Products Care home knocks on Altro Wood


Altro Wood adhesive-free flooring is providing a Bedford care home with a homely, practical and safe new surface for their dining room and it was installed in under a day. Henrietta House wanted an attractive


flooring to replace the previous vinyl floor in the dining room that was safe, practical and quick to install. “The installation went very smoothly


with no fuss or mess. The fitters were very sensitive to the needs of residents and we were so impressed with that. It was all finished in under a day, which was wonderful; we only have one dining room, so we needed it to be fitted fast and right first time,” said Henrietta House registered manager Jackie Ballinger.


Velux Commercial reaches for the skies


Velux Commercial is highlighting its product range of daylight and ventilation solutions for care homes. The product programme consists of


Altro Wood adhesive-free flooring creates


maximum impact with minimum downtime. With 12 colour choices, 14dB sound reduction, a ten-year guarantee and Altro’s one in a million slip-resistance reassurance, Altro Wood offers high levels of comfort underfoot, providing a safe, durable and decorative solution for busy spaces.


four main categories: dome rooflights and flat glass rooflights, continuous rooflights, glass roof systems, and smoke natural ventilation. “With our broad product programme


and our expertise within daylighting, comfort and smoke ventilation, and not least service and maintenance, we offer our support to customers throughout the entire construction process,”said Velux Commercial senior vice-president Nicolas Limbach. In 2019, the Velux Group launched the


Girbau knits with HeiQ to ‘viroblock’ textiles Made with 100 per cent cosmetic grade


Swiss textile technology outfit HeiQ is partnering with Girbau to offer a virus- killing laundry process for care home clothes, sheets and towels. Spanish professional laundry system


maker Girbau will offer HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03, an antiviral and antimicrobial textile technology that can be sprayed on textiles. HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03 is among the


first textile technologies in the world to be proven effective against SARS-CoV-2 and has been applied by more than 150 brands worldwide to over 1 billion face masks.


ingredients, HeiQ Viroblock combines two mechanisms of attack resulting in an over 99.99 per cent destruction of various kinds of viruses and bacteria, according to tests performed per ISO 18184 and ISO 20743 standards. Under this collaboration, Girbau will


initially focus on a B2B offering, with a particular focus on bringing enhanced antimicrobial and antiviral protection to garments and textiles used in the healthcare and hospitality sector.


DDCDolphin flipsbacteriaandviruses


DDC Dolphin has launched the Hygenex Recoat antimicrobial coating system that is proven to be effective against bacteria and viruses including MRSA, E.coli, and Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19. The easy to use spray-on


coating, which protects surfaces for up to six months in a single application, works by creating an infection-killing barrier and can be used on a wide range of substrates including stainless steel, aluminium, copper, zinc, chrome, most plastics, glass, ceramics, wood, stickers and


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foil and can be applied to a variety of touchpoints including door handles and touch screens. The result is reliable inhibition


and elimination of bacteria and viruses, an important consideration for all areas where hygiene is of the utmost importance. Hygenex Recoat uses silver


ions as an active ingredient to help kill infectious viruses and bacteria.


DDC Dolphin has worked closely with


Dutch company Recoat BV, which provides the technology behind the antimicrobial agent.


Velux Commercial brand, established the Velux Commercial division, and started integrating former JET, Velux Modular Skylights and Vitral people, products, and businesses. Today, Velux Commercial operates


as one company employing around 1,100 people working in eight production sites, national sales offices in 11 countries and in central support functions.


Conquering Covid without chemicals


Care home cleaning specialists Traffik is highlighting the role of chemical-free cleaning solutions in the battle against coronavirus. The company said electrical chemical


activation (ECA) technology produces powerful but entirely safe disinfectants and cleaning solutions using only the simple inputs of ordinary water and table salt, passed across a patented electrochemical cell. This process produces a biocide which is


pH neutral, non-toxic and non-hazardous to all macro-organisms. The benefits include the the chance to


replace up to 85 per cent of daily cleaning chemicals and disinfectant. Traffik said one client assessed their chemical usage and noted that one general cleaning chemical used for surfaces, hard floors, carpet and fabrics costs them £280,000 per year across the group.


www.thecarehomeenvironment.com • March 2021


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