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ConferenCe report

Upskilling and updating the

laundry industry

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Between 17 and 23 July, four laundry business workshops were
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conducted by CINET for laundry owners and their employees
belonging to the Dry Cleaners and Launderers Association of India

(DLAI) in Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi and Lucknow. Here are
glimpses of the event and its takeaways.

he DLAI Summer Tour Laundry owners were guided a CINET team of experts,
2023 was a whirlwind of about how to improve efficiency supported by international
workshops, discussions, and logistics, expand their suppliers and professionals from
training sessions and business, address business issues, the international drycleaning
Tinteractions between increase profitability and keep up and laundry industry. DLAI
various stakeholders of the with sustainability trends. developed this initiative to
professional laundry industry. Other topics of discussion reach out to India’s PTC
The focus areas of the sessions included the direction in which industry, providing expertise
were retail and industrial best the industry is heading, handling and knowledge to support
practices, machine maintenance, clients, the role of AI and new their members in business
profitable processes and more. technologies, handling delicate development.
Sessions on wet cleaning and garments, basic on-the-go
dry cleaning, changing market troubleshooting and details of Some 45 companies came to
demands, PTC circularity and wet washing and dry cleaning. Fortune Park JP Celestial Hotel
sustainability, professional for the first event in Bengaluru
training and certification, Suresh Bhatia, President, to participate in an extensive
business strategy and DLAI and Anup Poddar, Vice- program focusing on after-Covid
international innovations drew President opened the event market challenges, advanced
scores of delegates who wanted on behalf of the Board of modern PTC processing,
to upgrade their knowledge and DLAI. The full-day programs innovations, sustainability
the road to better profits and were designed and organised projects, human resource
service delivery. by CINET and presented by management and strategies for

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