METROPULSE™

Create a new, in-store profit center
with Metro’s safe & effective
computer maintenance products

As independent floor care professionals, we’re all familiar with the Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Company’s high-quality line of household cleaning systems. You may not, however, be aware that the company also markets an equally high-quality line of computer maintenance products under the name DataVac® that can unlock substantial add-on profits from your business and commercial accounts.

These high-performance vacuum and electric-dusting systems are designed to eliminate costly downtime by safely (keyword “safely”) keeping computer and electronic equipment thoroughly clean and operating at peak efficiency.

The reason Metro put so much emphasis on safety is because of the recent wave of adolescent deaths caused by teens intentionally inhaling “canned-air” computer cleaning products to get high. This practice is known as “huffing” or “dusting” and you’ve probably heard about it on the news or read about it in the papers. Metro DataVac® systems, on the other hand, offer a completely safe and much more effective computer cleaning alternative. Since they are electric-powered, they totally eliminate the need for the potentially lethal difluoroethane propellants used in “canned air” cleaners. And, like all Metro products, they are built to last, making them much more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly than the throwaway cans!

Metro’s Vice President of Sales, Ken Stern sums it up this way…“Retailers, as well as anyone with kids, who use computers, are concerned about this huffing issue. I think we’d all breathe a little easier (no pun intended) if these dangerous ‘canned-air’ products were replaced by something safer, that worked even better and were ultimately less expensive like our DataVac® products.”

Most businesses today simply cannot function if their computer systems are out. Yet, a single, minute piece of lint, dust, hair, or debris of any kind in the wrong place, at the wrong time, can bring even the most sophisticated computer network crashing down, and bring the business that relies on it to a screeching halt! By carrying and displaying Metro DataVac® systems in your store, you can capitalize on this by being able to offer your business/commercial customers the best possible insurance against it. DataVac® systems are specially designed to thoroughly clean every nook and cranny of all computer system components, printers, copiers, fax machines — many sensitive-to-dust electronic or imaging equipment.

Metro offers a full line of DataVac® systems to accommodate all personal and commercial applications from the desktop DataVac® Shuttle and DataVac® PC models, to the powerful DataVac® Electric Duster, on up to the commercial grade DataVac® Pro Series and anti-static DataVac®/3 ESD systems.

If you’d like to learn more about how to integrate a DataVac® profit center into your floor care business, contact Ken Stern at Metro. For detailed information on individual DataVac® product systems, visit www.metrovacworld.com, or call 1-800-822-1602.

MetroPulse™ is sponsored by Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Company, Inc. Dealer inquiries are welcomed at 1-800-822-1602 or visit www.metrovacworld.com

Reprinted from Floor Care Professional, March 2007