Watch: 25-year-old laundry shop in S'pore washes 10,000 towels a day

Still a viable business in a service-oriented country.

Belmont Lay | April 14, 2017, 03:38 PM

After you've dined at a restaurant or had your hair done at a salon, what happens to the tablecloth, napkins and towels you've used and conveniently tucked away?

Instead of mysteriously cleaning themselves, they most likely get sent to this laundry shop in 37 Defu Lane:

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Earn Fatt Laundry & Dry Cleaning has been around for 25 years and it is a factory operation.

Workers wash, dry and press towels, tablecloth and all other kinds of laundry for long hours in industrial machines big enough to fit a grown adult.

The best part is that this company -- one of the thousands of local businesses that form the backbone of the SME ecosystem in Singapore -- is so old school, a search online shows that they don't even have a website or social media presence.

Or rather, they don't even need one having established their own network of clients over the years who still rely on them in this age of automation and disruption.

 

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