Karcher’s B60/10C MopVac wins ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam Innovation Award 2014

The B60/10C MopVac from Karcher was found by the international team of judges, to have filled the gap between the mop & bucket and scrubber dryer.
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Machines, accessories and components

Category winner: Wetrok - Wetrok Discomatic Mambo – The compact size of this 30-litre scrubber dryer makes it extremely manoeuverable and suitable for a wide range of new applications. The fact that it is powered by a lithium-ion battery gives it a run time that is four times longer than a conventional lead battery. The water feed can be regulated from the control panel and to make operator training even simpler, there are only four control buttons.
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Equipment/tools for cleaning, care and safety

Category and overall winner: Kärcher - B60/10C MopVac

Finalist: Sofidel – Biotech is a biologically active toilet tissue, containing microorganisms that produce enzymes on contact with water. These enzymes feed on the dirt in pipes in sewers, helping to reduce the need for cleaning.

Finalist: Tennant Europe – Orbio os3 is a unit that allows customers to generate their own cleaning and disinfecting solutions on-site – created through water electrolysis and using salt – so reducing conventional chemical use.

Cleaning management and training solutions

Category winner: European Cleaning Machines Recycling - ECMR – A unique concept for the professional cleaning sector.
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Wecoline’s new free floor pad app prevents expensive mistakes

I’m not suggesting that a good cleaning contractor will inadvertently run out of the best floor pad for the job, but thanks to Wecoline’s new free floor pad app, at least if that happens, it won’t result in lots of downtime or the possibility of the cleaner using the worst pad for the job and potentially damaging the floor being cleaned.

“The cleanest floor and the best result, it is a big challenge for every cleaner. Even more so as clients are cost-conscious and have high expectations about the level of cleanliness,” challenged the company’s Roel Geurts.
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What a difference a decade (or two) makes!

When we visited the Brightwell Dispensers stand and Suzanne Gardent showed us the computerised interactive ‘blowout’ of one of the company’s products, I remarked on just how much things have changed since I first visited the company’s facility in Newhaven on the South Coast, back in the early 90s as editor of Cleaning & Hygiene Today and watched the designers  using CAD systems. This new programme really shows how things work and is a great sales and training tool.
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Unger: new products and prize draw to celebrate 50th birthday

For a company celebrating 50 successful years in the business in 2014, Unger was never going to let this year’s exhibition pass by without making a big splash and it certainly didn’t disappoint.
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ZeroSmell: one of a kind

As well as a smart and well designed range of warm air hand dryers, visitors to Veltia's stand could learn more about 'ZeroSmell', which helps to improve air quality and increase the comfort of visitors to different areas and facilities.

"ZeroSmell is an innovative product that helps to eliminate bad odours," said the team. "This product has the highest level of effectiveness against the most common occurrences of foul odours often present in both, the domestic and professional environment.
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Orbio innovation displaces traditional packaged chemicals with on-site, on-demand disinfecting, sanitising and cleaning solutions

The team from Orbio Technologies, a Tennant Company group, told us that there had been a lot of interest in the company's new OSG (On-Site Generation) technology and in particular the newest addition to the portfolio - the Orbio os3.

Through the process of water electrolysis-which combines water, electricity and a small amount of salt-the os3 system creates an on-site and on-demand effective cleaning solution and a disinfecting/sanitising solution that meets US EPA regulatory guidelines for disinfection and sanitisation.
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And how many trees do you kill with your consumption of paper disposables?

Over the years we’ve spent a lot of time chatting to Lucart’s Omar Balducci about the company’s commitment to sustainability and the way it cleverly recycles Tetrapaks - using the aluminium and polyethylene components to produced items such as pens, pencils, desk tidys and street furniture, and the cellulose fibres to manufacture toilet tissue, other tissue products, and packaging.

We thought we wouldn’t learn anything more by visiting the stand again on this occasion but stopped by to say ‘Hello’ anyway as we like Omar and his English is perfect. We’re glad we did, as we saw one of the best sales tools we could have imagined… an app which allows you to calculate how many trees are killed to supply your paper disposables needs for a year.
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Inpacs celebrates its 10thbirthday at the show

With a 220sq.m stand placed directly at the front main entrance, the Inpacs Stand in Hall 2.101 was a central meeting point for members, interested visitors and decision-makers of the industry.

“With members from 36 countries and guests from 130 countries informing themselves about the benefits of Inpacs, the international aspect of the organisation was fully conveyed during this truly successful edition of ISSA/Interclean 2014,” said José Del Pino, Inpacs CEO.
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Many new launches mark Premiere Products’ 90th birthday

Premiere Products celebrated its 90th birthday at the show with a raft of impressive new presentations, including:
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Morclean proud to ship out to show's 25th Anniversary edition

For seasoned ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam exhibitors, a late decision to exhibit and then confirmation of stand space around three months ahead of the event, seems to leave enough room for maneouvre, but it can be very tight. When you’re a first time exhibitor and you have a new machine to finish before being in a position to get the marketing material ready, and you learn what else is involved, it can become a little scary.

Credit then to Peter Morley and the team from Morclean, who not only managed it (partly thanks to the help of Morclean’s Dutch distributor regarding logistics) but who also had a great show too!
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Ecover Professional: a well thought out relaunch

Ecover, the largest producer of ecological cleaning products in Europe, has relaunched its professional range with new products, new and improved formulae and new brand design.
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Hako trade fair promotion extended to 31st May

If you were unable to get to Amsterdam you can still take advantage of Hako's show offer, saving 290 euros (about £240 / US$400) on the Hako Fleet Recorder.

This innovative system records the operating hours and status of your machine on a daily basis. But better hurry - the offer is valid only until the 31st May, so you have two weeks left!

www.hako.com/fleet-recorder 

Familiar face; unfamiliar location...

Although we’re used to seeing David Yli-Juuti, Tersano’s Vice President of European operations, at various exhibitions around the world, we’re not used to seeing Jackie Bromley, who’s pictured here next to the company’s Martin Booth.

Jackie, who joined the company as sales director three months ago from Alexandra Workwear, had, prior to that, represented another company involved in chemical-free, ozone cleaning technology – ActiveIon.
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Working conditions: survey reveals deterioration and wide disparities in worker satisfaction

While just over half of European workers perceive working conditions in their country to be good (53%), a majority (57%) nevertheless think that their working conditions have deteriorated in the last five years, according to a recently published Eurobarometer survey, which looks at how the quality of work has been affected by the financial crisis.

Although most workers are satisfied with their own working conditions (77% on average in the EU), there is a very wide disparity across member states, ranging from 94% in Denmark to 38% in Greece. Generally, most workers express high levels of satisfaction with their working hours (80%) and health & safety at work (85%).
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SCA and Tork participates in the Volvo Ocean Race

Global hygiene company SCA and its brands, including the global B2B brand Tork, will participate in the 2014-2015 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race - the toughest open ocean sailing regatta in the world. The extreme environment and conditions of the race will provide extreme challenges, for example when it comes to hygiene, the core business of Tork.
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Nowhere left to hide for germs and bacteria - thanks to rim-free WC

Preventing the build-up of germs and odour in the bathroom, Laufen has introduced a new rimless WC, featuring innovative flushing technology for increased levels of hygiene.

The new Pro rimless WC doesn't have a flushing rim, which means that there's one less place in the bathroom environment for dirt and smells to linger. Instead, the water reaches every part of the inner bowl and gives germs and bacteria no chance to get established.
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Airdri - an eyecatching display

Airdri showcased two new additions to its enhanced hand dryer portfolio and ensured that they caught the visitors' attention by having them decorated with famous paintings. The ploy certainly worked with us as it drew us on to the stand, where we met with marketing & communications manager Trudi Osborne (pictured) and newly appointed research & development director, John Forshaw.
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Same team, different branding

Show visitors are used to seeing Vernon Holmes, Paul Sherrington and the team working up a sweat trying to look after all the customers on the stand and one could be forgiven for thinking that nothing's changed. It has though - since Vernon is now Vice-Chairman of Scot Young Research and he and the team were dealing with enquiries regarding a totally different brand.
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Kennedy Hygiene’s cleverly designed paper towel dispenser really can save money

We’d heard about the Pod, so were delighted when international account manager Jeffery Woods showed us how it works.
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VAH certified product range now even bigger

Disinfection and cleaning fluid produced by the award-winning Toucan Eco, which gained Certification from the VAH Laboratories in Germany last year, can now be produced using a growing number of systems.
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Come and try it for yourself

Occupational skincare provider Deb Group, which recently acquired the Stoko skincare business from German manufacturer Evonik, is introducing a new Dispenser Monitoring System designed to benefit both facilities management providers and their customers. The network of wireless-enabled dispensers, compatible with Deb’s full range of high quality foaming soaps, transmits usage data to a server, predicting product usage and replacement, facilitating workflow planning and efficiency.
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Nothing static about Osprey!

Anglo-German Steam cleaning machine and pressure washer manufacturer OspreyFrank had an impressive line up of 'bit kit' machines on its stand, including the latest version of a conveyor belt cleaner which now operates without any discernible amount of steam being emitted from the cleaning head. This is thanks to an improved design which contains more of the steam and a much more powerful vacuum which leaves the moving conveyor belt both clean and dry. 

Managing Director Thomas Stuecken also showed us their new static steam generating model and some of the impressive technology that governs it. 

Truly eco-friendly, pre-dosed cleaning

Soluclean is an eco-friendly and easy to use daily cleaning system offering pre-dosed, concentrated multi-surface cleaning products encapsulated in water soluble film, saving time, money and waste, reducing storage and transportation needs without compromising on high standards of cleanliness and infection prevention.
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Distributor of The Year Award for Trafalgar

British steam cleaning machine manufacturer Matrix took the opportunity of the show to present their distributor Trafalgar Cleaning Equipment with the Distributor of The Year award - which they have now won for the second year running. "It has been a tremendous effort from James and the team at Trafalgar to hold the award for the second time," said Matrix Sales Director Mike Osiadacz, on presenting the award at the UK Pavilion.

Taking on the big players

As well as acquiring the Oreck Commercial brand, the UK's top selling floorcare brand Vax has completed its move into the professional and commercial marketplace and now offers cleverly-designed scrubber dryers as well as powerful vacuum cleaners, upright and portable carpet washers, steam cleaners and sweepers, all designed using the latest technologies, to meet the needs of commercial customers.
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Simplifying compliance with complicated regulations

Selden research had hinted that it was using the show to launch something pretty spectacular but had managed to keep everything really quiet and there was nothing on the company’s website to indicate what it would be, so it was with eager anticipation that we stepped onto the stand.
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A welcome return and a novel machine

Making a welcome return after too long an absence from this show, is British manufacturer Dowding & Plummer and its Victor floor cleaning machines. Mention this manufacturer and its brand to anyone who’s been in the industry for any time and they will immediately picture a rotary floor cleaning machine, so what surprised us was rectangular shape of the machines on display (as you can see for yourself in our image which also features the Managing Director Barney Dowding.
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