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Volume III: Innovations & New Technologies

The scope of volume III is on the future. Innovations and New Technologies are ongoing in the industry and in the world around us. In the light of the changes in the society innovations are described, by experts in the field, that can enable textile care companies to more and more fulfil the desires and needs of their customers. New technologies covered by this book are selected to provide the textile service and textile cleaning companies with information about relevant future developments. The focus of this volume is on technology and process innovations inside textile care processing.

The full color 300+ pages books in the English language can be ordered at the CINET secretariat or at the shop

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CINET; Over 50% growth in PTC markets next 10 years!

CINET; the international umbrella organization for the global professional textile care (PTC) industry. This is based upon an extensive market studies, laid down in the publication “The World of PTC Volume 2: Market Characteristics & Trends” (2014). Mature markets will grow by further penetration in new market segments, but certainly also by offering a “Total solution” for a more specialized market demand in textile services. Emerging markets will grow because of economic & demographic trends, adopting higher quality & services in more professional retail & industrialized laundries. CINET supports this development by a vast database of knowledge & expertise via a dedicated website, organisation of conferences & workshops, publications of books, providing E-learning educational materials (10 languages) & webinars. Additionally yearly international market research & technology projects are initiated to stimulate implementation of the latest technologies in high quality & sustainable processing.

Working Groups
For this purpose CINET organizes working group meetings to exchange information, set topics and priorities, discuss projects and value results. These Working Groups varies in subjects. The different Working groups are Research & Technology, Best Practices, Marketing & PR, Care Labelling, Certification, E-Learning, and Innovation.

The World of PTC: Volume 3 Innovations & New Technologies
Innovations and new technologies is the third volume in the CINET book series: “The World of PTC”. This publication will contain the latest innovations and development of the international textile care industry. The book be dedicated to the technological innovation of equipment, chemicals, automation, ICT systems, textiles and energy generation. This book will be introduced in a special meeting April 15 in Atlanta USA.

Volume 4 of the book series world of PTC will be dedicated to innovative developments in logistics, ICT & online developments and service concepts. The book will be launched October/November 2015.

Order your copy of “World of PTC” here!

E-Learning programs
The E-Learning programs are important to for the development of knowledge and skills of the professional textile care industry. Therefore CINET aim on updating and optimising the E-Learning programs. E-Finish will show hands on information about customer oriented finishing and E-WetClean will contain the specific information on Wetcleaning technology and knowledge.

For the textile service industry a new program E-industrial Laundry is set-up. Providing basic information for laundry operators and managers and more in depth information for laundry managers. The e-learning program will be set up according an more interactive and thematic approach using video and animations. To meet the level of the participants the training program is divided in three levels C: The basic principles, B: Best practice operation and A: Operational excellence.

CINET profile 2015-2016
CINET published earlier this year the Profile 2015-2016 action plan. This document provides an overview of CINET projects and activities, as well as CINET conferences, workshops and company visits worldwide.

CINET
The International Committee of Textile Care (CINET), is the umbrella organization pooling national textile care associations, research institutes, suppliers and PTC professionals worldwide. CINET’s international mission is to build a Global Network of industry experts and represent and promote the textile care industry. The global partnership of CINET represents some 70 organizations, 175 liaisons and a global network of over 1750 industry experts.

For more information please contact:

CINET Secretariat
Postbus 10
NL-4060 GA Ophemert
Tel: +31 344 650 430
Fax: +31 344 652 665
Email: cinet@cinet-online.net
Website: www.cinet-online.net

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CEE-TEX 2014: Meeting point for growth & business opportunities

The first CEE-TEX event has shown its potential as a platform for strengthening the collaboration and position of Professional Textile Care (PTC) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE-region). With the attendance of the region’s leading organizations, over 8 hours of notable presentations, and an abundance of plans for further collaboration the inaugural CEE-TEX has proven to be a great success.

With some 200 attendees—representing PTC companies, suppliers, associations, as well as individual professionals and experts—the event offered ample opportunity for networking, exchanging information and discussing future plans.

Speaking topics during the inaugural CEE-TEX summit covered sustainability, energy savings, technology solutions, new business models and e-learning. Additionally, the summit facilitated country introductions and roundtable discussions—a CEE’s first!

TTE, CINET and TMTE heartily thank the national sponsors Procter & Gamble and Hohenstein and international sponsors Dow|Safechem, Christeyns, Union, Firbimatic and Realstar for their enthusiasm and contributions.

Organisation CEE-TEX 2014 was organized by the Hungarian Textile Cleaning Association (TTE) and CINET in cooperation with TMTE, it was supported by national associations and organisations from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Bulgaria.

The next CEE-TEX event will take place in 2015. Further information will be made available later this year.

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WRP (Germany)

WRP (Wäscherei + Reinigungspraxis) is the trade magazine for textile sector: textile cleaning, laundries and textile service. Its Readers are specialists and managers from the wet and dry cleaning industries, laundries, textile rental service providers, machine manufacturers and their sales forces, as well as from the accessories industry.
WRP is unique in the industry: as the official organ of all German inter-branch organisations (DTV, Intex, FWL, Gtegemeinschaft sachgeme Wschepflege and EFIT), WRP has excellent connections in all areas of the textile care industry. WRP provides up-to-date information on the whole textile care industry, clearly structured into the sections dry cleaning, laundry service and textile leasing.

Visit the official website.

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LCNi (United Kingdom)

Laundry and Cleaning News is a publication for the textile care industry with news, comment and letters, plus marketing, product and technical features and articles about legislation, and business management.
It covers all sectors of the industry, laundry, textile rental healthcare laundering, drycleaning, OPL and launderette sectors. Our regular What Went Wrong section is a must for drycleaners. It includes case studies as well as hints and tips on how to handle certain garment categories and avoid problems.

CINET NEWS
CINET News November 2014 [PDF]
CINET News September 2014 [PDF]

Visit the official website.

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CEE-TEX 2014 welcomes Union and Christeyns as main sponsors

Machine manufacturer Union and chemicals supplier Christeyns join Procter & Gamble and DOW|Safechem as main sponsors of CEE-TEX 2014. The event, supported by the region’s leading organizations, is assured to be nothing short of a great success!

CEE-TEX 2014 is developed to strengthen the cooperation and overall position of Professional Textile Care (PTC) in the Central and Eastern Europe region (CEE-region).

The event is organized by the Hungarian Textile Cleaning Association and CINET in cooperation with TMTE and is supported by national associations and organisations from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia,Croatia and Bulgaria. The event contains an exhibition, the national conference, the inaugural CEE-TEX summit, evening programstour—everything under one roof from 12 until 14 November 2014 at the Ramada Hotel & Resort Lake Balaton in Hungary.

National Conference
The National Conference takes place on Thursday, November 13, during the morning program. Speakers elaborate on green laundry, EU regulations, energy and water savings, the economic outlook, financial support for sustainable investments, and certification. In addition, the Hungarian 5th placed candidate in the CINET European Award Best Practices Textile Cleaning 2014 will present his business case.

CEE-TEX 2014 Summit
The CEE-TEX summit will address „Best Practices to support profitable business with high quality and sustainable services.” Keynote speakers in the afternoon program on Thursday, November 13 include Mr. P.N.M. Wennekes, Mr. T. Lucassen, and Mr. G. Böttger. Speaking topics include sustainability, energy savings, technology solutions, new business models, and e-learning.

All presentations and materials are available in Hungarian and English language, presentations will be translated real-time. Further translation to other languages is aided through equipment available to country delegations.

For more information and registration please visit cee-tex.com

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CEE-TEX 2014: Trends, Technology & Networking

From 12 until 14 November 2014 CEE-TEX takes place, an international event for textile professionals in Central and Eastern Europe. This initiative is developed to strengthen the cooperation and overall position of Professional Textile Care (PTC) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE-region). The event is organized by the Hungarian Textile Cleaning Association and CINET in cooperation with TMTE and support of national associations and organisations from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Bulgaria. Translations will be available in Hungarian, English and a variety of other languages.

CEE-TEX aims to provide a platform for PTC companies, their suppliers, national associations, as well as individual professionals and experts. All are brought under one roof to gather and exchange information, learn about the latest trends, technologies and developments. The program not only offers information on market characteristics and trends, but also provides best practice information on how to achieve excellence in daily operations, starting from tomorrow.
CEE-TEX 2014 is centred on best practices in green textile cleaning, environment protection, energy efficiency, and sustainable processing in the Professional Textile Care sector. CEE-TEX 2014 will demonstrate the latest trends and technologies in the PTC market through an exhibition and presentations by renowned speakers. The event contains an exhibition, a national conference, the inaugural CEE-TEX summit, evening programs, and a tour—everything under one roof at the Ramada Hotel & Resort Lake Balaton in Hungary.

CEE-TEX 2014 Program
12 November
14.00 – Exhibitor Arrival
16.00 – Registration
18.00 – Opening ceremony
19.00 – Gala dinner and evening program

13 November
09.00 – National Conference
14.00 – CEE-TEX summit
18.00 – Closing ceremony
19.00 – Gala dinner and evening program

14 November
Bus tour: Laundry and dry-cleaning salon visit and sight-seeing tour in Budapest

The National Conference
During the National Conference speakers will elaborate on green laundry, EU regulations, energy and water savings, the economic outlook, financial support for sustainable investments, and certification. In addition, the Hungarian 5th placed candidate in the CINET European Award Best Practices Textile Cleaning 2014 will present his business case.

CEE-TEX summit
CINET performed extensive research over the last years with the contribution of over 100 global esteemed experts in the industry, benchmarking studies and developed learning materials. The keynote CINET speakers in the afternoon program on Thursday, November 13 include Mr. P.N.M.Wennekes, Mr. T. Lucassen, and Mr. G. Böttger. Speaking topics include sustainability, energy savings, technology solutions, new business models, and e-learning.

For more information please visit www.cee-tex.com

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Solvetex IV: Independent Quality evaluation of practical wet cleaning systems

In the project Solvetex IV, the cleaning performance of four wet cleaning systems are evaluated by TKT (Technological Knowledgecenter for Textilecare). This study, which was done under practical conditions in operational dry cleaning shops, gives an indication of the overall performance of wet cleaning. It can be concluded that the overall performance of all the systems is good.

Overall cleaning performance
The goal of this benchmark study was to evaluate four wet cleaning systems, which are used in companies. Wet cleaning is defined as mild professional aqueous cleaning of delicate and non-washable textiles, which is to be distinguished from washing or laundry. The differences in specific stain removal between the investigated systems are dependent on the process settings, machines and chemicals used. The specific advantage of wet cleaning is the ability to remove water soluble stains more easily, compared to solvent systems. Using chemicals can enhance non-water soluble stains removal.

Deformation, shrinkage and greying
The deformation of garment for all wet cleaning systems is acceptable. The deformation results depend on the skills of the employees, the cleaning and drying processes and the finishing equipment used. The finishing process can have an important influence on the result. All wet cleaning systems also show an acceptable shrinkage of cotton and woollen test swatches. It was considered that the finishing process is an important step in the practical wet cleaning process to reduce deformation. The greying was as expected, keeping in mind the dark load and the white test swatches. No significant differences between the results were noticed for the wool and the cotton swatches.

Finishing
The result of finishing for the synthetic jacket is good for all wet cleaning systems, although some differences in wrinkling were noticed between the different systems. Wrinkling may require extra attention when finishing but can be removed with relative ease. The overall result for the woollen jacket is that wrinkling and bubbles were noticed in all cases, although at varying degrees. It depended on the mechanical action of cleaning and drying, the drying procedure, chemical interaction and the finishing step. The wrinkling and bubbling was removed after the finishing step, which was considered an important step to deliver high quality garments.

Method
Each machine was investigated using a standard textile package consisting of a new polyester jacket  and a new wool jacket. These were tested in the machine three times, together with three model test swatches and standardized textile to meet the required (optimal) load.

For more information:
Comité INternational de L’Entretien du Textile
P.O. Box 10
NL-4060 GA Ophemert
Tel. +31 (0)344 65 04 30
Fax +31 (0)344 65 26 65
www.cinet-online.com
cinet@cinet-online.com

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