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According to Laura Planas, global digital brand manager at Girbau, Texcare 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany, was a great experience, offering time to connect with customers and gather insights about industry trends, needs and future perspective.” The Girbau booth was full of people, especially interested in the Genius washer, Sortech – Girbau’s latest solution for automating the sorting of soiled linen – along with other sustainable solutions. The company’s paper banding machine, microfibres filter and water recovery systems also attracted attention.
Through cutting-edge RFID technology, Sortech individually identifies garments, reads their chips, and automatically categorises them, offering a highly configurable system adaptable to various productivities and spaces.
Improvements to the Genius series, a connected washer with the fastest cycle on the market, enabling up to 15 cycles per day, boosting your productivity like never before. Its robust design, with 27% fewer repairs than competitors, according to Girbau, ensures continuous operation. 24/7 remote monitoring and control through the Remote Machine Program Editor, allows management of productivity and efficiency from anywhere.
Meanwhile, Girbau’s Zero Water solutions allow the recovery of up to 85% of water, saving money, guaranteeing efficiency, and actively contributing to the environmental protection.
Also attracting attention was the new PRT60 turbo press which can process up to 2,400 kg of linen per hour thanks to its turbo cycle time of just 60 seconds combined with a 30-second press time. By increasing pressing time to extract more water and reduce drying time, launderers can save up to 2.5 kWh per batch of linen.
“It was clear that something’s changing around the industry and laundries are putting effort to be more efficient and sustainable in their operations. We received good feedback about our presentations in the booth and our sustainability officer, Joan Vilaseca, participated in a Sustainability Roundtable along with EcoLab and Jensen, discussing the challenges and solutions for advancing energy recovery and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050,” said Planas.
