In our evermore environmentally conscious world, we are being encouraged to only replace components and products at the end of their functional life and wherever possible to repair or extend their life, re-use and only when past economical repair to re-cycle. Simon Mercer of Signo Nanocare, looks at how nano-coatings can help to maintain component…
On Monday morning (6th December) the BBC interviewed Prof. Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious diseases from the University of East Anglia. He told the BBC that the Omicron variant is likely to be the UK’s dominant Covid variant within weeks. He went on to say that “I think this virus is around [and] going…
We understand that selecting the right coating can be difficult when there are different options and strengths within one range. Optimising performance and best value is key. Often the only way to achieve this balance is to evaluate in situ what meets specification and best fits application and production processes. This now becomes much easier through…
Over the summer months, many towns and cities hope to attract visitors to their parks and open spaces, especially after the last revenue light eighteen months. However, recently many inland locations, such as Worcester, have had to deal with what has always been considered a costal issue – gulls, and lots of them. They may…
Signo Nanocare’s range of glass-protecting and improvement products constitutes the most comprehensive collection on the smart surfaces market. Once applied, nanoscale protective layers (which are 80,000 times thinner than a human hair) bond with the substrate to leave a smooth, anti-stain, non-discolouring surface layer with permanent easy-clean performance. The hydrophobic coating range offers glass, polished…
As teachers throughout England look forward to welcoming their children back into class this week, Liquid Guard® applicators have had a busy few weeks treating high touch surfaces in schools and other education settings. Liquid Guard is an antimicrobial surface coating that breaks the hand-surface-hand transfer of transient pathogens, notably SARS CoV2 – against which…
G4S is an extensive global service provider with operations in over 80 countries and employing over 530,000 people, making it the world’s third largest private employer. Its UK operations are equally impressive with 10,000 UK customers serviced by 25,000 employees across a wide range of sectors, from security, custodial and rehabilitation services, to facilities and…
The briefing paper ‘Tracing surface and airborne SARS CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains’ published by Science Direct, examines the prevalence of SARS CoV-2 RNA inside buses and subway trains. The study took place in Barcelona between May and July 2020 and used surface swabs of frequently touched surfaces inside buses and subway…
With the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the focus on decontamination, deep cleaning, general cleaning and hourly top up cleans have become a mainstay of daily routines for care homes. Irrespective of whether you use a contract cleaning company or your own in-house team, the time needed to clean effectively is not inconsiderable, nor is the disruption to the residents. Advice on cleaning solutions in…