How many injuries have you seen from employees pushing carts of laundry around a plant? Rentex B.V., a large healthcare launderer in Bolsward, the Netherlands, has leveraged technology to lower these risks, while improving efficiency and delivery accuracy with an automated system of garment loading and cart distribution.

‘Power of Data’

Jelco van der Duim, production manager for Rentex, recently completed an automation project with a quartet of vendors, including two Dutch robotics firms, plus sortation equipment from JENSEN GROUP and tracking/route-accounting technology from ABS Laundry Business Solutions. Rentex’s effort to partially automate the movement ...