PolyOne Recognizes UGL Unicco Performance - Safety
UGL Unicco has received a Supplier Performance Award from PolyOne.
PEDRICKTOWN, NJ - December 1, 2009
UGL Unicco, a subsidiary of UGL Limited, has received a Supplier Performance Award from PolyOne. UGL Unicco was the only service provider to receive the designation this year in recognition of its outstanding operational performance and safety record.UGL Unicco has delivered under-budget performance at all of its service sites in 2009, saving PolyOne $1.5M through August of this year. UGL Unicco has also continued its flawless safety performance record with zero OSHA-recordable and lost-time incidents this year. In doing so, it also attained a 10-year OSHA incident rate of 1.4 versus the industry average rate of 8.0.
UGL Unicco has adopted the Lean Six Sigma initiative and instituted management and associate team training. The company actively supports PolyOne’s technology and innovation programs through the implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies across PolyOne’s warehouse and manufacturing operations.
“UGL Unicco has consistently targeted and achieved five-percent productivity improvements over the past two years,” said Tom Kedrowski, PolyOne Senior Vice President Operations and Supply Chain. “Their executive management team is engaged in the PolyOne relationship and is supportive of our global strategies.”
About UGL Unicco
UGL Unicco, a premier provider of outsourced facilities services, is a subsidiary of UGL Limited (ASX:UGL). Based in Boston, UGL Unicco offers facilities maintenance, operations, cleaning, energy and administrative/office services, as well as plant services in support of industrial operations. The company counts one quarter of the Fortune 100 companies among its portfolio of North American customers and maintains an industry-leading 95% customer retention rate. Its more than 18,000 employees support corporate, multi-tenant, education, retail, government and public venue facilities. The company also offers single-source mobile maintenance and cleaning services for geographically dispersed branch offices. It is committed to green services through its award-winning UGL Unicco Sustainability Services program (www.greenservice.com) that supports sustainability across its service offerings. UGL Unicco's advanced facilities initiatives include the myunicco.com portal, UNI-Q® handheld inspection system, USafe® health and safety program, eProcurement systems, and a 24x7 national operations center.
UGL Unicco, along with UGL Equis, a commercial real estate firm based in Chicago, is part of UGL Services, a division of UGL that provides Corporate Real Estate and Facility Solutions around the world. For further information about UGL Unicco, call 888-751-9100 or visit www.ugl-unicco.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Donna Guadagno – UGL Unicco: 617-559-4194, dguadagno@ugl-unicco.com
Sandy McLaughlin – Soucy Communications Group: 781-898-7305, smclaughlin@scg-pr.com
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