News : Pressure Washer

Nilfisk-ALTO is launching the new POSEIDON 5, 6 and 7 range of industrial cold water pressure washers.

The new POSEIDON pressure washer range has been designed to exceed the standards required by the most demanding of applications and is set to redefine the industrial cold water sector.

Andrew Caddick, Senior Group Product Manager for Nilfisk-ALTO explains the development process; ‘Our primary objective was to...

A huge legal responsibility lies on those responsible for cleaning up industrial dusts and other materials within manufacturing processes.

Failure to comply with current standards can lead to loss of life, serious injury and extensive damage to property. Heavy fines can be levied against companies who put their employees at risk by failing to carry out adequate risk assessments.

The legal situation is complex...

A huge legal responsibility lies on those responsible for cleaning up industrial dusts and other materials within manufacturing processes.

Failure to comply with current standards can lead to loss of life, serious injury and extensive damage to property. Heavy fines can be levied against companies who put their employees at risk by failing to carry out adequate risk assessments.

The legal situation is complex...

With 50% of the UK’s fossil fuel carbon emissions coming from businesses and industrial processes, the Government had no choice but to take significant action if it was to meet the Kyoto target and cut emissions by 20%.
DEFRA began to work with industry associations to identify areas of potential emission savings. The UK Trade Association ICMMA – Industrial Cleaning Machinery Manufacturers Association liaised with...

Sustainability is in danger of becoming one of those meaningless words. One that is overused, sprinkled liberally within marketing copy because it looks good and that is what people want – isn’t it?
The thesaurus tells us that ‘Sustainable’ means ‘Maintaining an Ecological Balance.’ Exploiting natural resources without destroying the ecological balance of an area. So that is what it really means.
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Nilfisk demonstrated their ‘closer to market’ strategy recently with a high profile corporate golf day at the Forest of Arden golf and country club in Coventry.
Proceeds from the day went to St Nicholas Hospice Care, a charity dedicated to caring for the terminally ill and their families in the Eastern region.
Ten teams of Golfers competed for a range of titles on a beautiful 18 hole course in glorious sunshine....

Nilfisk UK continues to demonstrate its’ closer to market strategy with several strategic appointments in the Contract Cleaner and Retail segment.
Martin Chambers, Director of Operations and Service, has created a Retail Service division within the national engineering team.
The Retail Service division is a team of retail specialists, engineers equipped solely with retail spares and smaller vans in order to provide...

Across the UK it is clear that street cleaning ranks highly with the public. Regular customer surveys confirm this as authorities compete against each other to raise standards and improve customer satisfaction. The fact is the public care.
Successful authorities have moved services ahead with various initiatives including setting up incident lines allowing the public to report incidents. Customer satisfaction rates...