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  • New Spray Nine Multi-Purpose Cleaner & Disinfectant Wipes Offer Industry’s Highest Level of Protection against Germs and Disease

    23 Jun 2014 6:25 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    OLATHE, KAN. undefined ITW Professional Brands today announced that its Spray Nine Multi-Purpose Cleaner & Disinfectant Wipes are now available and provide the industry’s highest level of protection against germs and disease. The wipes prevent the spread of disease and germs with 44 kill claims, twice as many as Clorox and three times as many as Lysol.

    “Spray Nine kills more bacteria, viruses and fungi than any other cleaner and disinfectant available,” said ITW Professional Brands Product Manager Cesar Vargas. “Customers can now access the power of Spray Nine in a convenient and efficient wipe, making it easier for organizations to provide the highest level of protection against germs and disease.”

    Spray Nine multi-purpose wipes kill 99.9 percent of bacteria in 15 seconds. The strong, thick wipes are bleach free and leave no streaks behind. Providing a fresh lemon scent, the Spray Nine wipes feature the correct chemical dilution within each wipe, making cleaning, deodorizing and sanitizing one easy step.

    Spray Nine is a 50-year-old brand with well recognized cleaners, degreasers, disinfectants and deodorizers used in factories, offices and government settings. The new wipe brings a fresh offering to the line for industrial and institutional facilities.

    In addition to Spray Nine, ITW Professional Brands manufactures SCRUBS® pre-moistened wipes and Atlantic Mills® disposable food service wipers, along with other products focused on industrial and institutional hygiene markets for the industrial MRO (maintenance, repair and operations), Jan/San (janitorial and sanitation) and food service industries.

    For more information about ITW Professional Brands, visit www.itwprofessionalbrands.com or call 1-800-443-9536.

    About ITW Professional Brands

    ITW Professional Brands manufactures and markets products for industrial and institutional hygiene markets. Primary industries and distribution channels are industrial MRO, jan/san and food service. The brand portfolio contains five well-known industry brands including SCRUBS® pre-moistened wipes, Spray Nine® disinfectants and degreasers, DYKEM® industrial marking products, Dymon® specialty cleaning products and Atlantic Mills® disposable food service wipers. Backed by years of formulation expertise, the five brands from ITW Professional Brands offer products that are among the most trusted and effective products available today. ITW Professional Brands is located in Olathe, Kansas with an additional distribution center in Lakewood, New Jersey. For additional information regarding ITW Professional Brands, call 1-800-443-9536 or visitwww.itwprofessionalbrands.com


    Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/06/23/6081365/new-spray-nine-multi-purpose-cleaner.html?sp=/100/773/385/#storylink=cpy

  • Just Opened: Cape cleaning service makes homes look new

    17 Jun 2014 1:49 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Phil Smith

    Phil Smith is one of the owners of Details Cleaning Service.

    Business: Details Cleaning Service

    Location: Lower Township

    Owners: Phil Smith and Noel Trokey, Lower Township

    Employees: Owner-operated

    Phone: 802-793-7830

    Details Cleaning Service is a strictly residential cleaning company.

    We had the business for six years in Stowe, Vt., but my partner, Noel, and I wanted to be closer to the shore.

    Talking with real-estate companies and telling them about our service, they thought we'd do really well in this area.

    It was important for us to commit to an area and get the business re-established.

    One of the things that sets us apart is we're not a large company. There are only two of us.

    We had about 28 households we took care of on a daily basis. People felt they could trust us. The business just grew on word of mouth. We actually did very well. People were upset when we told them we were relocating.

    The name of our company says a lot. I'm a little OCD (obsessive) when it comes to that. When I clean the kitchens, there is no stone unturned. Everything shines just like a brand new penny when we're done.

    A couple of our clients said when they came home they were just so pleased with the way the property looked. They said it almost felt like they were coming home to a staged home.

    Entry: I was working for Green Mountain Coffee in the packaging department. One of the ladies I worked with was doing some cleaning. She gave me one of her clients.

    Then a friend found out I was picking up some cleaning. I picked up additional clients through word of mouth.

    We just formed our LLC. We're licensed and bonded.

    Future: People often ask about expanding or taking on employees. But we feel you lose the personal touch that you can offer to a client when you have other people coming into their homes.

    If there are any problems, there is nobody to blame but ourselves.

    We feel by keeping it small and personable, it sets us apart.

  • Public Kitchen Supply Announces Additions Keurig and Rubbermaid to their Offered Brands

    12 Jun 2014 11:05 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

     Public Kitchen Supply announced the extensive list of top brands and products they are excited to offer their customers. The included brands are highly regarded in the kitchen supply industry and noted for their excellent performance and top quality. With these brands keeping in line with the quality commitment from Public Kitchen Supply, the company is proud to present Keurig® Coffee and Beverage products and accessories to its featured listings. Keurig® is a well-known and loved brand by coffee enthusiasts and tea drinkers alike, specializing in state-of-the art single-cup brewing systems. These coffee systems boast deliciously simple ways to brew the best cup of your favorite beverage every time. Public Kitchen Supply offers competitive pricing for Keurig®. Shop their selection of brewing systems, K-Cup® Packs, and coffee station accessories.

    The Keurig® K150 Series Commercial Brewing System is the first small to medium capacity Keurig® brewer to be certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) for foodservice use, marking Keurig’s continued commitment to expanding availability of Keurig® brewing simplicity. The Keurig K150 brewer expands the restaurants’ hot beverage options, providing freshly brewed coffee on demand. Keurig® brewers offer quality and convenience, which are key advantages as restaurants look to provide customers with a consistently high-quality cup of coffee brewed fresh no matter the time of day – not just at breakfast. Keurig® brewers help restaurants simplify operations by eliminating the need for separate brewing of regular, decaffeinated and flavored coffee, reducing waste and clean-up of unconsumed coffee. Need higher volume? Also check out the Keurig® K3000 Series Commercial Brewing System. The K3000SE / B3000SE Brewing System – large capacity Keurig® brewer brews a perfect cup of coffee, tea, hot cocoa or iced beverage in less than one minute at the touch of a button. Now everyone in your restaurant or office can brew what they love. This brewer has an LCD Interface that provides step-by-step brewing instructions in English, Spanish and French and a choice of four cup sizes. The drip tray flips up to accommodate travel mugs, K-Cup® portion packs are automatically ejected after each brew. Own a restaurant be sure to contact us to find out more.

    Also available from Public Kitchen Supply is the familiar and popular kitchen supply brand, Rubbermaid. Rubbermaid has been creating innovative products for nearly 80 years with simple and durable kitchenwares that have established a worldwide presence and greatly impacted the American kitchen and way of life. From home and garden to janitorial and commercial products, Rubbermaid is dedicated to product quality and continues to strive for excellence in simplifying the lives of people every day. Public Kitchen Supply is pleased to offer this influential kitchen supplier to their customers and appreciates the values that Rubbermaid continues to exemplify in all of the housewares they manufacture.

    About Public Kitchen Supply – Located in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Public Kitchen Supply is a source of kitchenware for restaurant kitchens and residential consumers worldwide. Recognized as an industry leader for kitchen solutions, Public Kitchen Supply has been delivering unmatched customer service and product quality to our customers for over 25 years. With a wide selection of supplies and small-wares, Public Kitchen Supply is positioned to meet the needs of its diverse clientele. The company’s mission is to provide its customers with the highest quality products at a competitive price. This standard is fulfilled with their well-trained and friendly staff, as well as product reliability, shipping speed and passion for excellent customer service. As a company, they are continuously striving to retain and attract new customers through a commitment to customer loyalty, 24/7 access to an online store, new product development and consistent product quality and value.

    To learn more about the brand additions please contact Public Kitchen Supply.

    Visit us at:
    http://www.publickitchensupply.com

    Contact us at:
    Customer Service
    cservice@PublicKitchenSupply.com
    800-458-1716

  • Performance Maintenance Inc. moves away from toxic cleaning products

    10 Jun 2014 10:50 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)


    If Española’s Eric Quintana had a marketing director, Quintana might well be known as Northern New Mexico’s clean-green king.

    But he doesn’t. So he’s just Eric, owner of Performance Maintenance Inc., for two decades suppliers of janitorial services and supplies based in Española.

    Prior to stumbling into the janitorial business when he agreed to clean a doctor’s office for extra Christmas money, Quintana was the safety compliance and human resources officer for Española Mercantile Co.

    Quintana and his wife, Celina, have been running PMI since 1994, when, except for the scattered “canaries in the coal mine,” far fewer people who needed things cleaned, brushed and polished gave much thought to the harmful effects the products they were using were having on their health and their environment undefined particularly air and water.

    When they began, Eric Quintana said, 90 percent of the products they used and sold were petroleum- or chemical-based cleaners, polishers and sealers undefined many of them classified as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a large group of often dangerous carbon-based chemicals that easily evaporate at room temperatures. They are now greening at 60 percent or 70 percent of their services and products.

    VOCs such as acetones, benzene and ethylene glycol, to name three commonly used bad boys, are found not only in building materials such as carpets, sealers and solvents, but also cleaning and home-care products. They include such often-used items as air fresheners, disinfectants, and paint and varnish products.

    “It’s the Mr. Clean theory,” Quintana said, referring to the muscular bald guy on the cleanser bottle. “Many customers still want the chemical-based cleaners so they can “stand back, squirt it on and undefined ta-da! It’s clean,” thus avoiding all the critical thinking, moral reflection and elbow work that comes with the less-toxic cleaners and solvents.

    The ingredients in the green cleaners tend to be on the softer, gentler side, including soy, flowers, sassafras, sugar cane and other plant-based products.

    Increasingly over the years, and especially in the past seven or eight, the Quintanas have been listening more to the canaries, those who find themselves coughing, wheezing, scratching or irritated in some way by chemical-based cleaning products.

    “We have become very versed in the multiple facets of [green] cleaning,” Quintana said, “and we also look for products from manufacturers where you don’t throw the bottle away.”

    A few years ago, Quintana came up with a six-step guide for establishing a green home environment that serves as his green bible for building and operating PMI. They are: The use of green seal and solution products; deploying high-performance entry matting systems; use of cleaning equipment with less of an environmental impact; development of low-environmental-impact cleaning habits; use of microfiber technology for mopping and whipping; and use of recycled paper products.

    Sometimes, Quintana said, his customers and the ever-greening times led him to more environmentally kind products and services. Other times, he brought his customers along.

    As the business offered more products, he said, “My customers automatically became more green-oriented. They changed with the times as PMI did.”

    But Quintina hasn’t come back from the chemical side entirely. Some of his clients still insist on the “petrol punch” from the more abrasive, toxic chemicals.

    “We are still using some traditional methods,” he said. “With green, they have taken the petroleum punch out of products. So now it’s back to elbow grease.”

    Although most of his clientele are residences, Quintana also provides janitorial services to larger institutions, including Los Alamos Medical Center and Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. PMI employs 30 people in Texas and 50 in New Mexico.

    Quintana’s most immediate plans include constructing an expanded warehouse distribution center in Española, followed by cash-and-carry operations in Las Vegas, N.M., Santa Fe, Taos and Rio Ranch as well as several “fill centers” where customers can refill containers with cleaners rather than throwing them away.

    He is also backing an effort by Los Alamos city leaders to ban the high-metal content in floor finishes used by many commercial operations to prevent contamination of area rivers and water systems.

    “What I really want to see is more people using environmentally preferred products,” Quintana said. “I hope it’s not too late for our planet.”

    On the Web

    Performance Maintenance Inc.: www.pmigogreen.com

  • Denver Cleaning Service Contractor Launches Website On Janitorial Services, Carpet & Rug Cleaning

    05 Jun 2014 7:11 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Comfort Services announces the release of their new website, www.comfortsvs.com.

    Comfort Services today announced the launch of www.comfortsvs.com as an information portal for Denver metro homeowners to find information about janitorial services and carpet cleaning solutions. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of home improvement tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Denvers primary resource website for janitorial services and carpet cleaning information.

    Future plans include educational guides on selecting a janitorial services and carpet cleaning contractor, professional advice from local experts, and a question and answer forum for Denver homeowners.

    Development of other community minded features for www.comfortsvs.com are already underway and new user awareness guides from expert janitorial services Contractors are already being added on how best to beautify your home with any budget, guides on maintenance and repair, to what everybody should know about the latest carpet cleaning and janitorial services materials and designs before starting any property improvement project.

    The website will be an invaluable resource for homeowners in finding accessible information to address their janitorial services, carpet & rug cleaning, and upholstery cleaning needs. Information will be efficiently categorized for easy navigation.

    The owner of Comfort Services, Olga Kotof stated, Our goal is to be the best home and family resource center and information portal for assisting all Denver homeowners with their cleaning needs. The depth of knowledge and resources at www.comfortsvs.com is simple, concise and offers every homeowner some information about their home.
    Company Contact Information
    Olga Kotof
    www.comfortsvs.com
    303-470-3322

  • Lark Enterprises offers summer program

    27 May 2014 7:25 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    NEW CASTLE -- Students with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders or mental health issues will be able to participate in an Extended School Year program this summer offered by Lark Enterprises, Inc.To participate, students between the ages of 16 and 21 in Lawrence, Beaver, Butler and Mercer counties had to be found eligible by their school district and be placed in an Individual Education Program.

    Lark Enterprises’ Shenango and Neshannock Township locations will offer the program from June 23 to August 14.

    Program supervisors, Susan Lautenbacher (Lark's chief executive officer) and Wendy McCutcheon (Rehabilitation Services unit director) are beginning the program based on what they say is great need in the community for an ESY program.

    Lautenbacher said the program is integral to the educational success of students who contend with these disorders.

    “We want to maintain the skills and knowledge these students learned in special education,” Lautenbacher said. “We don’t want them to lose any of that over the summer and programs like that prevent that from happening as quickly as possible.”

    Students in the program will engage in a variety of activities including production work, screen printing, cooking, janitorial working and recycling.

    Each of the activities offered is designed to help students maintain their progress in areas such as functional academics, social skill development, community integration and employment skill development.

    Lautenbacher said that without this maintenance, these students will fall behind and risk losing progress made during the school year.

    Program specialists and a job coach will also work one on one with students to help them retain vocational skills through the organization’s prevocational program.

    Assessments will then be conducted throughout the summer to ensure that progress is being made and that the student’s predetermined level of support is being met.

    “We’re really working hard to develop strong transitional programming for these students so they can continue to meet success in the adult world,” Lautenbacher said.

    The organization also provides similar services for adults with disabilities or individuals experiencing employment barriers, including vocational evaluations, training and employment services.

    As adults, students from the ESY program can make use of these services, working with Lark staff to continue and maintain success in a workforce environment after leaving school.

    More than 200 individuals have been using Lark’s services and supports annually to achieve real-work experience since 1957.

    Organizers are expecting a smaller number of students for the ESY’s first year, but meeting the needs of the students, no matter the number, is what matters for them.

    “How do you make sure that you don’t lose all that progress made during the school year,” Lautenbacher said. “That’s what we’re hoping to solve.”

    For more information on Lark or the ESY program, call 724-658-5676.


  • Commercial Cleaning Company Extra Hands Services Launches New Website

    19 May 2014 7:55 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Kansas City, MO, May 16, 2014- Visitors to the Extra Hands Services website, www.extrahandskc.com, will see a new dynamic design with updated features and functions for customers looking for commercial cleaning companies in the Kansas City area. The project’s overall goal was provide clear and compelling information about Extra Hand’s award winning janitorial and industrial cleaning services.

    Extra Hands enlisted the services of WSI Internet Advantage to build the website. The primary object was to highlight what makes this commercial cleaning services company exceptional including:

    • Total Customer Satisfaction Guarantee.
    • High quality industrial janitorial services for all types of companies especially compliance based industries like medical facilities and food service.
    • Efficient management systems that provide clear measurement, reporting and quality control.

    Greg Stollsteimer, WSI Internet Advantage, worked with Extra Hands Services to create the website and incorporated proven fundamentals of marketing and communications. “This website launch is an extension of what this company is all about and that is customer service,” said Stollsteimer. “The team at Extra Hands has a unique commitment and pride in providing commercial janitorial services and the website reflects their professionalism and the range of services.”

    Extra Hands Services’ focus on quality and value makes it the right commercial cleaning company for organizations where cleanliness is either required by regulation or a high priority for a company’s management. Managers, plant managers, distribution managers and purchasing managers who make decisions regarding janitorial services will find all of the information they need at www.extrahandskc.com.

    For more information, contact James Davis, President at 816-994-8825 or james@extrahandskc.com.

  • Mac’s Janitorial Service offering time-saving janitorial services this spring

    12 May 2014 11:00 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Maple Shade, NJ -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/06/2014 -- Mac’s Janitorial Service, one of the leading janitorial companies in Philadelphia and New Jersey, is pleased to announce they are offering time-saving janitorial services this spring. The commercial cleaning company offers a wide variety of janitorial and maintenance services to businesses, organizations and private residences throughout Philadelphia and New Jersey that can save time, money and most of all, effort. By choosing to hire an external cleaning service, businesses realize that their time is freed up to concentrate on more profitable activities that directly relate to their business’ objective goals.

    By hiring inside maintenance workers or cleaning staff, businesses will have to spend time supervising their work as well as provide insurance, employee benefits and added payroll. This can do more harm than good, considering all of those additions cost money. By hiring an external cleaning company, like Mac’s Janitorial Service, businesses just have to worry about paying the service, and let the service take care of the administrative and supervisory duties.

    Mac’s Janitorial Service has celebrated over 55 years of being one of the leading New Jersey and Philadelphia janitorial companies because they keep their clients’ facilities clean and well-kept, while their clients focus on their business or organization. Over the years, business owners who own and operate out of offices, industrial buildings, warehouses, school/universities, apartment complexes and more, have turned to Mac’s Janitorial Service because they know they will not have to waste time supervising them. Clients understand that the company will provide the best commercial cleaning services possible.

    By hiring the janitorial company, new clients will receive 10% off their first monthly bill. For more information about the services offered, please fill out the online contact form or call 856-231-9009 (NJ) or 215-792-2228 (PA).

    About Mac’s Janitorial Services
    As a leader in industrial cleaning services, Mac’s Janitorial Services has been providing Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia with premium commercial cleaning for over 55 years. Offering a wide range of janitorial and building maintenance services, the company will complete any task on time and under budget. Over the past forty years, the company has been able to expand its horizons and now offer generalized cleaning, complete floor maintenance, window washing, power washing, disaster cleanup and more. The company provides cleaning services for commercial properties located in Salem, Camden, Burlington and all of Gloucester County.

    For more information, please visit http://www.macsjanitorial.com/.

  • Cleaning Service in Marlborough, MA, Launches Mobile Site to Reach Out to Smartphone Users

    07 May 2014 8:01 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Smartphone users in the greater Marlborough area will no longer have to switch to a desktop computer in order to book professional cleaning services for their home or business. Thanks to a new partnership with the online marketing specialists at Prospect Genius, locally owned cleaning service Maid For Home is launching a mobile version of its Web site, as well as an affiliated Internet marketing campaign. By making it easier for prospective customers to access its Web site on the go, Maid For Home hopes to give even more area residents the chance to experience its quality house and business cleaning services.

    Maid For Home’s new mobile site will include all of the same information as the business’s desktop site and be designed to avoid the formatting issues that often result from viewing a desktop site on a mobile device. Home- and business owners in Marlborough will be able to learn about Maid For Home’s cleaning service offerings without encountering images that fail to load, text that’s too small to read, and other issues that can make browsing the Web on a smartphone difficult. Because approximately 65% of U.S. mobile subscribers now own a smartphone, according to a 2013 Nielsen report, launching a mobile site is a great way for a small business to target tech-savvy customers who prefer to do consumer research on a mobile device.

    Prospect Genius is doing more than simply launching a mobile site on Maid For Home’s behalf, however. The marketing firm’s overall plan for Maid For Home also includes professional content creation, search engine optimization, and other tried-and-true Web advertising strategies. The ultimate goal is to ensure that when people in the Marlborough region are searching the Web for home or business cleaning services, they can quickly and easily find Maid For Home’s Web site and contact information.

    “Many smartphone users prefer the convenience and speed of browsing the Web on their phone to using a desktop computer,” explains Matt Gallo, an Internet advertising strategist with Prospect Genius. “That’s why we create mobile sites for our clients. When implemented alongside SEO and other proven marketing tactics, a mobile site can help small businesses broaden their reach in their local community.”

    Maid For Home offers an array of professional cleaning services for Marlborough-area home- and business owners. The company is licensed, bonded, and insured, and its employees have more than 50 years of experience on the job.

    Maid For Home
    Phone: (508) 433-1049
    Address: Framingham, MA 01702
    Web site: http://maidservices-marlborough.ma-biz.com/

  • Maid Naturally Offers Their Diligent Cleaning Services in Spokane, WA

    02 May 2014 8:07 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Maid Naturally offers their diligent green cleaning services in Spokane, WA.

     Maid Naturally offers their diligent green cleaning services in Spokane, WA. This cleaning company provides only professional quality services. They are specially trained for cleaning services. Maid Naturally takes the strict precautions that one should expect from a reputable and reliable company. They are a licensed organization and insured company.

    Talking about it, one of their representatives stated, “We have taken all the precautions that you would expect from a reputable company, like being fully licensed and bonded, as well as insured. Our cleaning service has professionally trained staffs that are educated and knowledgeable on company policies and procedures to protect you as well as them. Every week, every other week or monthly service, any of them are fine for us. We also offer one-time cleanings for parties or special events.”

    Maid Naturally is a renowned name in the gamut of providing cleaning services. They offer the finest trained staffs to conduct any cleaning task. This cleaning company in Spokane pays special emphasis on staff training so they can offer flawless cleaning services. Besides practical training, the company also makes clear their vision and mission and applies it at each cleaning. The staff are fully acclimatized with the company’s policies and procedures.

    Now, one can also have Green Maid Service in Spokane for special occasions, parties and events. Cleaning services for parties and events can consume a lot of valuable time. Therefore, hiring a professional entity for the cleaning job will save not only time, but also a huge level of energy.

    About Maid Naturally
    Maid Naturally is a unique Maid Service created in Spokane, WA. They vacuum clean and hand-wash all floors and baseboards and also clean windows. They have a full window service that they operate during the summer months. They are fully licensed and bonded, as well as insured. Their cleaning service has professionally trained staffs who are educated and knowledgeable about company policies and procedures. Every week, every other week or monthly service, any of them are fine for them. They also offer one-time cleanings for parties or special events.

    To know more about them, please visit http://www.maidnaturally.com.

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