During INTERCLEAN AMSTERDAM 2024, the global trade show dedicated to professional cleaning, we had the pleasure of welcoming many clients, dealers, and friends to our stand. This event was not only an opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions, but also the perfect moment to show our latest innovations. Specifically, we introduced our two new ride-on sweepers, WIND ANT E4H and STOUT E+. These professional cleaning machines are the embodiment of our new design approach, where technology brings to life innovative solutions that simplify work and enhance operator well-being, making our sweepers increasingly collaborative.

STOUT E+: evolution without compromises

With a front loading system and a large 500-litre container, the MP-HT’s largest sweeper, in the new version STOUT E+ MAX 170 has been fully electrified and the hydraulic mechanisms have been replaced with electrical ones. The new motors, with a lower voltage of 24 volts instead of the classic 36 volts, ensure greater flexibility in the use of components and batteries, simplifying management and minimizing maintenance. STOUT E+ MAX 170 is a compact and extremely robust industrial sweeper, designed to tackle the toughest cleaning challenges of heavy industry in a comfortable and “fun” way. For more information, download the data sheet. 

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INTERCLEAN Amsterdam 2024 passed. An edition full of many new features closed its doors, starting from the new logo, new colours, new appointments, new meetings, an approach that aims to mark the beginning of a different chapter for professional cleaning.

The most important event of the year for the sector has a new look, with an image of freshness and liveliness, expanding its proposals, involving exhibitors and visitors to the maximum extent, with thematic insights and networking activities.

The numbers confirm the interest aroused: 30,000 visitors from 143 countries met in Amsterdam to visit the offer of 875 exhibitors (and Italians were a large representation).

Now we are ‘after INTERCLEAN‘, but the commitment certainly does not end here: the companies have given their all, with determination, creativity and innovation, and now it is time to reap what has been sown during the four days of the fair.

Made in Italy once again demonstrated its capabilities and possibilities: here is a small visual overview of what could be ‘touched’ at the fair. With heartfelt wishes to all our companies that the prospects that have opened up in Amsterdam will soon become a reality.

See you at INTERCLEAN Amsterdam from 14 to 17 April 2026!

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Do I only see them or do you see them too?

Eugenio Cagna

Interclean Show 2024 takes place precisely at the end of my personal professional journey which lasted over 30 years, 10 of which with KlinMak and after about a year during which our company has embarked on the adventure of floor scrubber-dryer models with a vibration system (which we have named SCS ; square cleaning system).

The cleaning takes place not through the rotation of rollers or discs (1 or 2), but through the vibration of a rectangular plate and an appropriate cleaning pad. The capacity to remove dirt from the floors by this system is considerably higher than the two known systems indicated above. The reason is quite simple: the vibration of the oscillating plate, especially with certain pads (melamine, sectorgum, microfibre, etc.) not only acts on surface dirt, but also, and above all, on the dirt of the porosities (invisible microcavities) of the floors (all-all-all).

The dirt from “traffic” is continuous and “tremendous” in its action: it completely covers surfaces continuously; in the eyes of people it appears as uniform dirt, therefore “clean”, in reality from our point of view, and therefore we do not pay attention to it. We notice it if we move a piece of furniture or if we use the critical eye.

In the year of testing with the vibration floor scrubber-dryer I learned that dirt is no joke. It always keeps moving forward every day, it leaves no escape. Especially with the variable weather.

The vibration “flushes” it out and bothers it a lot. Moreover, the consumption of water or solution, if with detergent, is very modest; not much is needed, sometimes not at all. But a little doesn’t do any harm in most cases.

But let’s come to us: I only see dirty floors. At airports, hospitals, restaurants, hotels,  pharmacies, shops, schools, banks, post offices… wherever there is passage, indeed traffic, with people walking on floors carrying dirt from outside into the premises, everywhere!

Now I observe and “care for” it, before much less, if not at all.

But at this point I asked myself the question: is it only me who sees it or does everyone see it?

My professional background does not help me in the answer, if I only see it, it will be because I pay a lot of attention to it, whereas it doesn’t bother most people. But if everyone sees it and everyone does not intervene then the situation becomes serious and introduces two other very challenging topics.

You may tell me: “I know my coffee bar is dirty, but I don’t know how to clean it. I know this hospital is dirty, but cleaning it well costs a lot and my client does not pay me for the service, nowadays at the lowest possible cost”.

So we are faced with three scenarios :

• I don’t see the dirt and I don’t do anything,
• I see it, but I don’t know how to clean it,
• I see it, but I don’t clean it well because they don’t pay me enough, but I know how to do it well.

According to the Maslow Hierarchy of needs’ scale, cleanliness is linked to living standards, it is in first place in the famous pyramid, but it seems that this pyramid has now been overturned and is now in last place in everyone’s interest. Perhaps we have not understood well that hygiene (cleanliness is one of which) must come first together with tidiness. It is no coincidence that it is said : he had a house/office…  clean and tidy.

However, I wonder if the Service Companies also know all the dark sides of cleaning, forgive me, or all the techniques for caring for floors and surfaces in general at the highest levels. Service companies should in fact be the ultimate cleaning experts. I think they are, but unfortunately they also clash with the harsh reality of procurement and with the famous downtrends, resulting from the constant reduction of costs, especially in the public administration. But that’s not all.

And yes, cleaning represents a damn COST.  A vicious cycle.

Moral of the story: either we realize that Cleanliness is a very serious matter and we all have to deal with it or we won’t get anywhere. All we have left is the dirt. But not only at home, where we are all constantly encouraged by manufacturers of various cleaning machines, but especially in common or public places! Let’s talk about professional cleaning. We talk about hygiene, we talk about avoiding diseases and various contaminations, we talk about  feeling good in environments because they are clean.

So dear customers (hospitals, banks , post offices, schools, shopping malls, airports, etc… hundreds of places), stop cutting costs where instead you need to increase them to live better!

Let’s try to clarify one point : The example comes from above, if the State does not pay for the clean and sees it only as a cost, it means that it has not yet understood the value of it, and this is serious.

In Italy there is no school for cleaning, half a million people work in this sector, but who cares. A 2-year specialisation in hotel management or surveying would be enough and the game is done either as a specific specialisation.

But there is a lack of professors, cleanliness experts… Indeed.

The technical solutions are there, we have been preaching for 10 years :

• floor scrubber-dryers must be dual-brush as better than mono-brush, for maintenance or surface dirt.
• the scrubber dryers must be originally designed and manufactured to use Lithium from the start, rather than being modified.

The advantages are enormous: weight reduction, greater handling, fast charging and very high charge cycles, practically eternal,

• the Hepa filter to avoid contaminating the environment after drying,
• the controls and adjustments of liquids (water and detergent),
• of washing or suction powers (unnecessary waste of energy when not needed) etc…

Traffic dirt can be eliminated and it takes some time before it reforms. But it must be eliminated with constancy.  I urge professionals to question themselves and not to be carried away by trends or the low costs of machines (the Amsterdam fair was an explosion of robots, Chinese manufacturers or machines that “scrub” the floors… a word to the wise is enough), but to understand how to clean quickly and well.

Only opposing objectives, if achieved, allow a profound reduction in costs and the optimization of the economic result.

We think of the vibrating floor scrubber-dryer as a valuable aid in the cleaning of everyday floors, where the dirt is deep and the double brush where the dirt is superficial. That’s it.

We think that there are innovative technologies and methods and let’s not stop at always using the usual machinery.

Let’s think about the fact that if you don’t do a maintenance cleaning, sooner or later you’ll have to do a deep cleaning, which is much more expensive.

A biased point of view that makes sense. KlinMak is here.

We do not paint the floors yellow…

www.klinmak.com

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DOLLY Spare Parts by Idrobase: “We are World n°1 on Spare Parts”

Idrobase Group, the world’s n°1 in the production of spare parts for h.p pumps, presents the news: – direct branding on Made in Italy products, a guarantee of quality and reliability – Eco-friendly packaging

The wide range of DOLLY Spare Parts is compatible with over 1,500 pumps from the most popular h.p washer manufacturers in the world with: – delivery times of 2 days from order date – prices on average 25% lower – all ensuring the excellence of Made in Italy.

Idrobase Group is a unique reference point for customers and makes it possible to purchase all the necessary spare parts to repair all pumps of all h.p washers from a single supplier.

Autobella Detergents – Producing detergent independently costs you -40% compared to importing.

Interclean was the stage for the presentation of the Autobella Detergents programme for:

• Carwash
• Ho.Re.Ca.
• Floor Scrubber Dryer

The program offers a rapid and secure process for preparing your own detergents starting from a super concentrated detergent. The novelty was received with great curiosity and enthusiasm, also thanks to the guarantee of a 40% saving compared to the import of detergent. Idrobase Group provides everything you need for your business: brand, know-how, equipment, and customer database are included in the complete solution.    

www.idrobasegroup.com

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Sanitec E-BOX: the refill for professional liquid soaps,

a concrete step forward in plastic reduction 

Many cleaning professionals were positively impressed by a great novelty brought to Interclean by Italchimica and its brand Sanitec: E-BOX refill mainly made of cellulose for Liquid Soap Green Power.

Thanks to the two certifications, FSC for responsible forest management and Aticelca that confirms recyclability of paper according to UNI 11743:2019, E-BOX is an alternative solution to disposable bottles allowing reduction of 90% in use of plastic compared to standard bottles.

The solid and squared design allows optimization of logistic operations with 66% more product per pallet (when compared to standard bottles).

E-BOX is solid and durable for a precise dosing without loss of product, meeting the requirements of cleaning operators increasingly attentive to sustainability and ease of use topics.

www.italchimica.it

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At Interclean 2024 the most interest from visitors was Polti Cimex Eradicator

Among the Polti steam devices that garnered the most interest from visitors at the last edition of Interclean Amsterdam, the Polti Cimex Eradicator stood out for its effectiveness and speed in eliminating bed bugs without the use of chemicals.

The patented device has proven to be a unique solution in its category. The Polti Cimex Eradicator’s dispenser, equipped with a controlled expansion chamber, generates superheated dry steam up to 180°C, which instantly kills bed bugs and their eggs through thermal shock.

This is an environmentally safe method as it does not require the use of insecticides and can be used in the presence of people and animals without the need for prolonged ventilation after treatment.

Moreover, the steam from the Polti Cimex Eradicator does not leave fabrics and surfaces wet, does not cause damage, and does not alter the materials on which it is applied. It can be directed to nesting areas that are difficult to treat, ensuring thorough and definitive disinfestation.

www.polti.it

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Interclean 2024 gives ADIATEK great satisfaction! We had the chance to meet, forge bonds and listen to your needs, to propose the cleaning product that satisfies the needs described. 

Among the models presented on the stand, in addition to the autonomous machines, stands out the new and small ride-on scrubber from Adiatek, coral 50.

The compactness and easy handling make this cleaning machine particularly suitable for cleaning the floors of narrow and cluttered spaces (elevators, supermarkets, small-medium industries, schools, gyms).

The innovative and ergonomic design, high productivity, low noise-level, and ease-of-use distinguish this machine on the market.

The control panel is large, the user interface is intuitive. The squeegee, which is behind the brush, rotates together with the machine, drying perfectly even when cornering. Thanks to the new quick coupler squeegee assembly the maintenance is simple. The machine easily rotates on itself 360° making the cleaning easier in confined spaces.

www.adiatek.com

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