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L to R: Brijesh Gupta, Operational Excellence Manager, Processes, Operations Support-
Asia, Lindström; Sagar S Nanal, Group Exhibition Head – Mobility & Logistics Messe
Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd; Zehen Arora, Director-Sales, Stefab India; Rahul
Gaikwad, Manager - Client Relations, ADD Laundry Concepts Pvt. Ltd; Shri Shankar
Waghmare, Joint Director, MPCB, Mumbai; Atul Srinivas Rao, CEO, Klen Laundroworks
and Arun Maurya, Head Engg and Laundry, Rossari Professional

a challenge to equipment taken by management against
manufacturers and chemical use of the chemical Perk,
suppliers to innovate further. assumed to be carcinogenic,
In response, Zehen mentioned he pointed out that in garment-
that “There is something called manufacturing nations like
the loading ratio, also known China, Vietnam, Bangladesh,
as the filling factor, which has Sri Lanka and India, this
been 1:10 for decades. Some chemical is in use in large
have moved to 1:9 or 1:8, but quantities. Eco-friendly options
wash quality is affected if the are available in the market. A
filling factor is disturbed. For dry cleaning machine is eco-
a 30kg machine, the basket friendly than other processes,
should be 300lt in volume as per because everything happens
the 1:10 ratio. Reducing water internally. Solvent recovery is
consumption ultimately depends 99 per cent, sludge collecting
on the operator and the process inside could be deposited
— it is more of a marketing in sites capable of handling
tactic.” it. When using a wet clean
Arun Maurya added that machine or a laundry, also
innovations like tunnel washer use a dry clean machine so
software and enzyme-based that in case of some fabrics,
chemicals offer potential the solvents could reduce the
solutions, though challenges damage from changes on the
remain, including the cost and fabric in wet cleaning.
environmental impact of these
enzymes.
When asked about the
environmental aspects of wet
cleaning versus dry cleaning,
Zehen clarified: “Wet cleaning
cannot replace dry cleaning.
Neither method is fully eco-
friendly, as both involve water
discharge and chemical use.
However, eco-friendly dry
cleaning machines with solvent
recovery systems can mitigate
environmental damage.” He Arun Maurya, Head Engg and Laundry,
further added that the stand Rossari Professional

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