CASALIMPIA was founded in 1959 by Hernando Giraldo Álvarez who worked as a journalist/reporter for the newspaper "ESPECTADOR". He began with twelve brooms, twelve mops, one floor buffing machine, one  vacuum cleaner and one employee. In 1964 after 5 years or hard work and devotion, he was granted the cleaning services contract for the "El Dorado" airport in Bogotá D.C., Colombia and soon thereafter incorporated Casalimpia S.A..

During the next several years, Casalimpia worked very diligently for its customer base by improving their cleaning services and processes, entering the national market and consolidating their product lines.

During the more than 48 years of Casalimpia's history, their most visible triumph was in creating a large family totaling more than 8,500 employees. Today, Casalimpia employees enjoy a higher standard of living whereby they can provide a home for their families and education for their children.

CASALIMPIA has implemented new product lines such as On-Site Maintenance and Specialized Services to not only offer the most complete cleaning service but also to allow its customers to focus on their business activities and leave the cleaning to the experts.

certifications and policy

CASALIMPIA was granted the ISO 9001 Certification in 2002 for all product lines currently in service.

CASALIMPIA'S policy is to it's commintment to quality, security and occupational health as follows:

• Offer complete cleaning and coffee services, on-site tecnichal maintenance and specialized services in order to satisfy the needs of its customers.
• Create a safe working enviroment.
• Create a health conscience labor force.
• Continually improve on work processes while respecting the work environment.
• Always abide by all applicable occupational health, safety and security guidelines.
  

To give complete cleaning service, coffee, on-site technical maintenance and specialized services searching to satisfy the needs of all parties involved; to watch over the health of the workers and generate safe conditions, continually better the processes while respecting the work environment and abiding by the applicable occupational health and security legislation.

RECOGNITION

ITEL AWARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AWARD ITEL AWARD (instituto Técnico Especializado en Limpiezas): on September 30, 1997 Casalimpia S.A. was the first company in Latin America to be honored with this award of excellence in the cleaning services industry. ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AWARD: This award was presented by the corporation for enterprise and human development CODHEM in 1996 and 2005 for the outstanding continuous human resources growth maintained by Casalimpia S.A. It's annual growth rate is 30% with over 7,500 employees in 2005.     GACELA DORADA AWARD PORTAFOLIO BALANCE SOCIAL GACELA DORADA AWARD: Awareded by SALUD TOTAL for its contribution to the affiliation of employees to health organization. Casalimpia S.A. has consistently demostrated the greatest number of affiliates to SALUD TOTAL and received the award from 1999 to 2002, 2004 and 2005. PORTAFOLIO BALANCE SOCIAL: Finalists and an honorary mention in 1997.