RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Laser, a central purchasing body wholly- owned by Kent County Council (KCC), is now offering NHS Trusts UK-wide ‘an alternative end-to-end energy procurement and management service’.

danfloor, a leading manufacturer and supplier of healthcare carpets, will showcase its new Economix range, ‘a practical, yet stylish flooring solution’ for healthcare environments that it says combines ‘performance features’ – including an anti-microbial coating and an impervious membrane – with the ‘latest trend’ colours

A first-time exhibitor last year, Polar Healthcare Windows says it has been following up leads from the show ever since, ‘proof of its exhibition success’, and the ‘impressive performance’ of its products and systems.

Specialised ventilation solutions and laboratory furniture for hospitals, healthcare units, operating theatres, and healthcare premises, complemented by a full range of furniture for the healthcare and laboratory markets, are offered by Interfurn UK Medical Systems.

Exhibiting in Manchester this year, Eurobond Laminates has provided Rockspan external wall panels for the new Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington, designed by Keppie Architects.

To simplify maintenance and repairs for facilities managers, all Reliance Water Controls TMV3- approved single-handle taps and showers now incorporate the same thermostatic cartridge technology.

The Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) is ‘a co-creation with the NHS for the NHS’, established ‘to deliver infrastructure upgrades that guarantee energy, carbon, and cost savings’.

Trend Control Systems will ‘share the latest building energy management system (BEMS) developments for healthcare-specific solutions’.

Horticultural services specialist, Botanical Group Services, offers specialities including the provision of exterior grounds maintenance, winter gritting, interior planting, and festive decoration.

Cordgienic says its Cordgienic emergency cord can help those keen to maintain cleanliness and safety within their medical facility by preventing the spread of bacterial and viral infections.

Co-exhibiting on the Antimicrobial Copper stand, Allgood will show its Contego range of ironmongery, which provides ‘the antimicrobial properties integral to copper, but with the aesthetic of stainless steel’.

New Vision designs, produces, and installs, graphics and display products to help enhance healing environments.

Launched by Talisman Security Products will be the company’s new range of Taliloc pull-tight seals.

Long-established plumbing and heating product manufacturer, Pegler Yorkshire, will showcase its new Performa Antimicrobial Copper range of copper taps and mixers, said to be ‘the first of its kind in the UK’, and to ‘take infection prevention to a new level’.

‘In an era where technology continues to raise the bar’, APCOA Parking (UK) claims to have implemented ‘an effective way to administer parking and security within the healthcare sector’.

Environmental control specialist, RVT Rentavent, warns those managing capital projects or refurbishment programmes in hospitals that Aspergillus spores released during building work can be a danger to patients, whose resistance to infection may be low.

Exhibiting for the first time, electro- medical engineering specialist, Avensys UK, is among the leading providers of medical equipment engineering, maintenance, repair and training solutions, covering all hospital, clinical, and dental devices, across the UK.

Brass Age, which will co-exhibit on the Antimicrobial Copper stand, will unveil ‘a new brand’ of touch surface products, VETOBAC, that ‘exploits the continuous and inherent antimicrobial properties of copper alloys’.

Capita claims to be ‘the UK’s leading delivery partner for real estate and infrastructure solutions across the health sector’, offering a portfolio of services that ‘fuse’ health, estates, property, and strategic real estate expertise, with ‘cutting edge’ design, management, planning, and engineering services.

Manufacturer and supplier of commercial grade sanitaryware and fittings, Armitage Shanks, says its Markwik range is ‘the market’s number one healthcare range, designed and developed to ensure maximum hospital hygiene, and minimise the spread of infection, reducing the risk of Pseudomonas and Legionella’.