Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 28th May 2026 Issue no. 1212
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Delphis Eco strengthens professional cleaning credentials with Savernake Knives endorsement
Delphis Eco has partnered with Laurie Timpson, founder and head maker of British precision manufacturer Savernake Knives, as its latest Delphis Eco Hero shining a spotlight on the Delphis Eco Stainless-Steel & Glass Cleaner, recognising a shared commitment to high-performance cleaning, safety and sustainability in demanding professional environments.
Savernake Knives is renowned for its uncompromising standards and precision manufacture, producing high-value stainless-steel products for professional users in hospitality and beyond. The Delphis Eco Heroes campaign celebrates professionals who rely on cleaning products where consistency, surface protection and safety are non-negotiable, and who demonstrate that sustainable formulations can outperform toxic chemical alternatives.
As part of the campaign, Laurie is spotlighting Delphis Eco's Glass & Stainless-Steel Cleaner, used at the final stage of Savernake's production process. Applied immediately before knives leave the workshop, the cleaner delivers a residue-free, polished finish without reliance on hazardous or toxic chemicals - a requirement fundamental to quality control, hygiene and safe handling.
Knife-making is a technically demanding process involving specialist compounds, acetone and hardwood oils. Any residue, contamination or surface damage at the finishing stage is unacceptable, with implications for product safety, longevity and performance.
Laurie therefore requires a cleaner that performs reliably and repeatedly, while aligning fully with Savernake's environmental standards. Delphis Eco's Glass & Stainless-Steel Cleaner delivers professional-grade results using non-toxic, plant-based chemistry, demonstrating that safer formulations can meet the most exacting technical and operational requirements.
This emphasis on repeatable performance, surface care and user safety closely reflects the priorities of professional cleaning teams working across facilities management, hospitality, education and public-sector environments.
Delphis Eco Heroes are selected for genuine, real-world use rather than marketing claims. They represent individuals and organisations who show that sustainability - when properly engineered, enhances performance, compliance and safer working practices.
Launched in 2018, the Heroes campaign has recognised professionals across hospitality, contract catering and operational environments, including Michelle Thomas of room2 hometels, Sam Lawrence of BM Caterers, and chef & educator Cyrus Todiwala OBE DL. Laurie's inclusion extends the campaign's relevance into precision manufacturing, where cleaning standards must be exacting and fully controlled.
"There's a clear alignment between Delphis Eco and Savernake Knives," notes Mark Jankovich, CEO and founder of Delphis Eco. "Laurie's attention to detail, refusal to compromise and respect for materials reflect exactly how we develop our products.
"Our Heroes campaign celebrates professionals who depend on our solutions every day in demanding settings. Laurie exemplifies how high-performance cleaning and sustainability can work together without trade-offs."
From its Wiltshire workshop in the Savernake Forest, Savernake Knives produces thousands of bespoke knives each year, each finished by hand and designed to meet exacting technical standards.
For Laurie, the cleaning products used in the finishing process must be as carefully specified as the materials themselves - a discipline shared by professional cleaning teams responsible for safeguarding high-value surfaces and maintaining consistent standards across complex environments.
He says:
"At the final stage of production, our knives must leave us perfect and ready for immediate use. Delphis Eco's Glass & Stainless-Steel Cleaner is the only product we've found that delivers that level of finish without compromise.
"It's non-toxic, performs to the highest standard, aligns with our values, and gives us complete confidence in what we send out into the world."
Delphis Eco has supplied professional cleaning products for more than 17 years, supporting cleaning and facilities teams across hospitality, facilities management, education and the public sectors, where performance, safety and compliance are essential.
Its expansion into the consumer market was driven by professional users seeking access to the same trusted products beyond the workplace.
Mark explains:
"Eco-friendly cleaning products can still face scepticism around performance. But when our products are relied upon daily in exacting professional environments, that reassurance carries real weight. If Delphis Eco works at this level, it will perform wherever it's used."
Every Delphis Eco Hero is showcased on the label of their nominated 'Hero' product - a visible mark of endorsement and shared commitment to performance and sustainability.
"The real Heroes are the people who use eco-friendly products day in and day out," says Mark. "They are the professionals that show there is a better way and we at Delphis think they should be on the front of our bottles as real exemplars."
Delphis Eco has teamed up with Savernake Knives to give readers the chance to win an extraordinary prize: four handcrafted Savernake kitchen knives made from rare British Silver Fox Steel (worth over £900) plus a year's supply of Delphis Eco's award-winning cleaning products worth over £200. This is where master craftsmanship meets high-performance sustainable cleaning, and it could all be yours. Don't miss out, enter today and be in with a chance of winning, at:
https://delphiseco.com/pages/savernake-knives-competition
Delphis Eco professional cleaning products are available online at:
Find out more about Delphis Hero, Laurie Timpson at:
https://delphiseco.com/pages/delphis-hero-laurie-timpson
Delphis Eco is a certified B Corporation, winner of the Queens Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development in 2022, and honoured to have been in the first group of Royal Warrants issued by HRH King Charles III. It is also a proud signatories of The Climate Pledge, Plastics Pact, Race To Zero.
With nearly two decades of working in the toughest commercial cleaning environments, Delphis' products are loved by cleaning professionals countrywide as their formulation ensures the least possible impact on users and the environment, without any compromise on cleaning power. The entire range is made from plant-based renewable resources with no testing on animals, and is thought to be the first UK manufacturer to have achieved EU Ecolabel (Defra) accreditation.
The company is committed to being Carbon Zero by 2035 through all aspects of its business. Its award-winning, ecological cleaning products are packaged in 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, reducing carbon by 61% compared to using virgin plastic.
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