The textile care industry is not immune to challenges such as labour shortages and digital technologies are increasingly helping to compensate for this situation and optimise work processes.

Automation will therefore be one of the top themes at Texcare International, which will return to Frankfurt from November 6-9 2024, having last been held in 2016, with the 2020 edition cancelled.

The use of digital technologies in the the global laundry, cleaning and textile service industries can greatly simplify work processes and make them more transparent and cost-efficient, enabling the flow of goods and data to be optimised and the interfaces to customers improved. Companies can track where their laundry is at any time and which processes are used to treat it. Through robotisation and artificial intelligence (AI), companies also have the opportunity to compensate for staff shortages in skilled and unskilled labour, to make heavy work easier and to become more independent and efficient overall. Employees benefit from a higher quality of work and new opportunities for further training and education.

Rising prices for energy worldwide are meanwhile leading to ever more efficient processes in laundries and dry cleaners and an in-depth look at the future of the various available energy sources – gas, electricity, hydrogen – will take place at Texcare International 2024.

With regard to material flows, textile recycling and environmentally friendly packaging are at the forefront in this industry and water and waste management is very important for the companies involved.

Textile care companies have always been specialists in the hygienic preparation of textiles. The industry therefore expects demand to continue to grow in the field of textile hygiene in the health care and hotel and tourism sectors.

Innovations in textile hygiene – from disinfecting processes for textile cleaning, hygienic washing processes and detergents and the antiviral finishing of textiles during the washing process – will be further areas of focus at the exhibition.

“We are delighted that the industry will once again have the opportunity to show how important professional textile care is for the entire economic cycle – from tourism and industry to the healthcare sector,” says Johannes Schmid-Wiedersheim, director of Texcare. “We are sure that Texcare in Frankfurt will provide new impetus for greater sustainability and intelligent automation.”

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