RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Flooring manufacturer Flowcrete has introduced a new brochure to illustrate the unique qualities of its ultra fast-track Flowfast floor for the health care sector.

Claimed by organisers to be the UK’s only workwear exhibition, The Workwear and Corporate Clothes Show is being launched in April 2008 by Ocean Events.

Yorkshire-based healthcare products manufacturer James Spencer & Co has designed a new bedside chair that it claims could help save purchasers cash in the long run.

New from Multitone Electronics is the EkoTek personal security system. The wireless device uses the latest available technology to improve emergency response through the accurate location of alarm signals. Multitone says that the new system offers cost savings of up to 40% compared to traditional wired systems.

Independent specialist ductwork cleaner Ductbusters has upgraded its entire fleet of vans.

UK-based SAS International has added new models to its range of acoustic lighting rafts. The new SAS System 600 items are suspended directly from an open soffit or within coffers, providing a pre-fabricated lighting and acoustic solution for environments including those of hospitals. Manufactured from metal, System 600’s durable finish provides a cost-effective solution while reducing whole life costs.

Frontier Pitts’ has crash tested its new Terra Road Closer, which successfully stopped 7,500 kg travelling at 80 km/hour.

Aruba Networks has announced several initiatives, partnerships and new capabilities of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture designed to enable the secure implementation of multiple healthcare applications on a single wireless network.

Johnstone’s Paints, based in West Yorkshire, has developed a coating which has been proven to significantly inhibit the growth of MRSA as well as E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other harmful bacteria.

The health sector proved to be one of the most successful markets in 2006 for Dunphy, the industrial combustion equipment and digital burner control systems manufacturer, as the company recorded an average of one major new NHS Trust digital burner contract per month.

Now in its third generation the “mini vault safe” from Securikey has been updated and expanded to include nine new models – there were formerly three.

Evac+Chair International has increased the angle of descent capability of its Evac+Chair emergency evacuation chair by 2° so that it now has an operating angle of 40°.

At the recent 2007 Arab Health in Dubai, Dräger Medical introduced its Stella OR light with the integrated camera.

Remote video surveillance has dramatically improved after-hours security at the John Telford Clinic in Ilford, Essex. After numerous incidents of vandalism, the clinic’s security was upgraded to monitored CCTV, using Secom’s Vision service. As a result, criminal activity and attacks on the building have virtually stopped.

Priorclave Ltd has produced a new brochure to give readers a quick and meaningful overview of the complete, BioCote-protected range of laboratory Priorclaves.

Lift monitoring and control specialist LiftStore has launched a new and purpose built training facility at its Flint headquarters. From this facility LiftStore can offer the industry training on its products, including the market-leading Ethos controller, as well as engineering training including schematic and terminology understanding. The EMC training provides real-world examples of good practice for trouble-free electrical installations. Training sessions are often bespoke, and are tailored to fit the client’s needs. All LiftStore training is free of charge.

ICI Paints has launched a new website, www.icipaints.co.uk, to provide an overview of the Dulux Trade, Cuprinol Trade, Glidden Trade and Polycell Trade brands and the range of services ICI Paints offers the trade market.

SWORD, the international IT products and services company, has launched a document control system aimed at significantly reducing the costly delays associated with existing systems used in complex projects by the engineering, energy, transport and other industrial sectors.

Wybone has announced a breakthrough in the design of its sackholders. Using technological advances from the USA, Wybone claims that its sackholders are “now even more ideally suited for areas where cleanliness is crucial”.

Cropico has developed a new test instrument compliant with new medical electrical installation requirements designed to ensure the safe condition of patient treatment suites and medical diagnostic rooms.