Looking for a reliable range of quality cleaning products? Looking for a local supplier who won’t let you down? The latest Chemex range could be just what you need.

Overcoming a year of national lockdowns, surging sales and freight challenges, Chemical Solutions has beaten the odds to develop a new range under the Chemex brand. Designed and manufactured in New Zealand for local conditions it has some key advantages for users and the environment.

It’s designed for purpose by the in-house team of specialist chemists at Chemical Solutions. Formulations are specific to commercial cleaning, sanitising and disinfecting situations in housekeeping, food service, food manufacturing, hand care, laundry and other specialist janitorial applications.

“Our chemists designed the Chemex range to be suitable for a wide number of commercial cleaning applications. Each product has been carefully refined to provide the best solution.” says Terry Morris, Chemical Solutions Director.

User safety is key and to meet the requirements of customer’s risk management systems, MPI approved products dominate the range. There are a variety of options that will assist businesses in meeting their hygiene and safety standards.

A key product is the MPI Approved Pinnacle; the non-caustic, non-DG dish and glass wash liquid. This product does the job of more hazardous products and doesn’t need a DG declaration for shipping. When combined with Rinza Drying Aid they make a dynamic duo to clean commercial crockery, glassware and utensils.

“Continuing our commitment to innovation and environmental solutions, the formulations are the latest technology with many based on readily biodegradable raw materials. Our company was an early adopter of ‘green’ formulation strategies and Chemex builds on decades of commitment to environmental and safety benefits. Many ingredients are derived from sustainably sourced modern raw materials, such as corn, almond, coconut and sugar and formulations have been progressively innovated to increase user safety.” says Terry

Another example of the latest technology is JaniBrite, a one-step cleaning, disinfecting and deodorising solution. Its MPI approved, biodegradable and septic tank safe features make it ideal for a wide variety of janitorial and washroom applications.

Chemex product packaging is designed for safe and efficient use, labelling is clear, accurate and compliant, and where possible, packaging is produced with recycled and recyclable materials.

Call us to learn more about Chemex products. We welcome customers to trial the new range and an expert team is available nationwide who are keen to work with them. Call us on 0800 536 765 to discuss further.

The term ‘chemical cleaning’ can stir negative connotations and often leads to concerns on the health and safety of end users – but are ‘all-natural’ solutions better, safer alternatives?

‘Chemical’ has come to mean something that is hazardous, unnatural and dangerous to one’s health. But, the exact dictionary definition of a chemical is actually described as ‘A substance with a distinct molecular composition that is produced by or used in a process to produce a change in another substance.’

While a chemical can be created by, and is more commonly associated with artificial processes, chemicals can be produced naturally. For example, simple everyday chemical compounds include water (Oxidane) and salt (Sodium Chloride). In fact, all living creatures and the entire universe are comprised of chemicals.

In comparison, certain natural-occurring chemicals can be very dangerous – For example, organically grown apricots and cherries naturally contain a compound within their stone that creates poisonous cyanide when eaten! Therefore this logic of ‘natural equals safer’ is not necessarily true. It’s important to understand the effect both types of  ‘natural’ and ‘chemical’ cleaning  may have on the human body or the environment.

With education and awareness around the effects of chemicals on the environment, there has been increasing focus on ‘green cleaning’ products, in which chemicals have been specifically formulated to reduce the impact on the environment and end-users.

While those of us in the chemical industry know where to find the relevant hazardous substance information of a product  — such as on a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) — it is much more difficult for the average customer to be able to find, understand, or even access such information.

While there are dangerous and harmful chemicals that exist for particular purposes, with the advent of ‘green cleaning’ there are more choices than ever for customers in safer, environmentally-friendly and lower-risk chemical cleaning. The key is information and understanding of the risks and impacts of such substances, and what is definitively clear is that with the knowledge of the wide range of cleaning products available, the word ‘chemical’ need not be so terrifying after all.