According to Entretien Textile, the impact of the Corona pandemic on sales of professional laundry equipment in France in the first half of 2020 resulted in a 22% contraction. The basis is the comparison with the first half 2019. The second quater of 2020, when the first wave lockdown measures to were imposed was particularily marked by a 34% drop. This comes after very good results in 2019, that market a 2% increase in sales compared with 2018.
The data is gathered by the Promocuisines/Syneg Observatory, by collecting quarterly sales reports from leading companies of laundry equipment. The analysis contains also a positive forecast. According the SYNEG, the French professional organization of the equipment suppliers, the spring of 2021 might bring a return to the levels of activity in 2019.