RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

In healthcare estates, where uninterrupted service is essential, maintaining infrastructure such as roofing systems presents unique challenges due to limited budgets, high HVAC demands, and constant foot traffic. Here  Garland UK Technical manager, Alex Copp, explains the value of investing in high-performance roofing systems and how these systems provide long-term savings, ensure operational readiness, and support sustainability goals for healthcare facilities, ultimately enhancing the patient and staff experience

Gradus has collaborated with Vinci Construction and AFL Architects to help ‘transform a state-of-the-art medical facility’ – the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at the Broad Street building in Halifax.

Avidicare, the Swedish manufacturer of Opragon, ‘the first genuine innovation in operating room ventilation in 60 years’, has announced the launch of Opragon 4.

Abloy UK says the new Primo electronic access control solution, developed with sister company, Impro Technologies, offers ‘an innovative and intuitive graphical user interface (GUI)’ that enhances user experience.

i-team global has launched a patented floor cleaning technology that it says ‘removes the repetition from commercial floor cleaning in record time, with much greener performance and excellent results’.

Care 24-7, a provider of home care services in the UK, has announced a partnership with ISAAC Care, a remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform which it says ‘empowers individuals to live safely and independently at home’ by providing real-time fall detection through the ISAAC Care SMART Fall Alarm.

Electrical engineering contractor, Meckel, has installed Marshall-Tufflex’s MT Supertube and Wire Basket to ensure ‘an efficient, compliant, and durable’ cable management system as part of the £105 m major redevelopment works at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital.

In today's healthcare environment, ensuring patient safety and compliance with stringent regulations is paramount. Whitby Community Hospital, a leading facility in England, recently underwent a major renovation, including the construction of a new Tower Block. To safeguard the well-being of patients, staff, and visitors, the hospital sought a reliable and innovative fire safety solution.

GP Care Systems have been voted ‘Best Hospital Visitor Bed Supplier 2024’ in this year’s SME News UK Enterprise Awards.

With over 42 years’ experience working closely with the NHS, the company claims to be the UK’s longest-established designer and supplier of heavy-duty space-saving bed systems, and the ‘go to’ choice for foldaway visitor beds for hospitals and hospices.

Forbo Flooring Systems has launched its new Allura Click Flexcore range, an ‘adhesive-free click-format luxury vinyl tile (LVT) with a flexible core’, which it says is ‘ideal for quick and easy floor renovations over uneven or poor condition subfloors’.

Helvar, a leading innovator in intelligent lighting solutions, has announced the official commercial launch of Helvar Senses, which its describes as ‘an advanced environmental sensing solution integrated into lighting controls’.

Keraflo’s ‘innovative’ Fire Valves have become the first ever to receive ‘important accreditation’ from the Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB), a division of the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the company says.

Knauf’s Airless Finish spray plaster has provided what the building product manufacturer dubs ‘a flawless, sustainable interior wall finish’, and contributed to the BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating, at the new unified breast unit at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Hospital in Ystrad Mynach, South Wales

The ‘latest innovation in safety technology’ from Contour Heating Products is a range of anti-ligature window protectors designed to significantly enhance the security and comfort of environments requiring the highest standards of safety, such as mental healthcare facilities, care homes, and educational institutions.

‘Highly durable and very easy to install’, the new BT EVO from manufacturer of wiring accessories and lighting, Knightsbridge is designed – the company says – so that ‘the versatile bulkhead fitting can meet the needs of every application, whether it be commercial or industrial, indoor, or outdoor’.

The Altro Whiterock Satins wall range has what the company describes as ‘an exciting new palette, with a wealth of colour options to promote creativity in any environment, developed in collaboration with prominent figures and leading thinkers in inclusive design’. Altro said: “Whether you need light, or warmth, calm tones, or rich hues’ there is something for you.”

Johnson Controls says its new Johnson Controls Digital Enrollment mobile application is the fire detection industry’s first mobile app of its kind for auto-addressing fire detection and alarm devices.

Gradus has installed a range of wall protection solutions at an NHS Rainbow Community Hub in Elland, West Yorkshire, including its new bespoke digitally printed wall cladding, SureProtect Artworx.

Abloy UK has launched Abloy Pulse, which it describes as ‘a revolutionary kinetic energy key system that seamlessly integrates advanced access control functionality with traditional mechanical key-based products, enhancing reliability, security and efficiency’.

GEZE UK has added several new products to its range of pedestrian traffic control systems, PACE, in a move it says will give specifiers ‘even more choice when selecting solutions that offer safe and efficient control of pedestrians in and out of buildings’.