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United States
Professional Products

After repositioning the skin care and instrument care portion of its healthcare business as a separate division, Professional Products focused on its core markets and gaining market share.

Highlights

  • Created a Corporate Accounts group and realigned resources as it focused on key markets of building service contractors, retail and healthcare.

  • Phased out a non-strategic janitorial equipment distribution business and a segment of its specialty product sales.

  • Launched its comprehensive Bright FX High Performance Floor Care System, unveiling innovations designed to whiten and brighten floors in high-traffic retail environments.

  • Introduced its STEPsCheck Quality Assurance System, an electronic-based technology that allows facility managers to quickly and easily audit their staff's adherence to established cleaning criteria.

  • Broadened its floor care offerings for stone surface restoration and maintenance.

  • Created the M.O.R.E. (Management of Risk Exposure) program, which helps reduce slips and falls, and also offers incident response and claim support services.

  • Outlook

    With its strengthened product offerings in place, Professional Products expects to achieve solid growth in 2005, driven by a focus on food retail products and new opportunities. It will strengthen its service network through strategic personnel additions in key markets. The division plans to continue to generate differentiated floor care technology, and will work closely with its European counterpart to accelerate equipment and product launches in both regions.








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