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Miele at TexCare 2016: Impulses for efficient and sustainable laundry services

Gütersloh/Frankfurt, April 1, 2016 No. 057/2016

Star-spangled lineup including slimline heat-pump dryer

The forthcoming 'TexCare' presentation by Miele Professional will focus on efficient, resource-saving and successful laundry care – with a new 200 l heat-pump dryer, a presentation on 25 years of wet cleaning and a live demonstration of a high-performance flatwork ironer (Hall 9, Stand C 10).

The first Miele heat-pump dryer for confined spaces but large volumes of laundry slashes energy costs by half. The PT 8203 WP from the SlimLine series features a new heat-pump module which is fully housed inside the dryer. This reduces the width of this machine to as little as 71 cm, allowing it to fit snugly through doors and into confined spaces or small laundries. With a load capacity of up to 10 kg of laundry, this is the fourth heat-pump dryer to be introduced by Miele Professional and completes the previous model portfolio ranging from 6.5 to 16 kg of laundry. Like all other models, this SlimLine dryer excels in terms of short cycle times: Textiles are dry within little more than one hour, despite significantly reduced energy consumption.

As alternative methods of heating such as solar-thermal heat, district heat or the use of a co-generation plant are rapidly gaining ground worldwide, Miele Professional is now also offering tumble dryers which utilise such sources, for example Miele's hot-water (or H2O) dryer. Heat energy is extracted from hot water in a heat exchanger in the tumble dryer – exploiting cheap sources of energy such as waste water from a co-generation plant, district heat or solar- or geo-thermal heat. This makes these dryers - on show at the Miele stand - extremely cost-efficient.

A further focus of interest at Texcare will be the WetCare system: a solvent-free wash process which has now been an important fixture on the market for 25 years. When first launched, Miele Professional together with Kreussler pioneered this aqueous system, making great progress in terms of improving gentle fabric care and finishing performance. In the meantime, further advances in process technology and chemicals have ensured that a large proportion of textiles can not only be washed using the WetCare system but also dried and finished. Miele Professional will be demonstrating the opportunities wet cleaning affords at the Miele booth using various types of outerwear. Practical tips will also be provided by a live demonstration of a high-performance flatwork ironer from the latest model series. This machine allows huge quantities of flatwork to be ironed fast and energy-efficiently – to a level of perfection which meets even the most discerning of demands.

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Company profile: Miele is the world's leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances including cooking, baking and steam-cooking appliances, refrigeration products, coffee makers, dishwashers and laundry and floor care products. This line-up is augmented by dishwashers, washer-extractors and tumble dryers for commercial use as well as washer-disinfectors and sterilisers for use in medical and laboratory applications (Miele Professional). The Miele company, founded in 1899, has 8 production plants in Germany as well as one plant each in Austria, the Czech Republic, China and Romania. 2014/15 turnover amounted to approx. EUR 3.5 bn with sales outside Germany accounting for around 70%. Miele is represented with its own sales subsidiaries and via importers in almost 100 countries. The Miele company, now in the fourth generation of family ownership, employs a workforce of around 17,740, 10,350 thereof in Germany. The company headquarters are located in Gütersloh/Westphalia, Germany.

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Takes up only the smallest of footprints and uses merely half as much energy as a vented dryer: The new PT 8203 WP heat-pump dryer from Miele Professional's SlimLine series. 

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