My name is Ellanie de Bruijne and I live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. My career started in 1997 as a medical microbiological analyst. After working for years in two large laboratories, I switched to Expert Infection Prevention in 2010. Instead of examining patient material for a possible infection, I focused my attention on the prevention side so that people do not contract an infection. As an Infection Prevention Expert, I have worked in various hospitals and long-term care.

Summary of activities that are relevant for Infection Prevention and Control Expert;

• Developing, preparing, advising and evaluating policies in the field of hygiene and infection prevention.
• Coordinate and support the implementation and monitoring of infection prevention policies.
• Carrying out epidemiological research.
• Registering and analyzing hospital infections.
• Advising, instructing and informing healthcare staff and third parties.
• Coordinating executive activities in the event of emergencies

Gabriella Deme, PTC expert, certified CINET trainer & owner of DS Wash. 25+ years of business consulting and complex project management, deep understanding of manufacturing, logistics, finance and accounting processes, business and efficiency improvement techniques combined with 15 years’ experience in planning, set up, assessing and managing professional laundries. As an independent laundry consultant I support laundries from design, equipment selection, through plant productivity audits, employee trainings based on best practices, to implementing RFID based textile management systems. As a lecturer I am involved in the PTC training in Hungary and with CINET. In Hungary I founded the first laundry-on-demand service company, based exclusively on wet cleaning technology, focusing both on B2B and B2C customers.

My mission is to enable PTC companies to adopt innovation, apply best practices, ensure high quality services and strengthen the position and acceptance of the industry in both consumer and business to business sectors.

Geert Böttger lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. He completed his academic career with a doctorate in economics. 

Since 1986, Böttger has been involved with the textile chain from “Sheep to Shop” or “From Fiber to Fashion”. Initially as a consultant and partner in “Kurt Salmon Associates”, a USA – based international consultancy specialized in the textile chain, later as managing director of Niedieck/Girmes, the largest clothing velvet and woven fur weaver, and finally as Vice President of Messe Frankfurt, responsible for the textile trade fairs. 

In 2004, Böttger set up his own consulting business and specialized additionally in the professional textile care industry. He has been a well-known expert in this field among companies, associations and the media for many years. 

Ken joined Sankosha in July 1997. At the time, the company did not have any overseas sales or overseas operations, so he carried out sales activities while also working in overseas operations, and has visited approximately 40 countries and regions to date. From around 2010, he began working to revitalize the global Dry Cleaning industry, and he was involved in planning for IDC in 2015. He is well known as the Japanese person who knows the global Dry Cleaning industry best.

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Max Ziermann is 22 years old and an industrial engineer. He works  in the BÖWE company from his early days as a small boy, mostly in production. Recently he decided  like his two siblings to follow the example of his father (Frank Ziermann) and join the BÖWE Family business.
In 2023 he decided to learn more about the finishing side of the dry cleaning industry and joined the Sankosha company for 6 months in Japan.
In this way he could understand the dry cleaning side as well as, the finishing side of this business, to be able to help the customer as good as possible.
Now he is the responsible person for Sankosha Europe by Ziermann and working in the technical sales department for BÖWE.

Robert graduated from a university in Indonesia and moved to Japan in 2017 to join Sankosha. He began his career in assembly, where he worked for three years, gaining valuable hands-on experience. After that, he transitioned into after-sales support, where he spent four years providing exceptional technical assistance and product maintenance. In 2024, Robert stepped into an overseas sales role, managing markets in Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. With a strong background in both technical and sales roles, Robert brings a well-rounded expertise to his work at Sankosha.

Tim Maxwell is President of GreenEarth Cleaning and has served in this role since 2003. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day worldwide operations of the Company, including the sales, marketing, financial, technical, licensing, and product distribution functions.

Tim joined GreenEarth in 2000 and initially served as the technical representative in Canada and the Northeastern United States.

He is a second-generation dry cleaner and was involved in his family’s ownership of Suedemaster Leather Cleaners in Toronto, Canada.

Tim has a degree in Economics from the University of Windsor. He and his wife, Karen, reside in Kansas City, MO.