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January 2008

 

Editoriale/Editorial
7 2007: che anno sarà?
What does 2007 have in store?

Panorama Fiere/Expo Overview
8 Expo Detergo: Annotazioni dal vivo - Prime impressioni dalla Fiera N° 1 in Europa
Expo Detergo: Personal observations - First impressions of the #1 fair in Europe

14 Un “veterano” fra gli stand della Expo Detergo 2006
A “veteran” around the stands at Expo Detergo 2006

Mercato
22 Scenari in evoluzione - Un nuovo concetto di lavanderia
Evolving scenarios - A new concept of laundry

30 A proposito di elettricitá… Energia elettrica

34 Lavanderie industriali - La strategia della qualità

40 Speciale/Special
Il meglio di Expo Detergo: the best of expo detergo
Tutto quello che avreste voluto (e forse dovuto) vedere
Everything that you wanted to see (or perhaps should have seen)

Parliamone tra noi
71 Ci sono troppe cose da dire…

Recensione
72 Manuale del Pulitintore - L’evoluzione della professione: Gestione e Tecnica
Notizie dalle aziende
73 Falvo: restringimento?
74 Ecolab si classifica al settimo posto nella prestigiosa lista platinum 400 della Rivista Forbes
Placet seventh on forbes’ honor roll of America’s Best Big Companies”

Laboratori d’Italia
76 Una poderosa “arma segreta” al servizio delle tintolavanderie

80 Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori

82 Indice degli Inserzionisti

 

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October 2007

 

Editoriale/EDITORIAL
7 I nemici della tracciabilità
The enemies of traceability

Tecnologie/TECHNOLOGY
8 Logistica in una lavanderia industriale
Logistics in an industrial laundry
14 A proposito di idrocarburi
Regarding hydrocarbons

Gestione
26 Lista di controllo delle condizioni di lavoro per le lavanderie
The working-conditions checklist for laundries

Informazione commerciale/TRADE INFO
44 Falvo: Lavare senza presmacchiare

Laboratori d’Italia
46 Una poderosa “arma segreta” al servizio delle tintolavanderie

Speciale/SPECIAL
48 L’automazione nello stiro (manichini, topper, presse, ecc)
Automation and ironing (finishers, toppers, presses, etc)

Normative
58 Nuove disposizioni per la tutela della salute e sicurezza sul lavoro

Informazione commerciale/TRADE INFO
60 … e c’è anche Logik Solution

64 EXtintori: il decreto che ci estingue

Parliamone tra noi
65 La situazione è grave o disperata?

Notizie dalle aziende/COMPANY NEWS
66 Due nuovi tessuti in spugna ad altissima resistenza
Two new highly resistant terry cloth fabrics
68 SCAL conquista la fiducia più severa: quella delle lavanderie industriali
Scal wins the hard-to-gain trust of industrial laundries
70 Falvo: Piume d’oca

Informazione commerciale/TRADE INFO
71 Fusione tra Engel e GEMATEX

Notizie della Associazioni/NEWS FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS
72 Rinnovati i vertici di Expo Detergo
Election of new officers for Expo Detergo
74 Il sostegno del settore lavanderie alla lotta contro il cancro
76 Comprare informati un diritto calpestato nel tessile-moda - Non solo falsi –

80 Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori
Members to the Textile Care Suppliers’ Association

82 Indice degli Inserzionisti/Advertisers’ Directory

 

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September 2007

 

Editorial
7 Hospitality and cleanliness

Technology
8  The laundry industry – no more biocontamination

12 Labels and the care process

20 Boosting and speeding up the effect of chemicals used in laundries

Trade Info
24 New bets – Jensen at Las Vegas


Host Special
26 Host (19-23 October)  - the Hospitality Exhibition

30 Companies introduce themselves…. 

42 Hotel Manager Day– 20 October 07

Clean Special
44 How do American laundries work? 

48 Clean ’07: The experience of Italian companies 

Trade Info
59 CHT – From Germany for Italian laundries.

Marketing
60 The price problem

Trade Info
65 Falvo: Wet-cleaning – Satisfied or money back

68 EXtinguishers: the decree that is extinguishing us

Let’s talk
69 … how difficult it is to make yourself clear …

Trade Info
70 Follow your laundry step by step

Company News
72 Ecolab: hygiene at 360°
74 Falvo: no more pre-spotting in dry-cleaning
                         
News from the Associations
76 “SETTLE OUR CREDITS!” – On June 27 this year, service companies joined forces to protest against the public authorities.

A truly bilateral institution!  Interview with President Rossi

Italian contract laundries and dry-cleaners
86     Italian Contract Launderers and Dry-Cleaners - A powerful “secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

88     Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

90     Advertisers' Directory

 

Top

 

July / August 2007

 

Editoriale/Editorial
7     Siamo noi o sono loro?
        Who’s to blame – we or they?

Tecnologie/Technology
8     Volevo i pantaloni - La stiratura di un capo che rappresenta il 35% del business di una lavanderia
        I wanted pants – Ironing accounts for 35% of a laundry’s business

16   Membrane e tessuti - Un binomio sempre più stretto e un campo applicativo sempre più vasto - Human comfort - Proprietà fisiche dei tessili connesse al comfort
        Membranes and fabrics - A closer combination and a wider field of applications - Human comfort – The comfort-related physical properties of textiles

Informazione commerciale/Trade Info
26   IMESA dà vita alla lavanderia!
        IMESA injects new life into your laundry!

Ambiente

28 Norme in materia di tutela dell’aria e di riduzione delle emissioni in atmosfera

Regulations covering air pollution and the reduction of polluting emissions

Convegni

34 Più chiaro di così… - Convegno Assosecco – Milano 24 giugno 2007

As clear as possible ….- Assosecco Conference – Milan, 24 June 2007

Speciale/Special
41   Wet Cleaning/Wet Cleaning

53   Lavatrici, lavacentrifughe le lavacontinue
        Washing machines, spin dryers and continuous batch washers

News from the Associations
The new Members of the  Allied Association of Washing Industries

Trade Info
61  Falvo: AcquaSi –Wet cleaning  - Satisfied or money back

Let’s talk

65   The environment again …

Notizie dalla Aziende

66   Falvo: no more prespotting

News from the Associations
69   Re-election of  Assofornitori’s officers- Gianni Salvati is the new President

Panorama Fiere/Expo Overview

70   Ospitalità professionale: nel mondo di Host cresce il ruolo dell’igiene e della pulizia

70   Hospitality Industry: greater focus on the increasingly important role of hygiene and cleaning at the Host  Exhibition

Received and Published  
74   About wet cleaning (and washing in general)

Conferences

76   E’ San Francisco la sede della prossima convention dell’IDC
76   IDC Convention Set for San Francisco

Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori

Members of the Textile Care Suppliers’ Association

82 Indice degli Inserzionisti/Advertisers’ Directory

 

 

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June 2007

 


Editorial

7 Long live jeans!

TECHNOLOGY

8 How to remove ink stains

14 Reusable technical textiles and non-woven textiles: standards for minimum product requirements and processing

20 Boosting and speeding up the effect of chemicals used in laundries

22 Textile News – Plasma treatment and innovative fabrics

30 “ Top Class” Clothing

Management

34 Drapery: preliminary checks

40 The difficult job of entrepreneurs – the launderer and dry-cleaner

Conferences
46 Good-bye to microbes- An interesting workshop on the application of R.A.B.C. regulations organized by Christeyns

Environment
48 The water problem

Special
52 Automation and ironing 1: form finishers

Trade Info
62 Falvo: the future of laundries

Let’s talk

65 I don’t defend bakers …

News from the Associations
66 Assosecco – Our “women” are truly fantastic!

Company News
68 Ecolab – Key words: health, hygiene and the environment
70 Imesa: Cleanliness: your best calling card

Italian contract laundries and dry-cleaners
74 Italian Contract Launderers and Dry-Cleaners - A powerful “secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

Received and Published
78 Tintoria Futura 2000

80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82 Advertisers' Directory

 

Top

 

May 2007

 

Editoriale/EDITORIAL
7     Apprendisti o “infarinati”?
       Apprentices or “hopefuls with a smattering of training”?

Tecnologie /TECHNOLOGIES

8     Riorganizzazione del servizio guardaroba: la distribuzione automatizzata delle divise

Reorganization of the rental uniform service: automated uniform distribution

18   Acque di alimentazione delle caldaie
        Boiler feedwater

28   Che cos’è il wet cleaning
        What is wet cleaning

Panorama Fiere/EXPO OVERVIEW


38   30 anni di Clean - Las Vegas, una città in continua evoluzione
        30 Years of Clean - Continuing change makes Las Vegas exciting
48   Sessioni didattico-formative di Clean ’07
        Clean ’07 Educational-Training Sessions Speciale/SPECIAL
52   Speciale Clean - Uno speciale davvero speciale
        Clean Special - A very special special

Informazione commerciale/Trade Info


91 RARO: Trent’anni di successi e una vision emozionante

RARO: A 30-year success story and an incredible vision

92   Cogliete al volo le numerose opportunità offerte dalla Cina a Texcare Asia, Shanghai – 19/21 Settembre 2007
        Harness the many opportunities in China at Texcare Asia, Shanghai – 19/21 September 2007

94 Assosecco: Giornata di studio - Legge 626

Assosecco: Study day – Law 626

Parliamone tra noi/LET’S TALK

95 La lavanderia ha sempre torto?

Are laundries always wrong?

 Notizie dalle aziende/COMPANY NEWS


96   Falvo: lavaggio camicie

Notizie della Associazioni/NEWS FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS


97   LAVORO NERO IN LAVANDERIA - Dalla cronaca ancora episodi che confermano la necessità di regole e controlli

OFF-THE-BOOKS WORK IN LAUNDRIES – More cases in the news confirm the need for rules and checks

98   “Oltre il pulito… insieme alle Imprese” - Numerose presenze premiano gli Incontri AUIL 2007

“Beyond cleanliness … together with companies” – Good attendance figures give the AUIL 2007 meetings the thumbs-up

100 Domenica 15 aprile, sotto l’egida del CNA, si è tenuto a Reggio Emilia il 1° Meeting Nazionale Lavanderie - Lavanderie: da “sempre torto” a “solo se ho torto”
Sunday 15 April, under the auspices of the CNA, 1st National Laundry Meeting in Reggio Emilia – Laundries: from “always wrong” to “only if I’m wrong

Laboratori d’Italia/ITALIAN CONTRACT LAUNDERERS AND DRY-CLEANERS

102   Laboratori d’Italia - Una poderosa “arma segreta” al servizio delle tintolavanderie
        Italian Contract Launderers and Dry-Cleaners - A powerful “secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners

104 Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori

MEMBERS  OF THE TEXTILE CARE SUPPLIERS’ ASSOCIATION

106 Indice degli Inserzionisti 

ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY    

 

Top

 

April 2007

 

Editorial
7     Detergo, and only Detergo

Market
8     The Workwear Market – the first AUIL Industry Report

14 Total wardrobe care – After more than 35 years of  “minor repairs”, “La Sartoria Italiana” adds laundry services

18   The many success factors for dry-cleaners – In Italy as well? Yes, at least in most cases

Technologies
26   Fugitive emission – consequences and remedies

30   Logistics in laundries and dry-cleaners

38   What is wet cleaning

42   How to plan a rental laundry

Special
45 Flat and bathroom linen

Trade Info
50   Vintage treatments for laundries and dry-cleaners

Trade Info
54   New branch in Rome - Tecnowash gears up to celebrate 30th anniversary by expanding in Southern Italy

Let’s talk
57   Perc end ahead?
Company News

58   Pony’s new SERIE lav presses for laundries
59   Falvo: coin-op laundry
60   ECOLAB: Connexx for Oxybrite

News from the Associations
62   Dry-cleaners in the Sole newspaper- Important announcement by AUIL  in the Italian Sole-24Ore financial daily
64 2007 Training Courses for industrial laundry workers
67 “Beyond cleanliness… together with Companies” – Dates and venues of regional and cross-regional AUIL meetings

Italian Contract Launderers and Dry-Cleaners

68   Italian Contract Launderers and Dry-Cleaners - A powerful “secret weapon” at the service of launderers and cleaners
72 Foreign Press

Received and published
76   Beware of …..“plastic parts”

Expo Overview
78   Clean celebrates 30th anniversary with an all-new look

80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82 Advertisers' directory

Top

 

March 2007

 

Editorial
7 Small strokes of Italian-style ingenuity

Market
8     Home delivery: New Management
    
12 Drycleaners’ bizarre complaints

Technology

14   How to choose a flatwork ironing line

22   Getting to know the new units of measure

32   Terry towels for hotels and industrial laundries

38   The “Jet Clean” technique

Special
44   What’s New in Dry-cleaning Machines

54   Industrial Laundries - Small and mid-sized washing machines

64    In memory of Luigi BargiacchiLet’s talk65 All that glitters is not gold….

Company News 

66 ECOLAB: absolute hygiene
68 Falvo: New! Mild, powder hypochlorite bleach

News from the Associations
70 Interview with Sergio Spiller, Assistant Secretary General of  FEMCA CISL, on the agreement signed between  AUIL  and  the trade unions

73 New members of the Allied Association of Washing Industries

74 Can (Italian Confederation of arts and crafts and small and medium enterprises):  April 15 is Laundry Show Day
                        
75 Machine breakdown? Help is at hand on the phone

Italian contract laundries and dry-cleaners

76 Guide to the ideal workshop for launderers and dry-cleaners

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

80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82 Advertisers' directory

Top

 

February 2007

 

Editorial
7 Sophie’s choice

Technologies
 8  Zippers and zipper care

Market Overview
14 BEYOND CLEANLINESS – A report by Maurizio Genesini, President of AUIL, at the meeting in Rome

26 Launderers' and Cleaners’ “weird” complaints

28 Home delivery: an Internet-driven success

Special

29 Laundry Industry – Special: Pressing, Folding and Packaging

40 Dry-Cleaning Industry -   Special: Duvets and blankets

Italian contract laundries and dry-cleaners

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

Standards
56 European symbols for textile care

61 "Do as I tell you!"

Let’s talk

63 Milan Men’s Fashion Week – The challenge of “smart textiles”.

Company News

64 S.A.T. Ecolab’s best technology for an excellent service
66 Falvo: Sanitizing washing

News from the Associations
68 AUIL, Femca, Filtea and Uilta protocol marks a turning point in industrial relations

73 The new AUIL’s members

74  Foreign Press News

Received and Published
77 Builders again – Charged washing, does it really wash or not?

78 Small swindlers grow- Using your insurance for my own purposes 

80  Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82  Advertisers' directory

Top

 

January 2007

 

Editorial
7   What does 2007 have in store?

expo Overview
8   Expo Detergo: Personal observations - First          
     impressions of the #1 fair in Europe

14 A "veteran" around the stands at Expo Detergo   2006

Market Overview
22 Evolving scenarios - A new concept of laundry

30 Talking about electricity… Electric power

34 Industrial Laundries – The Quality Strategy

Special
40 Everything that you wanted to see (or perhaps should     have seen)

Let’s talk

71 There’s too much to say…

Reviews

72 The Launderer’s and Cleaner’s Manual  - Professional      Development: Management and Technique

Company News

73 Falvo: what about shrinkage?
74 Ecolab ranks seventh on Forbes’ Honor Roll of AMERICA’S BEST
    LARGE-SCALE Companies

Italian contract laundries and dry-cleaners

A powerful "secret weapon" at the service of launderers and      cleaners

80         Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82     Advertisers' directory

Top

 

December 2006

 

Editorial
7     And yet it moves!

Expo Overview
8     The World’s Cleaning and Hygiene Show supports ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’ (Doctors Without Borders)

10   Expo Detergo: First-hand reports
      Top-of-mind impressions of Europe’s #1 Show

Technologies
14  The fashion world and garment care

18  Some handy hints on chemicals for spotting and wet-cleaning

24  How to determine the residual value of used textiles

30  An attention-grabbing, new source of energy for laundries: direct gas heating

Trade Info
34   1st IMESA meeting day

Market
36     AUIL (Allied Association of Washing Industries) presents First Industry Report (5th part)

48   What’s on in Europe?
Survey of EU laundries and cleaners.

Trade Info
56   Kannegiesser logistic systems for garments

Let’s talk
60   After Expo Detergo International

Trade Info
63   Italsec: Perini Monica: a landmark laundry in Milan

Company News
64   Raro: “Emotions”. Raro 2007 calendar
65   Ecolab Oxybrite and Connexx – Saving without cutting back on safety

66 Fimas celebrates 20 years in business at ExpoDetergo 2006

67  Falvo: drapery

Guide to the ideal workshop for launderers and dry-cleaners

72 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

74 Advertisers' directory

Top

 

November 2006

 

Editorial
7    Why should only a handful of us do the talking?

Expo Overview
8     The World’s Cleaning and Hygiene Show supports ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’ (Doctors Without Borders)

Meetings
10  Beyond cleanliness – Rome, 5 December 2006

12   Progress on labels – 12 December 2006

Technologies
16  All about leather decorations and accessories on textile garments22   Germany introduces innovative CO2 chainTrade Info
27  www.market-wash.com. Only a mouse click away. Why wait?

Market
29  Standard contracts for the private sector

32  AUIL (Allied Association of Washing Industries) presents First Industry Report (4th part)
             
Trade Info
45  Mark: the road to success in the self-service industry

Special

Industrial Laundry Special: Logistic Systems

Read about it
52  Perc …on probationStandards
56   Quality cleaning

Let’s talk
59  Where are we going?
                                    
Trade Info
61   Italsec - L.D.E.: a fast-moving contract company

News from the Associations
62   Assosecco’s battle  - “One out of two labels is not telling the truth”
 
 A revamped look
64    Fish in the laundry

Company News
65  Falvo: restaurant linen

66 Foreign Press News

71  Guide to the ideal workshop for launderers and dry-cleaners

Competitions
72  “Look out for the ad” as part of the Detergo 2006 Calendar – The winners, the drop-outs and those… who enjoyed a fantastic trip.

76 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

78 Advertisers' directory

Top

 

October 2006

 

Editoriale/Editorial

7      Ladies & Gentleman… EXPO DETERGO INTERNATIONAL!

Panorama Fiere/Shows

8      A tutti i visitatori di EXPO DETERGO INTERNATIONAL 2006: Ingresso gratis, alberghi scontati, elenco espositori….

For all EXPO DETERGO INTERNATIONAL 2006 visitors: free entrance, special hotel offers

20     Milano: da bere … e da mangiare

Milan: drinking … and eating places

Tecnologie/Technologies
30     Linee Guida AUIL per la realizzazione del “Manuale pratico per l’applicazione dei requisiti previsti dalla norma UNI EN 14065/2004” – 3a parte

40     Il percloro e l’acqua = amici o nemici?
Perc and water = friends or foes?

52     Le difettosità più frequenti riscontrate sui tessili lavati industrialmente: cause e rimedi
Defects most often found in industrially laundered fabrics: causes and remedies

Speciale/Special
65     The best of the best

Mercato
102   Provate un po’ ad immaginare… - Benetton in lavanderia

Parliamone tra noi

106   Vù cumprà?

Notizie dalle Associazioni

108  Assosecco: aggiornamento Professionale - 17 settembre 2006

Notizie dalle aziende

110   Ecolab igiane a 360°
112   Falvo: lava in acqua come si lava a secco Informazione commerciale
114   Firbimatic presenta TRIO. - La maggior innovazione degli ultimi 20 anni.
Firbimatic presents TRIO. - The greatest innovation of the last 20 years.

120 Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori

122 Indice degli Inserzionisti

Top

 

September 2006

 

Editorial

Just over a month

Expo Overview

To all EXPO DETERGO INTERNATIONAL 2006 visitors: free entrance, special hotel rates

Technologies

AUIL Guidelines for the  “Tutorial on applying the requirements under UNI EN 14065/2004” – 2nd part

General safety in a laundry and drycleaners’ shop

Acrylic

Market
AUIL presents its first Industry Report – Part 3

Trade Info

Renzacci…. washing

Specials
Accessories and consumables
Wet cleaning

Trade Info
Falvo: when garment washing becomes a business opportunity that fires up profits and enhances well-being in the laundry

Let’s talk

Are your vacations over?

Trade Info

Italsec

Trade Info
Primus

Company News

Falvo: all-purpose degreaser
Ecolab

Trade Info

Prima Folder: folders

What the experts say

The promoter’s window

Foreign Press NewsReceived and Published

More on builders 

Expo Overview

42nd week of communities: a wealth of opportunities

Members of the Textile Care Suppliers’ Association

Advertisers’ Directory

Top

 

July 2006

 

Editoriale/EDITORIAL

7      Com’è difficile cambiare!
         The challenge of change!

Panorama Fiere/SHOWS

9      A tutti i visitatori di EXPO DETERGO INTERNATIONAL 2006: Ingresso gratis, alberghi scontati 

For all EXPO DETERGO INTERNATIONAL 2006 visitors -  Free entrance, special hotel offers

Mercato/MARKET
18     Indagine su “soddisfazione e aspettative dei consumatori delle tintolavanderie” Le conclusioni della Ricerca sulle esigenze del consumatore - Tintolavanderie: immagine e servizi
         Survey on “satisfaction and expectations among dry cleaner/laundry consumers” - Findings of a survey on consumer needs - Dry cleaners and laundries: image and services

24     L’Ente Bilaterale delle Lavanderie Industriali presenta il Primo Rapporto sul settore 2a parte
         AUIL presents its First Report on “Industrial Laundries” Part 2

Tecnologie/TECHNOLOGIES

40     Distillazione del Percloroetilene - Perché, come, quando e quanto distillare 

Perc Distillation - Why, how, when and how much to distill

Speciali/Special Report

50 Novità nelle lavatrici a secco

The latest dry-cleaning machinery

62 Lavatrici, lavacentrifughe e lavacontinue

Washers, washer-extractors, batch washers

Parliamone tra noi
71     … questa lavanderia ha distrutto la mia famiglia …

Informazione Commerciale/Advertorial
72     Serie 6 - La nuova sfida di Girbau 

6 series - meeting the challenge

Notizie dalle aziende 

78     Falvo: salva merinos

80   Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori/MEMBER TO THE TEXTILE CARE SUPPLIERS’ ASSOCIATION

82 Indice degli Inserzionisti/ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY

Top

 

June 2006

 

Editorial

7      2006: the year of the devil or turning point?Expo Overview

8  For all EXPO DETERGO INTERNATIONAL 2006 visitors: free entrance, special hotel offers

Technologies

18     Textile sanitation: management of biocontamination in compliance with the UNI EN ISO 14065 standard (RABC: Risk Analysis and Biocontamination Control)
                                                                            
24     AUIL guidelines for the preparation of the  “Hands-on manual for the application of requirements as per the UNI EN 14065/2004 standard” – 1st part

Standards

31     Work Safety

Market

32     Survey on “Customer satisfaction and expectations in laundries and cleaner’s”  - Laundries: let’s keep up with the times – Customer satisfaction

40     LAVANET: on-line dry-cleaning – home delivery organized through the Internet

44     Add-on services at dry-cleaner’s: waterproofing, finishing, sizing

Trade Info

50     Silc DocetLet’s Talk

53     Self-criticism

News from the Associations

54     Assosecco – Special credit terms for members and their families

58     AUIL presents its first report on “industrial laundries”

Trade Info

62     “Lindo System- Wet cleaning” new machines introduced – Cleaning made easier

Company News

65     Falvo: a special program for merino woo

66     Ecolab: HY.P.E.R. – R.A.B.C. system

70     Imesa: Imesa Easy Wash self-service laundries

72   Foreign Press News

76   Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

78     Advertisers' directory

Top

 

May 2006

 

Editorial

Hard times for extra-small companies

Expo Overview

Expo Detergo International 2006: hints and tips for people planning to attend

Technologies

Technical tables and diagrams - Analysis of steam costs for a drycleaner

Textile safety. What strategies?

Spotting basics

Acrylic: what it is, how it’s made and how it should be cared for

Energy saving – The power of knowledge - An overview of the right equipment

Market
Survey of “satisfaction and expectations of laundry and drycleaner customers’” – A forced choice”– 2nd part

Management

From cost calculation to business reporting in an industrial laundry

Specials
Ironing boards and irons

Let’s talk

Election talk…

News from the Associations

Assosecco – Update meetings

Industrial laundries: projects and perspectives– Rome, 20 June 2006

Company News

ECOLAB technologies to reduce consumption levels

Falvo: wet cleaning made easy
VACUUM PUMP SPA has been manufacturing vacuum and shrink-wrap packagers for over 40 years

Received and Published

Who’s scared of innovation?

Foreign Press News

Members of the Textile Care Suppliers’ Association

Advertisers’ Directory

Top

 

April 2006

 

Editoriale/Editorial

6      Il problema del tempo
The time factor

Panorama Fiere/Shows

7      Expo Detergo International 2006: alle griglie… di partenza

Expo Detergo: at the … starting gate

Tecnologie/Technologies

16     Inconvenienti  nella  distillazione
Troubles during distillation

20     Studio dell’effetto degli ossidanti sui materiali tessili lavati industrialmente
The effect of oxidizing agents on industrially cleaned textile products

Aziende in vetrina/Companies in the spotlight

34     Imesa: crescere ogni anno, in tecnologia e in dimensioni

Imesa: growing every year, in both technology and sizeCalendario 2006
40     I vincitori di “Caccia all’annuncio”

Mercato/Market

42 Indagine su “soddisfazione e aspettative dei consumatori delle tintolavanderie” - Sveglia, ragazzi!
Survey on “satisfaction and expectations among dry
cleaner/laundry consumers” - Wake up, guys!

52    Attività e mercato delle lavanderie industriali
Rental laundries: activities and market

Speciale/Special Report

60     Spugne e biancheria piana

Towels and flat linen

Parliamone tra noi

69     Parole in libertà 


Notizie dalle Associazioni
70     Assosecco: Analisi dei costi

Notizie dalle aziende 

72     Le soluzioni ECOLAB per le lavanderie industriali

74     Falvo: lavare senza presmacchiare
75     Renzacci: 43° Meeting Forze Vendita Italia

Notizie dalle Associazioni
76   A Gubbio sventolano le bandiere del pulito
2° Congresso Assofornitori

80 Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori

Member to the Textile Care Suppliers’ Association

82 Indice degli Inserzionisti

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March 2006

 

Editorial

7      Expo Detergo and Clean: two fairs for two different markets

Expo Overview

8      Expo Detergo: why in Milan?

Standards

16     The rules and regulations for the professional laundering and drycleaning practice

What the experts say
22     Some guidelines on Law No. 84 governing the laundry and drycleaning profession

Technologies

26 Technical tables and diagrams - Analysis of steam costs for a drycleaner

28 Study of the correlation between process variables, soil removal and textile damage

34     Wool

40     Microwave drying

Market
42     Coin-op laundries

Marketing

48     The importance of good neighbors – The most effective advertising is “by word of mouth” – But which mouth?

Success stories
52     Lucia Bartoli: enthusiasm and innovation

Special
56     Transportation, garment storage and order reassembly in laundries and drycleaners

63 Economic News

News from the Associations

67     Assosecco – Insurance Agreement

Let’s talk
69     And nobody talks

Company News 

70     Falvo: white & color
71     Ralco Identification of packaged garments

72     Ecolab: effective detergents and reliable dosing equipment

Received and Published
74     Assofornitori and bad politicians

Laws

77     Safety at work

80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers’ Association

82   Advertisers’ Directory

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February 2006

 

Editorial

7 Cleaning and laundering law approved at last!

Expo Overview

8 Expo Detergo International: the reasons behind its growing success

Standards

14 Law for our industry finally approved

Technologies

20 Technical tables and charts: practical data for the dry-cleaner

25 Certain finishing agents can cause problems

27 Flatwork ironing

Market

32 High fashion jeans flee abroad
FRESHTEX: a lost heritage

36 The Vecchia Milano” cleaner’s shop owned by Gabriella PlatèThe discreet charm of quality

Management

40 The virtue of being pleasant or very, very patient (2nd part)

48 The competition of the ‘naked table’

Trade Info

50 Imesa’s wet clean system– satisfy your customer!

Special

54 Downs and blankets

Let’s talk

59 Should Zen Buddhism become our philosophy?

News from the Associations

60 Assosecco: meeting with cleaners and launderers --11 December 2005

62 C.N.A.: from “working to rule” to Gazebos in the street and advocating a law for the industry

Company News

65 Falvo: color stains on quilts

66 Trevil’s new generation of steam generators

68 Ecolab: Good solutions for workwear

Received and Published

70 The customer’s leverage is the supplier’s weakness

72 Builders used in dry-cleaning don’t remove stains? What’s new about that!

74 Foreign Press News

80 Members of the Textile Care Suppliers' Association

82 Advertisers’ Directory

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January 2006

 

Editoriale/Editorial

7 Verso un mondo più “rosa”
Brightening prospects For Women

Panorama Fiere/Shows

8 Expo Detergo International 2006: una Fiera irrinunciabile. Lo dicono gli espositori
Expo Detergo International 2006: a Fair you won’t want to miss.
So the exhibitors say

Tecnologie/Technologies

14 Effetto dei prodotti antimacchiaThe Effect of Stain-Proof Products

22 Inconvenienti nel lavaggio a secco
Troubles associated with the drycleaning

30 Tessili in puro cotone e misti per lavanderie industriali: vantaggi e svantaggi nell’impiego
The advantages and disadvantages of fabrics in pure cotton and blends in industrial laundries

Mercato/Market

38 Mercato degli abiti da lavoro - Maggior sensibilità, poche disponibilitàThe Workwear Market - Greater Sensitivity, Scarce Investment Possibilities

Gestione/Management
42 La virtù dell’accoglienza o della pazienza infinita
The virtue of being pleasant or very, very patient

Speciale/Special Report

50 I sistemi automatici di stiratura: un breve panorama sull’offertaAutomatic Ironing Systems: a Brief Overview

54 L’automazione nello stiro (manichini, topper, presse, ecc)
Automated Ironing (finishers, toppers, presses, etc.)

Lavanderia industriale/Industrial Laundry

66 Stiratura e piegatura
Ironing and folding

Parliamone tra noi
71 È sempre la solita storia

Notizie dalle Associazioni
72 Associazione Unitaria Industrie di Lavanderia alla riscossa - A febbraio la Conferenza Programmatica per l’AUIL del futuro

Notizie dalle aziende

76 Falvo: senza presmacchiatura camice pulite…

77 Ecolab: Analisi microbiologiche e prodotti specifici per la disinfezione: sistemi HY.P.E.R. - R.A.B.C.

80 Elenco iscritti Associazione Fornitori

Member to the Textile Care Suppliers’ Association

82 Indice degli Inserzionisti

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