Professionals for professionals: washing machines

This little big hotel with 56 rooms and suites opened in December 2012. High above the village of Gstaad, The Alpina Gstaad is enthroned with a magnificent view of the Saanenland and the Bernese Alps. Inside the hotel, guests can expect local art and craftsmanship, all discreetly luxurious and of first-class quality. The Alpina Gstaad and the Swiss quality washing machine manufacturer Schulthess are also a fresh team when it comes to laundry. 

The Clinica Hildebrand Centro di riabilitazione Brissago is one of Switzerland’s leading rehabilitation clinics. Specialising in neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, it lives by the motto ‘always providing the best services for patients in all respects’. The clinic’s partners also have to comply with this principle, which is why Schulthess was chosen. The Clinica Hildebrand is located directly on Lake Maggiore and has a fantastic view of the lake and the chains of hills. ‘The favourable location is important for our patients, as it makes their stay more pleasant, has a supportive effect on the rehabilitation process and creates optimal conditions for the therapy sessions,’ says Daniele Mazzoleni, the infrastructure manager. In addition to the innovative and interdisciplinary range of therapies, the clinic impresses with its modern infrastructure, designed to offer patients the best conditions for rehabilitation. In keeping with the clinic’s philosophy: Only the best for our patients!

Organised as a foundation with a clear mission, the focus at the Serata nursing home has always been on the individual person with his or her unique dignity. The residents can participate in the Christian life in the house. Of course, people of other faiths also feel at home at Serata. Values and quality embody a supporting role. This also applies to the Serata partners, and thus also to the Schulthess laundry solution. ‘For us, the focus is on the individual person, his or her well-being is our greatest concern,’ says Rolf Roider, home manager at Serata Zizers. When you accompany him through the rooms at the nursing home, you quickly realise what is meant by this: Each person is treated with respect and esteem. The contact is cordial, people pay attention to each other and there is a lot of laughter. The Serata offers care places, retirement flats and studios in which people can live autonomously. There is also a dementia ward where people can move around safely without an escort. The gastronomic offering is also impressive: The healthy, fresh selection for internal and external guests is highly appreciated and can also be ordered as catering.

Civil protection in Uster provides a roof for several institutions. There is the fire brigade with its 100 volunteer firefighters, the civil defence and, as a branch, the Riedikon training centre. A wide variety of laundry items accumulate everywhere, consisting of an assortment of fabrics and materials. Schulthess has proven to be a reliable partner for cleaning them. 

Home médicalisé de la Sarine: With Schulthess there are no more limits! The HMS retirement home with its innovative range of services for Fribourg and the catchment area impresses with its professional care and constant new approaches to the well-being of its residents. The focus is on quality, including in the laundry. This has just been significantly expanded and now also works for external customers. The HMS retirement home is located in the countryside right next to Fribourg in Villars-sur-Glâne on a hill with a view of the beautiful countryside. Elderly people from Villars-sur-Glâne and the surrounding communities (Saane district) spend the autumn of their days here. They are well cared for and arrange their days with a wide variety of activities that are tailored to their needs. In addition to four old-age wards, there are two wards that are specially designed to meet the needs of elderly people with emotional problems. Two doctors are also available at all times to address health-related concerns. The ample comfort of the single rooms for all residents is particularly appreciated.

It was clear from the start which washing appliance manufacturer the newly founded vischpa Textilreinigung AG in Visp would work with. Even the initial contact with Schulthess proved to be a stroke of luck. The Swiss company with its understanding of quality, professional project support and unique programmes ensured that the five young entrepreneurs were able to design and open their dry cleaning business in record time. Today, washing in Visp is done ecologically and sustainably with wetClean. Within just three months, the business idea became a reality and the first wetClean cleaning service in Valais opened in Visp. The fact that this was feasible also has to do with Schulthess Maschinen AG. ‘The customer advisor from Schulthess kept up with our pace. For example, our enquiry was answered within one day with a quotation. And it was so good that we immediately opted for the Schulthess solution,’ says Christine Albrecht, CEO of vischpa Textilreinigung AG. ‘We were even guided in the choice of premises. Schulthess developed the optimal laundry solution for us, and the overall package totally convinced us.’

The laundry of the Social Facilities and Operations of the City of Zurich employs unemployed social welfare recipients and IV recipients and assists them in their return to working life. The company washes, dries and irons to the highest standards. Schulthess appliances are a guarantee for achieving and maintaining this highest possible standard. The individual and at the same time simple operability of the appliances as well as Schulthess’s excellent customer service confirm to the laundry every day that they are working with the ideal laundry partner. The Zurich municipal laundry is an exceptional operation. As an organisation close to the market, it offers around 50 employees the chance to return to the ‘normal working world’. Work takes place five days a week, in three four-hour shifts. The team leader places special emphasis on manual skills such as ironing by hand, darning holes or sewing on buttons. As a social institution, the laundry aims to train employees not only in manual skills but also in social skills: The spectrum ranges from showing up on time and dealing with each other in a businesslike manner to writing job applications. The laundry works for a number of companies in the city of Zurich, but its satisfied clients also includes private clients such as Spitex and restaurants. 700 kg of laundry are processed daily, 180 tonnes annually.

The quirkiest bakery pub in Switzerland has a passion for cooking, baking – and washing: Schneider›s Quer in Pfäffikon (Zurich) is based on an astonishing concept that is unique in Switzerland – and in the laundry room it relies on innovative, professional Schulthess washing machines. Schneider’s Quer combines a bakery, confectionery, café, pizzeria, restaurant, gelateria, winter garden, smokers’ lounge, seminar and meeting rooms, a party service and a hotel under one roof. These facilities are not housed in separate premises: in fact, all of the catering areas have an open and clear layout. Guests can enter the kitchen and bakery, watch the food being prepared and follow the production process at close quarters. The bakery is sometimes converted into a location for events at short notice. After all, honesty, transparency and closeness to the guests are cornerstones of the business model. The concept is bearing fruit: at present, 67 employees take care of the ever-growing number of guests 365 days a year from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m..

The Collège Beau Soleil in Villars-sur-Ollon is home to pupils from all over the world and provides a comprehensive cosmopolitan education as well as first-class all-round care. This also includes the laundry service, which, thanks to the individual Schulthess laundry solution, takes impeccable care of every item of laundry, no matter how demanding. The alpine Collège Beau Soleil is one of the most renowned and oldest private schools in Switzerland. The educational institution aims to provide its pupils with a holistic and modern education and accordingly promotes intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. The Collège looks after the pupils’ well-being around the clock and offers them a wide range of services, such as a sizeable leisure and sports programme, exciting excursions and unique cultural projects. The school complex also includes spacious classrooms and modern living areas, a first-class refectory and its own gymnasium, as well as a tennis court, swimming pool, cinema and disco. The Collège also has its own independent power supply and is very ecologically oriented.

The Campus Sursee in the heart of Switzerland is the largest seminar and training centre in our country. The state-of-the-art campus with a view of the countryside offers top-class training and further education for construction professionals as well as rooms for seminars and events.