The tour’s primary sponsors are Kannegiesser USA and the Jensen group. It is open to all textile services operators and will depart on Wednesday 9 May and return to Frankfurt on Saturday 12 May.

It will visit Kannegiesser’s manufacturing complex in Vlotho and two of its German customers, Alsco in Frankfurt which serves the industrial sector and Kruppert Wäsche Dienst at Heimatsgarten, which specializes in handling hospitality linen.

The final stops are at laundries operating Jensen equipment. Rentex at Stein, Netherlands specialises in healthcare laundering. Basse Meuse at Vottem, Belgium serves the hospitality market while Depairon in Verviers, Belgium, focusses on customers in the industrial sector.