Special cleansers to clean up the market

AN Oldham business has become a world leader in antibacterial hygiene products that contain no alcohol nor skin irritants.

Creative Supply Solutions Ltd, has become the first company to win certification from the Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) for its range of hand and hard-surface cleaning materials.

“We are the only company in the world with this certification,” commercial director Phil Howard, from Austerlands, told Chronicle Business.

The HMC certify Halal approved premises for foodstuffs, slaughterhouses, butchers, take-away food outlets and restaurants.

Speaking from the company’s head office at the Malvern Suite South Wing, Earl Business Centre, Dowry Street, Oldham, he added: “The HMC was for us the right authorised body to approach for Halal approval as it is the most trusted and recognised of all Halal approvals.

“Staff at the HMC congratulated us on developing products with the Muslim/Islamic users in mind.”

Led by managing director Nigel Oakes, CSS Ltd, has formulated a range of cleansing products under the KlenZar and SteriZar brands which are alcohol free.

“The benefits are many but the major innovation is that our products do not clean off hands and do not need reapplying after every wash. The hard-surface cleaner forms a protective barrier which lasts for up to six hours,” Mr Oakes explained.

Being alcohol-free the products have a natural market in the Muslim-Asian market and the company, founded in 2007 by Mr Oakes, Mr Howard and financial director Andy Thompson, is planning a major push into export markets, including the Arabian Gulf.