TC (Retail Textile Cleaning)
HYDROFLEX; new textile cleaning equipment for a new era of flexibility
Since inception, Firbimatic has been always closely following the PTC market and the customers’ requirements when introducing innovations in the product range. Recently, the textiles market started a transformation that had many consequences, among textile care companies, such as dry cleaners and laundries. The situation has changed with the use of more and more washable…
Read MoreSmart logistics for optimal flow in textile cleaning facility
Metalprogetti of Perugia, Italy, is a leading manufacturer of innovative logistic systems. Many installations all over the world demonstrate their efficient technology. In Germany Metalprogetti has been represented for many years by Multimatic iLSA Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG. Multimatic provides feasibility studies, sales and technical service. Here is a brief description of solutions that…
Read MoreAutomatic garment drop-off and delivery systems for hospitals
Metalprogetti is an Italian company that designs and manufactures automated systems for garment movement. Ever since the company was founded, its mission has been to simplify and solve various problems related to the management and handling of garments in even the most complex fields. Critical aspects related to work uniform management in hospitals and how…
Read MoreThe BOWE showroom in Germany; Experience, research and education center for drycleaners, dealers and service technicians
BÖWE Textile Cleaning, located in the Black Forest in South-West Germany, celebrates this year the 70 anniversary. With a long history in manufacturing dry cleaning machines BÖWE started now with a new showroom for testing and research, BÖWE Academy for different courses and trainings, BÖWE App for Apple and Android, etcetera. With these investments BÖWE…
Read MoreModern e-learning app for Fornet Franchising in China
While changing life of the public, the mobile interconnection technology provides innovative management tools for franchising. The mobile technology improves training, operation, brand management, etc. of the franchising system of Fornet. Development of the franchising system needs support of several systems such as market development, standardized operation, operation supervision, brand management, etc. all of which…
Read MoreTextile Care labelling and future perspectives
What about the Care Labelling Symbols? GINETEX, is the International Association for Textile care labelling and owns and oversees, with COFREET (the French national member), the use of the five care symbols that are used on billions of garments every year. Developed by GINETEX in the 1960’s, the care symbols for textile are designed to…
Read MoreQuality and care labels in relation to new cleaning technologies
Analysis of damaged items after cleaning The professional cleaning activity is a proximity service including the work insured by a dry cleaning process, a wet cleaning process, or both. As with laundry, professional textile cleaning can lead to obviously damaged items after cleaning (dry cleaning, wet cleaning, washing, drying, ironing, etc.) or assessed as damaged by…
Read MoreThe added value of new cleaning chemistry for consumers
The modern dry-cleaners of today, but certainly also the launderers, are always seeking for new offers for their clients. Without any doubt the offering of clean clothes is still the main profession of such an operation. But any additionally added values to their clients will result in a higher customer loyalty. On the other hand…
Read MoreInnovation in cleaning technology serving needs of tomorrow’s consumers – By Tim Maxwell, President of GreenEarth
It’s been said that ideas are the natural born enemy of the way things are. And of course, given that, it is the consumer who is the natural born beneficiary of ideas. Consider the world in 1800. The population was 1 billion and Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus had just published an essay on the Principle…
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