Global Commercial Laundry Machinery Market Report 2021-2025: While Developed Regions Remain Dominant Consumers, Developing Regions Extend Robust Growth Opportunities - PRNewswire

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DUBLIN, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Commercial Laundry Machinery - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The global market for Commercial Laundry Machinery is projected to reach US$5.7 billion by 2025, driven by the robust growth and evolution of the lodging services and travel accommodation market.

Few of the factors driving growth of travel, tourism, lodging and hotel industry include rising volumes of international tourism and domestic vacations supported by rising incomes and falling airline fares; increased infrastructural developments; increased use of digital tools for flight and accommodation booking in a manner that makes the process cost-effective, easy and convenient. Government initiatives are turning Asian countries into hot tourist destinations.

The importance of clean and quality linen in the hotel industry cannot be undermined. Good quality towels and bed linen plays over a 90% role in influencing the satisfaction and overall experience of hotel guests. Stained or poor quality bed linen increases the risk of losing repeat customers by over 95%, drastically reducing the likelihood of customers booking a room with the hotel in the future.

However, maintaining in-house laundry care operations is expensive, given the rising cost of labor. Economically unsustainable wage growth is quickly becoming a threat to competitiveness of the hotel industry. This high cost of labor is resulting in the switch from internal operations to outsourced services. Over 65% to 70% of hotels are outsourcing washing of their bed linen and towels to a laundry service provider. The scenario provides the perfect platform for increased installation of commercial laundry machines by service providers to meet the growing demand for, and increase in laundry care contracts.

Few of the noteworthy trends in the market include growing focus on environmental health and the ensuing rise in interest in energy-efficient, eco-friendly water-saving machines; increased spending by hotels on amenities like cleaning and housekeeping services; technology improvements such as washer-extractors with high g-force extraction and tumbler-dryers with over-dry prevention; demand for machines with temperature and moisture control sensors that prevent damage to delicate fabric and ensure safe laundering of clothes; development of laundry machines capable of heating water to a temperature as high as 190 degrees to eliminate bacteria and dust mites from laundry in response to deep cleaning needs. The United States and Europe represent large markets worldwide with a combined share of 64.8% of the market.

The launch of new laundry equipment with innovative features such as enhanced water conservation, energy efficiency, speed, compactness and automated-operation capabilities will encourage replacement demand growth in the developed markets.

China ranks as the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 7.4% over the analysis period supported by under-penetration of laundry services and untapped opportunity for growth against the backdrop of the expanding base of upwardly mobile middle class population and their increasing aspirational spending guided by changing perceptions of comfort, convenience and wellness.

Other major factors driving growth in the country include rapid urbanization; development of Chinese tourism, rise of medical tourism; and increased establishment of commercial laundry facilities.

Key Topics Covered:

I. METHODOLOGY

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. MARKET OVERVIEW

• Influencer Market Insights
• World Market Trajectories
• An Introduction to Commercial Laundry Machinery
• Commercial Laundry Machinery: Current Market Scenario and Outlook
• Factors Affecting Consumer Purchases
• While Developed Regions Remain Dominant Consumers, Developing Regions Extend Robust Growth Opportunities
• Segmental Analysis
• Washing Machines: Largest Product Segment
• Washer-Extractors, the High-Capacity Washing Machines, Emerge in the Market
• Commercial Dryers Segment Continues to Make Gains
• Dry Cleaning Equipment Segment Exhibits Fast Paced Growth
• Role & Importance of Commercial Laundry Presses Remains Intact
• Market for Presses & Finishing Equipment: Characterized by Regional Variations
• Commercial Wet Ironing Machines: An Overview
• COMPETITIVE SCENARIO
• Leading Players in the World Commercial Laundry Machinery Market
• Vendors Emphasize Service Vertical to Maintain Client Base
• Impact of Covid-19 and a Looming Global Recession

2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS  (Total 114 Featured):

• Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC (USA)
• BOWE Textile Cleaning GmbH (Germany)
• CMV Sharper Finish, Inc. (USA)
• Dexter Apache Holdings, Inc. (USA)
• Dexter Laundry (USA)
• EDRO Corporation (USA)
• Electrolux Professional AB (Sweden)
• Forenta LP (USA)
• Girbau S.A. (Spain)
• Hoffman/New Yorker, Inc. (USA)
• IFB Appliances (India)
• JLA Limited (UK)
• Kannegiesser E-Tech, Inc. (USA)
• Kenmore (USA)
• LG Electronics (South Korea)
• Miele Inc. (USA)
• Pellerin Milnor Corporation (USA)
• Qualitex Company (USA)
• Shanghai Sailstar Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd. (China)
• Unipress Corporation (USA)
• Whirlpool Corporation (USA)

3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS

• Hotels: Major Consumers of Commercial Laundry Machinery
• Booming Lodging Services & Travel Accommodation Market Leads to Increased Use of Commercial Laundry Machinery in Hotels
• Global Travel Accommodation Market (In US$ Billion) for the Years 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024, & 2026
• Healthcare Sector Emerges as New Growth Vertical
• Widening Opportunities Beyond Hotels and Hospitals Enthuse Commercial Laundry Machinery Market
• Industrial Entities & Fire Stations Prioritize Commercial Laundry Machinery for Clean PPE
• Sustained Demand from Prisons & Correctional Facilities Segment
• Linen Rental Businesses: Niche Segment
• Waterparks Rely on On-Premise Units to Handle High-Volume Laundry Needs
• Athletic Facilities, Gyms and Sports Organizations
• Salons and Spas
• Rising Demand for Laundromat Services Augments Market Prospects
• Growing Importance of Multi-Housing Laundries Augurs Well
• Robust Demand for Dry Cleaning Services Enhances Overall Demand
• Amid Regulatory Curbs on PERC Usage, PERC Alternatives Proliferate Dry Cleaning Domain
• Select Alternatives to PERC and TCE that Perform Effectively in Textile Cleaning
• A Note on Anti-PERC Regulations
• Technology Innovations & Advancements Sustain Momentum in Commercial Laundry Machinery Market
• Latest Models Emphasize Automation, IoT and Wireless Connectivity Needs of Clients
• New Textile Materials Necessitate Amendments to Laundry Technology
• A Look Into Select Advanced Capabilities of Commercial Laundry Machines
• A Review of Select Recently Launched Commercial Laundry Solutions
• High Speed Laundry Machines with Shortened Cycle Time Come to the Fore
• Fast Growing Demand for Energy-Efficient, Green Laundry Technologies
• Low Water Consuming Laundry Machines Make a Cut
• Polymer Bead Cleaning: The New High-Tech Water Saving Laundry Technology
• Replacement Demand Supplements Overall Sales Volume
• Impact of Regulations and Legislations on Commercial Laundry Machinery Business

4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE

III. MARKET ANALYSIS

IV. COMPETITION

• Total Companies Profiled: 114

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New Vergennes Laundry Proprietor Nadia Dole Builds on a Sweet Legacy - Seven Days

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In January, Nadia Dole relaunched Vergennes Laundry, the 10-year-old Main Street bakery and café she bought in the fall of 2020. She had deep-cleaned, repainted and installed new shelving. She had opened up the work space in front of the floor-to-ceiling wood-fired oven and added a 5-by-6-foot black walnut baking table on wheels.

Dole had also been busy baking. The glass-fronted pastry case held tender-crumbed scones in flavors such as cheddar-French herb and red currant-lemon. Tea-style cakes — pistachio and lime; lemon and poppy seed; banana, chocolate and coconut made without gluten — were scattered with edible flowers or coconut flakes. She had perfected her own version of cardamom buns, a Vergennes Laundry favorite: elegantly twisted like a ballet mistress' chignon, generously spice-flecked, buttery and crunchy with deeply browned undersides.

As Dole worked to establish herself, an early customer put a finger on what the new owner was feeling.

"This woman kind of pointed at me and said, 'You have big shoes to fill,'" Dole recalled with a touch of chagrin. But then, she added gratefully, "Another customer, a guy, turned around and said to her, 'Maybe she wants to wear her own shoes.'"

After the woman left, the man said to Dole encouragingly, "You be you."

Dole has had 49 years to figure out who she is — but, as with most people, each new endeavor requires taking a step back to determine how to apply the best of herself.

The Montréal native currently splits her time between Vergennes and her family's Putney farm. She is an accomplished photographer with a successful business that hosts photography and film workshops around the world in locations from Iceland to Morocco to Vermont. Dole has also cooked and baked professionally, including running the historic Store at Five Corners and its associated Green River Farm in Williamstown, Mass., from 2015 to 2017.

Dole has warm brown eyes and expressive eyebrows and exudes a generosity of spirit. "I'm always checking in on everyone," she said. "It's just who I am."

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Her achievements aside, it's a challenge to take over an establishment with the distinctive personality and reputation that Vergennes Laundry founders Julianne and Didier Murat cultivated.

Barely a year after the couple launched their wood-fired bakery in 2010, they earned a Food & Wine magazine feature that lavished descriptors including "superlative," "perfect" and "excellent" on their blistered tarts, naturally leavened bread and intensely caramelized canelé pastries.

Dole was among the original bakery's devoted fans. She had become a regular on trips between her family's home, then in Bennington, and Montréal. "I thought it was perfect: the minimalist approach, the pastries," she said. "It wasn't fussy."

When the Murats put the bakery on the market in 2017, Dole seriously considered buying it, but its price and standard of perfection deterred her.

Local chef Christian Kruse purchased the business and renamed it Vergennes Laundry by CK. He continued to offer some baked goods and added seated brunch and dinners. Kruse, who recently became executive chef at Black Flannel Brewing in Essex Junction, announced in December 2019 that the business was again for sale. This time, Dole made an offer; it was not accepted until May, after several other deals fell through due to COVID-19.

Dole originally planned to rename the bakery, but, she explained, "as I was writing the business plan, between all the published articles, the cult following," it seemed a waste.

With critical help from her initial team of two (now three, and growing), Dole's version of Vergennes Laundry is emerging.

The bakery is currently open for takeout Wednesday through Sunday, offering baked goods, coffee and sandwiches, as well as bread and a selection of homewares and specialty grocery items. Wednesdays and Saturdays are bread-baking days — and Dole will soon add Sundays. The rotating roster includes rye and country loaves, Provençal-style fougasse, and baguettes — all baked in the wood-fired oven.

About 70 percent of Vergennes Laundry's baked offerings are made in the oven. The pastries are mostly European influenced but with Dole's spin. She makes plain brioche and a version filled with pastry cream, peach, hazelnut crumble and poppy seeds. Slices of the rich, soft bread are also layered with almond cream, blueberries and almonds to make bostock.

Dole's husband favors the plain brioche. Her 8-year-old daughter's list includes a lemon, ricotta and white chocolate Basque-style cheesecake, which the baker promises is "barely sweet." Dole herself gravitates toward the cardamom buns and blood orange-cardamom cake. If she were baking just for herself, Dole said with a smile, "The whole case would be cardamom."

Despite its varied and mouthwatering contents, Dole is not quite satisfied. "The pastry case is evolving. It's not yet where I want it to be," she said. Those who crave canelés — including her daughter — will have to wait. "I have to perfect my recipe," Dole said.

Although Dole is a seasoned baker, the wood-fired oven was new to her. It comes with a steep learning curve and high demands on a baker's attention and time. On bread-baking days, Dole wakes at 1 a.m. to tend to the fire. "We call it the beast," she said with a rueful laugh. "I call it my master."

The pandemic has hampered Dole's wood-fired-baking education. If not for COVID-19, she said, "I would have been on a plane going to learn how to make pizza dough," among other global specialties.

The normally frequent traveler also misses the inspiration she finds in faraway places. "I fill your cup, but mine has to be full, too," Dole said. For now, her focus is necessarily close to home.

On a recent spring Saturday, the bakery door opened to a tapestry of scents. Butter mingled with citrus; toast swirled with coffee. The glass case displayed more than half a dozen sweet and savory pastries, while a cubby behind the counter held baguettes from the morning's bake. A staff member pulled meticulous shots of espresso.

The coffee is on theme, all wood-fire-roasted by Coffee Lab International in Waterbury, a sister business to Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea. The beans are single-origin and sourced mostly from organic and female-run farms. Dole received certification to do her own roasting at Coffee Lab, but that is on hold during the pandemic.

Dole's aesthetic is immediately evident in the casually elegant bucket of tulips on the floor, the nature-toned linen aprons hanging on wall hooks, and a richly hued oil painting of giant pomegranates gracing the white beadboard wall. (When she first fell in love with the pricey piece of art 30 years ago, Dole recalled, "My husband said, 'You want a house, or you want a painting?'")

The built-in benches that once seated guests are now scattered with an eclectic selection of home goods and pantry items: blocks of pastel soap, slender beeswax candle tapers, bottles of wine and bars of chocolate.

Dole's épicerie, as she calls it, is named for the French word for grocery. She stocks many of her favorite foodstuffs: squat ceramic jars of Pommery mustard; olive oil from Portugal, Italy and Tunisia; and fancifully illustrated boxes holding tins of preserved seafood. There are also glass jars of dried hibiscus petals her mother brings back from Egypt and the black currant tea favored by Montréal university students.

A stainless-steel oyster display case holds perishables, including Vermont-produced mushrooms, duck eggs, butter, cheeses and sodas, as well as lemons, olives and cornichon pickles from farther away. Local vegetables and flowers will soon be added, Dole said.

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The café offers a daily menu of sandwiches, including the French classic jambon beurre with Vermont butter and thinly sliced ham on freshly baked baguette. Warm panini might feature a breakfast combination of poached eggs with habañero mayo, wood-fire-roasted red peppers, scallions and cheddar. Lunch could bring grilled cheese with housemade kimchi or horseradish cheddar with radish, a sprinkle of nutty black sesame seeds, greens, and cornichons.

During the afternoon, the team has fun with le goûter. "In France, [that means] an afternoon treat or pick-me-up," Dole explained. It might be a drink like a recently offered Yemeni-spiced mocha coffee, or a velvety dark chocolate and hazelnut-caramel tartlet with a perfectly crisp buttery crust.

In June, Dole said, Vergennes Laundry will start offering dinners a few nights a week. She will be partnering with chef Justin Wright, an alum of the Inn at Shelburne Farms, Hen of the Wood and Sister restaurant in Oakland, Calif. He most recently served as opening chef for the now-paused C'est Ça in Burlington and hosted Caspian Oyster Depot pop-ups in Bristol.

What might dinner guests expect? "The unexpected!" Dole replied with a laugh. "There are incredible things being grown here, and we have this gorgeous wood fire."

Dole has to continually remind herself that it will take time to become established in her own shoes, harking back to that early supportive customer. "I'm still trying to get there, but I'm on that path," she said.

About five weeks ago, Dole lost her beloved rescue horse, a 32-year-old Percheron named Tolstoy. Though devastating, his death helped her take a step back. Most days after the bakery closes, Dole said, she makes time to pack a picnic for her family and they drive around Addison County looking for a farm to buy.

"Even though I'm still working 19 hours a day, it's much different. I'm more peaceful," she said. "He just reminded me to breathe."

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Hartford Cooks The French Laundry's COVID-19 Coverage Suit - Law360

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Law360 (April 27, 2021, 4:58 PM EDT) -- A California magistrate judge on Tuesday dished out a dismissal in famed California eatery The French Laundry's suit seeking coverage for pandemic-related government shutdown orders, saying a virus exclusion precludes coverage for economic losses caused by COVID-19.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled Hartford Fire Insurance Co. doesn't have to cover business interruption losses to either The French Laundry or Bouchon Bistro, a pair of Napa Valley-based French restaurants owned by prominent chef Thomas Keller.

"While the court acknowledges the havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent shelter-in-place orders have caused businesses throughout this country and the world, the court cannot read an ambiguity into an insurance contract where none exists," Judge Corley said.

The owners of the restaurants filed suit in March 2020, alleging Hartford is responsible for their losses caused by closing down the Yountville, California, locations under government orders amid the coronavirus outbreak. The French Laundry famously became connected to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who dined there after he imposed a statewide stay-at-home order. The California governor now faces a recall.

In Tuesday's order, Judge Corley dismissed the suit without leave to amend, finding the restaurants don't allege losses covered under their policy's limited virus coverage. That coverage extends to viral contamination resulting from "a specified cause of loss, equipment breakdown or flood," the judge said.

Judge Corley found nothing inconsistent with Hartford's position under the virus exclusion. The restaurants only offer vague allegations, according to the judge, that Hartford and the insurance industry gave conflicting statements to California's insurance department about the removal of pandemic risk from the policy.

Judge Corley was also not persuaded that potential discovery might reveal more restrictive versions of the virus coverage provision or evidence that Hartford recognized the risks of a viral pandemic. Even if this were true, the judge said it doesn't change the fact that the policy bars coverage for these types of losses.

Representatives for the restaurants and Hartford didn't respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

The restaurants are represented by J. Scott Gerien of Dickenson Peatmanand Fogarty, John W. Houghtaling II and Jennifer Perez of Gauthier Murphy & Houghtaling LLC and David P. Matthews of Matthews & Associates.

Hartford is represented by Johanna Oh, Sarah D. Gordon, James E. Rocap III and Johanna Dennehy of Steptoe & Johnson LLP.

The case is French Laundry Partners LP et al. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., case number 3:20-cv-4540, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

--Additional reporting by Jeff Sistrunk. Editing by Vincent Sherry. 

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Brinkley's in a Bikini...AGAIN! Today's Dirty Laundry - WROR

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Remember when being in your 60s meant you could wear house dresses or wool sweaters and hand out Werther’s Originals?

THOSE DAYS ARE GONE.

And here to announce it, yet again, is Christie Brinkley, from the sands of some tropical locale:

I wonder how Justin Timberlake is going to react:

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"The Laundry Guy" On discovery+ Proves Grime Does Pay - MediaVillage

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"Are you watching The Laundry Guy?" the conversation begins. "Is it a TV show … about laundry?" "Yes. It's on discovery+. Watch it. You're going to love it!" I've recently been on both sides of this conversation. The reaction is often a groan, followed by disbelief that laundry can be emotional, educational, and fun. Yet it is -- if you take the philosophical and professional approach that Patric Richardson, the laundry guy, does. Plus, if you have considered someone a philistine because they mix darks and lights in an unholy washday mess, this is the show for you. (My editor here refers to it as "the most relaxing program on television.")

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Police: Burglar Seen Disabling Security Camera In Brooklyn Laundry Room - CBS New York

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police say they’re searching for a burglar seen on video disabling a security camera and stealing from a laundry room in Brooklyn.

It happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. last Tuesday inside a residential building near East 3rd Street and Avenue W in Gravesend.

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Surveillance video shows the suspect cover the security camera, before police say he drilled a hole in the key hole of a washing machine and removed an unknown amount of money.

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He was last seen wearing a white face mask, black skull cap, brown leather jacket, red shirt, black pants and black shoes.

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Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.

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Colton Underwood and the gay reputation laundry machine - Chicago Reader

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It’s been a cool 11 years since the first and only time I watched any of the Bachelorette/Bachelor franchise. I only made it a few episodes into Ali Fedotowksy’s season in 2010, bowing out shortly after it was revealed that one of the contestants still had a girlfriend, which ended with the potential suitor in question limping away on crutches through some plants because he refused to answer to Ali? It was trash TV at its finest, but not the queer kind that I like.

In fact, for most of my adult life, the Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise has never penetrated the bubble of queerness I inhabit. I don’t have any queer friends who watch it. It never pops up much on queer news sites, if at all. And I pretty much can keep up with the queer zeitgeist without tuning into the franchises. Until now.

Colton Underwood, who I’m told was the bachelor on its 23rd (?!) season, came out as gay in an exclusive interview with Good Morning America. And the expectedly lowball interview has been met with much celebration and admiration, what feels like a practiced, plastic reaction to celebrity coming outs. While his coming out is revelatory and worth celebration, these interviews do a predictable disservice to the woman who just last year accused Underwood of stalking her.

According to numerous media reports, Underwood’s former girlfriend and Bachelor contestant Cassie Randolph filed a restraining order against him in September, accusing him of showing up at her and her parents’ homes, harassing her via text, and even putting a tracking device on her car. These actions fit classic definitions of stalking, a dangerous crime on its own that can also lead to escalating violence.

Ordinarily, in the age of #MeToo and Times Up, people like Underwood would rarely be given such prime-time attention after such high-profile allegations of abuse. But what Underwood is banking on and benefitting from—and what GMA is happily handing him—is a freshly laundered reputation under the guise of queer acceptance.

And he’s already reaping the rewards, according to reports about his Netflix show with his so-called “gay guide” Gus Kenworthy. As many, many, many remarked on Twitter, it’s hard to believe that the same opportunity would be given to anyone who isn’t as immensely privileged as Underwood. And out of every queer person on the globe, amid an ongoing reckoning over racial equity, Netflix decided Underwood’s shepherd to the queer community would be someone who would only reinforce that privilege, not someone who would realistically challenge Underwood and that privilege.

In the GMA interview, Underwood blames past mistakes on an “internal struggle” familiar to many queer people. But stalking isn’t an outlet for unexpressed queerness; it’s a symptom and extension of violent misogyny from which many wrongly believe gay men are exempt.

Up until recently, it was a common refrain for gay men to gag at the mention of a vagina, to decry women’s reproductive parts as gross while simultaneously delighting in the whimsy of their female friends’ breasts. Gay men happily drag their female friends to bars and drag shows, while also rolling their eyes at women who they perceive as interlopers.

By coming out as gay, the truth of which I don’t doubt, Underwood likely hopes to reform his image into the classic gay best friend, the guy girls can always be comfortable around; but he and others forget that gay men can be just as dangerous to women as their straight counterparts—Milo Yiannopoulos and Kevin Spacey come to mind—and his proximity to the pinnacle of heteronormavity that is Bachelor Nation, and the ease with which he minimizes the claims against him, are just proof of that.  v

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