Approximately 60 cleaning
professionals responded to a February 2010 survey.
Fort Worth TX – March 24, 2010 - Approximately 60
cleaning professionals, including building service contractors and in-house
cleaning technicians, responded to a February 2010 survey asking, “What is the
main reason you select an automatic scrubber to perform floor care tasks?”
The survey was conducted for Powr-Flite
by Alturasolutions
Communications.
Fifty-five percent of the respondents answered that they
select automatic
scrubbers because “they help improve worker productivity.” Other reasons
included:
- Automatic scrubbers clean floors more
effectively (30 percent).
- Automatic
scrubbers bring down the cost of floor care (14 percent).
- Automatic
scrubbers minimize the possibility of slip-and-fall accidents (1 percent).
Unlike other types of floor machines, automatic scrubbers,
which are often used in larger settings such as schools, hospitals, retail
stores, and shopping centers, are designed to perform a number of tasks in one
pass, including applying cleaning solution, scrubbing, stripping, cleaning, wet
vacuuming, and squeegeeing.
Interestingly, respondents in states such as California,
Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois--four states that have been severely impacted by
the economic recession--were the ones most concerned about improving worker
productivity.
“This really should come as no surprise,” says Gary Pelphrey,
General Manager for Powr-Flite Direct. “Floor care is labor intensive, which
can make it costly. The demand for improved worker productivity is
especially heightened when cash is tight.”
