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Table of Contents include:

  • Demand Sectors: Key Trends and Outlook
  • Textile Services Industry: Key Trends and Outlook
  • Regional and Country Profiles
  • Company Profiles

Unprecedented among analysts’ reports—a first in forecasting supply and demand for linen, uniform and facility services worldwide—this study by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) provides insights into the industry’s operating conditions, market trends, customers and competition. As the research and analysis division of The Economist Group, sister to The Economist newspaper, EIU is the world leader in global business intelligence, helping businesses, the financial sector and governments understand how the world changes, creating opportunities to be seized and risks to be managed. The Global Textile Services Market Analysis portrays:

  • Main drivers for demand for the industry’s services in the next five years
  • Corporate dynamics from consolidation and fragmentation of ownership
  • Challenges and opportunities of managing everyday operations

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Drawing from a wealth of private- and public-sector information sources worldwide as well as interviews with nearly 30 industry experts, the report includes:

  • Projections of the industry’s performance in global regions, specifically 13 countries across these regions:
    • Asia-Pacific
      • Australia, China, India, Japan
    • Latin America
      • Brazil, Mexico
    • Middle East and Africa
      • Saudi Arabia, South Africa
    • North America
      • Canada, United States
    • Western Europe
      • France, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Forecasts of demand for the industry’s services from these market sectors:
    • Healthcare
    • Hotel
    • Construction
    • Energy, oil and gas
    • Manufacturing
  • Profiles of these 10 public companies in the industry, using growth-related and financial-performance-based indicators
    • Aramark (headquartered in the United States)
    • Cintas (headquartered in the United States)
    • CWS (headquartered in Germany)
    • Elan (headquartered in Japan)
    • Elis (headquartered in France)
    • Johnson Service Group (headquartered in the United Kingdom)
    • K-Bro Linen (headquartered in Canada)
    • Rentokil Initial (headquartered in the United Kingdom)
    • Spotless (headquartered in Australia)
    • UniFirst (headquartered in the United States)