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ISSA/Interclean Unveil Innovation Award Winners

Diversey Care were delighted to receive the Amsterdam Innovation Award at ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam for the Augmented Reality: Suma Revoflow.

ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam opened today with the hotly anticipated Amsterdam Innovation Award 2016, with the overall prize going to Diversey Care for the Augmented Reality: Suma Revoflow.

After deliberating over more than 100 entries – a record number for this year – the jury, made up of representatives from cleaning publications across the world, gave the overall winner prize to the Suma Revoflow using Augmented Reality, from Diversey Care. This technology has not been seen in the professional cleaning sector before and it brings with it many opportunities and possibilities. With the use of Augmented Reality, facilities managers can go some way to tackling a number of the problems associated with the industry’s high employee turnover – which include training, knowledge transfer, development of skills and reduction of errors.

Michelle Marshall, chair of the Amsterdam Innovation Award 2016 jury, said: “There were 110 entries in this year’s Amsterdam Innovation Award, with products from all parts of the sector being covered. This year was probably the most diverse, and difficult to judge, we have ever seen.

“The most striking observation is the number of new products now being developed that incorporate ‘smart’ technology in its various forms – whether it is to save on energy and water use, produce real-time data about staff and cleaning machine fleets or monitor room occupancy in order to streamline cleaning operations. Or indeed to carry out the cleaning operation autonomously, in the case of robots.

“Having said that, we were also impressed with many of the manual cleaning tools and products that are being developed to provide the operative with more ergonomic, sustainable, cost-effective and practical solutions to everyday cleaning challenges.  After all, cleaning is still a labour-intensive sector so the evolution of more user-friendly manual methods remains vital.

“So many of the products we have seen have been designed with sustainability in mind, both in terms of using less water, energy and chemicals and in the way they are manufactured. Total life cycle impact, and ‘Cradle to Cradle’ are terms we are now commonly seeing being put into practice.”

The Amsterdam Innovation Award covered three categories – Machines, Accessories and Components, Equipment/tools for Cleaning, Care and Safety, and Cleaning Management and Training Solutions.

The winner of the Machines, Accessories and Components award went to Cleanfix for the Robot RA 660 NAVI; the Equipment/tools for Cleaning, Care and Safety award went to the Quick & Easy System from Werner & Mertz Professional; and Diversey won the Cleaning Management and Training Solutions award for the Augmented Reality, which then went on to claim the grand prize in an exciting, entertaining ceremony, hosted by Pernille La Lau and Michelle Marchall.

Elsewhere, Kärcher won the Visitor’s Choice Award – as voted by visitors to the show – for the BR 40/22 C, which claimed an impressive 45% of the votes.

The total list of innovations that have entered the Innovation Award competition is available online at www.issainterclean.com/en/amsterdam/innovations/innovation-award-amsterdam-entries/.

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