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July 13, 2010
Survey: Losing an Account, or Possibility of Outsourcing, Turns Up the Pressure

CHICAGO — Do you keep your cool when things start to heat up at your laundry? Do even the smallest things eat at you, or does it take a major problem to make your temperature rise?

When American Laundry News presented a slew of pressure-inducing scenarios in its Wire survey in July, most respondents said their blood pressure holds steady or the issue at hand is rarely or never a concern. But there was one situation that had six out of 10 respondents admitting that it would make them at least a little nervous.

April 28, 2010
Cooling Devices, Common-Sense Precautions Can Stave Off Heat Illness

The inherent dangers of industrial laundering have been well-documented. Potentially contaminated sharps lurk in soiled linen. Heavy slings or bags dangle overhead. Large, moving equipment threatens to maim or even kill if a worker makes a wrong move.

Heat stress doesn’t harbor the immediate threat of these other hazards, but it’s one that can still pack a deadly wallop if treated too lightly.

LOOK FOR WARNING SIGNS

April 28, 2010
Cooling Devices, Common-Sense Precautions Can Stave Off Heat Illness

The inherent dangers of industrial laundering have been well-documented. Potentially contaminated sharps lurk in soiled linen. Heavy slings or bags dangle overhead. Large, moving equipment threatens to maim or even kill if a worker makes a wrong move.

Heat stress doesn’t harbor the immediate threat of these other hazards, but it’s one that can still pack a deadly wallop if treated too lightly.

LOOK FOR WARNING SIGNS

June 18, 2009
Green Conspiracy: Save the Environment and the Bottom Line

NEW ORLEANS — There’s a cost to “greening” your laundry operation, but there are ways you can protect the environment without breaking the bank, Ed Kwasnick, president of Turn-Key Industrial Engineering Services, suggested during an early-morning educational session today at Clean ’09.

June 18, 2009
Technology Recovers Dryer Exhaust to Save on Energy Costs

NEW ORLEANS — Commercial laundries looking for new ways to cut costs can check out a new option at the Clean Show. AquaRecycle, a company specializing in wastewater filtration and water recycling, took the opportunity provided by the show to introduce ThermalRecycle, its system that’s designed to save energy by recovering and recycling heat from a laundry’s dryer exhaust.