German manufacturers of laundry and textile cleaning technology are looking back on two successful years. As per a statement released by VDMA Garment and Leather Technology, in 2014 incoming orders were up by 17 per cent in real terms on the results of the previous year, sales increased by 34 per cent in real terms. Also in 2015, sales rose by 5.5 per cent compared to the previous year. Only the order income dropped slightly by 2.6 per cent in 2015, compared however to a high prior-year level. Likewise, exports were increased by 2.4 percent in 2015 from US $ 460 million (€ 404 million) in 2014 to US $ 470 million (€ 414 million) in 2015.
During the first 4 months of the current year 2016, the sector increased both order income and sales: sales grew by 2.8 per cent compared to the previous year, incoming orders achieved an increase of 11.6 per cent.
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Currently, German and European manufacturers of laundry and textile cleaning technology are confidently looking forward to the Texcare International trade fair. Texcare, the world’s key technology platform, will open its doors in Frankfurt from 11 to 15 June 2016 and is deemed to provide positive impetus on the sector. A top issue will be Industry 4.0 and the sector’s ongoing digitalization being a key driver of laundry and textile cleaning technology. Industry 4.0 is already omnipresent in the textile care sector: for example, reassigning the always traceable laundry to its individual user after its user-matched cleaning has already become standard procedure for textile service. Further examples are linen cupboards notifying their running short of linen stock or apps offering traceability of textiles at any time.
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