Photo: Mr. Markus Kobel and Mr. Walter ten Hagen of Laundry Robotics
Milan, Expo Detergo, October 21, 2022
In the morning of the 21st of October, the immense transformation of the industry was best demonstrated by the CINET Webinar; “Robotization & Automation for Sustainable Processing?” The worldwide leading suppliers of these new technologies, Laundry Robotics, Inwatec / Jensen and Kannegiesser presented the practical advantages of available technologies ready for usage and creating a new future; higher productivity, better efficiency, less human labor needed for heavy and/or dangerous work, leading to 100% automated processing at short notice.
Mr. Jaap de Ruiter of TBR
This will create a transformation of the industry. It will also create an important further improvement for even better sustainability up to CO2 NEUTRAL processing, as was presented by TBR from The Netherlands.
Mr. Henk Gooijer of TKT
TKT presented the conclusion of the latest studies on the effects of Intensifying the use of garments and textiles: 50% CO2 savings as a result of using garments twice as often as up till now, for instance using shirts 10 times stead of 5 times. A gigantic opportunity for the professional textile care industry, which comes on top of the 2- 3 times better performance of professional textile cleaning compared to domestic washing.
Mr. Simon Hemmes of IHAC
Additionally, the International Hygiene Advisory Committee (IHAC) advised via Chairman Simon Hemmes to keep on using the Cinet Reference Protocol for treating contaminated textiles.
