Strict housekeeping budgets often do not allow you to replace towels as often as you would like. Constant laundering affects you in many ways. A few include the processing cost of laundering, the replacement cost due to repeated laundering, and, finally, the residents' personal care.

Standard Textile has developed a new, patent-pending technology that can help you successfully address these concerns, while simultaneously upgrading the quality of terry product in your system.

Centium Core Technology is a patent-pending weaving methodology available only in terry products manufactured by Standard Textile Co., Inc. Utilizing our proprietary Optimized Polymer Performance Enhancement engineering, Centium Core Technology increases the amount of cotton contained in the pile allowing residents to feel more luxurious, absorbent cotton next to the skin. The performance attributes of the towel are markedly improved by the inclusion of specifically selected polymeric fibers that have been verified to uniquely and positively address a particular end-use application.

The specialty polymeric core creates a dramatically stronger terry product that lasts substantially longer than traditional terry. Relative component mass redistribution transforms the residents experience by placing the weight of the towel exactly were you need it to be - without increasing the overall product weight. What does this mean to you? You will increase residents' satisfaction while reducing overall operational costs.

For example, a typical towel may weigh 6.0 lb. per dozen. The Centium Core alternative will feel, look, and perform like a 6.0 lb. towel but will actually weigh only 5.2 lb. dozen, due to the mass redistribution of yarns. The Centium Core towel is also 40% - 50% stronger than a traditionally woven towel, which will equate to service life extension estimated at 25%. This combination of increased product life and reduced weight and processing costs provides for the infrequently seen opportunity to both increase quality and save money. To calculate your actual processing savings, in this example, simply multiply .066 (weight per dozen savings/12 towels) by your processing costs. For instance, at a processing cost of $0.30/lb., you would save $0.0198 every time you launder the product. Over a service life of, say, 75 processings that equates to $1.48 per towel! Your savings can be substantial!

By modifying the weft yarns, we have created a towel that absorbs more, absorbs faster, feels better, is stronger and lasts longer.

Features:

• Enhanced pile performance - produces a towel that feels heavier and is more absorbent.
• Luxurious hand - allows for a softer feel.
• Unprecedented improvement in product strength - creates a towel that is 50% stronger than traditional terry.
• Dramatically extended service life - provides a towel that is better able to withstand the rigors of institutional laundering and lasts longer in your system.

Visit us in booth #726 for a demonstration at the Annual Meeting and Exposition November 7 - 9, 2005 in San Antonio

For more information on this topic, contact Cathleen Burke, Standard Textile, (800) 888-4000 ext. 518.

Article submitted by Standard Textile's Cathleen Burke.