RECORD GATHERING AT LAUNDREXNET
Left to right: Tiger Chang, Anmesh Chalke, Thomas Ulbricht, Vijay Rodda & Anand Dubey
Surpassing its record of last year, LaundrexNet, the exclusive platform for knowledge sharing and networking for the laundry industry, witnessed a gathering of over 130 people from retail, commercial, institutional laundry and dry-cleaning segments. A special delegation of Indian Railways from nine zones, hospitals and hotels, facility management companies and start-ups also attended this session.
Delegates from across the Southern States and Western India engaged in highly interactive sessions, which included topics of common concern like Energy and Water savings in the laundry process, Understanding new technologies, Stain removal besides presentations on Wet Cleaning, RFIDs, Leasing in Laundry Systems and Self-service laundry.
Xavier Salas, Akash Dharamsey, Kho Tjin Hok & Rachit Ahuja
Leading speakers from across the world, including Thomas Ulbricht, Managing Director-Buzil Werk; Anand Dubey, Regional Sales Manager-Alliance Laundry Systems; Tiger Chang, Manager, LG Electronics; Anmesh Chalke, Laundry Manager-Support Services, Renaissance Mumbai; Anshul Gupta, Director, Quick Dry Clean; Kho Tjin Hok, Lagoon-Specialist, APAC; Xavier Salas, Director-International Sales, Girbau Group; Shrirang Tambe, CEO, ORIGA Leasing; Lalit Sharma, Sector head-Indian Sub-continent, Diversery-SealedAir; Akash Dharamsey, Director, ADD Laundry Concepts; Vijay Rodda, Laundry Consultant and Rachit Ahuja, Quick Dry Cleaning Software addressed the delegation.
“It was an excellent conference and we look forward to attend more of the LaundrexNet conferences in future too. The information on wet cleaning and energy & water savings was very useful for us. Moreover, it gave us the opportunity to meet with experts and peer to associate with and network,” said Visalakshi Natraj, Director, Washbuddy Laundromats Pvt. Ltd.
Railway officers (1-7 from left); Lalit Sharma, Akash Dharamsey, Anshul Gupta, Sharad Agrawal & Mohana M, Editor-Clean India Journal.
A.S. Ramani, Business Head, Tangy Supplies & Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a part of the Updater Services Pvt. Ltd, along with his colleagues Ganga Ganesh and Stalin found the LaundrexNet session very useful as “it gave us ample information on the things one needs to know when starting a new laundry set up. We have plans to enter the laundry segment shortly. The panel discussion on ‘Efficient Processes: Saving on Energy & Water’ and ‘New Technologies’ provided knowledge on result oriented operations. Also, Tunnel washer technology would be useful for large companies like us.”
There were few start-up companies attending the session. Dheeraj, Director, Washapp, said, “This is the first time we are here and for us the LaundrexNet conference was a boon. We learnt about different technologies from experts and are procuring Lagoon from Electrolux for our facility. The exhibition too was worth coming.”
SYS Facility Pvt. Ltd is into multiple business including catering and facility management. “Recently, we started our laundry business. This was the first time we have come to Laudrex India Expo and LaundrexNet conference which were very useful for us. We would like to visit again, wherever it is organised next,” said Yash Gupta, Director.
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