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CMS Purus Award 2011

Purus Award for outstanding design presented at CMS for the fourth time

Record numbers competing for the CMS Purus Design Award 2011!

The CMS 2011 represents the fourth time that Messe Berlin has invited all exhibitors to compete with their products and developments in five product categories for the Purus Award. This design prize for the cleaning industry has attracted very active participation and a further rise in the number of applications has been reported since it was last held.
For the first time entries for the Purus Award, with its new logo, are also being invited in the category of Packaging Design. The deadline for submissions was 25 May 2011.

The first stage in the adjudication process has recently been completed and the judges did not have an easy task in selecting the shortlist for the second round, because the many entries received exceeded the numbers and the quality that had been anticipated by the judges.

The judges had to choose the finalists from a wide range of effectively functioning, innovative and design-oriented products, before assessing the original products in the second round of their deliberations. The range of cleaning products, equipment and technology that have been submitted for assessment is wide and varied, which is why Messe Berlin has invited entries for the CMS Purus Award 2011 in five categories for the first time.

The following entries have been selected for the final round of the competition:

Category 1: MACHINERY (Cleaning and care of buildings and outdoor areas)

• “Nilfisk SC 350“ scrubber-drier, Nilfisk, Nilfisk-Advance AG 

• “B 40 C-W” walk-behind scrubber-drier, Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG 

• “61 BF 68 GWS” scrubber-drier, IP Gansow GmbH 

Category 2: EQUIPMENT (cleaning appliances and materials, workwear)

• “VERMOP floor cleaning system” VERMOP Salmon GmbH

• “MAGIC ART” hotel system trolley, T.T.S. Tecno Trolley Systems 

• “Balloon cleaning”, Strato AG 

• “ErgoTec Ninja” window wiper, Unger Germany GmbH 

• “TASKI Trolley” cleaning trolley, Diversey Deutschland GmbH & Co. oHG

• “Birchmeier Granomax 5” spreader, DOLLY Reinigungsbedarf Prod. und Handelsgesellschaft mbH 

• “fregomatic” automatic press/mop clamp, Sprimsol, SL
  
  

Category 3: WASHROOM HYGIENE (products, dispenser systems)

“SmartOne Mini Double” toilet paper system, Georgia-Pacific Deutschland GmbH

“TORK Performance” dispenser systems, SCA Hygiene Products AFH Sales GmbH

Category 4: MANAGEMENT AND SOLUTIONS (building services software)

• NO nominations

Category 5: PACKAGING DESIGN (packaging design and brand presentation)

• “TORK Carry Box” packaging, SCA Hygiene Products AFH Sales GmbH
• “Pro Tec System” safety concept for cleaning products, Ecolab Deutschland GmbH

Immediately prior to the CMS 2011 a panel will select the winners in a second round of voting. Qualified designer Dietmar Mühr, founder and general manager of PLEX GmbH (Berlin) member of the board of IDZ Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin e.V., was elected chairman of the panel of judges. The winners will be acknowledged during the first day of the fair at the opening ceremonies. All 14 of the entries that made the final round can be seen in a special show during the CMS 
(Hall 2.2, Stand 220).

This press photos of cleaning the 14 finalists can also be found on the internet: www.cms-berlin.com / Press Service / Press Photos or here.

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Following the positive response Messe Berlin presented the fourth CMS Purus Award, a seal of quality for good design conferred to participants of CMS 2011 - Cleaning. Management. Services.

For the exhibitors at CMS good design has become an important symbol of quality and an aid to competitiveness when comparisons are being made at an international level. The organisers of the CMS have recognised this trend and have enhanced this trade show by including yet another feature to attract attention. The invitation to compete for the Purus Award gives exhibitors a platform for submitting evidence of their innovativeness and their exemplary capabilities to a jury of acknowledged experts. With this addition to its programme the CMS gives added emphasis to its claim to be the leading trade show for the industry.

To make it easier to compare different entries, the various exhibitor sectors have been organized according to a special award categories. Participants can register their entries in one of the following categories:

• Machinery (for cleaning and care of buildings and outdoor facilities)
• Equipment (cleaning equipment and materials and workwear)
• Washroom Hygiene (products and dispensing systems)
• Management and solutions (software for building services)
• Packaging Design (design of packaging and brand presentation)

In assessing the nominations for the Purus Award the jury was bound by the specified assessment criteria: the quality of the function and utility as the fundamentals of all product development, augmented in this case by design factors that set the standards, and by excellent presentation.

Deadline for entries was: 25 May 2011.

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