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Concentrating on the essentials
INTERNATIONAL
Dibella’s long-standing managing director Ralf Hellmann will retire from day-to-day business in the summer of 2023 to focus exclusively on the company’s sustainability strategy. “It has always been my goal to retire from the day-to-day business of Dibella at the age of 60 and to reduce my active part in the company. That time has now come. At our annual meeting, I informed the shareholders that I would like to relinquish the office of managing director at the end of July 2023,” said Ralf Hellmann, who has guided the fortunes of Dibella for almost 30 years.
TSA and De Montfort University announce new laundry hygiene protocols
UK
Laundering textiles plays an important role in maintaining hygienic cleanliness but is particularly sensitive in settings like food production and healthcare. Following a collaborative research project between the Textile Services Association (TSA) and De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) to establish a hygiene protocol test for laundries, the two organisations have announced the results, with the aim to help guarantee laundry is cleaned hygienically.
Clean 2022 concludes on a high note
USA/INTERNATIONAL
The Clean Show closed on 2 August after a busy four-day run at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The event followed a year-long postponement due to COVID-19, and the excitement to meet, in-person, with industry peers and experience the latest technology and innovations was palpable in Downtown Atlanta throughout the event.
Sarah Lancaster installed as WCL Master
The second female Master in the history of the WCL was invested at Shakespeare’s local church, the historic Southwark Cathedral, adjacent to the Globe Theatre
Wearing it well
A trio of focused fairs brought the workwear textile industry together in Frankfurt
Atlanta heralds a new dawn
The latest news on Clean Show 2022 as it gets under way on 30 July and runs until 2 August in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. See also LCNi May edition, which is our official Clean Show preview
Epic waste water savings from Christeyns
Christeyns has launched a detergent system that can save laundries up to 25% in waste water costs and 10 european laundires are already on board
High tech fire fighting
Out run the fire sprite using infra red cameras and artificial intelligence to stop it in its tracks, David C Bursell explains how
Let’s talk stains
It is time for a fresh look at stain identification and the classification of stain types
Covid as a catalyst for change
A highlight of the recent UK TSA Conference was a presentation by Andrew Robson of SPL, Australia’s largest hospitality linen supplier. Post-Covid, he has moved the business in to new and interesting directions