Cleaning Industry Prepares for CMM Expo Conferences

June 3-10, facility management and cleaning professionals across North America will attend the 1998 Cleaning & Maintenance Management Conference & Exposition (CMM Expo). The program kicks off with the satellite educational conference June 3-5 at the Disneyland Pacific Hotel in Anaheim, California, followed by the main conference and trade show June 7-10 at the Hyatt Orlando in Kissimmee, Florida. The seminar program will be the same at both locations, but only the Florida conference will include the trade show exhibit, which has signed up exhibitors that include the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of building cleaning products and equipment. Among the more than 25 educational programs offered at the trade show will be 10 exhibitor-sponsored technical seminars.

CMM Expo seminars and exhibitors offer leading edge information for building service contractors, carpet cleaners, managers and supervisors of housekeeping and facility maintenance operations. These professionals manage cleaning and maintenance personnel in schools, colleges, hospitals, factories, government facilities, shopping malls, office buildings and other locations.

The program in each city will include a keynote address by Dr. Michael Berry, director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Center for Environmental Assessment. The Florida trade show also includes demonstrations of cleaning equipment and supplies in the exhibit hall and during the exhibitor-sponsored seminars.

For registration or further information, call the Cleaning Management Institute at: 518-783-1281 ext. 3152

Janitorial Services Forecast Report

The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industrial market research firm, has published a new industry report concerning the future of the Janitorial Services and Supplies market. Demand for janitorial services, and supply needs, is forecast to increase seven percent per year to $33 billion by the year 2002. The services sector will offer the best growth opportunities in the U.S economy, while the prominence of two-income families and growing personal incomes will make the use of residential cleaning services more affordable and desirable. The best opportunities in the supplies sector will be for equipment which offers upgraded performance, improves worker productivity, or helps building owners meet increasing clean air and cleanliness standards.

Janitorial service revenues are projected to increase 7.3 percent annually to almost $29 billion by the year 2002. The office buildings market will remain the largest segment. However, the industrial and residential markets will experience the fastest growth based on the currently low penetration of contract cleaning service firms in that sector. The industrial sector will be positively impacted by increasing plant construction, a growing trend towards outsourcing, as well as large amounts of manufacturing floor space.

Demand for janitorial supplies is projected to rise 5.5 percent per annum to $4.8 billion by 2002. The supplies market will be positively impacted by increasing building maintenance quality standards, concerns over Indoor Air Quality, and the recognized importance of ergonomics. Automated commercial floor cleaning equipment, particularly for carpet care and outdoor cleaning, will experience the best growth.

JANITORIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES is available for $3,200 from the Freedonia Group, Inc., 3570 Warrensville Center Rd., Suite 201, Cleveland, OH 44122-5226. ph: 216-921-6800 fx: 216-921-5459

www.freedoniagroup.com

3M Announces New Food Service Business

3M headquarters in St Paul, MN, formally announced the establishment of Food Service Business, a global, stand-alone business within the Commercial Care Division of 3M. In addition to the main focus of providing cleaning, maintenance and matting products to the food service industry, 3M will capitalize on its strength and reputation to provide a single source of supply and distribution.

Based in St Paul, MN, 3M is a diversified manufacturer, supplying some 60,000 products to an array of food service, commercial, industrial and consumer markets around the world. 3M's Commercial Care Division is a major producer of facility and equipment cleaning and safety products serving the food service, commercial, industrial, educational and health care markets. For more information, contact 1-800-852-9722

Prosall Products Adds Eleven New Exclusive Distributorships

Prosall Products, a division of Chase Products Company, announces new distributorships for their premium line of institutional and industrial cleaning and maintenance aerosol products. The new distributors are: Badgerland Chemical in Middleton, Wisconsin; Midwest Alchemist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Newark Janitorial Supplies in Newark, Ohio; Southeastern Supply in Athens, Ohio; Crisci Food Equipment Co. Inc. in Newcastle, Penn.; Shamrock Supply in Albuquerque, N.M.; Gilmore Distributing Co. Inc. in El Paso, Texas; Advance Janitor Supply in Sante Fe, N.M.; Alcada Products in Newton, Mass; Horwitz Paper and Packaging in Horseheads, N.Y.; and Enviroclean Supply in Fresno, Calif.

Chase Products Company has been a leading manufacturer and marketer of aerosol and pressurized products for over 70 years. With an emphasis on quality, it manufactures over 1,000 different aerosol products including Champion, Prosall and ClearStar brands.