Weedingtech, the manufacturers of the leading herbicide-free
thermal weed-control solution, Foamstream, won an award for innovation in
France last week.
The innovation award for the Environment
and Energy category was awarded to Weedingtech for their Foamstream M600 at the
25th Urbest Exhibition in Metz, France.
Urbest is a trade show focused around decision makers responsible
for the development and management of public space in the Grand Est region of
France.
The Foamstream M600 was entered in to the award by one of
Weedingtech’s French distributors, Ackermann (pictured), who received the prize
on their behalf.
The award run by Urbest and
sponsored by Les Tablettes Lorraines, an economics-focused weekly newspaper,
is designed to acknowledge innovative companies and services and is split in to
four categories; with Weedingtech talking the prize for the ‘Environmental,
Energy, Prevention, Security, Safety-ICT and information systems’ category.
The judging panel is made up
of a number of professionals who assessed each of the 27 candidates measuring
them against the following criteria; innovative nature of the product or
service, the merits of the product or service against its competitors, creativity
of product or service, economic feasibility and benefits, the future potential
of the product or service.
Weedingtech’s Foamstream M600 was chosen for its innovative
nature, its ease of use without the need for training and the fact that with
herbicide use being banned in public spaces it is the ideal, long-term solution
for councils looking for alternative, herbicide-free methods of weed control.
The
lightweight and compact Foamstream M600 delivers the patented Foamstream
process through a hand-held lance. Foamstream works by using a biodegradable
foam made from natural plant oils and sugars to insulate hot water, keeping
heat from the hot water on vegetation for longer. This leads to a more
effective kill than any other thermal method. Weedingtech distribute their
environmentally friendly Foamstream solution across four continents including
the Americas, Europe and Australasia.
