Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 13th February 2025 Issue no. 1149
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Amsterdam Innovation Awards now open for entries
Calling all Interclean Amsterdam 2024 exhibitors! One of the most hotly contested competitions in the industry - the Amsterdam Innovation Awards, are now open for entries. This Awards program once again promises to be a highlight of the trade show and this time will feature a new twist...
The cleaning & hygiene industry is always evolving and refining - constantly delivering solutions for a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable world. And as the world's largest and most respected platform for cleaning & hygiene solutions, Interclean has always been on the forefront of these extraordinary advances.
"At Interclean we've always prided ourselves on bringing our international cleaning & hygiene community the very latest developments and innovations in the field," comments Robert Stelling, director, Interclean Global Events.
"The Interclean Amsterdam trade show is the perfect platform to showcase them, as well as reward the teams behind these pioneering advances with the recognition they deserve. This year's Interclean promises to be bigger, better and bolder than ever and we're delighted to feature the Awards as one of our show highlights."
For many years now, the Innovation Awards have been granted to the most innovative product, service or solution in the industry in four different categories.
All the exhibitors can compete to win one of these prestigious Awards. An international expert jury selects 12 nominees who will be invited to Amsterdam in March 2024 to pitch their innovation to the Jury. From these 12 nominees, four category winners and one overall winner will be chosen. Additionally, there are Visitors' Choice Awards and a Cleaners' Choice Awards.
All winners will be announced during the Keynote Opening of Interclean Amsterdam 2024 on May 14th. At the Innovation LAB, the House of Awards, in Hall 13, all the nominees will be on display for all visitors to see. These nominees will receive global media coverage through the event's social channels, website, mailings and press releases. All entries will be part of the special 'We Innovate' Innovation Route.
Awards:
* Overall winner
* Winner per category chosen by industry jury
* Visitors' choice award via online voting from the Interclean audience
* New this year! Cleaners' Choice Award: The winner and nominees of the Cleaner of the Year competition will evaluate and vote for their choice.
Categories:
Interclean Amsterdam is introducing a new set of categories for the Amsterdam Innovation Award, replacing the existing four product-focused categories. Exhibitors can enter their innovations into four specific categories. The new categories will focus on the impact the innovative products and solutions entered for the Awards, have had on the industry.
Each innovation can be entered into a maximum of two categories. For each entry, a small fee of € 150.00 (ex. VAT) is charged. All proceeds will be donated to a charity.
* Sustainability & Environment - For those innovations that focus on corporate social responsibility, sustainability and/or environmentally friendly improvements, like reducing waste, using biodegradable resources or products or solutions that decrease the ecological footprint of the product/solution or even the industry itself.
* Smart Technologies & Digitalisation - Focusing on all the new digital and smart technologies entering the industry, from planning tools, automated and/or autonomous cleaning, IoT, remote monitoring and management, to software and everything in between.
* Workforce & Ergonomics - For innovations that focus on improving the experience of the cleaner, making their work easier, safer and better. This can include advances in the field of training and education, ergonomic improvements or solutions, as well as innovations that focus on increasing efficiency or productivity.
* Hygiene & Health - Focussing on those products and solutions that increase (personal) hygiene and cleanliness for a safer and healthier environment in a wide range of settings, this category also includes the products that are developed to maintain the appeal of premises 100%.
Selection criteria:
The entries are judged on criteria such as practicality, user friendliness, ergonomics, impact, sustainability, SDG goals, end user potential and category fit.
Deadlines:
* 29th January 2024 - Final deadline for Interclean Innovation Awards submissions
* Week of 22nd February 2024 - Announcement of Nominees
* 14th May 2024 - Announcement of Winners
This is your chance to shine and put your innovation in the spotlight it deserves - so be sure not to miss this opportunity to submit your entry.
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