Nilfisk-Advance Expands Sustainable Outdoor Cleaning Offering With Acquisition of Patented Cleaning Services

PLYMOUTH, Minn., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Nilfisk-Advance, a leading manufacturer of professional floor cleaning equipment, has acquired all the assets of Cyclone Surface Cleaning.  Based in Tempe, Arizona, Cyclone Surface Cleaning provides sustainable contract cleaning services for airport runway rubber and paint line removal as well as gate area and parking structure surface cleaning.  Using equipment that features Nilfisk-Advance's patented Cyclone cleaning technology, Cyclone Surface Cleaning offers customers proprietary high-pressure and ultra-high pressure cleaning services that have minimal environmental impact.  

"Cyclone Surface Cleaning is an excellent company that provides the most effective and sustainable outdoor cleaning solutions available today.  As municipalities wrestle with tightening budgets, Cyclone Surface Cleaning is an affordable option that provides effective and environmentally responsible cleaning for airport runways and gate areas," said Christian Cornelius-Knudsen, CEO of Nilfisk-Advance Americas. "This acquisition compliments Nilfisk-Advance's 2008 acquisition of Cyclone Environmental Technologies, a leader in sustainable outdoor cleaning manufacturing and technologies as well as Nilfisk-Advance's extensive portfolio of environmentally-friendly products."  

The patented Cyclone cleaning technology offers customers the highest levels of sustainable outdoor surface cleaning available in the marketplace today.  Cyclone Surface Cleaning's team of highly-trained and experienced operators use this equipment to provide unmatched airport runway and gate area maintenance.  Compared to other runway cleaning methods that use harmful chemicals or machines that can damage the runway surface, Cyclone machines use only high pressure water and high velocity air movement to safely and effectively clean the surface.  In addition, the unique Cyclone head provides instant recovery of waste and water with no runoff or discharge to the environment.  The surface is left clean and virtually dry—ready to use within minutes.  

Recovered waste is pumped to an on-board tank that separates the solids from the liquids for easy and environmentally responsible disposal.  While other service machines are left with slurry that is dumped down the drain, Cyclone machines contain the non-hazardous, crumb-like rubber debris, which can be safely disposed or recycled.  

Following the acquisition, Cyclone Surface Cleaning will continue to operate at its Tempe, Arizona facility. Cyclone Surface Cleaning founder Richard Rohrbacher and President Ellen Rohrbacher will continue to be involved in the company.

About Nilfisk-Advance, Inc.

Nilfisk-Advance, Inc., with North American headquarters in Plymouth, Minnesota, is one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of professional cleaning equipment. With global company headquarters in Denmark, the company has developed professional cleaning equipment for over one hundred years.  Products are sold under a wide range of brands, including Advance, Clarke, Clarke American Sanders, Kent, Nilfisk HPW (High Pressure Washers), Nilfisk, Nilfisk-ALTO, Nilfisk CFM, U.S. Products, HydraMaster, CleanMaster, and Viper.

Nilfisk-Advance, Inc. has production facilities in North America, Europe, and China, and has an extensive network of sales entities in 43 countries and is represented in more than 100 countries around the world. The company currently has over 4,500 employees worldwide, with global sales of over $1 Billion USD in 2009.  

SOURCE Nilfisk-Advance