PROCHEM NEWS

New in 2003 from Prochem Europe

Prochem Europe is providing the cleaning business with a welcome injection of opportunity this year with new machines and improved chemicals.

Additions to the company's cleaning technology range are the Bravo portable carpet and upholstery spotter and the Cherokee portable extractor.

Light yet powerful, the new Bravo is a portable spotter that is specially designed for spotting and quick cleaning smaller carpeted areas and upholstery. With its pull-up handle and rear wheels, the machine can be manoeuvred with ease. Moulded holders carry spray bottles for operator convenience and the unit comes ready-to-use with upholstery tool and hoses.

The new Cherokee portable extractor meets a big cleaning challenge with a compact, lightweight frame - offering a 23 litre solution tank in a 22 kilo frame. It is easy to manoeuvre in small or restricted areas.

The machine can be moved up and down stairs on 8 inch non-marking wheels and has a folding handle for easy storage, the machine fitting comfortably onto a car backseat or boot. The Cherokee is fitted with a powerful100 psi pump and 3-stage vacuum motor and benefits from an automatic ball-float shut-off facility.

The Valet Pro extraction machine - one of the quietest on the market - now comes with its own carpet wand included in the price, offering even more value for money.

The company's de-flooding range gets a boost from the new Prochem Apache 1hp Air Mover, a rugged unit with 3-speed fan.

New accessories include a wet extraction Curtain Tool featuring 6 inch perforated vacuum nozzle, and various vacuum hose assemblies.

A 4-jet S-bend wand replaces the PC432 Tri-jet unit and the PC507 Truck-Mount Tile Edging Wand is new to the range.

E836 Enzyme Prespray has increased in pH in order to perform better on grease and oil and be active for longer once diluted. A further change will be made to allow the product to be pre-mixed at higher concentrations for use in metered spray units such as the Hydro-Force.

B110 Bonnet Buff has been reformulated to be ultra low residue. The resulting product has exceptional cleaning, controlled foam, and an embrittled residue that can be readily dry vacuumed. There is also a reduced amount of VOC-compliant solvents for grease cutting action.

Improvements to B108 Fabric Restorer result in the product now being more user friendly as far as solvent odour and out-performs the previous formula on the cleaning of heavy upholstery contact soils. The dilution rate has increased from 1 to 10 parts water to 1 to 16 parts water.

A new "refresh" odour neutraliser fragrance is being added to S781 Liquid Woolsafe and S775 Extraction Pro to improve the neutralisation of odours, in particular "wet wool" odour, during extraction cleaning.

Full details on these products in the new 2003 Prochem Europe Catalogue; copies on tel. 020 8974 1515. www.prochem.co.uk