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Scottish textile services company, Fishers, this week officially opened its £5million state-of-the-art "super laundry" in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, and unveiled new livery for its famous fleet of green and white trucks.
The opening was performed by Marc Crothall, chief executive of the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) on the opening day of its national tourism conference, which is being held in Edinburgh.
Located just 11 miles from Glasgow city centre in Palacecraig Street, Coatbridge, the laundry is capable of handling 600,000 items of bed linen and towels a week for existing customers' 8,000 hotel rooms and potentially 4,000 further rooms. It is among the most energy efficient plants in Europe, with heat recycling and low temperature washing. The plant also features high tech camera inspection equipment for quality assurance and radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning.
Fishers also unveiled the first of its familiar fleet of green and white trucks to sport new livery featuring iconic tourism landmarks to tie in with the 2016 Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design.
Michael Jones, Fishers' managing director, said: "We're immensely proud of our new super laundry which underlines our commitment to investing in the business in order to service the needs of our customers in the tourism and hospitality sector here in Scotland."
NEW LAUNDRY: Michael Jones, Fishers' managing director (right) is pictured with Marc Crothall, chief executive of The Scottish Tourism Alliance.
Image Robert Perry
