For perfectly clean, sparkling dishes, cutlery and glasses, there are only two other products from Tana-Chemie’s Green Care Professional range. The formulations of ENERGY uni and BRILLANT uni have been optimized for sustainability and both have been awarded the EU Ecolabel.
ENERGY uni: The cleaner for professional dishwashers efficiently removes grease and burnt-on residues as well as tea, coffee and starch residues from dishes, cutlery and glasses thanks to its innovative complexing agent system (free of NTA, EDTA and phosphates). Excellent cleaning performance, especially in soft and medium hard water
BRILLANT uni: Thanks to a high concentration of biodegradable surfactants, alcohol and natural citric acid, the rinse aid guarantees brilliant results, accelerates drying and thus saves costs and time. The innovative combination of active ingredients consists to a high extent of plant-based raw materials.
TANET karacho spray, the surfactant-free all-purpose cleaner, masters challenges on a wide variety of surfaces. In addition to the 1 liter bottle and the 5 liter refill canister, TANET karacho is now also available as a ready-to-use all-purpose cleaner in a 750 ml spray bottle. This form of application enables quick, easy and targeted use. The surfactant-free formulation is ideal for cleaning and stain removal on colour-fast textile coverings, microporous surfaces, stainless steel, and Plexiglas®. As a Green Care Professional product, TANET karacho spray is EU Ecolabel and Cradle to Cradle Gold certified.
The task, that in usual cleaners is performed by surfactants, is in the case of TANET karacho spray performed by complexing agents that bond the dirt. Unlike surfactants, these complexing agents do not settle in microporous surfaces or upholstered furniture, for example, thus preventing rapid re-soiling.
The use of a microfibre cloth is recommended as it increases the cleaning performance without additional effort. Bianca Nerowski, Head of Product Management at Tana-Chemie, explains the advantages of cleaning without surfactants in a ready-to-use spray: “In everyday life, it makes sense to have an all-rounder at your side. Whether in the office, hotel or care home, a wide variety of materials come together and often need to be cleaned in between. What characterizes Tanet karacho spray is its extended range of applications. Even non-washable textiles and materials with microporous surfaces can be cleaned. For outstanding cleaning performance and to prevent re-soiling, Tanet karacho spray is the ideal solution for desks or stainless-steel elements as well as ceramic surfaces, armchairs and carpets.”
From May 14th to 17th 2024, Amsterdam was once again transformed into the capital of cleaning and hygiene. Around 30.000 visitors and 875 exhibitors form all over the world met to exchange ideas about the latest solutions and concepts for professional cleaning. Tana-Chemie GmbH’s trade fair appearance was all about sustainable dosing and was very well attended.
Whether Whether for large customers or small objects. There is a suitable dosing system for every requirement:
– The innovative switch system simplifies manual dosing: The latest system from Green Care Professional impressed visitors with its combination of efficient and safe dosing with a sustainable, economical refilling concept.
– Green care Green Care Remote, the new generation of dispensing for the laundry and kitchen area, was also presented. A live broadcast of the dashboard and corresponding graphics make automatic dispensing visually understandable. Dosing can be digitally optimised and monitored. Error messages ensure an optimised washing system.
To round off the topic of sustainability, the numerous visitors to the stand were also able to see the performance of the new SANET extreme product for themselves during live demonstrations..
The visit to the Tana stand had even more to offer, be it a hands-on experience of the circular economy, information about the Green Care Calculator, product systems or a souvenir photo with the frog mascots. But one thing became clear to the visitors: Sustainable cleaning only works with safe and efficient dosing – for the environment and for people.
According to the World’s Health Organization*, one major reason for the growing number of asthma and allergy suffering people is the exposure to allergens and irritants, including indoor pollution and occupational exposure to chemicals. With four Green Care Professional cleaning products assessed by Asthma Allergy Nordic, Green Care Professional takes a further step towards indoor air quality improvement and health protection.
For minimal risk of allergy
Green Care Professional offers a range of products without color and perfume. The absence of unnecessary ingredients like perfume and color reduces the risk of allergic reactions without affecting the cleaning result.
Following Green Care Professional products have received the Asthma Allergy Nordic label
TANET SR 15 F: High performance floor and surface cleaner with excellent wetting properties. Based on alcohol. CLP-free.
SANET zitrotan F: Sanitary cleaner with impressive performance based on the strength of citric acid. CLP-free and Nordic Swan certified.
SANET perfect F: Sanitary cleaner & descaler with outstanding cleaning power thanks to a special acid and surfactant formula.
WC daily F: Viscous and easy-to-use toilet cleaner with the natural power of citric acid. CLP-free.
These products are also certified according to Dermatest (Dermatically tested), Ecolabel and Cradle to Cradle®.
Excluding and avoiding harmful ingredients is part of the Green Care Development Guideline. The Asthma Allergy Nordic labelling is a guarantee for minimal risk of allergy. Safety for human life and the environment is our highest priority.
Products with the Asthma Allergy Nordic label contain minimal risk of allergy
Products with the Asthma Allergy Nordic logo have been critically assessed and are considered beneficial for those who suffer from asthma, allergy or other sensitivity – and for everyone else who wants to avoid perfumes and allergens.
Asthma Allergy Nordic label excludes, among others, some skin sensitizing substances, substances with allergenic potential, some irritating substances, fragrances and colorants, assesses the impurity of raw materials. Assessed raw materials of natural origin must be used in the product.
Asthma Allergy Nordic is a strong brand in the Nordic Countries and is getting significant interest on international markets.
Please note that the Asthma Allergy Nordic label is a recommendation only. An absolute guarantee that no one will ever experience a reaction of some sort from a product carrying our logo is obviously impossible.
Tana-Chemie GmbH, the professional division of Werner & Mertz, will be at Interclean Amsterdam again this year from May 14 – 17. At the largest international trade fair for professional cleaning, the environmental pioneer from Mainz is focusing this year on the latest innovations for a functioning circular economy: Both the innovative dosing and refill system Switch, nominated for the Amsterdam Innovation Award, which enables precise dosing without additional equipment and with which resource-saving and cost-efficient refilling has found its way into professional cleaning, and the powerful sustainable sanitary cleaner SANET extreme will be in the spotlight.
“This year we are especially looking forward to giving visitors the opportunity to experience holistic circular economy and sustainable performance up close at our booth,” said Thomas Ulbricht, Head of Werner & Mertz Professional. “In hourly live demonstrations in our on-site experience area, we will show that sustainability and strong cleaning performance need not be contradictory – in fact, it’s quite the opposite.”
Visitors to stand 05.311 can expect to discover the sustainable, certified and high-performance product range of the Green Care Professional brand, targeted solutions, tools and systems for various challenges in everyday working life as well as comprehensive information and opportunities to exchange thoughts on the exciting aspects and possibilities of a holistic circular economy. At the same time, visitors can look forward to lots of fun – for example with the photo box, where they can capture their greenest and funniest trade fair moments. “Sustainability does not mean sacrifice. Sustainability can be simple, strong, pioneering and encouraging,” says Thomas Ulbricht. “This year, we are once again looking forward to meeting and exchanging views with our customers on site and shaping a green future of professional cleaning together.”
The most important innovations at the Werner & Mertz Professional stand
Switch The innovative Switch System combines efficient and safe dosing with the advantages of sustainable and cost-effective refilling. Ultra-concentrated formulations are available for four different application areas that meet the highest sustainability requirements. Switch has been nominated for the industry-renowned Amsterdam Innovation Award in the “Sustainability & Environment” category in the run-up to the trade fair.
SANET extreme With its innovative formulation SANET extreme reaches proven best marks in terms of lime dissolving and removes lime deposits and incrustations extremely fast. SANET extreme offers all the benefits of an effective, economic and time-saving sanitary cleaner. The performance of SANET extreme will be demonstrated hourly in the experience area of the stand.
Green Care Professional’s innovative Switch system has been nominated for the industry-renowned Amsterdam Innovation Award in the category ‘Sustainability & Environment’. The award will be presented in May 2024 at Interclean Amsterdam, the world’s largest trade fair for professional cleaning. For many years, the Amsterdam Innovation Award has been granted for the most innovative product, service or solution in the cleaning and hygiene industry in four different categories.
In the ‘Sustainability and Environment’ category, awards are given to 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.
The innovative Switch System combines efficient and safe dosing without additional equipment with the advantages of sustainable and cost-effective refilling. Ultra-concentrated formulations are available for four different application areas that meet the highest sustainability requirements.
With the development and launch of Switch, Werner & Mertz Professional has taken another step towards a green future for the professional cleaning industry.
It’s time to switch – be part of it!
Find out more about the new Switch system or visit us at this year’s Interclean in Amsterdam, May 14 – 17, 2024 (Stand 05.311, Hall 5). Click here to register for free attendance as our guest. We look forward to seeing you.
Clever dosing is kind to the environment. Effective immediately, the innovative Switch System is available to customers of Tana-Chemie GmbH, the Professional Division of Werner & Mertz. With the motto “It’s time to switch,“ the Mainz specialists for professional cleaning once again focus on convenient use and the circular economy. Switch is the next step toward a sustainable future in professional building cleaning.
At the core of the Switch System are ultra-concentrated formulations in practical, economical packaging intelligently designed to minimise resource consumption and reduce CO2 emissions. Every Switch bottle is equipped with a dosing cap that dispenses exactly the amount of cleaning agent needed for each use. When the bottle is empty, it can be refilled easily with the material-conserving, recyclable refill pouch.
“In our new Switch System with ultra-concentrated products, smart dosing bottle and refill pouch of a monomaterial, we combine all components of a high-performance and circular solution,” says Thomas Ulbricht, Managing Director of the Professional Division of Werner & Mertz GmbH. “Switch stands not only for efficiency and safety, but also for responsible handling of our environment. Once again we show that user-friendly, economical products go hand-in-hand with sustainability in professional building cleaning too.”
Convincingly effective for the entire industry, not just for niche markets
The Switch System covers a wide variety of application areas. For example, there’s TANET uniSwitch for surface cleaning, TAWIP vioSwitch for floor cleaning and maintenance, SANET inoSwitch for sanitary cleaning and GREASE topSwitch for kitchen cleaning.
With each of its three components, the new Switch System reaches its clearly stated aim of combining practical use with ecological features.
Ultra-concentrated formulations It takes only 5 millilitres of concentrate in 4 litres of water to achieve efficient cleaning action. It is possible to produce 800 litres of cleaning solution with a single Switch dosing bottle. The high yield has practical advantages for cleaning companies as they significantly reduce the costs for storage of cleaning product inventory and actively contribute to resource conservation. Furthermore, formulations in the Switch System bear the EU-Ecolabel.
Bottle with dosing cap Users benefit from the integrated dosing cap in several ways. The intermediate step of measuring the product is eliminated and the risk of overdosing or making direct contact with the concentrated cleaning agent is minimised. In addition, no extra expense is incurred for separate dosing accessories. The screw top guarantees simple opening and closing. Bottle and cap are made completely of recycled PP and PE plastic (post-consumer recyclate) and are fully recyclable.
Refill pouch In the Switch System the dosing bottle can always be refilled 1:1 with the pouch. The especially cost-efficient pouch, compared to an empty 1-litre bottle, reduces packaging volume by 85 percent. The lightweight, space-saving pouches reduce the amount of plastic used by 65 percent. As they are made of a monomaterial, the pouches are completely recyclable. The respected Cradle-to-Cradle Institute has certified the pouch’s circularity with the Gold standard.
Sustainability: The facts speak for themselves.
Because the formulations and packaging of the new Switch System consistently follow circular economy principles, users have enormous potential for environmental and climate protection and resource conservation. The numbers speak for themselves. By changing to the new Switch system, a company that uses 10,000 litres of cleaning agents per year can avoid 39 tonnes of CO2 emissions, 12 tons of crude oil and three tons of plastic.
Even before the market launch, the Switch System was nominated for the coveted Purus Innovation Award in the Cleaning Products category. The award honors innovative performance in the cleaning industry and recognizes products, tools and systems that impress with high application quality and outstanding overall design.
“We are proud to have developed a product system that advances the circular economy and resource conservation without compromising on performance and quality,“ says Torsten Haas, Packaging Developer at Werner & Mertz. “Switch is forward-looking both functionally and ecologically. We are convinced this is how the green future of the cleaning industry can and must look like.”
Tana-Chemie is presenting its next innovation at the CMS Trade Fair in Berlin. With SANET extreme, the most powerful sustainable sanitary high-performance cleaner, Green Care Professional is setting new standards in sanitary cleaning. “We are proud of the achievements in our own development department. We were able to set a milestone in combining performance and sustainability with SANET extreme. Awarded the EU Ecolabel, we are not only comparably strong to one of the strongest non-sustainable competitor products in lime solution, but also outperform it in lime soap removal. Tests show we are almost twice as fast,” reports Bianca Nerowski, Head of Product Management Tana-Chemie.
Highest cleaning performance
Its unique formulation based on methanesulfonic acid and lactic acid enables highest cleaning performance and yet SANET extreme is completely biodegradable.
The performance tests conducted by an independent institute confirm internal results: SANET extreme has been proven to achieve the best limescale dissolution values. It even performs significantly better than sustainable competitor products. Of course, the sanitary high-performance cleaner is EU Ecolabel certified.
SANET extreme effortlessly and extremely quickly removes all typical soiling and incrustations in the sanitary area, such as lime soap residues, urine scale, cosmetic residues or rust. The fact that SANET extreme works faster against lime soap than competitive products on the market has also been proven by an independent institute. The effective and residue-free removal of mineral and organic soiling achieves a natural easy-to-clean effect, with water consistently beading off sanitary objects, fittings and surfaces. The sanitary surfaces shine without reworking.
Sustainable and value-preserving
Thanks to its gentle formulation, SANET extreme helps to preserve the value of typical sanitary fixtures such as chrome fittings, ceramic tiles and porcelain objects. Sustainably designed, 58% of the organic carbon in SANET extreme comes from plant-based, regenerative sources.
With SANET extreme, the innovative sanitary high-performance cleaner and descaler, Green Care Professional once again proves that sustainability and maximum cleaning power are not a contradiction in terms.
Sodexo Austria, with 3,900 employees, offers services to improve the quality of life. In the fields of building cleaning, catering and fully integrated facilities management, Sodexo in Austria is among the largest service providers in the market.
For Managing Director Michael Freitag of Sodexo Service Solutions Austria GmbH, sustainability plays an especially important role as it is firmly embedded in the company’s culture and DNA.
„… In Werner & Mertz Professional Vertriebs GmbH, we have found a partner that shares our values and helps us to achieve our sustainability goals.“
Michael Freitag Managing Director, Sodexo Service Solutions Austria GmbH
“We are committed to acting with sustainability in mind at all times. With our Better Tomorrow Plan, we pursue ambitious goals for CO2 reduction, ESG reporting and EU Taxonomy. Other topics such as CSR, diversity and equal treatment are also important to us”, says Freitag.
“As a company, we have to take responsibility and have the right partner at our side”, he says. “In Werner & Mertz Professional Vertriebs GmbH, we have found a partner that shares our values and helps us to achieve our sustainability goals.”
Sodexo knows that the subject of sustainability is becoming ever more important. Requests for bids from healthcare providers and hospitals want cleaning and care products that are suitable for sustainable procurement and have the relevant certificates as proof.
„The resources that we conserve by using Green Care Professional products can be documented and calculated.“
Martin Roscher Regional Manager Healthcare Lower Austria and Vienna, Sodexo Service Solutions Austria GmbH
“The resources that we conserve by using Green Care Professional products can be documented and calculated”, says Martin Roscher, Regional Manager Healthcare Lower Austria and Vienna, at Sodexo. “With the Green Care Performance Calculator, the avoidance of CO2, plastic and crude oil can be verified and transparently identified for our sites. The resource savings certificate makes our sustainability goals visible, measurable and traceable.“
The high-performance, integrally sustainable products from the Green Care Professional brand are manufactured exclusively in the EMAS-certified factories in Germany and Hallein, Austria, in compliance with the highest quality standards.
Sodexo appreciates the sustainable products and something more. “We have excellent cooperation with Werner & Mertz Professional Vertriebs GmbH and its experts on site”, says Roscher. “They support us in our everyday work, with training, for example. They come to us in the buildings we clean and instruct our employees in the proper handling of the cleaning products. That helps us enormously.”
Sustainability is not a trend, but a necessary step in protecting the environment and contributing to a better future for upcoming generations.
About Sodexo
Founded in Marseille in 1996 by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo today is the world’s leader in services that improve the quality of everyday life for everyone. Nearly 422,000 employees serve 100 million people in 53 countries daily. Sodexo has more than 30 years of experience in the Austrian market. Sodexo Service Solutions Austria GmbH employs about 3,900 in Austria whose service mentality delights almost 475,000 people every day in some 1,400 businesses, including commercial operations, government agencies and healthcare facilities.
Saubermacher Outsourcing GmbH relies on Green Care Professional products from the cleaning products manufacturer Werner & Mertz Professional.
Erika Marko, Commercial Managaing Director at Saubermacher Outsourcing GmbH, has been responsible for the entire Facility Services business in Austria since the company’s founding. Today more than 350 staff members are employeed and an area equal to more than 5000 square kilometers is cleaned every year.
Where cleaning and hygiene products are concerned, Ms. Marko has put her trust in Werner & Mertz Professional Vertriebs GmbH from the very start. Sustainability is in the DNA of Saubermacher Outsourcing whose parent company, Saubermacher Dienstleistungs GmbH, is the world’s most sustainable waste management company, according to a GRESB rating.
“What we do today determines how the world looks tomorrow.“
In the cooperation with Werner & Mertz, Ms. Marko appreciates the problem-solving skills of the sales rep responsible for her and his understanding of the needs and requirements of her building managers. Besides the sustainability factors, she says the innovations from Werner & Mertz are so important because they give her, as a customer, an advantage over the competition.
Particularly in the tendering business, environmental issues are being prioritized, says Ms. Marko, especially with regard to cleaning products. Saubermacher Outsourcing works according to its own guideline, which explicitly points to the use of sustainable Green Care Professional products. The Green Care Performance Calculator Certificate (for resource saving) from Werner & Mertz Professional serves as proof the the company’s environmental awareness. The certificate shows how much CO2, plastic and crude oil Saubermacher Outsourcing has avoided to date by using Green Care Professional products. It also estimates future savings in the buildings involved in the tender – for an environment that’s worth living in.
For Saubermacher Outsourcing, the Quick & Easy system is a top favorite for cost monitoring. Thanks to simple use and low dosing, the system keeps operations within budget. The dosing systems for the different cleaning areas, such as kitchen or laundry, also contribute positively to cost reduction.
