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Philadelphia — SCA, maker of the Tork brand of Away-from-Home professional hygiene products, introduced new products, line extensions, and service offerings at the ISSA/INTERCLEAN show in November.
As an international leader in away-from-home professional hygiene products, Tork continues to demonstrate category innovation through a wide variety of launches including the brand’s newly reformulated Tork Premium Foam and Liquid Skincare Products, a new elegant line of Tork Elevation Foam Dispensers, a preview of its waste-reducing Tork Advanced High-Capacity Coreless Bath Tissue, and the brand’s luxurious Premium Soft Multifold Hand Towels.
At ISSA/INTERCLEAN, SCA also offered an exclusive sneak peak at its innovative Tork EasyCube Intelligent system, unique sensor-equipped washroom dispensers that provide maintenance staff real-time information through a user-friendly web app, available in 2015.
“At SCA, our customers expect us to bring new innovations that will have a positive effect on their bottom line,” said Cheryl Rickert, washroom marketing director for SCA’s Away from Home Professional Hygiene business in North America. “From reducing labor costs to controlling product use per patron, we’re excited to showcase a variety of product solutions that will make our customer’s working lives simpler.”
Here is a closer look at some of the products:
• Reformulated Tork Premium Liquid Skincare & New Premium Foam Skincare Solutions (new Liquid Skincare products are available now; new Foam Skincare products will be available in 2015): New Tork Premium Skincare products are the company’s gentlest skin-care offering, formulated to keep hands clean and soft throughout the day.
The products are dermatologically tested and contain skin-caring ingredients, a perfect answer to sensitive skin or frequent hand washing.
Tork Premium Foam Skincare products provide a quick lather, making it easy to clean and rinse for an effective, pleasant hand wash. New Tork Foam Skincare products are offered in fully collapsible, easy dispenser refill bottles that work with the sleek, modern Tork Elevation skincare dispensers.
Each foam bottle contains 2,500 doses to reduce the number of refills needed, saving maintenance staff time and resources.Tork Foam Skincare solutions are also kinder to the environment as shown by their environmental accreditation.
• Tork Elevation Foam Skincare Dispensers (new Foam Skincare Dispensers will be available in 2015): Designed with a cohesive, elegant washroom experience in mind, the new Tork Elevation Foam Skincare Dispensers are the perfect complement to the full line of Elevation washroom products, ensuring a luxurious hand-washing experience for the image-conscious customer.
The dispensers’ sealed refill bottles and single-use pump provide quick and easy maintenance, while reducing any potential cross-contamination. The dispenser’s high capacity 1-liter bottle and LED indicators, which signal when a refill is needed, are sure to reduce maintenance needs. Also available in an automatic model, the soap dispensers were carefully developed to make the restroom less hands-on with touchless dispensing options that help reduce customer contact and potential contamination.
• Tork Premium Soft Multifold Hand Towels (available now): A high-end alternative to standard washroom towels, the Tork Premium Soft Multifold Hand Towels are a customer favorite. In recent third-party, side-by-side comparison tests, Class A building employees preferred Tork Premium Hand Towels over the tested competitive products.
Embossed with the signature Tork leaf design, patrons are sure to notice more than the elegant design. With unique QuickDry technology and one-at-a-time dispensing, guests use fewer towels per visit and staff spends less time refilling product while still maintaining a clean, hygienic environment.
Committed to customer satisfaction, Tork guarantees at least a 10 percent usage reduction in 90 days after switching from any competitive folded towel to the Tork Premium Soft Hand Towels. The Tork Free Trial offer is available for these high-end towels, as well as other Tork products at talktork.com.
• Tork Advanced High-Capacity Coreless Bath Tissue Rolls and Dispensers (available in 2015): The new Tork Advanced High-Capacity Coreless Bath Tissue is the brand’s most efficient washroom solution, reducing waste and maintenance expenses while improving the guest experience.
The innovative packaging reduces storage space requirements, providing customers two times more capacity per cubic foot.
By eliminating the corrugated packaging, traditional cores, and inner wrappers, Tork has eliminated 95 percent of the packaging waste used in traditional bath tissue products.
Each EPA-compliant roll made from recycled fiber content contains 900 sheets of 2-ply tissue. The high-capacity 2-ply rolls can last up to three times longer between service intervals compared to conventional, standard 2-ply rolls. The easy start tail seal prevents waste and is ideal for all plumbing systems.
The Tork High Capacity T7 Coreless Bath Tissue dispensers are a perfect fit for washrooms with limited space. The T7 system ensures easy and intuitive maintenance, refilling, and use — a great choice for higher-traffic washrooms as well as environments where efficiency and reduced cost are priorities.
Rolls are protected, so there is less waste, improved hygiene, and reduced pilferage. The reserve roll remains protected until the first roll is completely gone, ensuring that it stays hygienic. Attractive, durable polycarbonate dispensers are ideal for demanding environments. The translucent cover makes it easy to see when a refill is required.
• Tork CARE: SCA’s commitment to customer service extends beyond its products. Through its Tork CARE program, SCA delivers a variety of tools and services to support its business partners. Ranging from sustainability consultation to product customization, Tork CARE focuses its initiative on four key elements: consult, analyze, reassure, and educate. The Tork CARE program ensures that customers are getting the right products for the right situation at the right time, so that customers can focus on managing their business. To learn more about Tork CARE, visit www.talktork.com/care.
• Tork EasyCube Dispenser (available in 2015): Customers looking to take their cleaning routine to the next level will be impressed with the new Tork EasyCube intelligent system, complete with a data-tracking sensor that transmits refill data and traffic trends to an easy-to-use Web app. Through a color-coded status system, managers can easily track and analyze the refill needs of their washroom dispensers and better anticipate their building’s hygiene and cleaning needs, ultimately reducing the time needed to clean a washroom. Cleaning can change from schedule-based to "cleaning when needed" without disruption to patrons.
