Cleaning
Noda’s Strategic Pivot from Infogrid Continues: Comprehensive 2025 Review
September 4th, 2025Infogrid Company Financials & Acquisition of Buildings IOT Examined
August 23rd, 2024
Tracking Cleaning Industry Innovation in Smart Buildings
Few sectors got a bigger boost from the pandemic than the cleaning industry. It felt like one of COVID’s lasting impacts on the world would be an elevated level of hygiene and investment in R&D duly followed by new and established players. Now approaching 2024, we are seeing that investment come to fruition through a […]
Simpple IPO & Facilities Management Business Examined
Founded in 2016, in Singapore, Simpple provides solutions for building managers and owners to operate their buildings autonomously through technology. Originally focused on robotic cleaning, the company soon shifted to an integrated software solution that connects IoT devices, robotic solutions, and the workforce, through a single unified platform, enabled by AI. Achieving revenues of $4.8 […]
JLL Workplace Management & Technologies Business 2022 Financials Examined
This Research Note examines two businesses within JLL which offer technical operations and maintenance (O&M) solutions and services for commercial real estate – JLL Workplace Management and JLL Technologies. This article is based on JLL’s 2022 Annual Report, their 2022 investor briefing and transcript and previous Memoori analysis on the company’s technology strategy in the […]
Mapping the Strategic Direction of JLL in the Smart Buildings Space – Part 1
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of JLL in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped M&A, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the company, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period. This article, Part 1 of a 2-part analysis, is intended as […]
The Long-Term Demand for Healthy Buildings
“General hygiene expectations of employees have risen significantly, and facilities services providers are under pressure to maintain rigorous sanitation regimes, especially in common areas. Adopting rigorous cleaning routines remains paramount to maintaining building occupant confidence,” reads our recent study on the IoT in smart commercial buildings. “The COVID-19 pandemic has elicited significant changes to working practices […]
SoftBank Bets On Robotic Cleaning in Smart Buildings
It was not that long ago that a significant fall in the Yen was met with open arms by major Japanese companies seeking to be more competitive in the global market. However, when this month began with the currency at a 20-year low, the reaction from Japan’s biggest companies has been decidedly mixed. In recent […]
Recording: How Do Smart Restrooms Make Buildings Healthier?
Here is the Video Recording from our 2nd Free Webinar of the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Don’t forget you can now Subscribe to ALL our Webinars & Podcasts on YouTube! Memoori was joined by Matt Trute, Onvation Business Leader at Kimberly-Clark Professional to discuss our new joint white paper “Smart, Connected Restrooms. A Cornerstone of […]
Smart Building Tech Can Limit Infection But We Need to Present the Data to Alleviate Fear
Office workers have become comfortable at home. After being forced to work from home for much of the last 12-months, the long-awaited return to the office (whenever it comes) will now represents change and with change comes fear. Just as the end of the pandemic will not be a specific date, the return to the […]