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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
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
ABC spells out the importance of top end textile care
America’s Best Cleaners’ (ABC) executive director Chris White was a keynote speaker at the recent Custom Tailors and Designers Association (CTDA) Designer Forum event held in New York City in late January. This gathering showcased a dynamic panel of industry experts which captivated a packed audience of clothiers, fabric makers, CMT specialists, fashion media, and related professionals.
Big batches, high production, better efficiencies
Tunnel washers are a boon to large scale commercial and industrial laundries and there are plenty to choose from. We look at some first-class technology in smart-thinking units, from the big players in the market
Laundry engineering for flatwork – Part 3
Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide looks at drying and ironing, with special emphasis on fire prevention, which he says is the biggest risk to a laundry
The wetcleaning business – is it right for you?
This is the first of several articles which I hope will be of particular interest to those new to wetcleaning or those entrepreneurs who are contemplating opening a retail wetcleaning business. Here, we take a look at the problems faced by many new to the industry who have found that while it can deliver excellent cleaning results there can also be problems associated with cleaning and particularly finishing that only became apparent later on. This has been a very steep learnIng curve for some who have found out to their considerable cost that cleaning using water is not quite as straightforward as many believed it would be.
Spring cleaning is in the air
Spring is in the air and and your customers’ thoughts will be turning to freshening up soft fiurnishings, write Roger Cawood and Richard Neale