Non-profit consumer group Washington Consumers’ Checkbook’s ratings of hundreds of area dry cleaners can help you identify shops that will do a great job cleaning your wardrobe without also cleaning out your wallet. In surveys of area consumers, many of ... Read More »

What are the problems you see facing the Laundry Industry, in the light of GST being recently introduced? Akash Dharamsey: I agree that introduction of GST is surrounded by anxiety since we have limited knowledge about how it will pan ... Read More »

This economic benefit will get even better in coming years. Water and electricity aren’t getting any cheaper. While scarcity creates economic pressure where not enough supply is available to meet high demand, even conservation can raise costs. Our TRSA members ... Read More »

Launderers dry-cleaners and hotel housekeepers & laundry managers gathered at Hotel Rodas-An Ecotel, Mumbai, to discuss the issues confronting operators and hotels today. Organised by Clean India Journal in association with the Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Association of India and supported ... Read More »

A report published in CNN cited mold outbreak in Pittsburgh hospitals way back in 2014 was due to the linen provider. These findings were shared in emails with CNN. This information is now being widely discussed across the world. Here ... Read More »

It was October and the Executive Housekeeper at a 250-room property had put together the housekeeping budget for the next year, requesting `8 lakhs for linens. She based this number on last year’s linen use and projected occupancy for next ... Read More »

What are the common mistakes made by newer service providers in this field? Not all dry cleaners accept every type of fabric for cleaning. And some of the ones who do, mostly run a trial-and-error process that could end up ... Read More »

A In its endeavour to bring together the laundry and dry cleaning service providers under one umbrella, LDAI, in the very first meeting held during the Laundrex India Expo from January 18 to 20 at Hyderabad, joined hands with PDDA, ... Read More »

• Akash Dharamsey, Director, ADD Laundry Concepts Pvt. Ltd; • Xavier Salas, International Sales Director-Girbau SA; • Anshul Gupta, Partner-Quick Clean Pvt. Ltd; • Tushar Goswami, Sales Manager-Laundry India, Electrolux Professional; • Kho Tjin Hok, Lagoon Specialist-APAC, Electrolux; • Suresh ... Read More »

Surpassing expectations, the Laundrex India Expo was the most happening place in the whole exhibition hall. Exhibitors were elated with the mix of visitors at Laundrex India Expo. A lot many were start-ups who flocked in to get all information ... Read More »

The participants were: • A C Sharma, Head Marketing, All India, All Services Global • Suthirtha Sarkar, General Manager-Sales, Buzil Rossari Pvt. Ltd • Sudha Chakrapani, CEO, Washroom hygiene Concepts (P) Ltd • Stalin, Senior Manager Business Development and Operations, ... Read More »

Laundry is basically an art and a science. So, you must know the chemistry of chemicals and the art of presenting it and co-relating it with garments,” says Santosh Pardeshi. The Grand Hyatt laundry is running at a capacity of ... Read More »

  The study of defectiveness in a fabric starts from the analysis of fabric characteristics. The picture shows a mixed fabric composed of cotton, polyester and elastane. The elasticity of a pair of trousers is usually conferred to the presence ... Read More »

Seitz India’s growth so far? Couple of years ago we started manufacturing in India and today, we are exporting to the Middle East from India and soon may be to other parts of the world. Looking back at the present ... Read More »

Water is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity, especially in the two largest emerging markets, China and India, where 46% of absolute global volume growth in laundry detergents is forecast during the 2015-2020 period. In fact, 50% of the global laundry ... Read More »

One of the major costs in laundry is detergents and washing solutions. What has been your experience? It is a myth that laundry detergent is a major cost in today’s modern laundry. It used to be earlier or even now ... Read More »

TRSA conducted Executive Roundtables with representatives of textile service operations to identify opportunities to better meet customers’ needs for clean textile products and related services. It was concluded that the end users must be educated about how the industry measure ... Read More »

In the series of articles featured in Clean India Journal, Laundry Expert Vijay Rodda has shared his experiences gathered over four decades in the hospitality industry. Here are some facts about Percs and Hydrocarbon, commonly used in dry cleaning. The ... Read More »

Over the decades, linen wash has experienced many a technology rendering easy processes and quality results. However, there is much to be done where clothes folding is concerned. The progress made in robotic technology is amazing and promising. A report: ... Read More »

Decades ago, soaps, alkaline salts and bleach were mainly used to treat linen by most laundries. However, in time the compositions have evolved to suit various linen treatment requirements. Laundry expert Vijay Rodda elaborates… The detergent sector in the laundry ... Read More »