Aqua antenna shop (Kyoto store)

　Due to the expansion of the new colon virus infection, hygiene awareness has increased, and the number of people who want to wash their bedding by themselves has increased. A major change has occurred in the coin laundry market. The number of stores that introduce futon washing dryers has increased, and sales are growing in Aqua (Tokyo, Tokyo) and TOSEI (Shinagawa, Tokyo), a major coin laundry equipment. [Related images] The left is a dip dryer released by the former Sanyo Electric, the predecessor of Aqua. Aqua's coin -type lip -in dryer with improvements to operability ● New colona, ​​Futon round Washing Demand Increased Demand Aqua Aqua Business Washing Machine Business Division Business Strategy Group Takeshi Yuki, the coin laundry is generally penetrated. I started in the 1970s. The users were mainly single people without washing machines at home, and were used for emergency purposes, such as when a business trip or a washing machine at home was broken. There were signs of changes from 1995 to 2015. Higher convenience and functionality have been required, and the number of stores that have introduced large washing machines such as bedding has increased. "Since 16 years have increased the need for" Futon round washing "gradually due to the growingness of cleanliness, more and more people say that they want to wash feathers and laptons, which have been considered to be particularly difficult to wash," (Mr. Yuki). ● Development of feather futon and lip -only course, Aqua focuses on the development of coin laundry equipment that can wash futons for about 20 years, based on this tendency. The technology has evolved, and a dedicated course of "Feather Futon" and "Ride Futon", which is said to be difficult in coin laundry, has been developed. It was April 2002 that a new model equipped with a "feather flutter -only course" that can be mounted on a large washing dryer. The drum -type washing machine is basically a tapping washing method, but the feather futon contains air inside, so it floats underwater and is hard to wash. Aqua has pre -wash before washing, soaks plenty of water into the futon, gives the feathers weight to make it harder to float, and increases the drum speed rather than the standard. corresponding to. Introduced stores are increasing rapidly immediately after the course release. On the other hand, there was a problem that the lapton was easily collapsed when washed with water, and the cotton inside was hard to dry. On the other hand, in the aqua, pre -washing with water ensures that the matritory is attached to the drum so that the effect of pushing in one direction and high rotation speed can be demonstrated. In addition, a dedicated dryer for the mattrons that solves the "dryness of drying" and "difficulty in handling due to heavy is heavy". "In 1998, the Sanyo Electric era, the company's predecessor, we developed and sold a dedicated dryer for the mattron. However, it was easy to use in July 2001 because it was a product with room for improvement. A new model with improved operability has been released. " Specifically, the height of the bogie is 1 so that people who are around 163 centimeters of assumed height can easily hang the futon..I made it 06 cm. In addition, when the bogie is pulled out, "Futon holding" is automatically opened, and when it is stored, "touchless fonton holding" is adopted (patent application). ● TOSEI is not only washing function Development, development, manufacturing and selling commercial laundry and dryer for the first time in the world in 2001, and in 2009, 42 % share of shipments in Japan (April 2001) TOSEI, which sangs), also emphasizes futon washing needs. The “Dry / Refresher” dedicated to the mattrons that adopt the unique finishing method will be released in the summer of 2010. The bedding is likely to accumulate sweat and sebum dirt, and tends to be a hotbed of mites that cause allergies. In order to keep it a little clean, the sun -dried sunsen is often performed in the ordinary household, but in order to kill the mites, it is necessary to apply heat of 50 degrees or more for about 20 to 30 minutes, only water washing and sun drying. Then it cannot be removed. Therefore, TOSEI recommends a round -wash of the shots once every six months to one year from a few years ago. In February 2008, he developed a coin-type futon dryer "FDG-100C" that can speed and dry the rounded off. If the batting is 100 % polyester and a single -sized side, it can be dried in 20 to 30 minutes, and the cotton futon can be dried in about 40-60 minutes, which has already exceeded 400 units. It is good. Furthermore, as the number of users increased, many voices said, "I want to take care of it more frequently," and "I can bring it to the coin laundry instead of sun -dried." Therefore, we developed a dedicated drying and reflectioner for the coin laundry lantern "FRDG-150C". In the past, the machine was assumed to dry the rounded lipples, but this dried and referral is set in a machine without washing, high -temperature speech disinfection, deodorizing, deodorant spraying, and drying (restoration). It is equipped with a function to "refresh" in a minimum of 15 minutes. "The refresh course is applying for a patent, and uses a technology to penetrate high -temperature steam to batting without using detergent. After double -deodorizing and doubling, after double -deodorized steam and deodorant bactericide spray, high temperature. It can be dried at a stretch in a jet style, so you can refresh to batting in just 15 minutes. " Executive officer Hiroji Tsukamoto says that the number of coin laundry has increased since 2011. However, "The growth rate has become gentle in the last few years" (Mr. Tsukamoto). The major factor is that due to the increase in coin laundry, the number of good locations for new stores is decreasing, and the number of customers in each store has decreased due to the increase in stores. Tsukamoto hopes that "Washing of Futon, which is difficult to wash at home, can be a catalyst for expanding the number of customers." "Due to the increase in various allergies and atopic dermatitis, the need to keep the futon clean is increasing year by year. The current coin laundry market is about 130 billion yen, but the futon round washing culture is the whole. I believe that if it is established, it will increase to about 400 billion yen in the future, "(Tsukamoto). The market size of about 130 billion yen is calculated by over 5 million yen per year of about 5 million yen per store in Japan (estimated to the end of this fiscal year) in Japan. The future 400 billion yen was converted from the number of futons per person. Based on the fact that some people are using beds, all Japanese are 1 per person.It is assumed that we own six futons. In addition, the current population of Japan, about 125 million people, will only use about 200 million futons every day. If these futons are established in a coin laundry once a year, the calculation will be about 40 billion yen a year at 2,000 yen for 200 million copies x 1 coin laundry fee. If you add 130 billion yen to this, it will create a market size of 530 billion yen, that is, over four times the current market size. ● Coinless and touchless to acquire customers, but two companies are characteristic, but the common thing is the strengthening of the coin laundry IoT. Aqua operates a coin laundry general website "Laundrich" for users, and "Tosei Laundry DX" in Tosei. We are aiming to increase our customers by increasing convenience, such as appealing the value with coupons and point systems, and enabling cashless payments with smartphone payments. TOSEI also released three models in Japan's first "touchless coin -in -laundry washing and dryer" in January 2010. In addition to adopting a "touchless panel" that can be operated just by bringing the hands closer to the industry, the "antibacterial handle", the industry's first "double eradication" by drying and ozone Air, etc., the new coloner. It is said to eliminate contact anxiety in the evil. ● Due to the appearance and habit of potential demand, it is difficult to wash the larger, lapton and feather futon at home. But if you put it out for cleaning, it will take several days to two weeks to return, and in the meantime you will need another lapton. For this reason, many people give up, but the potential need to "wash it if possible" is high. If easy -to -use futon round -wash models become widespread, such needs become apparent, and if you start using it, it will become a habit. Futon's round washing support has the potential to change the coin laundry market.

Emiko Kuwahara