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PRESS RELEASE
May 22, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Robert Kravitz
AlturaSolutions Communications
Phone: 773-525-3021
E-mail: rkravitz@rcn.com
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Pit Stops of Choice for New York Drivers
In an effort to woo highway drivers to stop and spend at roadside pit stops, New York State has decided to go “high-tech” when it comes to restrooms and restroom maintenance, according to a report by Cathy Woodruff, of the Times Union, Albany, NY.*
The article says that the goal is to make N.Y. rest stops the pit stops of choice, “by encouraging travelers to stop, to provide people with a clean, comfortable setting to relax and take a break from the rigors of highway travel.”
Clean restrooms can translate into big bucks for states like N.Y. as well as the companies that manage the roadside facilities—around $30 million dollars annually. A N.Y. Department of Transportation spokesperson adds, “The rest area is where first impressions are made. Customers who feel clean and comfortable after using the restroom are more likely to stay and purchase food.”
“No-Touch” Becoming Bywords of the Industry
Woodruff says that to improve the use, appearance, and cleanliness of the rest stops, the private companies actually managing them for the state are installing faucets and fixtures using no-touch technology. “Experts say creating an environment in which people feel less exposed to germs left by other travelers is the name of the game these days. That means employing electronic sensors that automatically flush toilets, start faucets, and trigger paper towels,” she writes.
No-touch apparently is becoming the bywords of the industry. For instance, more and more restrooms now have a maze entry—thus no door is ever touched when entering or leaving a restroom.
Additionally, the no-touch philosophy extends to the actual cleaning of the restrooms. “Employing no-touch cleaning technology can make the work of cleaning professionals not only more efficient but less distasteful, nobody wants to touch anything anymore,” the article states.
According to Allen Rathey, executive director of the International Custodial Advisors Network (ICAN), “innovations such as vapor technology or ‘spray and vacuum’ pressure washers [such as a Kaivac machines] can reduce the need for chemicals and manual scrubbing. Commercial cleaning, in general, is moving toward higher-tech systems simply because they [can help] take the human element and manual labor out of the equation.”
Link to the actual article in the Times Union: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=248558&category=STATEOTHER&BCCode=&newsdate=5/16/2004
* Capital Newspapers Division of The Hearst Corporation, Albany, N.Y.
About Kaivac, Inc.
Kaivac, Inc., the originator of No-Touch Cleaning, is on a mission to eliminate the world’s toughest cleaning problems with breakthrough products and methods. By putting themselves in the workers’ shoes, they develop a unique understanding of building maintenance problems that allows them to engineer innovative, worker-friendly solutions to make workers’ jobs safer, faster, and more satisfying. According to Bob Robinson Sr., founder of Kaivac, Inc., “Kaivac does for the custodian what the bulldozer does for the ditch digger—moves more dirt, in less time, with pride.” For more information on the company and its products, call 1-800-287-1136 or visit its Web site at www.kaivac.com.
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