With the drop in manufacturing that accompanied the recent economic downturn—plus the more recent surge in commodity prices—industrial textile services operations have had to innovate and control costs to remain profitable. 
 
These challenges spurred an influx of new technologies that have helped companies cut operating costs, while at the same time giving them precise data to pore over when seeking to improve operations.
 
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One such technology that’s being integrated into an increasing number of industrial plants is radio-frequency identification, or RFID chips, which allow textile services operators to more ...