UK
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened Berendsen’s latest state-of-the-art textile service operations plant in Meadowfield, Durham on Friday 13 January. The new plant replaces the previous Berendsen plant in Neville’s Cross in Durham, which traced its origins back to a domestic laundry at the Neville’s Cross location on the outskirts of Durham City in 1913.
The ceremony was attended by the Berendsen workwear MD Peter Haveus and Berendsen UK country manager Mark Franklin, together with local plant management and staff as well as a number of specially invited customers and business partners.
The new plant will handle protective wear and hygiene garments as well as mats and roller towels. Serving the North East of England from Berwick upon Tweed on the Scottish borders to Hull in North Yorkshire and East to West coast, the plant will deliver 17,000 garments to customers daily, requiring 250 tons of garments to be washed per month. A total of 168 staff will be employed in the service, production and distribution teams.
The Royal visit culminated in the unveiling of a commemorative plaque celebrating the official opening.
OFFICIAL OPENING: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened Berendsen’s latest state-of-the-art textile service operations plant in Meadowfield, Durham on Friday 13 January
