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Domus enhances its reach with easy access virtual showroom
SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL
As part of its major investment in the brand, Domus has developed a virtual showroom to offer its customers a seamless tour of its offering sector by sector. With a choice of Spanish, English and French and a quick access menu it is very accessible and extremely easy to move to any area of the showroom.
Bates battles back after Covid hit
UK
Bates of London, which can trace its history back to 1886, and specialises in linen hire and contract laundry for hotels, health clubs and restaurants across the UK, has been sold to existing management following an intensive period of marketing the business at the end of last year.
New partnership brings pre-packed medical linen service to Texas Panhandle
USA
Medline has announced it has entered into a partnership with North Heights Linen Service, a full-service healthcare laundry processing facility in Amarillo, Texas, to provide access to its Ready-to-Use pre-washed and pre-packaged linens to health systems across the country. To kick off the partnership, Medline also worked directly with North Heights Linen Service to set up operations in their new healthcare laundry plant, which opened in June 2021.
Domus invests in factory and products for centenary year
SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL Domus, as it celebrates its 100th year, has staged an exhibition for the export market and its home and South American markets respectively at its newly-expanded facility in Vic, near Barcelona. The event was an opportunity to show visitors new developments that had been developed over the past couple of years as well as a tour of the factory. The exhibition clustered laundry solutions by sector – hospitality OPL, Heathcare OPL, including barrier washers and industrial laundry machines. Click here to see a film of the exhibition and factory tour. https://youtu.be/n_63VhpFyx4
Rinnai announces new H3 product roadmap in drive to net zero
UK
Rinnai is expanding its product range in accordance with increased demand for decarbonising technology. Rinnai’s new H3 range of products includes a wide selection of commercial heat pumps as well as hydrogen blends-ready and hybrid hot water heating systems. Additionally, Rinnai will be developing and introducing electrical formats to all existing product ranges within the next 12 months.
Domus exhibits 100 years of laundry expertise
SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL Domus, which is celebrating its centenary this year, has been connecting with distributors and existing and potential customers from around the globe over the past two weeks. The company staged an exhibition for the export market and its home and South American markets respectively at its newly-expanded facility in Vic, near Barcelona.
CCA can save laundries £millions – but hurry, TSA urges industry
UK The Government has agreed to reopen the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme temporarily. If a commercial laundry isn’t registered for the CCA then it’s missing out, said TSA after the association successfully lobbied government agencies to reopen the scheme – and they have agreed, but only until the end of March. Once this window closes, that’s it.
£1m investment as Guarantee Laundries moves beyond Covid
UK
Guarantee Laundries has announced ambitious growth plans for the future of the business as it invests for expansion and hopes to fulfill its vision to be one of the first B Corp laundries in the UK. Guarantee Laundries has started out on a three year £1m investment programme to increase capacity at its large 40,000sq.ft. facility in Dorset.
hawo scores again as a German Brand of the Century
GERMANY In its anniversary edition ‘German Standards – Brands of the Century 2022’, the ZEIT publishing house presents “the exciting stories of the brands that belong to the top class of German brands” for the 20th time – and the packaging systems of the family-owned company hawo from Obrigheim in the South-West of Germany are among them.
ETSA welcomes a new member to the team
EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL On 1 February, ETSA Secretariat welcomed Nadia Sleiman as A member of the ETSA team as part of her internship contract with American University. Sleiman is in the third year of her Bachelor’s program at American University and is pursuing an undergraduate degree in International Studies with a focus on conflict resolution, identity, race, gender and culture in the Middle East and Europe. Nadia also speaks French, Arabic and English.