UNICCO Becomes Service Management International Affiliate - Enables SMI to Extend Reach to United States and Canada.NEWTON, Mass. and LONDON -- UNICCO UNICCO United Nimba Citizen's Council [R] Service Company and Service Management International (SMI (1) (Storage Management Initiative) The initiative developed by the SNIA in 2003 to create a single standard interface for storage management technologies used by multiple vendors and networking communities. ) today jointly announced that UNICCO has become an affiliate member of the consortium. UNICCO, with exclusive rights to provide facilities services to SMI consortium customers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , enables SMI to continue to extend its Soft Services facilities services to additional global markets. UNICCO has been delivering dependable, innovative and cost-effective integrated facilities services in North America for over 50 years. With more than 16,000 employees, UNICCO has the experience and resources to be the largest, most capable private integrated facilities company in North America. Its industry-leading facilities services technologies and cutting-edge green cleaning Green cleaning has been coined to describe a trend away from chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals some of which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) causing respiratory and dermatological problems among other adverse effects. initiative, UNICCO GreenClean[R], firmly establish it as the integrated facilities services innovation leader in North America. SMI provides both business development and operational services that bring together top-tier facilities services providers to give multinational and global companies the flexibility to structure facilities services contracts that transcend national borders. The consortium enables companies to post a single tender to be delivered by multiple affiliated contractors under a single management structure and reporting system. This approach has several advantages for customers. It enables them to simplify their tender process; sets international benchmarks for performance, training, safety, environmental stewardship The integration and application of environmental values into the military mission in order to sustain readiness, improve quality of life, strengthen civil relations, and preserve valuable natural resources. and other metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. ; and helps companies expand internationally, either through expansion or acquisition, by enabling them to quickly and efficiently integrate facilities services. "At UNICCO, we know facilities services well - from custodial through operations and maintenance, for commercial, industrial, educational and government customers," commented Michael Dunn Michael Dunn (born Gary Neil Miller, reportedly on February 7, 1934 in Shattuck, Oklahoma; died August 30, 1973 in London) was a successful "little person" American actor. , senior vice president, UNICCO Service Company. "We also know the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market and quickly ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale new accounts on a routine basis. With SMI, we have the flexibility to offer the same level of service internationally to our customers, and SMI gains immediate access to the market through what we consider to be the best facilities services company in North America." "SMI welcomes UNICCO," said Juergen Kulka, managing director, SMI. "Through UNICCO, SMI now has substantial access to the North American market. We can offer our customers the same package of services that we provide in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia from a prestigious facilities services contractor. We look forward to working with UNICCO to develop and support new business in the North American marketplace." About SMI Service Management International Ltd. was founded in 2000 as a joint venture of three major European facility service companies. Within its first couple of months of trading, SMI established its unique structure - shareholder companies, affiliated member companies and, more recently, network partners - covering more than 35 countries in total. The SMI network can deliver solutions to European, Middle Eastern, African, Asian and North American multinational corporations
About UNICCO UNICCO Service Company, based in Newton, Mass., is one of North America's largest integrated facilities services companies with more than 16,000 employees and US$700 million in annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. revenues. UNICCO offers maintenance, operations, cleaning, lighting, and administrative/office services for corporate and multi-tenant office, education, retail, industrial, government and public venue facilities. UNICCO's advanced facilities technologies include the myUNICCO.com portal, UNI-Q[R] palmtop palmtop or hand-held personal computer, lightweight, small, battery-powered, general-purpose programmable computer. It typically has a miniaturized full-function, typewriterlike keyboard for input and a small, full color, liquid-crystal display inspection system, eProcurement, and a 24x7 national call center. Information on the UNICCO GreenClean program is available at: http://www.greenclean.com. For further information, call +1 617-527-5222 or visit http://www.unicco.com. NOTE: UNICCO, UNICCO Integrated Facilities Services, UNICCO GreenClean and UNI-Q are registered trademarks of UNICCO Service Company. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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