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Duisburg/Amsterdam, 27 April 2012. In recent decades CWS has launched numerous technical innovations relating to washroom hygiene, for example sensors which allow non-touch operation, cotton towel dispensers featuring a retraction system, which automatically retract the used portions and the roll end, and the two-chamber system which prevents the fresh and used portions of the cotton towel rolls touching one another. CWS has now scored a hit with the intelligent CWS Washroom Information Service (WIS). The system provides the operator with various information, in real time, about the status of dispensers, for example whether the dispenser should be refilled. CWS, the cleaning staff and washroom operators are thus promptly informed when the existing cotton towel roll is running low. The Washroom Information Service system can also be retrofitted to existing CWS ParadiseLine dispensers. Alternatively, it is possible to install dispensers in which the system is already established. During the ISSA/Interclean trade show in Amsterdam (8 to 11 May 2012) CWS experts will be explaining the benefits of the system, which is still in its pilot phase to date, on Stand 11.103 in Hall 11. CWS Washroom Information Service is nominated out of seventy-one applications for the ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam Innovation Award and is one of the last three nominees in the category Equipment/tools for cleaning, care and safety.

Duisburg, 20 March 2012. With its augmented reality app, CWS-boco is once again underlining its positioning as an innovation driver in the washroom hygiene sector. The app enables users of Android and Apple smartphones to equip – on a virtual basis – a real room with CWS washroom hygiene products or dust control mats. Existing and potential customers can thus take an advance look at which CWS solutions fit best visually into their facilities. By filming corresponding markers, CWS ParadiseLine dispensers or CWS mats can be visualized – enabling the user to find the most suitable place for the product in question and take a photo showing not only the room but also the ‘virtually installed’ dispenser or mat. This photo of the virtually equipped facility can then be saved into the smartphone’s gallery; directly via the app the customer can then contact the CWS-boco sales department to request a concrete price quotation. The app from CWS-boco is one of the very first augmented reality references for the industry to offer functional benefits for both customer service and sales.