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Effective stain removal at affordable cost
Sending a hotel or restaurant items which are still stained is guaranteed to send housekeepers or restaurant managers into a frenzy. Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide has the remedies needed to avoid this scenario playing out.
Skin deep: suede and leather
Our expert team, Roger Cawood and Richard Neale, look at cleaning suede and leather, a process which is not without its ups and downs.
Pro-fashional garments for professional use
Jensen has systems in place to ensure the processing of professional workwear throughout a commercial laundry is totally seamless.
Chemical formula for value-added service
Formulating the right wash chemistry offers added value to Rental Uniform Services’ customers.
Much better than middling
The Middle East laundry and drycleaning market looks set to provide major opportunities for growth this year, writes Eugene Gerden.
Expert tips to spring clean shopfront windows
UK
Looking forward to better weather as we head towards April? Here are some valuable tips for premises such as laundries and drycleaners with shopfronts facing onto High Streets. With brighter weather imminent, searches online or ‘clean windows’ are up by 23%1 since last year and 12,0001 people Googled ‘how to clean my windows’ in February alone. After being buffeted rain, snow and sleet over the past months, windows across the UK will be in need of a sprucing up, but what are the best ways to clean them inside and out?
Sustainable laundry specialist Washco awarded ISO 14001 accreditation
UK
Newbury, Berkshire-based commercial laundry specialist Washco,has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility. ISO 14001 is the internationally recognised environmental standard which provides a system for managing an organisation’s environmental practices. The certification demonstrates Washco’s outstanding commitment to sustainability, as it continually improves and reduce its impact on the environment, said the company.
Precious water for villages that are running dry
INTERNATIONAL
The GoodTextiles Foundation has worked to improve drinking water supplies in sub-Saharan Africa in another joint project with ‘Cotton made in Africa’ (CmiA). In three villages in Togo particularly affected by climate change, the partners built wells and trained people disease prevention, hygiene and health care among other vital topics.
Fishers freshens fleet with Fraikins
UK
Scotland’s largest commercial laundry and textile rental company, Fishers, has turned to Fraikin, one of the largest providers of commercial vehicle contract hire, fleet management and rental solutions in the UK, for support across its entire commercial vehicle fleet, managing 60 rigid trucks previously supplied from another provider.
OBITUARY: William ‘Bill’ Luse, former TCATA president
USA
It with regret that we announce the death of William W ’Bill’ Luse, former president of the Textile Care Allied Trades Association (TCATA), who died on 24 February at his home at the age of 95. Luse served on the TCATA Board of Directors in the late 1960s and was association president in the early 1970s.