Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 19th July 2018 Issue no. 831
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    International News
Products Minimum Wage increases to impact Canadian cleaning industry
Virtual Building Service: a game-changer for building owners, FM pro's and developers
Kaivac introduces any time/anywhere personal trainer
UK Chancellor attends landmark healthcare agreement between Serco and Jeddah hospital
Avidbots partners with Compass to bring robotic automation to Canadian FM market
Cole & Wilson introduces Caretex professional laundry powders
RAS awards first six-star washrooms to The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands
Mitie wins Ahlsell contract in Norway
Grate Seal solves school shower smells
ISS wins two large hospital contracts in Turkey
The two contracts will have a combined annual revenue of around DKK 250 million. Nanotera launches powerful plant-based surfactants for oil industry Nanotera Group has introduced powerful, plant-based cleaning agents which it says perform at record times, to replace chemical and hazardous products currently used in the oil & gas industry.
Ukraine gears up for 16th International Cleaning Forum
'Cleaning for a Reason' wins Silver in 'Power of A' ASAE, the centre for association leadership in the US, has awarded its 2018 'Power of A' Award (Silver Level) to ISSA for its 'Cleaning for a Reason program' - a nonprofit organisation that partners with residential cleaners throughout the US and Canada to offer free in-home cleaning to help women who are battling cancer. It which works with more than 1,200 professional cleaning companies, and was adopted by ISSA last year. One week left to nominate terrific toilets for America's Best Restroom contest
Ideal Response appoints new senior technical manager
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I can remember the long heatwave we experienced in the UK in 1976 but back then I was too young and selfish to worry about water shortages. Now I'm more aware of environmental issues though and with a hosepipe ban looming I'm doing all I can to conserve water. Something else that's never out of the headlines these days is the damage plastics are doing to our environment, so when I visited a cocktail bar this week for a celebration, it came naturally to me that when I ordered the same cocktail again, I asked for the same glass and the same plastic straw to be used. My family followed suit. Judging by the bartender's reaction, I was the first customer to have done so - although he happily obliged, checking before he took my glass to refill it, that this was what I really wanted. As someone who took a part-time job in a bar almost as soon as I was legally able to drink in one, I know it was customary for years to reuse the glasses which were presented by our customers when they came up to reorder, without washing them, taking care not to muddle them up (that's about as far as the need to prevent cross-contamination went in those days!) I don't know where this 'new' idea that one always has to have a fresh glass for each drink came from (although I have an idea!) but when you consider that water is one of the most valuable resources we have on this planet, it seems crazy to me. I'm aware that these days automatic warewashing machines - be they home dishwashers or pub glasswashers - use less water than we'd use if we washed up by hand, but they do run on electricity, so the less they're used, the better. When staying in a hotel, it pleases me to see signs indicating that my towels will only be collected for washing if I leave them on the floor - not just because of environmental issues but because I hate the sticky feel of newly laundered hotel towels. Wouldn't it be lovely if our pubs and bars could do something similar, and prompt us to ask for our glasses to be refilled rather than replaced for each drink, or even start a campaign along those lines so everyone's reusing as a matter of course? 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
Deb receives two Navigator Awards from SMA Strategic Market Alliance Group
SMA's Navigator Recognition program acknowledges top performances in a number of important quantitative performance categories for the preceding year by both SMA Member Distributors and the Group's Qualified Suppliers. Brightwell Dispensers launches new Twin Micro Jumbo toilet roll dispenser
The new dispenser has a secure lock and an easy-to-use sliding mechanism, ensuring that the second toilet roll will only be able to be used, once the first roll has been used up. Changing from one toilet roll to the other is very easily done by moving the slider over once the first toilet roll is finished. Soapbox: Kimberly-Clark on the advantages of drying with paper
When you take into consideration that nearly 95% of adults do not wash long enough to thoroughly clean the bacteria and viruses from their hands, the way you dry your hands becomes even more important. Jet air dryers have been found to increase the numbers of bacteria on hands, compared to hands dried with paper towels. Battery manufacturer Hoppecke commits to doing business in the UK
Hoppecke has signalled its commitment to doing business in the UK by signing a 15-year lease on its assembly and warehouse facility in Staffordshire. First 'Symphony Project' licensing agreement signed with Chinese commercial laundry OEM
Sea-Lion will integrate Xeros's proprietary technologies into its own commercial washing machines and sell them through its extensive distribution network in China, on an exclusive basis. The first sales are expected in 2019. Salisbury Group selected for £12bn Framework
This means that it will be able to tender for the largest national FM contracts with total values of at least £7 million. Quala acquires Great American Tank Wash
Headquartered in Florida, Quala is North America's largest independent provider of tank trailer cleaning, ISO container depot services and IBC cleaning, testing and reconditioning services. Its national network of tank wash and waste water treatment facilities comprises over 70 locations in the US and Canada, providing what is thought to be the widest breadth of tank trailer, intermediate bulk container and ISO container cleaning and maintenance capabilities in the industry. Jon Horton joins Micronclean as export manager
Jon will be working with Micronclean's existing export division staff as the company looks to expand the scale of its export division by building with its existing distributors and joint ventures partners, developing new geographies and maximising the synergies with its new Cleanroom Laundry, which is currently under construction in Bangalore, India. Working together to improve recycling at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport
The aim of this project is to reduce plastic waste by the recycling and reuse of cans and bottles made from HDPE, LDPE and other used plastic materials, which are used and discarded at the airport, to improve recycling rates in an economical way. Logistics industry commits to ambitious carbon reduction target by 2025
The target will judge tailpipe emissions in 2025 against a 2015 baseline. Ecoppia expands Bhadla Park cloud-based robotic cleaning footprint
This announcement comes on the heels of Ecoppia's recent completion of large-scale deployments with Engie and Ostro Power (Actis Group) in the park. Ideal Response workers are running for their Mind
Returning in October for another year, the fun run - limited to just 100 participants - aims to not only help raise awareness of Maidstone and Mid-Kent Mind, but also of mental health in general. The Cleanzine Archive Search We keep an extensive archive of news stories and product information that have featured in past issues of The Cleanzine. If you would like to run a search of the The Cleanzine web site using the search tool below please just go ahead by entering in the name of the person, product or company or any other key words that you are looking for. How to contact us at The Cleanzine:
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Dennis brings with him over 25 years' experience in the specification and sales of floor cleaning machines and this, allied to his experience of managing field sales teams, will really help the business to enhance its position as a brand leader in the UK machine marketplace. UBM EMEA announces record-breaking year for Facilities Show 2018
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