“Our task is garment finishing, in other words conveying garments from the machines and sorting them so that each company gets the right laundry; placing garments on hangers and passing them through a steam finisher,” says Tore Johansson, vice president of Jensen Sweden.

The company has developed a transport system known as Metricon for finishing garments after they have been washed. Sapa was responsible for refining the design of the long aluminium profiles for the system. The profiles in turn contain a plastic profile on which runs a chain carrying small pegs that drive the garments along.

“We chose to use aluminium because it is a lightweight material that is easy to cut and bend as needed. In the laundry environment we also need durable materials that will resist moisture and corrosion,” says Johansson.