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Racine Industries’ Geoffrey R Greeley Announces Retirement
After 39 years, Geoffrey R Greeley, Vice President, Strategic Support for Racine Industries, Inc, the manufacturers of the Host Von Schrader Dry Extraction Carpet Cleaning System, has announced his retirement, leaving the company at the end of November.
Geoff was also responsible for the running of Racine Industries’ Host School Carpet Cleaning College, which provides technical instruction in care, cleaning and total maintenance programming for commercial and residential carpeting.
Geoff joined Racine Industries in 1975 and was promoted to director of the Host School in 1981 where he refined the company’s basic training course over the years, in addition to developing a course on specialty cleaning techniques and sales and marketing for cleaning professionals. He developed a sales training course for distributors and authored the school's Complete Guide to Carpet Cleaning and Maintenance for the Professional, first published in 1998.
The Host School, under Geoff’s direction, has also expanded nationally to metro sites around the USA and internationally, where Host is represented in more than 60 countries. In addition, he has been a guest instructor for the Floor Covering Institute of Technical Services, spoken to a huge floor covering associations, and presented training programs for various fibre manufacturers and carpet mills.
Geoff is a certified senior carpet inspector through the Floor Covering Institute of Technical Services (FCITS), a WoolSafe Certified Instructor and an authorised bearer of the CRI Seal of Approval. Additionally, he was a Host representative in key industry associations, including the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI), AATCC, ASTM, IICRC and the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA).
Since 1986, Geoff has visited the UK 24 times, holding many Host Schools and Training days throughout the country. Working closely with UK Managing Director, Michael Egerton,
A New Look For P+L Systems
2014 was another exciting year of change for P+L Systems, with many new developments, particularly in the last few months.
The company celebrated a landmark 30 year anniversary last year and has changed beyond recognition through this time, starting as a small
family business and growing into an international company, investing in delivering leading products and services across a growing portfolio of brands.
P+L Systems recently announced that their business has joined together with French, Belgian and Dutch
brands Edialux, Luxan and Denka, creating an even more international group with manufacturing or distribution facilities in ten countries around the world.
To mark the significant transformation of the business, the Group has decided to re-brand the company ‘Pelsis’. The new look includes a fresh logo, but retains the recognisable red and grey colours long associated with the Group.
In addition to the newly acquired brands, the Pelsis Group includes the SX Environmental, Insect-O-Cutor, Network and Synergetic professional pest brands.
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he helped develop key relationships with the WoolSafe Organisation that has helped underpin Host’s green certifications. In addition he was able to educate and enlighten the NCCA and its members as the success of Host’s Dry Extraction Carpet Cleaning System gained momentum.
“During my time in the UK I was able to learn from some industry giants and attended the Cleaning Show many times, seeing it grow to be one of the best trade shows in the world with a great venue and good quality attendees looking to learn and to buy. We have always had a good team in the UK that helped the company through the difficult times and pushed us during the good times”.
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