Rinnai – a leading provider of  heat and energy appliances – recently reported its ability to offer limitless hot water. Continue reading “Hot water solutions for healthcare laundries”

Saving money and improving efficiency in an on-premises laundry (OPL), will require a planned and multi-level approach. Here is an outline to consider: Continue reading “Savings & Efficiency in OPL Settings require planned, multi-level approach”

Dave Menz  of US-based Queen City Laundry is currently building a new facility that  will be a 9,000-square-foot laundry centre which will include a children’s play area, granite counters, an ozone sanitization system, high-speed Wi-Fi, big-screen televisions, comfortable seating, 12-foot aisles, ample folding space, high-extract washers, excess parking, drop-off laundry and dry-cleaning services, and pickup and delivery. Kevin Adkins’ 8,200-square-foot Dirty Laundry laundromat boasts 84 washers, ranging from 20- to 90-pound capacities, complemented by 94 dryer pockets. Continue reading “Is the Large-Format Mega-Laundry trending?”

Hygiene chemical specialist Christeyns UK has recently held its first live event since 2019. The Christeyns Leadership Conference was held last month and brought the key management team back together in order to focus on value, performance, team working and planning for the future. Continue reading “Christeyns UK teams up with Leadership Conference”

Christeyns and Veride will bring a revolution in the Professional Textile Care industry (PTC) by launching  a technology to reduce fresh water consumption to an absolute minimum and provide process water of the best quality. This strategic joint venture between the international detergent supplier and international engineering company for environmental installations will bring innovation and will expand their geographic footprint.

Continue reading “Washing textiles using only 0,5 litre fresh water per kg linen”

During the audit, Cristal Cleaning Drachten (The Netherlands), proved it has everything in order for the NETEX Environment and Quality Assurance recertification Due to corona, this audit was done online via a video call including a “tour” through the company for the visual inspection. The necessary documents were submitted in advance for assessment. We would like to congratulate Mr and Mrs Sietzema once again on obtaining the certificates.

Continue reading “Cristal Cleaning Drachten obtains the NETEX Environmental and Quality Guarantee certificate again”

Safechem –  a world-wide provider of solutions for the safe and sustainable use of solvents for industrial parts cleaning, textile cleaning and asphalt testing applications – recently announced that the Certification Body ECOCERT Greenlife has positively assessed its Sensene solvent as a GOTS approved additive in line with the applicable criteria of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), Version 6.0.

Continue reading “GOTS accreditation for Safechem solvent Sensene”

Cintas Corp. has recently announced its ambition to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The company reports it is also working on a comprehensive, enterprise-wide review of its business model as to environmental, social and governance (ESG) opportunities, improvements, and efficiencies.

Continue reading “Cintas ready for the workday”

Finland’s Infinited Fiber Company – known domestically as a fashion industry changer – is raising millions to scale up their production. This summer, H&M and Adidas already invested in the company. Now Zalando has also joined. In addition to the fashion brands, a number of “regular financiers” and Sateri (a large viscose producer) are also investing in the company.

Continue reading “Is a circular fashion industry on the way?”

An update of the state of affairs and expectations

Since the beginning of last year, our daily lives have been dominated by the corona virus. Worldwide, more than 230 million people became infected. The virus has so far claimed more than 4.7 million lives. More than 6 billion vaccinations have now been performed. Several countries have let go of corona measures or, as in the Netherlands, have relaxed them considerably.

Continue reading “Corona: how are we doing after more than 1.5 years?”