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Unicorp is the authorised Speed Queen distributor for South Africa, supplying the full commercial and industrial range: washer-extractors, tumble dryers and stacked units, with local spare parts, installation and technical support since 1985.
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From a single machine in a coin laundry to a hotel or industrial laundry room. Unicorp supplies and supports the complete range across South Africa.
The smaller-volume and self-service end of the range. The SWNMN2 top-loader suits coin laundromats, hostels and self-service sites; the NF3J front-loader suits guest houses, small hotels and on-premise laundry rooms.
Hardmount machines on a welded steel A-frame chassis, bolted to a concrete slab. The medium-speed tier for hotel, hospital, nursing home and laundromat throughput.
Softmount machines for operations where extraction and drying energy matter. The suspended drum absorbs vibration internally, so there is no floor bolting, which is what makes an upper-floor laundry room possible.
Stacked and freestanding dryers for lower-volume and coin laundry applications, configured for South African electrical supply.
The industrial dryer range, matched by capacity to the SC and SY washers so the drying stage does not become the bottleneck.
The three things a buyer comparing Speed Queen against another commercial brand is actually comparing.
Every commercial washer is factory-tested to 10 400 cycles before it leaves the line, which is 25 years of commercial use at standard loads. No other commercial laundry brand publishes an equivalent durability standard.
Request a quote →Metal gears, metal transmissions and metal bearing housings throughout the commercial range. Those are the components that fail first in a cheaper machine. Both the inner drum and the outer tub are stainless steel, which matters in the humidity and chemical contact of a working laundry.
Request a quote →Quantum Gold is standard on the SC Series and the NF3J: 30 programmable cycles, integrated fault diagnostics and optional wireless networking for monitoring several machines. QED Select on the SY Series takes it to 99 user-programmable wash programmes.
Request a quote →Every Speed Queen model on the floor, with what we hold locally marked. Ask for anything you do not see — the range is wider than the page.
Tell us your daily throughput, your linen types and the electrical supply on site, and we will specify the washer-extractors and dryers to match, with local parts and installation behind them.
Speed Queen has built commercial laundry equipment for over a century, to one engineering brief: build machines to last rather than to be replaced.
Speed Queen has been building commercial laundry equipment for over a hundred years, to one consistent brief: build machines to last rather than to be replaced.
Every commercial washer uses metal gears, metal transmission components and metal bearing housings, which are the parts most likely to fail under sustained commercial load and the parts where other manufacturers substitute plastic. Machines are factory-tested to 10 400 cycles before they leave Ripon, Wisconsin.
The Quantum control platform is standard across the commercial washer range and carries programmability, real-time diagnostics and optional wireless networking.
Every Speed Queen commercial washer is tested to 10 400 cycles before it leaves Ripon, Wisconsin. That figure is the whole argument: at standard commercial loads it works out to 25 years of operation, and it is the only published cycle-testing standard in the category to compare against.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1908 | Barlow & Seelig Manufacturing is established in Ripon, Wisconsin. |
| 1928 | The Speed Queen name is adopted. |
| 1953 | First automatic washer is manufactured. |
| 1998 | The company is renamed Alliance Laundry Systems. |
| 2016 | Speed Queen-branded laundromats launch around the world. |
| 2019 | New production sites open in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Chon Buri, Thailand. |
Commercial and industrial laundry operators across South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.
Linen rooms running several shifts a day without unplanned downtime. Capacity is chosen off room count and daily linen volume, with Classic Line dryers matched to washer capacity.
Mechanical durability plus programmable high-temperature cycles for clinical hygiene. Water Guardian flood protection is standard on the SY Series, which matters on an upper floor.
Harsh environments with limited access to technicians. Metal construction, the 10 400 cycle standard and locally held parts are what make these installations serviceable.
LaundryConnect supports SnapScan, Zapper and MiFare alongside coin and timer operation. The SC Series and the SWNMN2 top-loader both suit South African laundromats.
Large volumes of heavily soiled garments on continuous shifts. The SY Series, at up to 400G with 99 programmes, lets operators build programmes per fabric and soil class, and the lower residual moisture cuts drying energy per kilogram.
Unicorp is the authorised Speed Queen distributor for South Africa, supplying hotels, hospitals, laundromats and mining camps since 1985.
All equipment is configured for South African electrical supply, 230 V single phase or 380 to 400 V three phase at 50 Hz, and meets local electrical installation compliance requirements.
LaundryConnect runs SnapScan, Zapper and MiFare card, alongside or instead of coin operation, which is what a South African self-service laundry actually needs.
Genuine Speed Queen parts held in South Africa and dispatched nationally, so a replacement component is not an international procurement exercise.
Floor loading, utilities, drainage and electrical supply are assessed before equipment is ordered, so the installation meets both operational and compliance requirements.
Delivery coordination and installation across South Africa, including commissioning and full operator handover, for single machines and whole laundry rooms alike.
Correct machine use, programme configuration, routine maintenance and detergent dosing, covered with the people who will run the machines.
Maintenance guidance, scheduled service visits and breakdown support, with genuine parts held locally.
Unicorp is the authorised Speed Queen supplier in South Africa, supplying the full commercial and industrial range to operators in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria and surrounding regions, as well as clients in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and other sub-Saharan markets.
The 10 400 cycle factory testing standard, the all-metal construction and over a hundred years of commercial laundry engineering are what separate it on documented durability. No other commercial laundry brand publishes an equivalent cycle-testing standard. Where downtime is expensive, in hotels, hospitals, mining camps and busy laundromats, that shows up in total cost of ownership rather than in the purchase price.
Yes. The LaundryConnect payment system supports SnapScan, Zapper and MiFare card, and can be configured alongside or instead of coin operation.
The LDEE5 commercial dryer runs on timer, coin or LaundryConnect cashless control. The Classic Line SU030 industrial dryer is available with coin control. The SWNMN2 top-load washer takes timer and cashless vend. The SC Series washer-extractor is the machine most laundromat operators pair with them.
Speed Queen machines carry the manufacturer's warranty, with Unicorp handling local warranty administration, spare parts and technical support. Ring us for the period and terms on the model you are considering: they differ by machine, and quoting one figure across the range would be wrong.
Yes. Delivery, site preparation guidance and installation across South Africa, including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria and Gqeberha, and for clients in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Operator training and commissioning are included as standard.
Call or send an enquiry. We will go through daily throughput, linen types, site electrical supply, floor space and any specific requirements before recommending machines, and then quote equipment, delivery and installation.
The literature, the rest of the range, and who else builds this equipment.
Tell us your daily throughput, your linen types and the electrical supply on site, and we will specify the washer-extractors and dryers to match, with local parts and installation behind them.
