Sea sponges lead to over 30 years of business success

A humble Hawaiian Sea Sponge may not strike you as the anchor to a business today but it proved crucial to the start up and success of Safeclean over 30 years ago.

Founder Desmond Cook located this particular type of sea sponge 10 miles off the coast of Hawaii, it proved to be durable and forgiving enough to conduct high quality fabric cleaning. Its superb results paved the way for an opportunity based on excellent service, specialist knowledge and most importantly, skills and techniques truly unique to Safeclean.

Over the years Safeclean has adapted to the ever changing market expectations, adopting new mechanised systems and unique concepts to create one of the most comprehensive packages in cleaning today.

In the early 90’s, Safeclean went from private ownership to today, being part of the Valspar Corporation with a 2.25 billion turnover and 8,000 staff worldwide.

The equipment and techniques that Safeclean use today give access to 71 different services, enabling them to match their customer needs.

Article by Emma Gilbert (nee Cook) about the Safeclean story.