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Advertise your current vacancy with Cleanzine and we'll keep the ad on our site until the position is filled! The best deal in the industry. Contact us for details. In this column: Recent International News Product Information SCA survey shows that despite weakened US economy, decision makers are willing to spend green to go green - and they know what to look for! The results of a newly released survey commissioned by Tork manufacturer SCA, show that while the US is suffering from a weakened economy and budget tightening, Americans are still willing to pay more for green products and services. Overall, 47% of US adults agreed they would be willing to pay more for environmentally-friendly products. RIA recognises firms with Phoenix Awards for restoration and reconstruction The Restoration Industry Association has presented its highest honours for innovation in restoration and reconstruction to two member firms. The Phoenix Awards are presented each year to recognise achievement in the areas of restoration and reconstruction. Winning projects exemplify the complement of skills required to restore a project to pre-loss condition. Discount for booking early for the first time at Berlin cleaning show, CMS 2009
Window cleaning system purifies water for a better finish ![]() The new Filter Pura window cleaning system removes 100% of impurities and dissolved solids from the cleaning water through reverse osmosis deionising, ensuring the purest water (zero TDS) aqnd allowing for an absolute clean finish on windows! more Peter Kenny on ICE
Girl dies after drinking cleaning chemicals A four-year-old girl who drank cleaning chemical from a bottle at a police station at Morappur, near Dharmapuri in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, has died. The Hindu reports that the girl had apparently mistaken the fluid for water and drank it. She fainted and was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. We don't know at this stage whether the fluid had been transferred to a different bottle from the original, or whether it was in its correct bottle, but was colourless. SCA to promote hygiene issues during ‘Year of Sanitation'
![]() SCA is taking part in the International Year of Sanitation declared by the UN by stepping up its involvement in hygiene issues. more Jangro launches environmentally-friendly cleaning product range
![]() A long-term, effective and humane solution to bird control for buildings, bridges and other roosting structures is being marketed by Glide Holdings. more |
Welcome
to the ISSA/Interclean Daily See us at ISSA/Interclean on stand 05.115
Sitting in the garden of our hotel (while I was stuck in a cubby hole under the stairs producing this issue!), John got talking with one of our readers. Another regular highlight of the ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam experience is the ISSA aftershow party and Wednesday evening's seemed to go on until quite late. These gatherings provide a most enjoyable way of ending what is always a tiring day, and allow those that attend the opportunity to catch up with the latest gossip and find out a great deal more about what is going on in the industry than is normally divulged in the more official surroundings of the exhibition halls. As they say, "Watch this space"... It was good to catch up with Alan and Angie Hardcastle, of Inclean Magazine,(Australia and New Zealand) Lionel Koh, (Asian Cleaning Journal) some of the manufacturers whose stands had been too busy for us to get onto - and of course our American hosts. It was also good to be able to put some of the old familiar faces into their new companies. Is it just the UK's cleaning industry that functions with people staying within the industry and moving from company tocompany, or is it like that everywhere else too? See us at ISSA/Interclean on Stand 01.431
We wouldn't even have been there if a young lady called Lisa who works at the Hilton Hotel hadn't stumbled upon John's credit card wallet - dropped in the street - Googled the name on Cleanzine's company credit card to get John's phone number and rung to arrange the handover. We always said the Dutch were lovely people... If you're staying in the Hilton in which Lisa works, do make sure you tell her "Well done". While awaiting Lisa's arrival at the restaurant John retrieved what he tells me was an enormous bundle of cash from under a table being used by a group of Americans, one of whom was naturally delighted that John did the right thing and handed the money back. A good example of Karma if ever there was one, (and perhaps we Brits aren't quite as bad as we're sometimes made out to be?) On the way to the halls yesterday morning we bumped into Bay West Europe's Paul Halliwell. Paul told us that the new business the company is now getting from Romania, "is going great guns". He explained that the business came about via a recommendation from Bay West in the US, who had been asked by a contact in the Romanian Embassy if they knew of a company offering great products and a fantastic service. Some 10 days after initial contact the deal was done and the first truckload was wending its way through 6ft snowdrifts to new importer/distributor Marian Coman of the Framinor Group in Bucharest, who has had a lot of success in selling the products into schools. A second truckload is heading out to Transylvania next month. (contact@framinor.net / Tel: 0040 2122 34 030) One company that took us by surprise a little was NFC Specialist Products, if only because we'd approached the stand thinking it was a Northern European outfit because of Tommy Thompson's pale blonde hair. Bearing in mind NFC has been exhibiting at the show for the past 10 years, (and John and I have beencoming out here for the past 20), it was odd that our paths hadn't crossed before. NFC is displaying an enormous range of filtration systems, which Tommy tells us is attracting a lot of interest. See us at ISSA/Interclean on stand 09.311
Harold Moore, which manufactures and exports globally a range of thermoplastic injection moulded colour coded shovels, paddles, forks, hand scoops, scrapers and stirrers, is also having a good show - their third in the past six years. Managing Director Peter Moore and Sales Manager Brian Workman said they attend the event to meet up with existing customers and get to know new ones. Export Director Jari Eronen of Finnish company Muovihaka Oy, (try saying that after a couple of beers!) is showing a new product - the Optima external doormat, which measures 57 x 38 cm and comes in a selection of colours. Showing us the special design, Jari told us: "Optima is constructed to scrape mud, dust, grass and snow from shoe bottoms and its open design provides immediate drainage, keeping the matting surface dry and safe". The company has an impressive range of interior matting on show, all designed to prevent dirt and moisure from being tracked into a building. See us at ISSA/Interclean on stand 09.311 As well as distributing paper disposables and wipes for brands such as Katrin, Fasana, Plum and Chicopee, German company Nordvlies Hygiene has its ownmanufacturing facility. Export Manager Steffan Gunz was singing the praises of the show, saying: "I make good international contacts here and the event is so well organised that it's a joy to attend". Another company involved in paper disposables is SCA, whose paper carrier bags with paper handles carry the slogan: "The Greenest Tissue Manufacturer in the World". And true to its word, instead of what can sometimes be bulky and cumbersome press packs, the company's blurb was handed out in a pocket sized cardboard pouch carrying it labelled: "Eco usb: the friendly alternative in electronics". Everything I needed in a usb 'memory stick'... So why the carrier bag? I hear you ask. To carry the little tree I now have for planting in my garden back home, of course! Nice touch SCA!
Ionic could be seen at the top end of the hall and for once its stand didn't look as if it was staging a rugby scrum. Managing Director Reuben Reynolds told us that there always tended to be a short lull there at around mid-afternoon - possibly when visitors decided they needed some refreshment. Seeing a slogan on a nearby stand that said something along the lines of 'different to all the other pressure washer manufacturers' we decided to stop and find out about the claim. Matthew Dunn of USA Sales told us that although Italian company Idrobase makes its own range of pressure washers, it also manufactures spare parts for other companies' machines. It sells to 60 companies worldwide and is looking to add South Africa and India to its list soon. Hearing head of marketing Bruno Ferrarese comment that everything is manufactured in Italy, "To ensure Italian quality" but that it is then transported to China for assembly, reminded me about trendwatcher Rob Creemers' talk at the Innovation Awards when he said we should not fear China but should use its strengths to our advantage. This is one company that's obviously ahead of the trend. Looking for UK General Manager John Sobucinski on the Unger stand we met European Managing Director Carsten Best who told us that European employment law is a real bugbear when it comes to selling equipment into different countries. And I thought we were meant to be getting closer to one another! Today's Seminar How to contact us at The Cleanzine: Jan Hobbs Publishing Editor Direct Tel: +44 (0)1372 811 307 Mob: 07980 288 373 News John Austen Publishing Director Tel: +44 (0)1580 755 863 Fax: +44 (0)1580 754 669 Mobile: 07766 707 888 Tim Harlow Marketing Tel: +44 (0)1580 755 863 Fax: +44 (0)1580 754 669 Mobile: 0770 382 2632 If you would like Cleanzine to feature your product information, case studies, or company news, just email as above. Remember, we can take copy up to 5pm on any Wednesday for Thursday transmission. Want a link from the Cleanzine to your web site? Just ask for details. If we have sent this to you in error, please accept our apologies. Just email to tell us (there is a link at the very bottom of the page for this purpose) and we'll delete the address from our list. If you have had this issue forwarded to you and would like to receive your own copy of Cleanzine FREE each week, just use the link immediately below. Copyright 2008 b2bzine.net |
REQUEST CLEANZINE HERE In this column: CSSA rejects RCN call to return cleaning in house The CSSA has rejected the Royal College of Nursing's call to bring cleaning back in house as "playing to the gallery." Speaking following the announcement of the RCN's conference vote earlier this week, CSSA Director General Andrew Large said: "Today's vote by the Royal College of Nursing to campaign for an end to contracted out cleaning flies in the face of the reality of hospital cleaning today. Without contract cleaning, UK hospitals would be in a lot worse state than they currently are. Only a month after launch iDCS healthcare Deep Cleaning service makes BBC's Panorama
Panorama is the long-running and highly regarded investigative current affairs programme that recently looked at c. difficile in Britain's hospitals. In the programme, reporter Sally Magnusson revealed how sloppy hygiene, understaffing and overcrowded wards contributed to the spread of the superbug. ![]()
We have Mail How Safe is your Hospital? Dear Jan The BBC1 Panorama programme 'How Safe is your Hospital?' broadcast on 27th April* examined the prevalence of clostridium difficile in the NHS and asked if the current measures in place are sufficient to arrest the increase in infections and deaths caused by c. diff. C. diff infections have already been responsible for too many tragedies. The BBC's research shows that extra investment in day-to-day cleaning and hygiene resources is required if hospital staff are to manage infected patients in a clean and dignified manner and prevent the further spread of disease.
How can a floor look this good without floor polish?
New off-site decontamination service to tackle 'Bed Bug' revival
Greyland sets the pace for CleanExpo South It seems that Greyland is setting an early pace for Sandown Park, the venue for the inaugural CleanExpo South exhibition organised by MPP and the home of one of the top racecourses in the south of England. "Although we as a company are based in the north, much of our business is actually in the south of the country", says Greyland's Managing Director, Richard Dyson, "so it makes sense for us to take part in an exhibition where we can meet both existing and potential customers in one place without the hurdle of distance between us." Your last chance to enter the Inspiration in HR Award Service sectors rely on teams of people across a number of environments, from customer-focused settings, to those that require an in-depth knowledge of technology. Human resources professionals play a key role in the selection, training and monitoring of thousands of individuals across these different spheres. To celebrate 21 years in recruitment, SSR Personnel Services has created the Inspiration in HR Award. Open to both individuals and organisations, the Award will provide HR professionals with the recognition they deserve. Entries should be received by 31st May and submitted by email to: awards@ssr-personnel.com Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals
Click logo for information World's biggest butt sits in Trafalgar Square
With cigarette related litter on 78% of the country's streets, Keep Britain Tidy is launching its most aggressive advertising campaign against people who drop their butts on our streets.
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