Unicco Becomes Service Management International Affiliate - Enables SMI to Extend Reach to United States and Canada
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NEWTON, Mass. and LONDON - Jan. 17, 2007 - UNICCO® Service Company and Service Management International (SMI) 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, 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 initiative, UNICCO GreenClean®, 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 and other metrics; 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, senior vice president, UNICCO Service Company. "We also know the North American market and quickly ramp up 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 for a broad selection of support and facility services. The SMI model provides a single or multi-service contract capability with national service delivery platforms in each country to deliver a truly best-in-class service. Contact SMI at +44 (0)20 7022 8464 or visit www.servicemanagementinternational.com.
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 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® palmtop inspection system, eProcurement, and a 24x7 national call center. Information on the UNICCO GreenClean program is available at: www.greenclean.com. For further information, call +1 617-527-5222 or visit www.unicco.com.
EDITORS - For further information:
Donna Guadagno
UNICCO Service Company
275 Grove St.
Newton, MA 02466
+1-617-559-4194
DGuadagno@unicco.com
Sandy McLaughlin (for UNICCO)
Soucy Communications Group
465 Pine St.
Lowell, MA 01851
+1-781-898-7305
SMcLaughlin@scg-pr.com
Isabelle Pecheur
Service Management International Ltd.
1st Floor Counting House
53 Tooley Street
London SE1 2QN
United Kingdom
T +44 (0)20 7022 8464
F +44 (0)20 7022 8393
isabelle.pecheur@smi-services.com
