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The inimitable Jeeves – providing the best
NewGen is working with Jeeves International to open a state-of-the-art central garment processing unit in Saudi Arabia during the pandemic. Kathy Bowry reports
Quality of laundering in care home and hotel OPLs
The pandemic has shown that on premises laundries (OPLs) have a significant role to play in avoiding cross infection that can put residents and guests at risk. Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide looks at ways and means for them to achieve clean linen which is assuredly free of pathogenic bacteria and viruses
Smart movers and shakers are going places faster
Kannegiesser is revolutionising textile care with automated logistics and remarkable robotics
Case studies: Curtains and household textiles
Our experts on all things textile, Roger Cawood and Richard Neale, deal with common problems associated with household items
TSA CEO shares his hopes for building back better in 2022
UK
“Happy New Year to you all,” says Textile Services Association CEO David Stevens, as the industry braces itself to get to grips with whatever 2022 throws at us. His new year wish, not surprisingly, is that 2022 will be better than the last two.
ImageFirst adds TCS in Utah to its healthcare laundries stable
USA ImageFIRST, the USA’s largest and fastest-growing provider of linen and laundry services for the healthcare industry, has announced the acquisition of Textile Care Services (TCS) of Utah, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This acquisition marks ImageFirst’s first facility in the state of Utah. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Obituary: Mark Mann, MIP, and ALM board member
USA The Association for Linen Management (ALM) has announced its sadness at the death of board member Mark Mann, who passed away on 14 January. “It is with a very heavy heart that MIP announces the passing of Mark Mann, vice president of MIP’s USA Business Unit. Mark had been with MIP for 29 years,” said Gabriel Boardman, MIP vice-president product development. “He was one of the people most closely associated with MIP and its success, and one of the first individuals whose name comes up whenever someone thinks of MIP. Many of us sought his industry expertise. We will miss an individual that was larger-than-life with his colourful anecdotes and stories. Mark leaves behind his wife Caroline, five children, and four grandchildren.”
HeiQ world first – dual action textile cooling technology
INTERNATIONAL HeiQ has launched a new dual action textile cooling technology, HeiQ Cool, the world’s first textile technology to deliver both instant contact cooling and continuous evaporative cooling. Initially targeted at home bedding textiles, the technology has clear potential for use in hospitality and healthcare settings.
Top award for 3DLOOK digital body measuring solution for tailors
USA 3DLOOK has received the prestigious Digiday Technology Award in ‘Best In-Store Technology’ for successfully implementing its mobile body measuring solution in 330+ tailored brands stores and improving the shopping experience for both the retailer’s customers and sales representatives, reports the Professional Clothing Industry Association Worldwide (PCIAW).
TSA research underlines importance of laundries to hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing
UK The textile services sector sits behind practically every sector of the UK economy according to research conducted by Hatch Regeneris and commissioned the Textile Services Association (TSA). The findings conclude that the textile services industry is “core to the operation of many businesses in vital and important sectors of the UK economy”. It highlights three markets of particular significance, hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing, concluding that without the support of the textile services industry they would face insurmountable problems. Yet the long-term sustainability of textiles services in the UK is under considerable threat and action is needed if it is to survive.