Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 18th April 2024 Issue no. 1110

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Innovation Awards winners take centre stage

The judges had to choose from a record number of entries into this year’s Innovation Awards competition and from a final shortlist, the following winners were chosen:

·        Best Cleaning Product - Vileda, SpillEx super absorbent pads

·        Best Floor Cleaning Product - T L Killi’s, iMop

·        Best Carpet Cleaning Product - Karcher, CV60/2 RS step-on vacuum cleaner

·        Best Window Cleaning Product - Unger, nLite HydroPower DI filter

·        Best Washroom Hygiene Product - Vectair, V-Air Solid

·        Best Sustainable Cleaning Product - Wecoline, Full Cycle Wecoline pads by Americo

·        Best Management System - ICE, SMARTtrak

The overall winner was T L Killi's iMop.

Those making the shortlist were:

Cleaning Products…

·        Rubbermaid Commercial Products, RCP – Quick Cart

·        Vileda, PVAmicro

·        Biological Preparations, BioHygiene washroom and floor cleaner

Floor Cleaning…

·        Duplex, 620 Steam

·        Nilfisk Advance, Nilfisk SC500 walk behind scrubber dryer

·        Karcher, BD 38/12C scrubber dryer

Outdoor Cleaning…

·        Ecgo, Graffiti Remover

·        Karcher, KM 105 ride-on sweeper

Carpet Cleaning…

·        Rug Doctor, Portable Spot Cleaner

·        Vax Commercial - VCC-08A tub vacuum cleaner

·        Nilfisk Advance, Nilfisk VP600 commercial tub vacuum

Window Cleaning… 

·        Window Cleaning Warehouse, Facelift NeoN

·        Unger, ErgoTec Ninja scraper

·        Moerman, Liquidator

Washroom Hygiene…

·        Kimberly-Clark Professional, Scott Max rolled hand towel system

·        Disposables UK, Bay West Alliance dispenser

·        SCA Hygiene Products, Tork EasyCube

Sustainable Cleaning…

·        Elevance Renewable Sciences, Elevance Clean 1200

·        Biological Preparations, BioHygiene graffiti remover

·        Karcher, SGV 8/5 steam vacuum

·        Management Systems…

·        Innovise, Timegate GPS T&A App

·        Selden, CleanFM

Image: a delighted Leon Hackett of T L Killi's shows the company's two awards won at the show

12th March 2015