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New England laundry business gets Patriotic
NORTH AMERICA
News from the North American linen rental association, TRSA, tells of member company UniFirst. recently inking a three-year sponsorship agreement with Kraft Sports + Entertainment. The deal names the Wilmington, Massachussetts-based linen, uniform and facility services company as the ‘Official Uniform Supply Company’ of the New England Patriots, according to a news release.
LaundryHeap/EAV tie-up squares off electric global deliveries to the tune of £2.6 million
INTERNATIONAL/UK
Electric Assisted Vehicles Limited (EAV), the Oxford-based sustainable zero-emissions transport manufacturers, has confirmed that a substantial order of 200 EAV2Cubed has been placed by LaundryHeap to be delivered during the back part of 2021 and throughout 2022.
Rinnai welcomes Government’s new heat and buildings strategy
UK
As the Government publishes its ‘Heat and Buildings Strategy’ policy paper, specialist hot water solutions provider Rinnai welcomes it and points the way to future solutions. Rinnai operations director Chris Goggin comments: “Rinnai welcomes the UK ‘Heat and Buildings Strategy’, as it outlines a route to a green industrial revolution that enables the delivery of a lower carbon future and achievement of NetZero targets.
Christeyns UK recognised for sustainability initiatives
UK Christeyns UK won the Sustainability Award recently at the Bradford Means Business Awards. The event was held on September 30th.The award recognises those businesses from across the region that have done the most to improve overall environmental performance and enhance sustainability.
Crucial service
LCN asked the UK’s and Ireland’s largest supplier of laundry chemicals solutions to comment on the omplexities of managing healthcare linen. Christeyns business development director, Dave Benson
TSA conference 2021: All together now
The first TSA conference since 2019 was an event that educated, inspired, amused and invigorated and was just what the industry needed at this time. Kathy Bowry was there
Minimising laundry’s carbon footprint – how much further can we go?
Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide addresses the issue of lowering the industry’s carbon footprint, hailing successes and pointing the way for further improvements
Evening wear and ballgowns
Richard Neale and Roger Cawood choreograph steps for dancing successfully around problems with glamorous evening wear
It’s all in the finish… Women’s garments
Because of the wide range of style and fabric types to be found in women’s garments, the finisher often has to evaluate the garment and then decide on the most appropriate method rather than employing a standard finishing method. In this final finishing article I have selected what I believe to be the most useful techniques that will help improve the finish in cases which can sometimes tax the knowledge of the most experienced staff.
Make do and mend
Howard Bradley believes there is a bit of Blitz spirit in the latest, yet sensible, trend to conserve clothing