A global manufacturer of compressors, blowers, pumps and vacuum products will cut emissions by 60 per cent this year, seven years ahead of its environmental target. Ingersoll Rand will achieve the milestone at its Elmo Rietschle plant in Bad Neustadt, Germany, thanks to innovative solar-powered technology worth over US $1 million. The plant will finalise…
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Capgemini has extended its integrated facilities management (IFM) contract with ISS in Europe and North America for a further three years. ISS has worked with the business and technology transformation company since 2012, when it started to deliver services to office sites in the UK. The contract has since been expanded to also include sites…
Johnson Controls has named Marc Vandiepenbeeck as vice president and president, Building Solutions Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America (EMEALA). Vandiepenbeeck will serve as an officer of the company and oversee Johnson Controls’ US $3.8 billion Building Solutions operations across 90 countries. He succeeds Tomas Brannemo who has led the EMEALA business since 2019…
The race by manufacturers to electrify construction equipment will redefine how machines are designed, operate and look, say sector consultants Alan Berger and Carl-Gustaf Goransson. Forgive the generalisation, but in the main there are no bad machines nowadays. Ironically, far from strengthening manufacturers’ hands, this universal competence has created its own problem – namely how…
HP SitePrint is now available in the UK and Ireland, extending an Early Access Programme introduced by the multinational IT company in North America last year. The robotic solution prints complex construction site layouts with pinpoint accuracy, in a fraction of the time it takes manually. The expansion to UK customers follows over a hundred…
EMCOR Facilities Services, Inc. (EFS), a division of EMCOR Building Services, and EMCOR Group (UK) plc (EMCOR UK) have been awarded a five-year contract with Siemens Energy.The contract spans 49 sites across the United States and Canada in North America and 30 sites across 10 countries in Europe, including 15 sites in the UK. In…
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips professional displays, has achieved TAA compliance status for an evolving line of advanced military-grade secure 4K UHD digital signage and videowall displays. Part of a continued investment, expansion and ambitious global growth strategy, TAA (Trade Act Agreement) compliance now permits the procurement of Philips professional displays for Federal,…
According to a new 2022 State of Access Control Report from IFSEC Global and identity solutions provider HID Global, 42 per cent of participants in a survey indicated they plan to upgrade to mobile-ready systems. The report surveyed just over 1,000 respondents from across North America (56 per cent), EMEA (29 per cent) and Asia…
Serco has announced the appointment of Tom Watson as Chief Executive Officer of its North American division which employs more than 9,000 people and delivers a wide range of services to the U.S. and Canadian governments. Watson succeeds Dave Dacquino, who will be retiring from his full-time executive role in September and will continue to…
Terminix has reported a year-on-year revenue increase of five percent to US $496 million for the first quarter of 2022 despite a US $8 million decrease in net income over the reporting period to US $19 million, or US $0.15 per share. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter decreased year-on-year by US $4 million to US…