Editorial

7 Merry Christmas and … what does 2006 have in store?

Expo Overview

8 Expo Detergo International 2006 looks set to be a huge success

Technologies
12 R&D: new professional laundering and cleaning technologies (2nd part)

20 Continuous batch washers or standard washers?

24 Using but not losing: automated linen distribution in hospitals. A new technology helps hospitals and textile rental companies curb linen costs

28 Microfiber products: cleaning for total customer satisfaction
Efficiency and ease of use appeal to the health industry and other customers

30 Cleaning with perc: process efficacy and evaluation of boosters and stainproof products

34 The importance of pressure gauges

40 Technical tables and charts – steam traps

Market

44 The "scathing criticisms" of Mr. Cocco – All is not lost for private industry

Work Safety
48 Safe loading operations with lifting platforms

Standards

50 Industrial detergents: production and marketing standards

Market

52 Why should dry-cleaners recommend silk garments to their customers – Silk is always new

Trade Info

56 Rampi: tough with dirt, soft with fibers

Trade Info
58 Kannegiesser’s private show – A success that deserves an exhibition

Special

62 Waste water treatment

Trade Info
65 Emmebiesse

Italian contract laundries and dry-cleaners

66 A powerful “secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

Received and Published
68 Functionality or science?
The word goes to Assosecco and a manufacturer

Let’s talk
71 We made it by doing our very best !

Company News

72 Raro: 2006 calendar

73 Falvo: Deter 40

Trade Info
74 Girma inaugurates its new headquarters with a two-day party

Expo Overview

76 Texcare in Beijing: a success story in a success-oriented country

80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82 Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial

7 "The smart guys in the neighborhood"

Expo Overview

8 Expo Detergo International 2006 looks set to be a huge success

Energy

12 AEM - Assosecco fosters the profession’s development

14 AEM Energia: 100% Green Energy

16 “Rediscovering” hydroelectric energy – Hydroelectric power plants

20 Renewable energy sources –ECOLAB’s opinion

Technologies
22 Technical tables and charts: insulation prevents burns
26 R&D: new professional laundering and cleaning technologies

30 “Turn on the tablecloth, the news is on” Nanosciences and nanotechnologies
34 A new technology protects from infections

Work Safety
36 Accidents with laundry carts

Market
38 Guidelines for high-visibility workwear
44 Rest homes

Trade Info

52 23-110 kg Girbau washer-extractors

54 Economic news

Special
56 Logistics in an industrial laundry
61 Special: logistics

64 IT in laundries and cleaners’ shops

Italian contract launderers and dry-cleaners

68 A powerful “secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

Trade Info

67 Girma’s new headquarters

Let’s talk

71 It doesn’t matter who’s best…

Trade Info
72 Still young at 30

News from the Associations
75 Renewal of the Collective Labor Agreement for the Industrial Laundry industry – second economic two-year period.
Draft Agreement dated 26 October 2005

Company News

76 Ilsa’s BW lines, a productive project

78 Fimas – the ultimate in ironing automation

79 Falvo: coin-op laundries

80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82 Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial

7 The calendar has arrived … with appointments in London and Amsterdam

Expo Overview

8 Expo Detergo International 2006 looks set to be a huge success

Companies in the Spotlight
10 Perego: three generations of weavers "born under a lucky shirt"

Energy

14 Renewable energy sourcesLong live rising oil prices

24 AEM - Assosecco fosters the profession’s development

26 AEM Energia and Assosecco – a value-generating partnershipTechnologies

28 Technical tables and charts: vapor tension

32 Lubricating waxes for ironers

36 Recommending silk

42 How to solve some problems with fabricsMarket

46 Coin-op laundries return to the spotlight

48 Economic newsTrade Info

50 Grandimpianti opens up to new marketsSpecial
52  Pressing tables and irons

Received and Published

64 Maybe a bit naïve but definitely in good faith.Let’s talk

65 ……………………

Trade Info

67     Girma’s new headquartersItalian contract launderers and dry-cleaners

68     A powerful “secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

Company News

70     Ecolab: Aquamiser
72     Falvo: a spray degreaserContracting
74     Assessing labor and safety costs in calls for tenders

78 Foreign Press News 80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82   Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial
7 Happy holidays!

Editorial
7 China and the cost of oil

Shows
8 Expo Detergo International 2006 looks set to be a huge success

Market
10 The scathing criticisms of Mr. Cocco
Service prices: who will survive?

Technologies
16 Technical tables and charts: the water separator

Marketing
20 Collective advertising for cleaners and launderers (4th part)
The final act – A few examples

Trade Info
26 Horst Löffler is the new director of Kannegiesser Italia
28 Emmebiesse: terrycloth and cotton fabrics and garments
30 Washing or cleaning? The experts answer
- Wet Cleaning, pros and cons of professional cleaning
- Dry cleaning VS wet cleaning

Special
42 Wet cleaning
56 Industrial laundries: saving options

Trade Info
61 Girma’s new premises

Trade Info
62 Four reasons to choose Girbau

Shows
66 TexCare Asia 2005

Trade Info
70 Gematex: technology is the future

Let’s talk
72 It thundered, then it rained

Company News
73 Falvo: vocational training

Contract laundries in Italy
74 A powerful "secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

Trade Info
75 Lavastir: the clients’ feedback
76 Foreign Press
80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association
82 Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial
7 Happy holidays!

Market
8 Mr. Cocco’s scathing criticisms
The work contract with private entities (hotels, restaurants………)
12 Can cleaners and launderers survive?
Weathering the crisis and gearing up for the future (2nd part)
18 Rest Homes
ANNI AZZURRI – 5-star care for the elderly
22 The world of cleanliness
How to move from fish to linen

Technologies
26 Technical Analyses: ”E. Fanti” suit
28 Technical tables and charts: briefs about perc distillation
31 Re-usable hospital fabrics
38 Optimization of a shirt ironing station
41 New fabrics: designers and architects

Marketing
42 Collective advertising for cleaners and launderers (3rd part)

Trade Info
46 2020: open systems for all your business needs

Special
49 Clean ’05: A successful Orlando show for visitors and exhibitors
…. company news
60 Transport, linen storage and rearrangement

Shows
64 Expo Detergo International 2006

Let’s talk 67 …about us

Contract laundries in Italy
68 The time is right
69 A powerful "secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

News from the Associations
70 When associations advertise and the public pays
CLEAN DAY

News from companies
74 Ecolab: effective solutions for workwear care
76 Imesa: remote assistance in washing
78 Vacuum Pump; automatic bagging machines for workwear
79 Falvo: Deter-Net, a detergent that counts for 2!
80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association
82 Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial
7 Different views

Successful entrepreneurs
8 Umberto Colombo: the fun of discovery

Market
14 Why don’t they pay us?
The scathing criticisms of Mr. Cocco
18 Consorzio Lavanderie Lazio
24 Can cleaners and launderers survive?
Weathering the crisis and gearing up for the future
30 China, etc.
Beware: counterfeit machinery is on the market

Technologies
34 Technical tables and charts: How much perc is in the air?
38 Treating low-quality leather

Marketing
40 Collective advertising for cleaners and laundries (2nd part)
44 Customer guide: tips from your LAUNDRY

Editorial
Companies in the spotlight
7 It’s Clean, again!

Shows
8 Expo Detergo International 2006
10 CLEAN 05 - 23/26 June – Orlando (Florida)
16 ……. company news

Technologies
38 Technical tables and charts
– HEAT -- WATER -- VAPOR
44 General washing rules

Special
58 Washing machines, washer-extractors and tunnel washers
66 Automation in ironing

Back to school
74 Courses for cleaners, launderers and industrial laundry staff

Features
77 Let’s talk? Counterfeit garments? Yes, please

Company News
78 Compactat: Ecolab’s exclusive line
79 Falvo: Wedding gowns
80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association
82 Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial
7 That’s right, things are changing

Successful entrepreneurs
Felice Mapelli: ironing, love at first sight
The calm, strong-willed founder of Trevi believes in human rapports and uprightness, and loves his job.

Market
14 Hotels in Italy: the problems

New services for cleaners and launderers
20 The success of small clothes workshops
The next machine? A sewing machine

Back to school
24 Courses for cleaners, launderers and industrial laundry staff

Technologies
25 Technical analyses: carpets
26 Technical charts and diagrams: efficient spin-drying
30 Confessions of a globe-trotting cleaner

Marketing
34 Collective advertising for cleaners and laundries

Management
38 Consortia: the most logical answer to market needs
The "Lavanderie Nordest” consortium in northern Italy

Trade Info
40 Imesa: remote assistance in washing

Special
44 Towels, flat linen
48 Chemistry: new products

Trade Info
MIL-ILM: BK SPUGNA FLASH

Economic news
Contract laundries: the time is right

Features
57 Let’s talk: What can an association "sell” today?

News from the Associations
58 Ministerial Decree 44 and VOC: clarity at last Minutes of the 27 february2006 meeting - Assosecco and the enforcement of the VOC standard – 2nd part
The ways and means of accurately measuring emissions and keeping them within the set limits

Experience and professionalism are awarded
69 A new laundry in Santa Maria Nuova

Company news
70 ECOLAB solutions for industrial laundries
72 Falvo: Windbreakers, raincoats, etc.
73 Wet & Dry by ILSA – Hydrocarbon cleaning for furs and more
74 Silc: European directive for heat generators

Shows
75 Training is equal to success: Clean ’05, an invaluable source of learning
76 Foreign Press
80 Members of the Textile Suppliers' Association
82 Advertisers’ Directory

7 Editorial
Companies in the spotlight
8 Setricefradue: an all-out customer-focus
At Cividella del Tronto (Italy). technology, service, and innovation for "customer satisfaction

Successful stories
14 Carmine Pastorino: quality stems from experience

Industrial laundries: small is still beautiful
20 Bettoni: the profitable banqueting business

New drycleaning and dying services26 Dying is back in style

Technologies
30 Technical charts and diagrams: saturated vapor table

Special
34 Innovations in drycleaning machinery
46 Packaging and transportation

Trade Info
50 Vacuum pump: tailor-made packagers for garments of all shapes and sizes
52 Economic News

Trade Info
54 2020: when competition gets tough

Features
57 Let’s talk: the association scenario

News from the Associations
60 Where is AUIL headed?
Telephone interview with Maurizio Genesini, newly-elected AUIL President
66 Ministerial Decree No. 44 and VOC: clarity at last Minutes of the 27 February 2005 meeting - Assosecco and the enforcement of the VOC standard

Courses
72 Finally a project for the leading Associations to foster research and development in the sector
Heading for a Technological Center for Cleaning and Washing

Legislation
75 The trade and industrial exponents talk about qualifications in the cleaning and washing profession
A law to guarantee professional cleaners and launderers

Company News
78 Ecolab:
79 Falvo: why liquids?
80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association
82 Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial
7 Italian Health Minister Sirchia: the icing on the cake!

Companies in the spotlight
12 Pedro Girbau Bover An ordinary man doing extraordinary things
8 Ghidini: 50 years of uncompromised quality

Market
14 Industrial laundries: 2004 report and forecasts for 2005

Legislation
16 Ministerial Decree No. 44/2004 – Volatile organic compound emissions (VOC)

Technologies
18 Technical charts and diagrams
Comparing the physical characteristics of perchloroethylene and water
22 Technical analyses: impossible labels

Management
24 Different countries, but similar problems – Streamlining and diversifying for survival
28 The "WHAT IF ….” game
What if ….we raised prices?

Special: Downs, quilts and blankets
31 Caleffi, the company that invented a new bedroom style – Quilts, a mature market that is riding high – Interview with Valerio Pizzi, Marketing and Sales Manager with Caleffi S.p.A.
36 Washing downs, quilts and padded garments
40 Drycleaners that specialize in downs, quilts and blankets
41 ……. what the companies have to offer

Trade Info
48 "EASY WASH”: Self-Service laundries signed by IMESA
52 Economic News

Trade Info
56 The Sailstar Group and its strategies in Europe

Features
59 Let’s talk: every law has its…

News from the Associations
60 Assosecco: publications about drycleaning
61 AUIL: election of new officers

Courses
62 Finally a project for the leading Associations to foster research and development in the sector
Heading for a Technological Center for Cleaning and Washing

Company News
65 Ecolab: ECOLAB energy-saving technologies
66 Falvo: Sofa cleaning
67 Falvo: Clean shirts without pre-spotting
68 FB Italy: vacuum packaging in the laundry
69 Pony: heat generators and energy efficiency
70 Foreign Press

Shows75 Clean ’05: more requests for exhibition space
76 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association
78 Advertisers’ Directory

Editorial
7 And yet... it washes

Successful businessmen
12 Pedro Girbau Bover An ordinary man doing extraordinary things

Companies in the spotlight
18 BIAR: a success story with leather

Shows
23 Expo Detergo International: prices are set and preliminary applications for space start pouring in

Market
26 Assosecco: Remarks on 2004, forecasts for 2005

Technologies
28 A simple trick to improve drying in perc cleaning machines
32 The pros and cons of ozone. A new viewpoint - A few precautions in the use of ozone by laundries

Special: sofas
36 "Alcantara"
39 The treatment for sofas and armchairs
42 Laundries specializing in SOFA cleaning

Trade info
44 LINDO, an innovative system

46 Economic news

Features
49 Let's talk: the weird members of the dry-cleaning profession

News from the Associations
51 LAW 16 JANUARY 2003, No.3 - ART.51 - as amended
52 Definition of the lifecycle of a high-visibility PPE - The opinion of the ANCCP

Company news
54 Falvo: sweat and urine yellow stains
55 Ecolab: Ozonit: for CE-compliant disinfection
56 Raro: consumables and accessories for industrial laundries - Editorial
58 Scal: the ultimate in ironers

60 Foreign Press News

66 2004 Index

72 Members to the Suppliers' Association

74 Advertisers' Directory