In the industrialized world, people are living longer. This aging population has fueled demand for more nursing homes and—by extension—created a growing opportunity for industrial launderers. As nursing home residents contribute more of their own garments to the mix, accurately identifying and tracking each bundle poses a challenge to nursing home staff and their outsourced laundry partners. The current method of simple nametags, stickers and barcodes becomes ineffective after a few wash cycles because the labels become unreadable. This makes garment sorting and tracking a costly and labor-intensive process—and one that’s prone to errors. 
 
For industrial launderers ...