There are just few months missing until EXPOdetergo International 2022, the world’s reference trade show for the textile care sector, which from 21 to 24 October at Fiera Milano Rho will offer, thanks to the proposals of more than 180 exhibiting companies, a perfect opportunity that shouldn’t be missed, for updating and confrontation for all the operators in the field.
On the path to the trade fair, we have considered to better understand their expectations, through the voice of the associations representing them. We have started this month with the industrial laundries, with Egidio Paoletti, the president of Assosistema-Confindustria.
The scenario and the critical issues of a sector that matters
With a turnover of 1,7 billion euro and more than 20.000 employees, the industrial laundries world in Italy represents an important sector, but moreover it ensures the continuity of key sectors of our economy – as the tourism and catering – and provides essential services to the healthcare world.
The numbers are speaking for themselves: in one year it sanitises the linen of 2 million hotel beds, it manages the table clothing of 184 thousand restaurants and, in the healthcare sector, it is sanitising more than 211,000 beds and it is dressing more than 600,000 health workers.
A key sector, therefore, that is experiencing a complex phase and is looking for solutions that can make the business sustainable, both economically and environmentally. “The two-year of pandemic and the related restrictions have had a major impact on every sector that the industrial laundry is dealing with.
Although for different reasons, there have been same severe repercussions,” began Paoletti. “If the industrial laundries working for the tourism and hospitality sector lost EUR 396 million in 2020, and in 2021 it is estimated another loss of EUR 350 million, due to the closures imposed by the governmental decree, also the healthcare sector, despite to what we might think, passed through a complex phase. Due to the reconversion of the hospitals wards and the pandemic-related emergencies, in fact, the mix of the required linen has changed: with the same volumes, the requests for the sanitisation of the operating theatres – which have remained stationary – and for the flat linen have dropped significantly, while those for the uniforms have increased.
However, the cost of producing and caring the uniforms is much higher than that of the linen processing, so several companies committed to contracts linked to the day of hospitalisation or to the number of operators have found themselves in the situation of working in loss or anyway with reduced margins”.
“Today, when everything seemed finally restarting, even the hospitality sector, thanks to the return to the cities of art, might soon return to the volumes of 2019, if not higher, it showed up another problem: the raw material costs increase (already existing in the second half of 2021) and the energy costs linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. As an association we have already made several appeals, but if for those who work with private individuals the re-negotiation of the prices is feasible thanks to the support of the documentation report, the situation is different for those that have clients from the public sector.
Those who have won some tenders are finding themselves in the position of not being able to ask for an adjustment: often there is not even an Istat adjustment”. “We are making a big pushing action on all levels: Government, Ministers, Prefects. Certainly, we have received attention from several individual figures, but we need a strong and systemic measure.
The government has approved a decree-law to provide financing for public works, but unfortunately there doesn’t seems to be the same will when it comes to services. Yet, we are providing an essential public service, a condition that, furthermore, prevents us from taking extreme solutions: suspending our activity means facing criminal consequences, since the continuity of the hospitals activities depends on us as well’.
EXPOdetergo International 2022: the opportunity to build a system
In this complex landscape, EXPOdetergo International 2022 will not only be an important opportunity for updating, but also the ideal context in which to agree on system choices. “For Assosistema, EXPOdetergo International 2022 is an important appointment not to be missed: we will not only be there with our own booth, but we will also hold our annual meeting during the exhibition days. Being there present, is indeed an essential thing both for us and our members, because it allows us to meet and discuss with our suppliers, which is essential for two reasons.
First because our technical suppliers – the machines manufacturers – are the only way to find a concrete solution to the need of reducing the costs. In fact, the new technologies that we will be able to see at the trade fair, reducing the consumption of water, energy and detergents, may be the key of facing the current situation and returning to higher margins.
“But there is another reason why this appointment will be also important: it will allow us to discuss the topic of sustainability, that our sector is also being called to adapt quickly. As emerged during the recent ETSA – European Textile Service Association’s assembly (held in Rome), today even the laundries, in order not to be left behind, must revise their activities from a sustainable perspective, and I am sure that the trade fair will be a unique opportunity to share innovative strategies.
We must move in a supply chain logic: the individual laundry that decides to invest for being green solves nothing. The whole chain must be green, from the technology manufacturer to the fabric manufacturer, from the detergent manufacturer to us the laundries – the end users. And I am sure that EXPOdetergo International 2022 will be an opportunity to make a global systemic assessment, which will allow us to make shared and synergic choices”. So, it only remains us to meet at the trade fair, to experience four days of discussions, updating, exchange, which, especially in this delicate phase for the market, can represent a unique opportunity to find shared solutions. •
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List of direct exhibitors and represented companies (highlighted in italics) – Updated to June 9th 2022
•3LOGIS by TAUSOFT IT
•A 13 SRL IT
•A.C.S. SRL IT
•ABG SYSTEMS IT
•AGA C.O.M. SRL IT
•ALBERTI ANGELO SRL IT
•ALGITECH SRL IT
•ALLIANCE LAUNDRY CE S.R.O. CZ
•ALLIANCE LAUNDRY ITALY SRL IT
•ALVI OFFICINE MECCANICHE SRL IT
•ARTMECC DI FORNARO RENATO IT
•ASSOCIAZIONE FORNITORI AZIENDE MANUTENZIONE DEI TESSILI IT
•ASSOSECCO IT
•BARBANTI SRL IT
•BATTISTELLA B.G. SRL IT
•BIEFFE SRL IT
•BIKO ENGINEERING AG CH
•BIMAP SRL IT
•BOWE TEXTILE CLEANING GMBH DE
•BRENTARENO SRL IT
•BRONGO SRL IT
•BUBBLE VISION BE
•BUEFA REINIGUNGSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG DE
•C.F.B. SPA IT
•CARBONELL COMPANIA ANONIMA IT
•CARGO PAK SRL IT
•CARTESIA SRL IT
•CBA MACHINES NV BE
•CFB SPA IT
•CHRISTEYNS IT SRL IT
•CHT GERMANY GMBH DE
•CIMMINO FORNITURE TESSILI SRL IT
•CLEAN PRO SRL IT
•CLINERS SRL IT
•CNA PULITINTOLAVANDERIE IT
•COCCHI SRL IT
•COLOMBO MARIO SNC IT
•CONA SRL IT
•CONF INDUSTRIES SRL IT
•CONFARTIGIANATO PULITINTOLAVANDERIE IT
•CORITEX SNC IT
•CREAZIONI FUTURA SRL IT
•D.I.M. DETERGENTI INDUSTRIALI MILANO SRL IT
•DALMON WATER SOLUTION SRL IT
•DANTE BERTONI SRL IT
•DANUBE INTERNATIONAL FR
•DATAMARS SA CH
•DELTA P.B. SRL IT
•DIELLE SRL IT
•DOMUS LAUNDRY ES
•DUE EFFE SPA IT
•DUNNEWOLT B.V. NL
•È COSì IT
•EMMEBIESSE SPA IT
•ERREZETA 2 SRL IT
•EUROTAPE BV NL
•EXPODETERGO IT
•F.B. ITALY DI BRUNO FABIO IT
•F.LA.I. SAS IT
•FAGOR INDUSTRIAL S. COOP. ES
•FAGOR PROFESSIONAL ES
•FALVO MARCELLO SAS IT
•FIBIR IT S.R.L. IT
•FIORE SRL IT
•FIRBIMATIC SPA IT
•FOLTEX B.V. DE
•FRANCESCA SRL IT
•G.L. SRL IT
•GAVARDO CALDAIE SRL IT
•GEVECOM SRL by lavanderiastore.it IT
•GHIDINI BENVENUTO SRL IT
•GIRBAU IT SRL IT
•GIRBAU SA ES
•GMP SRL UNIPERSONALE IT
•GOTTLOB STAHL WAESCHEREIMASCHINENBAU GMBH DE
•GRANDIMPIANTI – ALI GROUP SRL IT
•HAWO GMBH DE
•HELPI SRL IT
•HYDRA INFORMATICA SRL IT
•I.L.S.A. SPA IT
•ICT-GROUP SRL IT
•IMESA SPA IT
•IMPIANTI NOVOPAC SRL IT
•INDEMAC SRL IT
•INDUSTRIA TESSILE GASTALDI & C. SPA IT
•ITALCLEAN SRL IT
•JENSEN GROUP (JENSEN AG BURGDORF) CH
•KAAN SRL IT
•KANNEGIESSER IT SRL IT
•KANNEGIESSER HERBERT GMBH DE
•KONA SRL IT
•KREBE TIPPO DOO SL
•KREUSSLER CHEMISCHE FABRIK & CO GMBH DE
•LA T TECNICA SRL IT
•LACO MACHINERY BE
•LART SRL IT
•LAUNDRY ROBOTICS B.V. NL
•LM PROFESSIONAL SRL IT
•MACPI SPA PRESSING DIVISION IT
•MAESTRELLI SRL IT
•MAGNABOSCO SRL IT
•MANARA ROBERTO SRL IT
•MARK SRL IT
•MAS GENERATORI DI VAPORE SRL IT
•MASA SPA INDUSTRIE TESSILI IT
•MAXI-PRESS GMBH DE
•MERELLI SANTINO SNC DI MARTINELLI FIGLI IT
•METALPROGETTI SPA IT
•MIELE IT SRL IT
•MINGAZZINI SRL IT
•MODELCHEM SRL by Chimica Sud IT
•MONTANARI SRL ENGINEERING CONSTR. IT
•MONTEGA SRL IT
•MS GROUP SRL IT
•NUOVA FOLATI SPA IT
•ONNERA LAUNDRY BARCELONA S.A. ES
•OZDEMIR KECE SANAI TICARET LIMITED SIRKET TR
•PANDORA SRL IT
•PAROTEX SRL IT
•PELLERIN MILNOR CORPORATION USA
•PENTA LAUNDRY SRL IT
•PIZZARDI SRL IT
•POLYMARK PORTUGAL LDA PT
•PONY SPA IT
•PRIMA FOLDER SRL IT
•PRIMA SRL IT
•PRO.MA SRL IT
•RAMPI PRODOTTI CHIMICI IT
•REALSTAR SRL IT
•REDATEX SRL IT
•RENZACCI SPA – INDUSTRIA LAVATRICI IT
•RICATEX SRL IT
•RIVOLTA CARMIGNANI SPA IT
•ROSSELLO ANTONINA SNC IT
•ROTONDI GROUP SRL IT
•ROYALTEX SRL IT
•S.C.A.L. SRL IT
•SAFECHEM EUROPE GMBH DE
•SAN AI INDUSTRIES INC JP
•SARTITALIA SNC DI GASPARINI & C. IT
•SCHULTESS MACHINEN AG CH
•SEITZ GMBH DE
•SIDI MONDIAL SRL IT
•SIGES SRL IT
•SIL FIM SRL by SILC IT
•SINTESI SRL IT
•SKEMA SRL IT
•SMARTEX INTERNATIONAL MAKINE SAN VE TIC AS TR
•SOCOLMATIC SRL IT
•SOCOM INFORMATIONSSYSTEME GMBH DE
•STIRMATIC SRL IT
•STIRO SERVICE SRL IT
•STIROTECNICA SRL IT
•STUDIO SYSTEMATICA SRL IT
•SUMAL S.L. ES
•SURFCHIMICA SRL IT
•T.H. SERVICE SRL IT
•TECHNISCHE TEXTILIEN LORRACH GMBH & CO. KG DE
•TECHNO SERVICE SRL IT
•TECNOLOGIE TESSILI SRL IT
•TEKTEM MAKINA SAN. VE DIS TIC. LTD STI TR
•TELAR CONTRACT SRL IT
•TELERIE GLORIA SRL IT
•TESSILTORRE SRL IT
•TESSITURA PEREGO SRL IT
•TESSITURA ZA&BEL SRL IT
•TEXILARIO SRL IT
•THERMINDUS SRL IT
•THERMOPATCH BV NL
•THERMOTEX NAGEL GMBH DE
•TINTOLAV SRL IT
•TOLKAR MAKINA SANAYI VE TIC. AS TR
•TOLON GLOBAL MAKINA SAN. VE TIC. A.S. TR
•TREVIL SRL IT
•TREVISAN MASSIMO & C. SNC IT
•UNICA SRL IT
•UNICAL AG SpA IT
•UNION SPA IT
•UNISEC MACHINERY, S.L. ES
•VALMET LDA PT
•VALVOLE HOFMANN BY BONINO ENGINEERING IT
•VEIT GMBH DE
•VINCIARELLI GROUP SRL IT
•VITESSE SRL IT
•W.T.P. WATER TREATMENT PROCESS SRL IT
•WH MUNZPRUFER DIETMAR TRENNER GmbH DE
•ZUCCHETTI CENTRO SISTEMI SPA IT
Detergo Magazine – Number 6, June 2022
edited by Marzio Nava
