No more rag and bucket….

Four finalists have been selected to compete for the World of Wipes Innovation Award which is being held as part of the annual World of Wipes (WOW) Conference taking place from June 5-7 at the Hotel InterContinental in Chicago,Illinois, USA.

The annual WOW Conference, organised by INDA, is devoted solely to wipes, with a concentration on nonwovens, active ingredients, packaging, market metrics, industry challenges and market opportunities, particularly in Asia and Europe. The WOW Award recognizes and rewards the industry members who bring new and value-added processes and products to the wipes market

The four finalists, chosen from products nominated by the industry, are:

• Fibertect – a high-tech nonwoven wipes, oil and vapour sorbing wipe from Hobbs Bonded Fibers. The multilayered wipe has both absorptive and adsorptive properties – a unique combination that is needed to have both liquid wiping and toxic vapour holding capability. Fibertect’s structure gives enough flexibility to vary the fibres in the nonwoven layers and can also be functionalised to achieve antimicrobial characteristics and absorb different chemicals, acids and bases.
• Raptor Safe-T (substance activated fast evaluation technology), from Raptor Detection Technologies. Safe-T Wipes quickly and easily detect explosives and provide a simple colorimetric indicator for the user and are available to military, law enforcement and first responder organizations worldwide. Safe-T technology uses molecularly imprinted polymers that act as functional sensors to detect multiple explosives in a single wipe.
• Table Turners no-rinse sanitizing wipes, from Sani Professional. A total cleaning solution for food service operations. The product is EPA-registered and meets guidelines for both front-of-house and back-of-house cleaning and sanitizing of food contact surfaces. A cost-saving replacement for the traditional, cross-contamination prone, reusable ‘rag and bucket’ solutions.
• The Clean and Cream wet wipes cream dispenser from Wetnaps, offering wipes with nappy cream in a single package. The wipes travel pack includes a container of baby cream,for quick and efficient baby or cosmetic use. Inside the plastic lid, which covers the wipes exit, there is a compartment with eight grams of cream. The compartment is part of the package and can be refilled until wipes ran out.

The four finalists will give 10-minute presentations during WOW 2012 and attendees will then vote on the recipient of the 2012 World of Wipes Innovation Award, which will be presented during a session on the final morning of the conference.

Further details: www.inda.org