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Oxwash adds 100% electric van to net-zero fleet
UK
Oxwash, has acquired a brand new all-electric van. Introduced in the UK last year, the a zero-emission Maxus eDeliver 3, one of the first electric-only vans to be sold in the UK, is the solution to improving logistics without compromising sustainability efforts, said the company. Sustainability is at the core of everything Oxwash does, so the key to expansion was finding a solution to access customers further afield while remaining net-zero.
Sweden’s textile care professionals gather after two-year hiatus
SWEDEN Report by Daniel Karrholt, Sveriges Tvätteriförbund It was a crisp fresh November morning when the Swedish Textile Service Association (Sveriges Tvätteriförbund) gathered once again for an autumn meeting after a break of two years. One hundred and thirty delegates met at the Hotel Blique by Nobis, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz, which opened in 2019 with generous areas, a roof terrace and an optimal location between Vasastaden and in the adjacent Hagastaden.
Rinnai gains Kudos for its laundry hot water heating solution
UK Kudos Linen Hire is a new name servicing the North East and Newcastle providing linen hire and laundry services to a whole range of industries and institutions including healthcare, hospitality, holiday parks, care home, events management and local and central government sites. The company has built a brand-new factory just outside Newcastle to “ensure the highest quality of service and reliability”.
TSA plans sustainability pact with commercial laundries
UK The Textile Services Association (TSA) is putting together a Sustainability Pact that’s designed to support commercial laundries in their drive to deliver a more sustainable future. The Pact will also support the hospitality industry’s net zero carbon objectives, but, as Shyju Skariah, technical services manager at the TSA, points out: “We don’t just want to focus on net zero carbon. We also need to be tackling water quality, reducing waste – this is so much more than a simple net zero tag.’’
Designer garments and high value items
As the recovery from the pandemic increases in pace, the future for High Street cleaners (and those with a good site in a shopping mall) is uncertain because the recovery of this sector of the market is patchy. However, the future for those cleaners working towards the high end of the market is much more positive, because the options open to customers with high value and designer items are often limited to highly skilled cleaners capable of handling what, in some cases, can be high risk items, which present difficult cleaning issues and demand key skills.
Training laundry managers and supervisors
Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide addresses the subject of training and has devised a few questions to test the aptitude of current and potential laundry managers and supervisors
Shipshape and seaworthy
EDRO continues its voyage as a leader in marine laundry machinery and solutions
The challenges for managers on cruise ships
Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide takes a look at the problems involved in delivering high quality linen on cruise ships and offers solutions
Plain sailing
Setting up a laundry that can cope with cleaning all sorts and types of textiles, dealing with housekeeping needs, uniforms and passenger clothing, while at sea is a challenge. LCNi looks at some solutions
It’s all in the finish: techniques for jackets
Cleaners frequently face difficult quality issues when finishing jackets. This is particularly the case with the sleeve seams where the sleeve is attached to the jacket and occasionally the pocket flap seams, to say nothing of the problems arising from fusible interlinings. For more than 50 years fusible interlinings have regularly been a source of difficult to resolve finishing faults, mainly caused by relaxation/shrinkage of the interlining resulting in rippling effects on the outer fabric or by localised breakdown of the bond leading to bubbles or blisters. Over the years the industry has developed techniques that in many cases will correct or mitigate the faults associated with these interlinings.