Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah Kee, a well-known patriotic overseas Chinese leader, and was the first university to be founded by an overseas Chinese in the history of modern Chinese education.

With a graduate school, 6 academic divisions consisting of 28 schools and colleges with 76 departments, and 14 research institutes, XMU boasts a total enrollment of nearly 40,000 full-time students (including 1,196 international students in degree programs). XMU currently has a faculty of 2,718 full-time teachers and researchers. XMU has entered into partnership agreements with more than 280 universities worldwide and engaged in substantive exchanges and cooperation with over 50 universities ranking among the world's top 200.

Challenge

As the Dance Department at Xiamen University strives to meet its dance room cleaning goals, the shortcomings of its traditional cleaning pads become apparent. Although there are special dance shoes, inevitably the sand from the soles of the shoes will be brought into the room. There is also sweat produced by dancing, drinking water dripping down the drink dirt, and leaking onto the dance studio floor. Such small particles will produce tiny scratches on the PVC floor like sandpaper, which will not only affect the appearance but also breed bacteria, posing a great health threat to dancers.

Solution

The Property Management Department of Xiamen University approached Tennant's sales manager in Xiamen, the sales manager of their scrubber, Zhang, for help with PVC floor cleaning. Zhang came to EZshine and asked us for a set of standard series pads. Only one pad, one pass, EZshine Yellow Pad (3#) appears great advantages compared with traditional pads.

Results

Before EZshine, XMU even wanted to replace the whole PVC flooring. Zhang and XMU were amazed by EZshine pads productivity and efficiency. EZshine provided a solution for them:

First 2 weeks:

2# White pad, 2 passes, 3 times a week; to remove historical stubborn dirty spots.

After 2 weeks:

3# Yellow pad, 2 passes, once a month; to remove hard spots.

4# Green pad, 2passes, once or twice a day; for daily cleaning.

EZshine is now a critical component of XMU Building Services’ daily operation. "EZshine Diamond Pads have greatly improved the efficiency of floor cleaning in our dance studio, eliminating the need for traditional PVC chemicals and numerous labor costs."