From entrance to exit: completing the touch-free circle.

Maintenance supplies, January, 2005 by Wilson, Michael

Consumer consciousness and growing health concerns have helped push the touch-free market to new heights in recent years both in the innovative product designs as well as in the style and function they serve in today's restrooms. There is no denying that the science has come a long way ... and fast. And now, for all intensive purposes, patrons can visit the washroom without being subjected to many of the bacteria, viruses and germs that are spread through cross-contamination in the washroom.

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As health concerns began to rise a few years back, so too did sales in the touch-free market. Cindy Stilp, senior manager of marketing communications at SCA Tissue states, "touch-free washroom systems are the fastest growing product category...