The SYNEG Board, meeting on 18 September 2019 in Paris la Défense, validated the membership of 5 manufacturers in professional laundry equipment area, representing approximately 70% of their market. These companies will run a laundry commission within SYNEG dedicated to their common actions, and will have a permanent representative on the SYNEG Board of Directors to represent the specificities of their business. The professional laundry companies that are now members of SYNEG are:
As Jean-Michel SOTO, President of SYNEG, and Philippe LEBOT, CEO of FAGOR INDUSTRIAL and administrator of SYNEG, point out, “the arrival of this profession within SYNEG makes a lot of sense. Companies in the professional kitchen and laundry sector naturally have many connections: designers, distributors, installers, customers and trade fairs are largely common. They also share many technical regulations and standards: machine safety, electrical safety, gas appliance safety, pressure equipment, hygiene, eco-design, treatment of end-of-life equipment, etc. Finally, some members are already present in both businesses, such as FAGOR and MIELE.
Laundry manufacturers were particularly attracted by the many advantages offered by a professional organisation such as SYNEG:
It is with enthusiasm that these companies will very soon meeting the Laundry Commission to establish their internal governance rules and work programme for the coming months, starting with the creation of a Statistical Observatory on Laundry Equipment Sales.
