Friday 17th and Saturday 18th of March PTC industry experts of TKT, EFSM, FTN and NETEX offered 36 demonstrations at the Laundry Experience Event, which was attended by over 700 visitors. Speakers from educational institutions, research centres and suppliers attracted a wide audience from the supply chain. The visitors were informed about new trends, technological developments and state of the art techniques in 36 presentations in 15 different themes:
Customized Textile applications; Mass customization offers various opportunities to come to a cost effective customized textile service by making use of digitisation (eg digital printing or 3D measuring), electronics and IT.
Professional cleaning & hygiene assurance; The importance of infection prevention increases.
Best Practices: TOP in sustainability; Industrial, hygienic textile cleaning is 5 times more efficient compared to washing at home.
A fast changing market and demand; Physical channels are usually already fully deployed. However, the world of digital marketing requires more attention than is usual and possible. Offering convenience, flexibility, home delivery, good website and online payments is paramount.
Laundry-on-Demand; The business model in textile service which offers ‘convenience’ is that of ‘Laundry-on-Demand.