Like laundries worldwide—especially those catering to hospitality textiles, the Guilin Laundry, a newly opened facility in Southeast China, has struggled as COVID-19 struck late last year and now…it appears to be benefitting from a slow recovery.

We got an overview of the situation facing the plant and other laundries in China from Nina Gu, an executive with the Foreign Trade Department of Jiangsu Sea-lion Machinery Co. Ltd., a leading supplier based in Zhangjiagang, China.

Aaron Zhang, deputy general manager and a member of the family business that marked its 50th anniversary last November, said Sea-lion is involved with several projects ...