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Influencing change
Industrial laundry is one of the most important infrastructures in modern societies, with a wealth of unique values and fantastic messages that we keep well hidden and fail to use. Steen Søgaard explains how we can open up to the wider world in part two of a three part series
World class player
Tolon, the long-established Turkish manufacturer, has, in a very short time, encircled the world as demand escalates for its precision-engineered, technologically advanced commercial laundry solutions
Fault analysis: recognise problems and allocate responsibility – 2
This month we take a further look at faults which have mystied and infuriated launderers, concluding the survey which we started in our July/August issue, writes Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide.
Physical and chemical damage – who is to blame ?
Playing the blame game of customer v drycleaner is a sad and often costly fact of life for drycleaners but there are ways to avoid it, say Roger Cawood and Richard Neale
An army of robots holding the line
Feeders and folders are developing at light-speed and AI is in the vanguard on this march to the future
Equipment clothing and settings
Roger Cawood takes a look at equipment clothing and automated equipment settings both of which play a critical role in producing good production rates, quality work, and in the reduction of staff fatigue
Aramark announces uniform services spin-off to be named Vestis
USA
Aramark has announced that Vestis will be the name of the new company to be created through the expected spin-off of its uniform services business. This follows Aramark’s previously announced plan to separate Aramark Uniform Services (AUS) to create an independent, publicly traded company. The separation expected to be completed on 30 September.
Love Laundry Awards 2023 finalists announced
UK
WASHCO, the commercial laundry specialist, has announced the finalists of its Love Laundry Awards 2023, after receiving an impressive record number of entries. The Love Laundry Awards were established to champion the care homes and laundry heroes that work tirelessly to keep their residents safe. Now in their third year, the awards have been split into three categories, including: Laundry Hero Award, Care Home Team Award and Care Home Group Award.
CLEANR’s microplastic filter wins six of the best at IFA 2023 awards in Berlin
INTERNATIONAL
CLEANR, a new greentech venture, won six Best of IFA 2023 awards at IFA Berlin, the world’s largest appliance industry conference, last week. This followed the company’s launch of a new microplastic filter for washing machines. Washing machine wastewater is the single largest source of microplastic pollution globally, accounting for 35% of emissions, said the company. Although at this time the technology is aimed at domestic washers, the door is open to development for industrial washers.
BC SoftWear enters exclusive partnership with China’s BeiYang Crea8tive
INTERNATIONAL
Leading hotel and spa textiles supplier, BC SoftWear, has entered into a new distribution partnership with BeiYang Crea8tive (Shanghai), China. BeiYang Crea8tive is the Chinese representative of both Ellisons and German treatment bed specialist Gharieni. BeiYang is also the exclusive distributor of Thermabliss products including the Lava Shells in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Established 14 years ago, Beiyang’s team of global experts delivers spa tools, products and services to globally renowned spa centres throughout China.