New Name and New Services for SitexOrbis at CIH 2009, Harrogate

LONDON - It is a new name and new services for leading empty property management provider SitexOrbis this year on stand C166 at the Chartered Institute of Housing Annual Exhibition at Harrogate. As the market leader in void property security and empty property services, SitexOrbis is committed to delivering innovative new services. Innovation and market leading customer satisfaction assures our position as the number one empty property management service.

The former Orbis Property Protection is launching four new services.

One-key-for-all-locks

Key managing is dramatically transformed with one-key-for-all-locks technology at the centre of a new service called eMAKS, Electronically Managed Access Key Systems, which is available exclusively from SitexOrbis. The intelligent key can be remotely programmed to operate in a number of properties for certain periods, or deprogrammed if the key is lost with one call to the SitexOrbis response centre by authorised personnel. The rental package also includes locks, 24/7 monitoring, eMAKS technicians and on-line access reports.

Mould eradication

A new consultative service from SitexOrbis provides landlords with long-term protection from the reappearance of mould - rated as a category one risk alongside asbestos in the Housing Health and Rating System. As well as removing visible mould, the three-stage treatment destroys roots beneath the surface and spores to stop infections spreading. The process is finished with a fungicidal paint.

Infection control

In another exclusive SitexOrbis has secured the rights to a treatment that uses a fogging process to vaporise disinfectant Activ8 that is capable of killing up to 99.9% of known viruses in a room within minutes. Flu germs, Norovirus, SARS, MRSA, C difficile can all be killed by the vapour which permeates the air and reaches even difficult to get at surfaces and crevices. Rooms can be ready to use again in an hour.

Secured by Design Communal Doors

A new partnership arrangement makes PAS23/24 Secured by Design communal entrance doors made by Newton available through SitexOrbis. Police approved designs are aesthetically pleasing and suitable for heavy use.

www.sitexorbis.co.uk

About SitexOrbis: SitexOrbis is the new name for Orbis Property Protection, following a move to unite the group’s Orbis and Sitex operations in Europe under one brand name. The name changed in the UK on 31 March 2009 when SitexOrbis Limited became the legal name of the former Orbis Property Protection Limited. In the UK the company protects some 50,000 properties and cleans 20,000 annually. The group generates a combined turnover of in excess of GBP40 million and employs more than 600 people. www.sitexorbis.com

Source: SitexOrbis

Contact: Debansu Das, Marketing Manager, Tel: +44(0)1895-465-500, Email: debansu.das at sitexorbis.com