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Benelux’ laundry and drycleaning sectors hope for growth in 2023 despite...
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Challenges for the textile service industry: A chance for change? The many seemingly unsurmountable problems facing the industry post-Covid, knock-on effects from the Ukraine war and climate change could actually be the catalyst for change for...
Crossing continents Health and wellbeing is central to the offering from dry/wetcleaning manufacturers
Flying high: Success with airline textiles There are lessons to be learned by all laundry businesses from the specialised operations of airline laundries, says Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide
Unlock your potential – seamlessly Laundries can get on top of efficiencies and rising costs as well as increasing production by using intelligent laundry management systems to integrate their line-up of wash...
Supreme champion ExpoDetergo was the stage for the Cinet Global Best Practices Awards Programme (GBPAP) during which drycleaners presented how they put the principles of best practice to work in...
Cleaning failures and manufacturing faults Cleaners are often left to pick up the pieces for manufacturers’ faults. Richard Neale and Roger Cawood pick over some common fails
Out of sight, out of mind With little cost in terms of time and materials many cleaners could bene t from substantial reductions immediately. There are, of course, some fairly obvious areas where savings can be made
Zone in on wash savings Ozone is a breath of fresh air for OPL laundries looking to cut costs, according to Christeyns, which has launched its new Rapid-O system
Supply and demand Shortage of labour, natural and man-made disasters as well as negative post-Brexit attitudes in Europe are all factors to be dealt with in 2023. But it is not all bad news on the linen trail
Let’s talk stains: Part 6 Roger Cawood gets to grips with the complexities of chemical reagents for stain removal
Laundry engineering for healthcare Part 2 Healthcare laundries can be a lot more efficient when the engineers fine tune exiting equipment, says Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide
TSA conference paints a realistic portrait of what lies ahead TSA set out its plans to enable laundries to become more sustainable all round as energy crisis and global supply problems persist
Still waters run deep Are all textiles the same when it comes to the issue of microplastics? Shyju Skariah, director, programmes and projects at the Textile Services Association guides us through the...
Opportunity knocks Dan Bircham, water and energy specialist at Christeyns UK, believes that in general, there remain good opportunities to save water and energy in most laundries. Washing at low or...
Hospital linen managers share operational challenges and triumphs A lively annual forum of NHS hospital linen managers and suppliers addressed a wide range of issues and found solutions to some of them
It’s no party cleaning designer garments The party season is well under way with some very expensive little numbers adorning partygoers across the nation. Richard Neale and Roger Cawood have advice for dealing with these...
Christmas comes but once a year… Howard Bradley reminisces on Christmases gone by, including one that sent him nuts
Optimistic outlook from Europe’s biggest player It may not be exactly what one might expect in these troubled times, writes Eugene Gerden, but he finds there is, despite all the challenges, a mood of cautious optimism permeating...
Bots and bytes dominate in Milan Robotics and automation were very much the focus of the show this year along with digitisation in all its many forms and helpful impacts
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