Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 9th April 2026 Issue no. 1205
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EscaTEQ to introduce structured escalator cleaning framework at Interclean Amsterdam 2026
EscaTEQ, a global provider of method-based escalator cleaning solutions, is to introduce the EscaTEQ Method on Stand 02.416 at Interclean Amsterdam 2026 - the world's largest professional cleaning & hygiene exhibition - which is taking place 14th – 17th April.
Despite more than a century of escalator use globally, no widely adopted framework exists for routine escalator cleaning, says EscaTEQ.
Among the most visible, heavily trafficked and mechanically sensitive assets in the built environment, escalators sit at the intersection of passenger safety, mechanical reliability and long-term asset value. Yet cleaning practices have historically remained fragmented, inconsistent and dependent on localised approaches rather than documented methods.
The EscaTEQ Method represents a voluntary, structured operating framework designed to introduce clarity, repeatability and controlled application into escalator tread cleaning, developed over 10 years of field deployment and operational refinement. The method provides a practical, repeatable, low-moisture, surface-controlled approach to escalator tread cleaning, built around a structured ABC condition classification system, defined restoration paths and a standard operating sequence.
Over a decade of global field deployment, applying a conservative estimate of 10 cleaning cycles per cleaning pad, EscaTEQ estimates more than 500,000 handheld, low-moisture escalator cleaning cycles have been performed worldwide using this surface-controlled technique. To date, based on internal records and customer reporting, EscaTEQ has not received reports of escalator damage attributable to the method or documented issues related to excess liquid ingress.
At Interclean Amsterdam, EscaTEQ will present the method through printed and digital reference materials, visual demonstrations and a short explanatory video illustrating the method in practice. Attendees are invited to review the framework, examine supporting field evidence and engage in technical discussion regarding its applicability across different environments and traffic profiles.
"Escalators move thousands of people per day and operate in some of the most demanding public environments in the world,” notes Willem de Roeper, EscaTEQ’s vice president of global sales. “Yet for decades, escalator cleaning has been without a structured, documented framework. The EscaTEQ Method is our attempt to formally document what has proven to work under real-world conditions and to offer it openly for professional evaluation and discussion."
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