Touch free hygiene and low cost in use

Tork says its new improvements mean a hand towel roll for every environment

Changes to the Tork hand towel roll system mean that there is now a product for every customer environment, while cost-inuse has been improved and products are now easier to handle for cleaning staff.

Made by SCA, the range now includes a new sensor-operated Tork Elevation dispenser, which means there are automatic and manual Tork hand towel roll dispensers in both Tork Elevation ABS plastic and stylish Tork Aluminium.

"A touch-free system in any facility helps to reassure the public that hygiene is a key consideration," says Charlotte Branwhite, SCA product and segment manager."The new sensor-operated dispenser is therefore suitable for hygiene-critical environments where image is also important, such as in the reception areas of hotels, offices, hospitals and clinics." With the launch of the sensor-operated Tork hand towel roll dispenser there is now a Tork hand towel roll system for every type of washroom.The dispenser is available in both black and white and has an improved stub roll feature to ensure that none of the roll is wasted.

Janitorial staff will often discard a roll that is nearly used up which can result in up to eight per cent of each roll being wasted.The improved stub roll feature allows the old roll to be fitted onto a spindle and used right up to the end.

The Tork Hand Towel Roll system is designed to cut consumption and costs in use, while also reducing waste and maximising hygiene.

The dispenser presents the washroom user with only one sheet of paper at a time, and each towel is touched only by the user.

The Tork hand towel roll range comprises Tork Premium Hand Towel Roll which is a 2- ply through-air-dried product (TAD); 2-ply Tork Advanced Hand Towel Roll which is a combination of tissue and TAD layer; and Tork Universal, a 1-ply TAD towel.TAD products are ultra-soft, highly absorbent and pleasant to touch.

The length of the Tork Universal Hand Towel Roll has also been increased from 190m to 300m."The Tork Universal Hand Towel Roll is the same quality product as before, but we have used stretching technology to increase the length of the roll by 58 per cent," says Branwhite."This reduces maintenance costs since the dispensers now need to be refilled less frequently." A case of Tork Universal refills now contains 7,344 sheets of paper - which is more than double the 3,000 sheets of folded hand towels contained in a standard case.This means that storage and handling costs are more than halved by switching to the new roll.