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What Went Wrong: Recovering from drycleaning disasters
Every cleaner sooner or later is likely to face a seriously expensive claim for damage to an item. Roger Cawood and Richard Neale explain how to avoid the worst with some damage recovery advice
Material Solutions: Maintenance of specialist workwear
Specialist workwear presents its own challenges for laundries which include the possession of highly developed technical skills and persistence. Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide reviews processes
Wetcleaning: Is it right for you? Part 2
Stain removal, from a technical standpoint, is the most challenging aspect of wetcleaning. However, some aspects present fewer problems for the wetcleaner than the drycleaner. This is because much of the soiling and stains are approximately 70% water based; generally speaking, wetcleaning is a more effective cleansing process than drycleaning, the downside being finishing structured garments to high standards. It is also the case that the numbers of easy care garments now on sale designed for water based processing is increasing with a corresponding reduction in those items where the care label dictates drycleaning many of which will need careful evaluation before accepting for wetcleaning.
AI: Robot army marches onward
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the up-and-coming technology but humans still have a role to play in modern laundry operation
Washer extractors: Speed and power
Powerful washer extractors that also play Scrooge with costly utilities are a laundry’s secret weapon
Spotlight on Spain: Tourism drives market growth in textile care
The tourism sector continues to be the major driver of growth for the Spanish laundry and drycleaning market, writes Eugene Gerden
AI in the laundry: Intelligent interaction
Artificial intelligence is a major breakthrough brought about by human intelligence. We should use it widely – and wisely. Steen Søgaard analyses the data
CINET Global Best Practices Awards: What it is like to be a winner
CINET World Congress and Global Best Practice Awards 2024 (GBPA24) 8-9 November in Frankfurt runs alongside Texcare 2024
March of the machines
Jensen’s partnership with ‘laundry nerds’ Inwatec was the catalyst for revolutionary AI development for laundries – and successive developments are learning to be even more intelligent
Lands of potential opportunity
Southern Africa will provide opportunities for growth in years to come, but it is not the fastest growing African region at the moment, writes Eugene Gerden