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Late News Clean ’22 booth sales open ATLANTA — General booth sales have officially opened for the next Clean Show, taking place here at the Georgia World Congress Center, July 30-Aug. 2, 2022. Organizer Messe Frankfurt says exhibit space will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. With pre-sales already underway for all 2019 Clean Show exhibitors, the floor is at almost 50% capacity. All interested exhibitors are encouraged to act fast to secure their location on the show floor. The next Clean Show was to have been held in June, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prompted organizers to push it to 2022. Atlanta last hosted The Clean Show in 2015. All exhibitor information can be found on The Clean Show’s website. With the online Exhibitor Prospectus, interested exhibitors can view the floorplan, select sponsorship opportunities for additional exposure, explore rules and regulations, and download the contract. Besides vendor exhibits, the show offers educational seminars on the latest technology, business management, sustainability and ALN more.
HandCraft Services opens new facility in North Carolina Healthcare laundry service provider reached capacity in existing retail medical plant BY MATT POE, EDITOR RICHMOND, Va. — HandCraft Services specializes in medical linen and apparel products and services with plants here and in High Point, North Carolina, plus linen depots in Lanham, Maryland, and Roanoke, Virginia. The company provides healthcare linen services to medical facilities in seven states—and it’s growing. HandCraft recently opened a new facility in Wilson, North Carolina, so American Laundry News communicated with Joe McKeown, the company’s chief operating officer, about the new plant, the company’s history and its future. Handcraft recently worked with ARCO/ Murray to build out a laundry in Wilson, North Carolina. Why did you open this
HandCraft Services opened its new Wilson, North Carolina, facility in December. (Photo: HandCraft Services)
new facility? We opened our new retail medical facility because we reached capacity in our Richmond-based retail medical plant. What factors went into deciding the location, size, equipment, etc. in Wilson? It was mostly our customers’ geography.
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How safe is your laundry operation? (Part 1) How to conduct a plant safety inspection, starting with flow, soil, boiler/compressor/shop, chemicals BY DONALD BOCK, ARM
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. — You lie awake at night wondering whether your laundry operation is safe for your employees. So, you decide to see for yourself by inspecting your plant and fleet to verify that they are indeed safe. But where do you start? Do you and your supervisors serve as core drivers by committing to and driving the safety process of your operation? Do your employees have ownership and participate in your safety process? Do the employees recognize that a climate of safety exists in the organization? Does safety performance get the same attention that quality, service and productivity receive? Is safety in your operation driven solely by complying with OSHA standards and assuming that, in doing so, your operation is safe? Or is safety dependent on the actions of your employees in observing those same standards?
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INSIDE Columnist at Large In this issue, Eric Frederick shares tricks he’s learned for selecting new employees.
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OSHA Top 10 Violations Find out the top 10 OSHA violations at laundries, details about standards.
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Panel of Experts In this issue, the experts share ideas for re-evaluating laundry contracts in light of COVID-19.
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