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PPE for buildings and surfaces combats bacterial growth
UK
A new anti-microbial adhesive vinyl from Beaverswood provides improved protection for people against the risk of contamination from germs and bacteria on many surfaces, including doors, trolley and pallet truck handles, desktops and lift buttons, for example. The new product has promise for commercial laundry facilities managers seeking to avoid cross contamination in the workplace.
Christeyns is dosed up on 10 years of engineering success
UK/INTERNATIONAL Christeyns is celebrating 10 years since it first began designing and producing dosing equipment to support its range of laundry and hygiene products. As well as its recently added engineering unit in the UK the company has a brand-new engineering facility in Budapest, Hungary, pictured, which develops a range of high-tech equipment for many of its markets around the globe. The multi-functional 1,200m2 unit will allow production to be managed in-house for all divisions including food & beverage, professional hygiene and medical.
TRSA industry reports produce compelling financial data
NORTH AMERICA
High levels of participation in recent surveys of linen, uniform and facility services operators, which are used to generate the annual TRSA Industry Performance Report and Plant Employee Compensation Report, has created compelling industrywide financial data to identify strategies to facilitate long-term business success. These final results of these surveys have been distributed at no charge to the TRSA member companies who provided data to the Industry Performance Report (58 companies) and the Plant Employee Compensation Report (40 companies). The full reports are now available for purchase at www.trsa.org/store.
Prudential Overall Supply. 89 years in business and still growing
USA
Prudential Overall Supply, Irvine, California, recently marked its 89th anniversary. The family-owned and operated independent has made remarkable progress since its founding in 1932 by John D Clark as a one-man operation. Today, Prudential is a nationally branded industrial operator that serves around 28,000 customers coast to coast.
GCL and WCL technical seminar video available now
UK
The Guild of Cleaners and Launderers and the Worshipful Company of Launderers on Tuesday 20 April fielded three speakers giving their ‘Views on the Current Textile Care Market’in its monthly technical seminar via Zoom.
CLEAN gains ISO 9001:2015 Certification for quality management
UK CLEAN is delighted to have been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognised standard that ensures the rental and laundering of garments, dust mats and sundry items meets the needs of customers through an effective quality management system.
Virtual support for its affiliates takes root in GreenEarth philosophy
INTERNATIONAL Since its formation in 1999, the GreenEarth Cleaning operating model has been one that is designed to provide access to a unique cleaning solution and proprietary products but also to a premium level of support. The company considers its affiliates to be a part of the ‘GreenEarth Family’, where garment care professionals within the network receive a full menu of exclusive resources spanning technical, marketing, and day-to-day business operations. The company’s swift adoption of virtual support methods has enabled it to help its affiliates through difficult trading times during the pandemic.
Rinnai welcomes North Sea Transition Deal and calls for industry unity in achieving decarbonisation
UK
Rinnai has welcomed the Government’s recently announced as being a key accelerant towards the immediate goal of total decarbonisation while upholding UK climate change commitments.
Laundry additive uses COVID-killing spray formula to kill germs on fabrics
UK A laundry product that eliminates germs and odour-causing bacteria on clothes between washes has been launched by biotech cleaning company Zonitise. Zionitise, which is initially aimed at domestic and OPL laundries provides up to one month’s (or five wash cycles) protection against bacteria and germs on laundry, and uses the same antimicrobial technology proven to kill SARS-CoV-2 when sprayed on surfaces.
Last call: GCL/WCL virtual conference a must for launderers and drycleaners
UK
You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. tonight produced jointly between the Guild of Cleaners and Launderers and the Worshipful Company of Launderers with three speakers giving their “Views on the Current Textile Care Market”. Featuring Colin Paterson, from Total Fabric Solutions on ‘Receiving, Sorting and Classifying’. David Benson, from Christeyns, and Bob Morrish, from Ecolab, will introduce two expert speakers from their offices in Europe.