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ImageFirst adds TCS in Utah to its healthcare laundries stable
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 by USA
ImageFIRST, the USA’s largest and fastest-growing provider of linen and laundry services for the healthcare industry, has announced the acquisition of Textile Care Services (TCS)...

Obituary: Mark Mann, MIP, and ALM board member
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 by USA
The Association for Linen Management (ALM) has announced its sadness at the death of board member Mark Mann, who passed away on 14 January. “It is with a very heavy heart that...

HeiQ world first – dual action textile cooling technology
Thursday, January 13, 2022 by INTERNATIONAL
HeiQ has launched a new dual action textile cooling technology, HeiQ Cool, the world’s first textile technology to deliver both instant contact cooling and...

Top award for 3DLOOK digital body measuring solution for tailors
Thursday, January 13, 2022 by USA
3DLOOK has received the prestigious Digiday Technology Award in ‘Best In-Store Technology’ for successfully implementing its mobile body measuring solution in 330+ tailored...

TSA research underlines importance of laundries to hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 by UK
The textile services sector sits behind practically every sector of the UK economy according to research conducted by Hatch Regeneris and commissioned the Textile Services...

Reinhardt Veit, founder of Veit GmbH and a former VDMA chairman has died
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 by

Easy ‘shopping cart’ experience with new Lavatec parts portal
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 by US/INTERNATIONAL
Lavatec has just launched a new companion website for certified spare parts. NewChapterParts.com offers an easy to navigate e-commerce platform that helps increase...

Rinnai announces new product roadmap in drive to net zero
Monday, January 10, 2022 by UKRinnai is set to launch its ‘H3’ range of products consisting of Hydrogen blends-ready water heating systems in hybrid versions and a comprehensive selection of heat pumps...

Bradford-based Christeyns grows apprentice numbers
Friday, January 07, 2022 by UK
Christeyns, which manufactures and supplies detergents and supporting chemicals for the UK laundry sector, has recently taken on four new apprentices. Isabel Hardwick has joined...

UKHospitality calls for financial support for businesses now
Thursday, January 06, 2022 by UK
UKHospitality, the trade association for hospitality businesses, warns of significant ongoing problems as covid restrictions in Wales and Scotland bite into business for its...

Merry Christmas to all our readers
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by UK/INTERNATIONALWell, here we go again. Christmas and New Year are on our doorstep and covid-19 has sent everything spinning off into chaos for the second year in a row. Nevertheless,...

Check out the LCN features list for 2022
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by UK/INTERNATIONALLaundry and Cleaning News is the leading publication for the textile care industry with news and comment, plus marketing, product and technical features and articles...

Update: Diary of a sale…
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by UK
In June, LCN caught up with Sandy and Angie Alexander who are selling their successful three-site business, Staypress, after 32 years trading. The business has grown over time from...

ImageFirst expands with eighth laundry acquisition
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by USA
ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, King of Prussia, PA, recently announced the acquisition of Puget Sound Laundry Services, a division of Northwest Center Services,...

What’s coming in 2022 from LCN
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by UK/INTERNATIONALLCN, the global leader in textile care news, carries the baton forward into 2022 –and beyond. Our regular in-depth features, well-received by the readership, will...

Latest TRSA survey shows some signs of optimism for 2022
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by USA
Robert W Baird & Co and TRSA, the North America textile services trade association, recently released the results of its December 2021 (Fourth-Quarter 2021) Uniform & Linen...

Queen’s Award presented to Laundry Efficiency
Thursday, December 16, 2021 by UKNovember 2021 was an auspicious month for Laundry Efficiency as it was presented with the Queens Awards for enterprise: Sustainable Development 2021 by the Queen’s representative...

Snap, crackle and pop: The rise of electric vehicles sparks a need for antistatic uniforms
Thursday, December 16, 2021 by UK/INTERNATIONAL
Antistatic fabrics are a must for personnel in involved in manufacturing, working with or servicing electric vehicles, warned Carrington Textiles’ quality...

Kevin Minissian memorial fund to support students of water treatment and recycling
Monday, December 13, 2021 by USA
The family of Kevin Minissian, the late CEO of Norchem Corp, along with staff from the laundry chemical company he founded, recently announced the establishment of a memorial fund...