News from the Swedish Textile Service Association
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The Swedish Textile Service Association's annual meeting, May 21 at Elite Palace Hotel, Stockholm
A number of prominent leaders from politics, business, education and international industry participate on issues related to the economic situation, sustainable development and cooperation for the future.
Rickard Vinde is this year's sustainability award winner - motivating students into the future
Rickard Vinde, a teacher at Solna Gymnasieskola, is awarded the Textile Service Industry Sustainability Prize 2026. With solid experience and great commitment, Rickard builds bridges between education and working life through his conviction of the importance of school for a sustainable...
Peter Havéus new honorary member of the Swedish Textile Service Association
The board of the Swedish Textile Service Association appointed Peter Havéus as an honorary member at its February meeting. Peter Havéus is a role model for several generations in the laundry and textile service industry. After growing up in the family business Pär Textilservice, which his grandfather founded,...
The sustainability award does good in many ways
Pia Bergman, Swedish Tax Agency, received the very first sustainability award at the annual meeting on May 18, 2017 at Clarion Hotel Arlanda Airport. Many are the organizations that have been particularly dear to the hearts of our sustainability award winners. During the ten years that the sustainability award has been presented,...
The Norrland trip – meetings, people and real winter
A new year. New challenges, new expectations and right on the new year a trip for new exciting industry meetings. What awaited when Kung Bore pulled in like a whirlwind?
Big congratulations to laundry RUT 🎉
Today we congratulate all Rut who has a name day. We also want to pay special attention to laundry RUT which is now in its sixth year to the great joy of everyone who is looking for relief from their life's puzzles.
Annual Report 2025 – An industry on constant progress
As we soon add another year to our calendar, we can conclude that the laundry and textile service industry is truly an industry of the future. This is evident not least in the many aggressive investments being made in various solutions for sustainability and the circular economy, such as...
Nothing new on the index front
The Laundry and Textile Service Index was created 20 years ago. As of January 1, 2026, SBIX Svenska Branschindex AB (SBIX) will take over responsibility for production. This change will pass unnoticed.
Industry report 2025 – out now!
This edition of the Swedish Textile Service Association's industry report shows continued strong growth in the industry. Since 2022, turnover has been above pre-pandemic levels.
Sustainability report 2025 – out now!
The fact that textile production can have both a climate impact and a large resource drain has been increasingly recognized. This is of course positive, but at the same time it is extremely important that measures aimed at reducing climate impact are based on facts so that they have the intended...
Record for forward-looking Autumn Meeting
Record participation and a strong sustainability focus characterized the Swedish Textile Service Association's Autumn Meeting 2025.
