Membership benefits
- Support from a strong professional association in the laundry and dry-cleaning sector.
- Representation and promotion of our members’ interests (e.g., campaigns like Without Laundries Like This, European Laundry Day).
- Opportunity to influence industry developments by participating in Association committees or its board.
- Access to our events (seminars, INTERCLEAN conferences, trips, excursions) at preferential rates.
- Quarterly publication of the Industry Cost Index for members, tracking costs in our sector.
- Annual market surveys or industry studies exclusively for members (e.g., 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
- Free admission to the networking event TexTalk.
- Access to free employee healthcare services as part of the APaC Road Show.
- Up-to-date information on news, trends, and legislative changes.
- Subscription to the Informator magazine.
- Free advertising opportunity in the Bazaar section.
- Discounted rates for operational certifications.
- Access to the members-only section, where you can share experiences and engage in discussions with other members via the forum.
- Membership also includes representation in the Chamber of Commerce and Sotex Ginetex.
- Insights into European industry developments through membership in ETSA (European Textile Services Association).
Membership fees
- The membership consists of regular, special and honorary members.
- Regular members are all entities that provide laundry, dry cleaning or textile rental services.
- Special members are companies that supply equipment, technologies, consultations or other services or products to regular members.
- Honorary members include personalities who have contributed significantly to the development of the Association and our industry.
The amount of the annual membership fee is determined according to the registered number of workers in persons bound to the relevant member in the fields of laundry and dry cleaners, as follows:
| Number of workers | The amount of the membership fee in CZK |
|---|---|
| 1 – 5 | 3 000,- |
| 6 – 10 | 6 400,- |
| 11 – 20 | 9 100,- |
| 21 – 30 | 11 500,- |
| 31 – 50 | 17 000,- |
| 51 – 65 | 20 000,- |
| 66 – 80 | 23 700,- |
| 81 – 90 | 26 700,- |
| 91– 99 | 29 700,- |
| more than 100 | 34 900,- |
Extraordinary Members of the Association are divided into 5 groups based on the expected scope of supplies and services related to the laundry and dry-cleaning industry, as follows:
Group 1: Manufacturers and sellers of detergents, cleaning agents, and auxiliary washing and cleaning materials
Group 2: Sellers of machinery and equipment
Group 3: Small-scale sellers and service companies, garment manufacturers, textile suppliers, and finishers
Group 4: Designers and sole proprietors (without employees)
Group 5: Professionally similar entities
Membership fees for new extraordinary members are approved by the executive board upon the recommendation of the secretariat, depending on the classification of the new member into one of the above groups.
| Group | Membership Fee Amount in CZK |
|---|---|
| 1 | 30 400,- |
| 2 | 21 800,- |
| 3 | 14 000,- |
| 4 | 3 900,- |
| 5 | Assessed in the same way as for regular members, i.e., based on the number of employees: |
Detailed information on the amount of membership contributions is contained in the Contribution Regulations, which can be found HERE.
