Flatwork Ironer Supplier in the Philippines: Steam, Gas, and Electric Models

JOHOB Hardware Trading supplies flatwork ironers in steam, gas, and electric heating configurations to commercial laundries, hotels, hospitals, and institutional buyers across the Philippines. As an industrial equipment supplier rather than a single-product retailer, JOHOB positions the ironer within the full laundry room system: the steam or hot water source that heats it, the water supply and pressure system that feeds the laundry line, and the electrical panel that controls it. An ironer bought in isolation, without matched steam capacity or adequate water pressure, underperforms regardless of the unit's own specification.

Buyers working with JOHOB get a single point of contact for the ironer plus its supporting steam boiler or hot water system, booster or transfer pump set, and VFD or star-delta electrical panel, sourced together and quoted as one package. Equipment ships with local warranty and after-sales support, and quotes are prepared against the buyer's actual laundry throughput, water quality, and available utility capacity rather than a generic spec sheet. JOHOB is not the manufacturer of the ironer itself; equipment is sourced from an ISO 9001 certified partner factory and supplied, delivered, and supported locally through JOHOB. Nationwide delivery covers NCR, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and PEZA or SBMA-registered ecozones, with RFQ response within 1 business day.

Flatwork ironers are specified by bed width, roll count, and heating type, and those three choices drive everything downstream. Bed widths in the range we quote run from 800 mm up to 3200 mm. Factory catalogues are commonly built around 2000 mm, 2500 mm, 2800 mm, 3000 mm, and 3300 mm roll widths, so a requirement between standard sizes usually moves the order into made-to-order. A single-roll machine is the normal choice for hotel and clinic laundries finishing their own linen, while multi-roll machines are aimed at central plants running continuous shifts.

Heating type carries the largest infrastructure consequence. Electric heating is the simplest to install and the most expensive to run at Philippine commercial power rates. Steam heating draws from a central boiler and is the standard for plants already generating steam for washer extractors. LPG and natural gas self-contained ironers remove the boiler dependency but add fuel supply and flue requirements. Tell us the linen type, the target kilograms per hour, and whether the building already has steam, and we come back with a configuration rather than a catalogue page.

A flatwork ironer is usually the largest single steam consumer in a laundry building, and it is the machine most often blamed for problems that are actually utility problems: sheets damp because the boiler cannot hold pressure, the machine tripping because the panel was sized for nameplate current and not starting current, production stalling because the tank ran dry. JOHOB supplies the whole chain. On the steam side we supply industrial steam boilers, steam pressure reducing stations, steam to water heat exchangers, condensate return pumps, and steam traps and accessories, so condensate goes back to the boiler instead of to a floor drain.

On the water side we supply booster, transfer, and submersible pumping systems, hydropneumatic pressure tanks, and modular water storage in FRP, GRP, hot dip galvanised, and stainless steel supplied under TankSmith. On the electrical side we supply VFD, SDE, star-delta, and MCC panels sized to protect the ironer's motors and heating elements from voltage swings. Piping, stainless steel flexible hose, and ball and gate valves complete the tie-in. Our published Taguig commercial laundry case study shows how this sizing works on a 30,000 kg per day plant: a 108 cubic metre FRP modular tank, two vertical multistage booster pumps at 15 HP each, a 1,000 litre hydropneumatic tank, and a duplex VFD panel, delivered ten weeks from purchase order to commissioning.

Equipment supplied by JOHOB, including flatwork ironers and their supporting steam, pump, and electrical systems, is sourced from an ISO 9001 certified partner factory and, where applicable, carries TUV SUD testing, CE marking on electrical and material handling components, ASME certification on pressure vessels, and WRAS certification on panels used in JOHOB's tank systems. These are manufacturer- and component-level certifications that buyers, particularly hospital, hotel, and PEZA or SBMA-registered procurement teams, can request documentation for as part of vendor qualification.

JOHOB is a supplier and systems integrator, not the manufacturer of the ironer, boiler, or panel components it sources; equipment is vetted and sourced through a certified overseas manufacturing partner and supported locally with warranty and after-sales service rather than manufactured in-house. Procurement teams evaluating a supplier for the first time often ask directly whether a company manufactures or sources its equipment, and JOHOB's answer is that it sources from a certified partner factory and adds local warranty, after-sales support, and system integration on top. Buyers who need a specific certificate for a specific component, for customs, PEZA, or internal compliance filing, can request it as part of the RFQ process before placing an order.

Pricing on flatwork ironers and the supporting utility package is quote-based. We do not publish prices, because bed width, roll count, heating type, and the site utility scope move the number too far for a list price to be useful, and because landed cost on imported equipment moves with freight and exchange rate. What we do commit to is response time: RFQs get a reply within one business day. Lead times fall into two bands. Ex-stock and standard configurations run 21 to 35 days. Made-to-order units, which includes most non-standard bed widths and gas-fired units needing a specific flue arrangement, run 45 to 90 days.

Build that into your fit-out schedule early, since the ironer is usually the long pole in a laundry commissioning plan. On tax treatment, 12 percent VAT applies to VAT-registered buyers. Zero-VAT applies to PEZA and SBMA locators and registered exporters, handled as part of the quote. If you are inside an ecozone, say so on the RFQ. To get a usable quote, send target kilograms per hour, linen type, available steam or gas at site, electrical supply, and delivery location.

Coverage is nationwide. We deliver and support across NCR, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, and we work regularly inside PEZA, SBMA, and Clark ecozones where gate passes, locator documentation, and zero-VAT treatment change how a delivery is scheduled. An overseas factory listing can quote a lower unit price on a 3000 mm ironer and ship it. What it cannot do is send someone to your plant in Cebu when the padding needs replacing or the steam trap fails during peak season.

Our position is local warranty and after-sales support on what we supply, backed by the same factory relationship that got you the machine. Practically, that means one accountable party for the ironer, the boiler that feeds it, the pumps that feed the boiler, and the panel that starts all of it, instead of four vendors pointing at each other while linen piles up. This is the same reasoning behind JOHOB sourcing water storage systems under its TankSmith sister brand and commercial solar under its Philvolt sister brand: equipment sourcing and system integration under one accountable local supplier, with certifications, warranty terms, and lead times confirmed at quotation stage rather than assumed from a catalog listing. Send an RFQ with your throughput target, linen mix, site utilities, and delivery address. We reply within one business day with a configuration, a lead time band, and the utility scope broken out as separate line items. The wider commercial laundry equipment range and our commercial laundry industry page cover the rest of the plant, and our commercial laundry water requirements guide works through the sizing math for the water side.

• Commercial Laundry Equipment Supplier and Integrator
• Commercial Laundry Industry
• Hotel and Hospitality Equipment Supply
• Guide: Commercial Laundry Water Requirements
• Case Study: Commercial Laundry, Taguig

Reviewed: August 2026