What's your pole position? (1st June 2009)

Dissecting the water fed pole market from this year's Cleaning Show,Alan Matthews of Aquafactors discusses growth issues, and the need for correct customer information

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Poles apart in performance (1st February 2009)

Individual water fed poles may be constructed of the same materials, but Aquafactors says performance depends on the quality of that material.The company says choosing between aluminium or carbon fibre should be decided by

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Carbon fibre and aluminium pole have the right head for heights (30th October 2008)

Aquafactors says it is delighted by the success of its ‘Aspire’ carbon fibre pole. Introduced at WINDEX, in March, the new pole has a specially resilient carbon fibre mix which gives it considerable strength. It also bends less at height.

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Deionised resin reliability (1st June 2008)

Newcomers or small window cleaning operatives can save and store more water using DI resins, says Acquafactors. For businesses using reverse osmosis systems, softeners are imperative for long life while DI resins add the pu

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Aquafactors' legionella beater (1st April 2008)

Aquafactors has always considered legionella contamination to be highly unlikely to occur in its water-fed pole and mobile cold water systems.However, the subject has ben highlighted by firms promoting hot water system

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Tooled up for turbo assembly (1st February 2008)

Aquafactors Direct (formally Tucker Pole Systems) has tooled up for a totally new brush head assembly.The result is a swift fit for faster pole work

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Hot water too aggressive? (1st October 2007)

Deionised water is gently aggressive and cleans glass effectively by removing dirt and breaking down surface tension – but in some case water alone is not enough.While some in the industry favour heating pure water,Aqu

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Aqua all areas (26th February 2007)

Two new mobile water carrying systems have been introduced, for water fed pole users, by Aquafactors Tucker Pole...

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Water for water-feds everywhere (1st February 2007)

Aquafactors Tucker Pole is showing its latest improved water access products on Stand L30 at The Cleaning Show

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'Join UKWTA' pole makers urged (1st June 2006)

The Aqua-Nouveau / Aquafactors Group, the organisation behind Tucker Pole Systems UK is a founder member of a new trade association dedicated to domestic and commercial water treatment.

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Tucker Pole seeks Euro partners (1st April 2006)

Although originally developed in the States, waterfed pole technology has, in recent years, evolved more in the UK than anywhere else in the world. In some ways the market place is very different to America, which is why Tucker Pole Manufacturing Inc

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One twist for all: Tucker clamps down on section slippage (1st March 2006)

With a newly patentend 'one twist' clamp system now on the market, Tucker Pole says it has swiftened and simplified pole extension - and solved the problem of slippage due to wear and tear Tucker Pole has made a major change to the way its telescopic

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Newsnight revisted (1st October 2005)

A response to BBC Newsnight programme by Alan Matthews, Marketing Director, Tucker Pole Systems UK.

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Chemical cleaners improve cleaning with waterfed poles (1st July 2005)

Specialised chemical cleaners can aid the cleaning of windows with or without waterfed poles. They can also be used on fabrics, both vinyl and woven. Tucker Pole explains some of the benefitsM The importance of using pure water with water fed poles h

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Tucker Pole moves into the janitorial business with chemical cleaners (1st February 2005)

Tucker Pole systems UK parent company, Aquafactors Direct, is entering the janitorial business through a new division, Aquafactors Janitorial Supplies (AJS), with a range of cleaning chemicals. These are specifically aimed to be used along side the c

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Cleaning a glass wall (1st October 2004)

Cleaning a ‘work of art’can be difficult.When its value is ‘priceless’, and it’s big,very big,a whole set of new parameters comes into play.

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Are the mobile tanks fitted in vehicles for high-level pole window cleaning safe? (1st August 2004)

The simple answer is yes! Yet having read so much about crash tests and the corporate manslaughter bill, from one company, you would think it was a major problem in our industry. Tucker Pole Systems UK viewpoint is that it is not. However, like any i

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Window cleaning vs science (1st August 2004)

Stephanie and her husband, Lee-Stuart Evans, had a good story to tell. Both were highly trained biologists, Lee with a degree in molecular biology and Stephanie with a PhD in microbiology. Yet they could only command a joint salary of 18 000 a year

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Half the time (1st April 2004)

This case study looks at the diverse ways in which the Tucker high level water fed pole cleaning system can be used. We must thank Perry Hearne of PKM Cleaning, of Shepperton, for giving us the opportunity of following him through the various ways he

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Water fed poles are becoming the tool of choice in window cleaning (1st February 2004)

There have been two revolutions in the window cleaning industry. The chamois gave way to the squeegee, in the 1960s, and now the squeegee is giving way to the water fed pole. The move to using poles is gathering pace rapidly with Tucker UK sales doub

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