Workwear is usually defined as clothing specifically designed to be worn in the workplace. Workwear can be worn both to protect the worker or to protect products and equipment from various sorts of contamination.
Well-dressed staff communicate a positive message about their company. Comfortable, safe, clean and attractive workwear helps staff to feel good about their jobs.
Textile rental firms deliver garments at the right time, in the right size, in a guaranteed clean state and ready for use. Garments range from:
- heavy-duty overalls for industrial plants, to
- lighter clothing worn by front office personnel where image is all-important
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As well as renting things like cars or a photocopier, a company can rent workwear. A workwear service company will look after:
- investing in workwear textiles and inventory management
- collecting soiled garments
- sorting, washing, drying, finishing and quality control
- repairing or replacing damaged garments
- returning garments to the customer
- possible internal distribution to end-users
- adjusting quickly to changes in the number of employees
Why use workwear rental services ?
- allows customers to focus on core business
- provides personalised garments delivered to suit the characteristics of each worker
- guarantees reliable product quality
- ensures safety protection for the worker and the production process
- guarantees compliance with latest EU and national legal requirements
- improves image of the company
- reduces administrative costs and capital expenditure via outsourcing of inventory management
- offers effective cost-control tool
- ensures ecological laundering with sophisticated wash process and quality control
- proposes flexible solution for fluctuating workforces
- develops new materials through constant research and development
New
E.T.S.A. minimum requirements for workwear fabrics
Industrial launderers are often faced with workwear which is not suited
to industrial processing. In order to enable industrial launderers to
select suitable workwear for industrial washing and drying processes,
E.T.S.A. has defined minimum requirements
for fabrics for general-purpose workwear. In a specialised Working
Group, E.T.S.A. is currently looking into expanding these requirements
to the entire garment.
ISO 15797:
New standard on industrial washing and finishing procedures for testing
of general-purpose workwear
See our separate page at www.industrialwashing.eu
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