DOC Cleaning celebrates 50th birthday

IN the stunning surroundings of the Barry Rooms at The National Gallery, DOC Cleaning held a gala dinner for 110 guests, including company staff and clients, to celebrate 50 years of business, being one of the country’s few remaining family owned and operated cleaning contractors.

At the dinner, both Lee Andrews, CEO, and Danny Andrews, MD, praised their father Bob for setting up the company in 1972 with the help of his friend Dave O’Connor. The

National Gallery was the company’s first contract and has remained with DOC ever since. The company now employs close to 1500 staff across the country.

Lee Andrews said: “Even though DOC has grown to such an extent, we have always retained the work ethic and philosophy of the original small company. We pride ourselves on being honest, friendly and approachable, whilst adopting a modern, professional and positive attitude to all of our activities.”

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Hydro Systems highlights IoT benefits

AS the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to transform a wide range of sectors and processes, it’s increasingly important that businesses harness the full benefits of connectivity. With this in mind, Hydro Systems has highlighted the benefits facilities can realise with an IoT-enabled chemical dispenser.

“Accessing data about your business is incredibly powerful,” said John Goetz, global product manager, Hydro Systems. “Pinpointing operational processes that are underperforming, supporting predictive maintenance and enhancing your commitment to sustainability are crucial to drive the efficiencies required to remain competitive.”

According to Hydro Systems, connected chemical dispensers offer numerous advantages, including:

• Enhancing sustainability efforts: it can be challenging to quantify environmental progress. Smart chemical dispensers help achieve this by providing useful sustainability data.

• Protecting the bottom line: a connected chemical dispenser provides washer status, alerts and key productivity metrics in real-time for laundry operations. The same goes for restaurants that can keep an eye on warewashing by proactively identifying inefficiencies to protect profits.

• Safeguarding compliance: data can highlight any breaches of compliance ranges, such as dishwashing temperatures that are critical for sanitation. This enables rapid implementation of changes to return a restaurant to required compliance zones.

• Reducing downtime: when equipment breaks down, it requires expensive repair or replacement, and also results in costly downtime. Regular data review can help highlight inconsistencies. These can alert to conditions negatively impacting equipment, which could potentially develop into a bigger problem in the future.

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