costs of cleaning and is substantially more user friendly for the ISS staff.

- The Twister™ solution is completely in line with our policy of sustainable solutions for our staff and customers, Hege Wilsbeck (VP, Head of Group Cleaning Excellence) and Jan Lindegaard, (VP, Group Procurement) of ISS Group states. We strive at providing cleaning solutions that are environmentally sustainable and improve the conditions for our many employees.

- We appreciate the Twister™ system eliminating the exposure to chemicals for our people and still delivering a clean and shining floor with less frequent maintenance. This also reduces our costs as well as the environmental impact.

With more than 200.000 business-to-business customers worldwide, ISS is one of the world's largest commercial providers of facility services employing more than 480.000 people globally.

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Nilfisk-Advance has been developing cleaning machines for over 100 years and is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of professional cleaning equipment (with a turnover of approximately € 790 million in fiscal year 2008). With manufacturing facilities located in Asia, Europe and North America, plus sales entities in more than 41 countries and distributors in more than 70 countries, they are truly global. At the end of 2008 Nilfisk-Advance had approximately 4900 employees.

HTC Sweden AB is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of complete grinding and maintenance systems for floors.

Contact
Robert Kreicberg, Sales & Marketing Director, HTC Sweden AB, Tel: +46 (0)121- 294 00
www.htc-floorsystems.com
www.htc-twister.com

About HTC Sweden AB
Söderköping company HTC Sweden AB is a rapidly-growing gazelle company, founded in 1987 by Håkan and Gunn Thysell. The company is a contractor within floor care and concrete grinding. A patented-grinding system was launched in 1992 and HTC is currently an international market leader within floor grinding systems based on diamond technology and patented technical solutions. HTC has also developed unique floor solutions recommended by SNF within, among other things, polished concrete under the brand name HTC Superfloor™ and has recently introduced the unique diamond-based cleaning and maintenance system Twister™ internationally. The head office with product development and production is located in Söderköping. There are sales companies in the USA, Germany, the UK and France. There is also specialised production in the USA. Since August 2006, British company 3i Group has been a minority shareholder in HTC Sweden. 3i is the global leader within private equity and focuses, among other things, on minority investments in organic rapidly-growing companies and organisations that are expanding rapidly through company acquisitions.