Local firm launches ‘safe’ covers as schools return | Business - Southern Star Newspaper

A Skibbereen-based company has launched a new hygienic and safe school book-covering system for primary and post-primary schools as they prepare to return amid Covid-19 restrictions by Southern Star Newspaper.
 

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Designed for the Irish schoolbook market, Declim Ltd developed the covers following extensive research with teachers and schoolbook sellers. 

Due to the current pandemic, it will now be necessary to clean and sanitise the covers on schoolbooks on a regular basis. Declim uses a ‘Filfix’ peel-and-seal system which uses recyclable polypropylene covers that can be wiped clean. 

Director Kevin Fitzgerald said: ‘Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, wipeable schoolbooks covers are a necessity. Our system will help schools and pupils adhere to guidelines. Most schools now operate a book rental and reading scheme...

Declim has been manufacturing the Filfix book covering from its premises in Cork for over 25 years. ‘We sold our first box of Filfix in 1988 and our products are now sold in every town in Ireland. They can be found in every classroom in the country,’ noted Kieran.
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Source: Southern Star Newspaper