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Nilfisk to exit consumer business in NZ
LONG-TIME FLOOR care player in New Zealand, Nilfisk has announced that it will be exiting its Pacific region consumer business, including New Zealand, following a global strategic review of its consumer business.
In this respect, a short statement from Nilfisk Investor Relations says: “The strategic review is now completed with the conclusion that Nilfisk is the best owner of the consumer business
as this brings the most value to Nilfisk’s shareholders. Going forward Nilfisk will continue to focus on optimizing the business.”
Part of this optimisation is that Nilfisk (sold here under the Tellus brand for many years) will be quitting the New Zealand consumer market.
Indeed, the local company has said of the news: “The decision follows a thorough process where Nilfisk has assessed the future direction for the company’s consumer activities.
“It has been decided to create a more targeted business focused on the core consumer markets in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).”
The timing of Nilfisk’s exit from the New Zealand market is unknown at
this stage and, until this time, the local company says it’s “business as usual – meaning that we will continue to deliver on all existing orders and new orders” and that the decision will have no impact on current service and spare part agreements.
Nilfisk consumer products are sold in the hardware channel by Mitre 10 and by PlaceMakers.
Nilfisk’s decision to exit the consumer business here will not affect the Pacific region professional cleaning solutions operations.
https://consumer.nilfisk.co.nz
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