Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 17th August 2017 Issue no. 787
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  International News
Products Sustainable Cleaning Products Summit Europe agenda unveiled
Truvox 'cuts the cord' with award-winning Valet Battery Upright vacuum
CMS Berlin 2017: Keen interest in the Mobility Cleaning Circle
UV disinfection robot helps keep hospitals germ-free for military patients in Seoul
Messe Berlin spruces up for CMS 2017
RAS redesigns certificate of its star-rated Happy Toilet Programme
Citron Hygiene acquires Chemsyn to enhance service offering, presence and scale in Ontario Citron Hygiene has announced that it has acquired Chemsyn Chemical Corporation effective July 17th, 2017. Chemsyn is a dominant player in commercial warewash and laundry solutions, serving a broad range of customer verticals, including foodservice, hospitality, lodging, healthcare, long term care facilities, institutions, golf and sports clubs throughout Ontario. SmartTask transforms efficiency and performance management for University campus cleaning team
BASF supports hand hygiene amongst garment workers in Bangladesh
The approximately €250,000 (around BDT 23 million) project, implemented by Voluntary Organisation for Social Development, will explore the existing health behaviour of the workers with a view to improving hygiene and reducing associated diseases. |
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At noon his coming Monday, Big Ben’s world-famous bongs will sound for the last time before major conservation works are carried out. The Elizabeth Tower, home to the Great Clock and Big Ben, is undergoing a complex programme of cleaning and renovation work that will safeguard it for future generations. While this work takes place, the Great Bell will remain silent – apart from marking important national events such as New Year’s Eve and Remembrance Sunday. As part of the restoration programme, the Great Clock will be dismantled piece by piece with each cog examined and restored. The four dials will be carefully cleaned, the glass repaired, the cast iron framework renewed, and the hands removed and refurbished. As the clock mechanism itself will be temporarily out of action, an electric motor will drive the hands until the Great Clock is reinstated and one of the four faces will always be on view, to enable passers-by to check the time. In case you didn’t know, the Great Bell weighs 13.7 tonnes and strikes every hour to the note of E. It’s accompanied by four quarter bells, which chime every 15 minutes. Big Ben has marked the hour with almost unbroken service for the past 157 years. The bongs last fell silent for maintenance in 2007, and prior to that between 1983-5, as part of a previous large scale refurbishment programme. Understandably perhaps, there has been an uproar by those who feel that the chimes should not be stopped while the current refurbishment is carried out. After all, their sound is part of London life. They are, however, very loud – and particularly so when heard close up. And while I’m one of those who feels that some of our health & safety regulations are over the top, this is one occasion that I fully support those who’ve made the decision to temporarily silence the chimes. I know from the experiences of loved ones, just how debilitating noise induced tinnitus is and while hearing the bells fills me with a sense of pride, I would not put that above the health & safety of those tasked with keeping an important part of our national heritage in good working order! Monday will not only mark the last of Big Ben’s chimes for some time; it will also mark the start of Cleanzine’s annual Summer break. Our next issue will broadcast on Thursday, 7th September. Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
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       This Week's News
Decon 7 able to eliminate Japanese Fungus
Ideal for a broad spectrum of applications, D7 effectively neutralises up to 99.999% of all bacteria, viruses, spores, moulds, and chemical & biological hazards, eliminating both vegetative and non-vegetative spores, by chemically cleaving spore walls, and neutralising mycotoxins therein. It can be used on a variety of surfaces, is fast acting, and it leaves a non-toxic pH neutral residual barrier to prevent recontamination. Family owned Stadsing A/S, sells life's work to Swedish OptiGroup
With the purchase, Stadsing's products will be available across the rest of the Nordic countries & Europe within the OptiGroup, and new jobs will be established in Aalborg. Global biosurfactant market to generate demand of over 340,000 tons by 2020 The global biosurfactant market is anticipated to generate demand of over 340,000 tons by 2020, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of around 4% from 2014 to 2020. Absence of direct bio-based substitutes of these products is expected to be one of the major factors driving the market over the forecast period, together with rising environmental concern over the consumption of synthetic surfactants and the growth of the global personal care industry. Soapbox: New energy label is failing vacuum cleaner users writes Justin Binks, managing director of Sebo UK... "For the second time in three years, the vacuum cleaner industry is tasked with meeting the requirements of new EU energy labelling which will see a reduction in the rated input power of vacuum cleaners. Potentially, this, and other requirements relating to the design and testing of vacuum cleaners, will have an impact on the performance and consequent user satisfaction relating to some machines. Seligo launches digital transaction and services platform for waste professionals
Using this online platform, waste professionals can advertise their products or treatment capacity, and make reservations to dispose of and/or treat waste. Excitement growing for ISSA/Interclean Istanbul
CHSA's accredited distributors demand conformance from suppliers
Betco becomes Goodwill NCPP Preferred Supplier
Survey shows that 83% of FM professionals believe BIM will support delivery of facilities management
The FM Awareness of Building Information Modelling survey, developed in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, aims to establish a benchmark of the current perceptions of the impact of BIM on the FM sector and the benefits and challenges it presents. Forestry Commission logs into Salisbury Group's facilities management
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Children's Hospital introduces cutting edge Surfacide technology to combat HAIs
Infection rates can be cut with better hygiene and improved patient care in hospitals, surgeries and care homes, such as ensuring staff, patients and visitors regularly wash their hands. Zenith Hygiene Group and CPL Online announce new working partnership
The Merseyside-based company has developed a bespoke range of learning resources for Zenith Hygiene, which includes an e-learning course, learning management system and mobile app. Clarity -The Soap Co. awarded The Planet Mark
Award-winning Julius Rutherfoord Training Academy passes BICSc audit with flying colours
Sikafloor system washes away fears of flood damage spread at pharmaceutical plant
Facilities managers 'kept in dark' about poor washroom conditions, reveals research
BCC welcomes new chair, deputy and new representatives at 2017 AGM
BICSc launches new accredited training courses
The courses launched include Car Valeting, On Premises Laundry, Train the Trainer and a Health & Safety workshop designed specifically for individuals working in the cleaning industry. Finalists revealed for the BICSc Annual Awards 2017
2017 Award Finalists Client Commitment to Training: Innovation at the heart of Facilicom contract with the OU
Kärcher puts its support behind the UK, as delegates from 65 countries arrive for its World Meeting
Environmental Excellence Training & Development appointed as Steam Training Centre
On a delivery van near you - spot the CHSA sticker!
Events & Exhibitions Interclean China 2024 American Cleaning Institute Industry Convention, London Cleaning Show ISSA Pulire 2025 ISSA Show North America |
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