Every year, around 190 tonnes of laundry are produced from the large hotel and restaurant operations, the staff flats and external operations. This laundry mountain includes flat linen, towels and kitchen linen, pillow and mattress protectors, housekeeping linen, guest linen, table linen, professional clothing and spa linen. The latter is particularly demanding as it is often full of oil stains. Since it opened in 2002, the Hotel Lenkerhof has had a large machine park with nine Schulthess machines in operation. In recent years, the ergonomics of the laundry room have been gradually developed and improved. For example, it’s important that the laundry can be loaded and unloaded as efficiently as possible. Not only washing is done with large industrial machines, but some small washing machines and dryers are also used for guest laundry or particularly dirty laundry items. The Schulthess wetClean programme is also regularly used. In addition to the short and efficient programmes and the proven energy efficiency of the machines, manager Stiller also appreciates the solution-oriented cooperation with the traditional Swiss company: ‘We have a long-standing relationship with Schulthess – we have always been able to count on the good price/performance ratio as well as the customer service available at short notice.’