A new addition to the Franke Sissons school washroom range is the self standing Water Fountain. Manufactured in stainless steel with a touch free fountain head, the fountain offers the 21st century control of water and hygiene.

The new water fountain is manufactured to stand alone, but can also be counter located and fits within the Franke Schools For the Future specification range with Miranet surfaces, self closing taps and show panels, washbasins and water controls.

The products have been designed for straightforward installation and low maintenance. Using widely tried and trusted technology, the water controls in stainless steel and touch free, are built to open and close smoothly many thousands of times.

The same technology is in use in hospitals and prisons across the UK.

A WC for the heaviest people in the UK has been designed and is being manufactured by washroom manufacturers Franke Sissons.

“We have supplied the first order to Lincolnshire hospital”, said commercial director Paul Markwell, “where it is thought the country’s heaviest man is being treated.” The Bariatric WC is large and floor standing and features a stronger designed and constructed toilet seat 50 cm wide. Designed specifically designed for use in hospitals, doctor’s surgeries, specialist clinics and nursing homes, the Bariatric WC is manufactured to order.

Franke Sissons manufacture a range of stainless washroom systems, and the Bariatric WC has been developed to specifically answer the demand for studier WC bowls and seats where conventional facilities may be unusable. The Bariatric WC is secure to a final weight of 841 kg and is manufactured at the company’s headquarters in Chesterfield.

Granville Lowe retired today from the job he has held for the past 50 years at Chesterfield based washroom systems manufacturer Franke Sissons. Granville told over a 100 colleagues who turned up to wish him well, “I enjoyed it. I must have - otherwise I wouldn’t have come to work for so long!”

He first started work aged 16 as an apprentice in the company that specialises in manufacturing in stainless steel. Initially attending technical college in Sheffield, he subsequently learned the various specialist metal fabrication skills “on the job.” His job for many years has been working on “specials”, one-off jobs the company produces for particular customers. There are similarly skilled colleagues still working for the company though their service records are still only 35 or 40 years! Now retired, Granville has 3 children and 5 grand children and plans to build a shed in the garden of his Eyam home, where he will install a small workshop in order to keep busy.

Franke Sissons have been awarded “Business of theYear” in the first Derbyshire Times Business Award. The award followed the company’ award of the “Best business idea” in the competition, which focussed on the company’s new, automated washroom systems.

The top award was based on the comprehensive nature of the new washroom systems developed by the company that incorporates vandal resistance, low water usage, no touch operation and 24 hour control amongst the benefits of the stainless steel based systems.

“This is a clear vindication of the quality of the work that Franke Sissons now deliver across the various specification washroom ranges we offer the trade.” said head of marketing Paul Markwell. “We now have solutions for hospitals, courts, schools and public buildings of all kinds. Not only is there added security, but low water and energy consumption coupled with 24 hour control, accesses an environmentally responsible as well as secure result. “

Comprehensive washroom system specifications across three district ranges can be on the company’s website and the company has also just completed a permanent exhibition at the Building Centre in London. In addition, a high quality comprehensive “live” exhibition of all the key elements of the company’s latest automated bathroom ranges are available at the company’s sales and manufacturing site in Chesterfield.