UASG / AES ( SPOTLESS GROUP )
Listed on the ASX , Spotless is one of Australia and New Zealand ’ s largest and most diverse services groups with interests in facility management , catering and hospitality , cleaning , security , asset management , maintenance , HVAC , mechanical and electrical and utility support services . It started in 1946 with a single dry cleaning store in Melbourne and now employs more than 36,000 people . UASG delivers tailored utility and telecommunications service solutions across all sectors including government and large corporations , employing around 2,000 people . Over the last couple of years it made a decisive move into the field of contracted-out services when it put together the recently acquired entities Utility Asset Management ( UAM ), Skilltech ( a meter reading company ) and Fieldforce ( a long established energy efficiency specialist ) under the leadership of Stephen Ellich , a seasoned CEO with long experience in the telecommunications sector .
Ellich heads up the Infrastructure , Telecommunications and Utilities
group sector within Spotless , and is CEO both of UASG and of the technical and engineering services contracting company AE Smith ( AES ). Acquired by Spotless in 2015 , AES has built a great reputation in mechanical , electrical , energy , fire , hydraulics , plumbing and refrigeration work since it was founded in 1898 . It was a considered a particularly good fit alongside
38 July 2016