Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 21st November 2013 Issue no. 600
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Products Inaugural Ausclean Pulire draws international crowd
Global biocides market expected to reach USD 9,622 million in 2018 According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research: 'Biocides (Halogen Compounds, Metallic Compounds, Organosulfurs, Organic Acids, Phenolic, Nitrogen and Others) Market for Water Treatment, Food and Beverage, Personal Care, Wood Preservation, Paints and Coatings and Other Applications - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018', the global biocide market was USD 6.99 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach market worth USD 9.62 billion in 2018, growing at an estimated Compound Annual Growth Rate of 4.7% over the forecast period from 2012 to 2018. |
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 148 countries worldwide! I can remember some years back using one of these leaders to slate the poor cleaning as well as what appeared to be sheer ignorance of the dangers of cross-contamination by one of the consultants, at one of my local hospitals. I was soon set straight (well – about the cleaning, anyway) by the Cleaning & Support Services Association’s Andrew Large, who politely challenged that with the contractor’s cleaning budget cut by 10% for every one of the previous eight years, what did I expect? Those involved were doing the best that they could, on a totally inadequate budget. I’ve looked at things differently since then. News this week (see more below) that threatened cuts to cleaning services at Southampton General Hospital are not now going to go ahead really did cheer me… someone has seen some sense at last. I don’t know all the details of the dispute but what I do know is that while the threatened 48hrs of daily cleaning that was due to be cut may not sound a lot to a layperson, it would have made a phenomenal – and damaging - difference to what is already a stretched service. I do hope other NHS Trusts take note and decide to cut some of the real waste rather than the cleaning In further news we learn that graffiti has been sprayed over the full sized replica of the Independence space shuttle at the Space Centre in Houston, Texas. Police are confident that CCTV footage will enable them to catch the culprits but what a shame they weren’t able to do so in time to make these vandals remove the graffiti themselves! I can’t help feeling that when it comes to graffiti, if the punishment is made to fit the crime, we may just end up with far fewer of these idiots blighting our neighbourhoods…
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         This Week's News
Expert consensus statement finds paper towels the most hygienic way to dry hands
The six experts, working in hospitals and universities in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK, have signed an eight-point consensus - Hand drying: an important part of hand hygiene. Are these the most unusual toilets in the world? To coincide with World Toilet Day on Tuesday of this week, Better Bathrooms compiled a list of what the staff feel are the 10 most unusual loos around the world and as well as being unusual they're all currently completely free of charge to use. At 15,190 feet above sea level, Saint-Gervaise-Les-Bains on Mont Blanc has specially designed toilets for use in extreme conditions. These 'dry' toilets are waterless and chemical-free, instead utilising a worm-composting system to deal with the waste.
The proposed merger of Asset Skills, CSSA and the FMA is part of a vision to create a new and consolidated industry body. Following the unanimous votes in favour of the merger by members of the CSSA and FMA, the board of Asset Skills is to vote at the end of November. UL announces new EcoLogo Standard (UL 175) for Sanitary Paper Products UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), has launched its revised UL 175 Standard for Sanitary Paper Products, to coincide with the ISSA trade show in Las Vegas. John Laws of the Australian Contract Cleaners Alliance writes...
Tecnovap - getting it right since 1985
Russian show a roaring success
Held since 1999 under the patronage of the Moscow City Government and the Moscow City Department of Trade & Services, ExpoClean brings together all the participants of Russia's cleaning industry. TVH: supplying machine parts to distributors in 172 countries
"The Moscow show was, for us, a huge success," he enthuses. "The customers who take the trouble to attend these shows - sometimes having driven or travelled by other means for more than three days - are here because they're looking for something!" Floorcare answers lead to new questions
According to Debby Davis, product manager for Powr-Flite, ever since the programme began, the company has received a number of questions from cleaning professionals, asking for help in addressing their specific floor care challenges. HydroChem announces acquisition of Inland Industrial Services Aquilex Holdings (HydroChem) a leading provider of industrial cleaning solutions for the North American petrochemical production, oil refining, power generation, metals and pulp and paper industries, has this week announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Inland Industrial Services Group, an industrial cleaning company with a 30-year-plus history, which serves the Gulf Coast and the Central United States. Disposables UK ends year on a high with Business of the Year Award win
KCP to help customers achieve 'closed loop' recycling
Julius Rutherfoord adds Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to bumper crop of contracts for 2013
Pilot washing machine boosts independence for Chinese elders in Newcastle
Leonardo Foam Soap now clinically approved
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