SHOW GUIDE AWARDS NIGHT
One of the biggest draws at this year’s ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam show, as with every instalment of the exhibition, will no doubt be the Amsterdam Innovation Award. Here, we take a look at the nominees for this year’s showcase.
Aimed as a celebration of some of the most innovative products and services in the cleaning market today, the Amsterdam Innovation Awards will no doubt be the talk of the trade show at this year’s ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam exhibition.
Covering three categories – Machines, Accessories and Components, Equipment/Tools for Cleaning, Care and Safety and Management, Training Solutions and Related Products – this year’s awards received a record total of 110 entries, and the Awards Jury has been hard at work over the past weeks and months to narrow these down to the nine finalists on show.
And Chairwoman of the Amsterdam Innovation Award jury, Michelle Marshall, Chief Editor of the European Cleaning Journal, said that the jury was ‘overwhelmed’ with the number of entries.
She said: “The 110 entries prove that the industry is increasingly committed to innovation – particularly when you compare the sheer number of this year’s entries to the 66 entries received for the 2014 competition.”
In the ‘Machines, Accessories and Components’ category, shortlisted entries are Sealed Air Diversey Care
for the TASKI SWINGOBOT 755, Cleanfix Reinigungssysteme for the RA 660 NAVI, and Kärcher with its BRC 40/22 C.
For second category, ‘Equipment/ tools for Cleaning, Care and Safety’, the SpillEX from Vileda Professional FHCS, Werner & Mertz’s Professional Quick & Easy System, and Newell Rubbermaid Europe’s Lumecel Microburst 3000 Air Care Dispenser were the pick of the many entries.
And in the third and final category, ‘Management, Training Solutions and Related Products’, Sealed Air Diversey Care’s Augmented Reality Suma Revoflow, Kärcher’s Connected Cleaning concept, and the Tork EasyCube from SCA are the three shortlisted nominees.
All of the nominated products will be showcased throughout the exhibition in the InnovationLAB.
Speaking of the nominated products this year, Michelle continued: “Noteworthy trends in the entries this year included the breakthrough of autonomous robotic cleaning machines. Similarly, other technology innovations took a prominent role in the competition, with many entries based on software and apps to report on, analyse and visualise the data
produced by remotely managed, internet-connected services.
“The trend towards sustainability also figured large again this year, proving that it is very much here to stay and we continue to see new products that use less water, energy and chemicals. Not only that, these innovations have also been manufactured using more environmentally conscious methods than ever before and with an eye on the total life cycle impact.”
The jury for the awards covers a broad spectrum of cleaning publications from across the world, as alongside Michelle, other members of the panel include: Reinhard Knittler, the Publisher of German cleaning magazine Reinigungs Markt; Paolo Pellizzari, Editor of Pulizia Industriale e Sanificazione from Italy; Pierre Deschamps, Chief Editor of Batiment Entretien magazine, based in France; Rob Geissler who is Publisher of the US-based Sanitary Maintenance, Contracting Profits, Housekeeping Solutions portfolio of magazines; Cor van der Velden, Chief Expert at Skills Netherlands; Dick van Zomeren, the Editor of Service Management magazine in The Netherlands; Ton van der Riet, Managing Director of Senzora, The Netherlands; and Antonio Borreda, the Director of Revista Limpiezas from Spain.
Alongside the Innovation Awards will be the Visitor’s Choice Award, which will be awarded to the entry that receives the most votes from visitors to the show.
Winners of the Amsterdam Innovation Award, as well as the Visitor’s Choice Award, will be announced at a special ceremony, taking place on Tuesday 10th May at 12.00 in the InnovationLAB.
Innovation Awards Jury.
Find out more about this year’s Innovation Award here.
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