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Walk on…
…walk on through the storm, hold your head up high and don’t be afraid of change, says Industrial Laundry Equipment’s Richard Brown. With almost 18 years’ experience in the laundry industry with Warner Howard, Laundryserv, Girbau and now ILE, he shares his thoughts on the current situation
The road ahead
LCN catches up with a trio of linen suppliers to find out how they are negotiating around the obstacles of Covid-19 and leaving the EU to find they have their eyes firmly on their ultimate destination – recovery
Software for hard times
It’s’ tough out there for drycleaners and wetcleaners but investing in a top-notch EPoS system could be a lifeline to survival as LCN reports
DMU study: Coronavirus can survive on healthcare uniforms for three days
UK
Viruses similar to the strain that causes Covid-19 can survive on clothing and transmit to other surfaces for up to 72 hours, scientists at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have warned.
Controlling skin irritations and allergens
Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide has antidotes for the perennial problem of controlling skin irritations and allergens, whether laundry products or tiny amounts of food product left in food production textiles that could cause anaphylactic shock and even death
Heroic Ajax brand reborn
Sankosha, in the face of Covid-19 which has adversely affected so many businesses globally, is having a very good response to its relaunch of the historic Ajax brand of finishing equipment which it is currently rolling out to hotels to China and South East Asia
The smart way forward
Smart laundries that think for themselves are the intelligent path for today’s market and associated challenges – and to future-proof efficiency and profits. Manufacturers and suppliers long ago read the writing on the wall, or should I say, ‘the digital text on the screen’, and realised it is smar t to be ‘smart’. In the past few years laundry machinery has morphed from being standalone items of kit to one complete virtually interlocked solution, meshed and synced together by sophisticated software. Kathy Bowry has a look at what’s around.
A budding Italian renaissance
The country has been haunted by Covid-19 but Italian manufacturing, brands and reputation stand firm. The virus hasn’t wiped out innovation and there have been lessons learned, writes Penny Wilson.
New generation, new growth
The third generation of the Kannegiesser dynasty is ready to get to work as we head into the post-Covid-19 era
Pony powers ahead with solar production plant
Italian drycleaning machinery manufacturer Pony hasn’t let anything as insignificant as a pandemic stand in the way of the company fulfilling its goal to produce all its product using solar energy by the ned of the year.