ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

Organisers of the CMS professional cleaning exhibition, which takes place in Berlin this September, have announced the 14 finalists for the final round of the Purus Award, which will be presented during the fair.

The Purus Award focuses on good product design and this year's competition attracted 47 entries from among CMS exhibitors - more than ever before. And for the first time, there were five categories for entry.

Shortlisted in the Machinery category are Nilfisk-Advance, Kärcher and IP Gansow - all with scrubber dryers. In Equipment the finalists are Vermop, TTS, Strato, Unger, Diversey, Dolly and Sprimsol. Georgia-Pacific and SCA are the finalists in the Washroom Hygiene section, while SCA is also a finalist in the Packaging Design category - along with Ecolab. There were no nominations in the category Management and Solutions.

A judging panel will choose the winners in a second round of voting that takes place just before the exhibition - which runs from September 20-23. The results are to be announced during the opening ceremony and all 14 finalists' products can be seen together on stand 220 in hall 2.2.