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What is ‘green’?
Howard Bradley gets on his soap box and questions the meaning of ‘green’. The views expressed here are his own
It ain’t over yet
Pulling no punches, the TSA laid out its vision for the industry. It believes when things are tough the industry needs to work together. And it is doing all it can to make that happen. Kathy Bowry reports
Rinse and repeat
Ideal’x new partnership delivers sustainable laundry detergents, sustainably
Part two: Wet or dry?
In this the second instalment of a two-part report, Brian Pearce looks at the different roles and effects of drycleaning and wetcleaning
Improving sustainability in rental stocks
It is time to take stock of your rental textiles’ life expectancy and do everything you can to extend it, says Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide
The end of an era
At the recent TSA conference, laundry stalwart John Shonfeld of Tibard, announced his retirement from the textile care industry. Kathy Bowry finds out about his long career which spans more than 50 years
Let’s talk stains
In the early 1960s drycleaning moved from factory-based operations to unit shop cleaning. Since then we have lost much of the knowledge and skills acquired in factories where specialist spotters used 20 or more chemicals. Today, due to de-skilling of the industry, stain removal presents very real problems for many businesses. In this series of articles on stain removal I will be setting out a step-by-step approach to help cleaners develop their knowledge and skills and improve their performance.
The inaugural ETSA Awards. And the winners are…
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The new ETSA Awards recognise the most accomplished and innovative projects run by ETSA members. The first ETSA Awards took place on 12 May at the Association’s Congress in Rome last month. There were many nominees with innovative projects for the award category ‘Best Innovative Project’, and the winner was Lindström Oy, for its project ‘Workwear Flex’, representing a new digitalised approach to their market.
ETSA convenes Peer Parliaments in European Year of Youth
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Elena Lai, director general of ETSA spoke of the Association’s work in two ‘Peer Parliament’ workshops which it organised as EU Climate Ambassador, 2022 being the Commission’s ‘European Year of Youth’. Panellists included Jesper Jensen of Jensen Group, Andreas Holzer of Bardusch, pictured, and Hartmut Engler of CWS.
ETSA debates the green recovery
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At the ETSA Congress held recently in Rome, a panel discussion moderated by ETSA chairman Andreas Holzer started with him stating what is on everybody’s mind in the textile services industry: “Emissions to be cut by 2030. The circular economy. Apple has now decided you can repair your phones and replace the battery – great news. Renting instead of selling. Operators give it back refurbish, re–rent…re-sell.”