American Laundry News - March 2022

MARCH 2022

Late News Faultless Healthcare Linen, An ImageFIRST Company, rebrands KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — ImageFIRST, a provider of linen and laundry services for the healthcare industry, reports that its brand Faultless Healthcare Linen, An ImageFIRST Company, will be renamed and rebranded to ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, matching the corporate logo and brand.

This comes after the acquisition of Faultless Healthcare Linen in May 2019.

Faultless Healthcare Linen has locations in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, and was founded in 1896.

In 2019, the acquisition of a majority stake in Faultless was completed with the support of Calera Capital, a leading middlemarket private equity firm.

The company says that since the acquisition, various actions have been taken to ensure the business aligns fully with ImageFIRST standards and processes. All employees were retained throughout this transaction and transition period.

Existing Faultless Healthcare Linen customers will now be serviced exclusively under the ALN ImageFIRST brand.

Giving back to the community: Paris Companies Laundry operation in Pennsylvania growing, sharing to help people, organizations in need

BY MATT POE, EDITOR DUBOIS, Pa. — David Stern, CEO of Paris Companies, a uniform rental provider based here, runs the company from Florida during the winter.

During the height of the pandemic, he saw a news report on television about families in desperate need of food to survive.

“I think it hit me about all the people that have extra needs for food, and the food banks were being swamped,” he recalls. “So I called back home. I know we have a local food bank and so we called them and we gave them a nice donation.”

The folks running the food bank called Stern to thank him, mentioning that the Salvation Army also has a food bank, so he called the Salvation Army and donated to their food bank efforts.

David Stern (far right), CEO of Paris Companies, meets with DuBois, Pennsylvania, Salvation Army representatives and the mayor. (Photo: Paris Companies)

“When I got back home, they invited me over and I saw what they do in the community,” he says. “The pandemic continued, and so I told them, ‘Hey, what we’ll do this year (2021) for you is to help you collect money’ because I think they were struggling on the bell-ringing service because people online shop more and it’s a cold time of the year.”

Stern’s idea? Try to “stimulate” people to

give by offering a matching donation.

“It was something I would have given them anyway, but this way it helped and it did work,” he shares. “You know, they got so much more than they would have got, so I’m pretty proud of that.”

Stern and Paris Companies’ food bank See PARIS on Page 6

Effective laundry chemistry solutions Four chemical company representatives share ways laundries can better use chemistry in their processes

BY MATT POE, EDITOR RICHMOND, Ky. — With all of the challenges facing laundries today, from labor issues to inflation, it’s vital for operations to be able to provide quality goods as efficiently as possible.

Laundry chemistry can be a key component in the process.

Four chemical company representatives shared strategies for maximizing the outcomes of chemical usage in laundry operations during the recent Association for Linen Management (ALM) webinar Chemical Solutions.

REDEFINING THE WASH PIE FOR COST SAVINGS Roy Praechter, vice president of research and development for WSI See CHEM on Page 8

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Laundry industry mostly positive about future growth Most respondents say operations earned more revenue in 2021 over 2020 CHICAGO — After the past two years, it would be easy for the laundry industry to have a negative attitude about business.

The pandemic, inflation, labor issues and more have made staying in business, let alone growing, challenging.

However, respondents to the most recent American Laundry News Your Views survey have upbeat attitudes about the current state of their business and the future, for the most part.

When asked “How was your laundry business in revenue in 2021 compared to 2020?” 35.5% indicate “Way up in revenue.” More than 32% are “somewhat up in revenue,” and 12.9% are “the same.”

Just over 16% are “somewhat down in revenue” while just 3.2% are “way down in revenue.”

Of those respondents who took the survey, the top two factors for improved sales were an increase in customer base and increased prices (both selected by 20% of survey takers).

These were followed by offering more services or profit centers (15%), decreased competition and increased marketing (both 12.5%), and decreased costs/expenses (2.5%).

Other reasons for improved sales were: • Demand for product increased.

• Increase in volumes from existing customers.

• Less COVID concerns.

• Loosening of COVID restrictions on indoor dining and event gatherings.

• Restaurants were allowed to open, • Revenue is up from 2020, but still down from 2019. We’ve still yet to hit volume like 2018, and into 2019.

• We were forced to hold customers to the charges for what they had on inventory, plus all additional items previously allowed.

When asked “If your sales haven’t improved since this time last year, what do you blame it on?” answers include: • Public panic, government restrictions, labor crisis, inflated minimum wage …

• Our decision to focus more on retention and profit than growth and new revenue.

• Both Federal and State leadership choking business and growth with needless mandates.

• Less occupancy.

• Businesses not reopening back again.

• Flat on health linens.

• Access restrictions to locations and supply issues.

• Inflation.

• We have a healthcare facility laundry. We don’t have sales but we do view our users as customers. Unfortunately, our customers have increased, not good news for the community. Harder for the facility to keep up with the demand when labor shortages seem to be the norm.

When asked what has affected laundry businesses the most over the past

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two years, labor issues was the top vote-getter from 34.4% of respondents followed by pandemic health policies (28.1%). Supply-chain issues came in third with 18.8% Only 9.4% of survey takers indicate that inflation has affected their business.

Survey takers provided the following answers when asked about the best thing that happened to their business in 2021: • Businesses started opening back up and began doubling orders in efforts to keep customers safe.

• New leadership.

• We stayed open for the whole year and none of my employees were sick.

• We were able to take on new business before the labor crisis hit.

Hope we can maintain it.

• Employee Retention Tax Credit.

• Forced us to focus our business activities in the areas which were most profitable. Also re-evaluated the many SKUs (colors and sizes) of event linens and reduced them dramatically based on performance over the past five years.

• We invited priced-based and/or unprofitable business to find another service.

• Continuous growth.

• Most of the employees caught COVID at some point so now a good portion of our workforce has immunity.

• Increase in group business.

• Competition closing.

• The training we were able to do in 2020 aided us in growing our business in 2021. We did not lay anyone off in 2019 or 2020; we intensified our training efforts to prepare for when the economy and sanity came back to our governments.

• Unexpected increased revenues.

• Utilizing all the offered help between the ERTC, EIDL and state grants.

• Learned quickly to adapt to new scenarios and accommodate customers.

• Government stopped paying people to stay home. Our recruitment is finally showing some slight improvement.

• Had two huge mills team up with me.

• Streamlined operations/improved labor efficiencies.

For 2022, almost 65% of respondents are confident that their business will keep improving. Just over 25.8% think it will remain the same, and just under See SURVEY on Page 6

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Purchasing power I

almost (just a wee little bit) felt some normality while putting together this issue of American Laundry News.

If you’re a regular reader of the publication, you know that the March issue features our handy, dandy Buyer’s Guide.

The past couple of years as I assembled this guide, pandemicrelated worries about the industry were at the forefront of my mind.

This year, not so much.

The task of trying to find the most up-to-date information from the companies that can provide your laundry with products and services, and then trying to keep my eyes from crossing going through spreadsheets and proof pages, line by line, felt almost like it did pre-2020.

I won’t say that it was delightful, but it was … normal.

However, I know that business today isn’t like it was pre-2020, and you need to get the most out of the

From The Editor’s Desk MATT POE dollars you spend on what you need to run your business.

Hopefully, this issue will help you increase your purchasing power.

That’s why you’ll find information on companies and the products and services they provide that you need, from air vacuum units to wrapping systems/products.

The guide is easy to use. You’ll find the product or service that you’re

COLUMNIST AT LARGE Eric L. Frederick, RLLD

in the market for in our Product/ Service Directory starting on page 10.

From that listing, you’ll see all of the companies that offer what you’re in need of. Then, turn to the Company Directory beginning on page 18 to find their contact information so you can further investigate the companies and their products and services.

I’d suggest putting this issue somewhere so that you’ll have easy access to it throughout the year as you need to buy the equipment and materials you need.

But, I know that sometimes you won’t have the issue at hand when you need it. It’s always available online. Just log onto www.americanlaundrynews.com, click “Resources” and then “Buyer’s Guide.”

In print or online, the Buyer’s Guide is just what everybody needs to keep it clean (and get the biggest ALN bang for your buck).

Venus Group celebrates 50th anniversary What started from back of VW Bug has grown to global footprint with 600 employees and two manufacturing facilities FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.

— Venus Group, a global textile manufacturer and distributor of textile products, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Founded in 1972, brothers Kirit and Raj Patel started Venus by selling imported towels from the back of their VW Bug. Today, Venus has a global footprint, with 600 employees worldwide, a team of textile engineers and two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Foothill Ranch, California, and Fort Lawn, South Carolina.

The company says it has grown

to become a respected and trusted partner to industrial laundries, hotels, healthcare providers and more.

“When we started Venus, we were embraced with a lot of love and support from this industry,” says Raj Patel, co-founder and president.

“Customers, suppliers, employees and well-wishers were willing to give two immigrants a chance, an opportunity to realize the American Dream. We will forever be grateful.”

Looking ahead, Venus says it plans to leverage its global and domes-

tic supply chain to help customers navigate these uncertain times.

Domestic cut-and-sew automated manufacturing, national distribution centers and webbased ordering are just a few of the capabilities that the company is leveraging to help its customers across market sectors.

“We are deeply committed to expanding resources to better serve our customers,” says Raj Patel.

“We will continue to keep a pulse on the changing market dynamics and shift operations to deliver exceptional service, product availALN ability and speed.”

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Hard things are worth doing!

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ome of the best things I accomplished as a laundry manager were very hard. I was never happy with the so-called status quo. I had an internal belief that change never stops and what was good enough today would not be acceptable sometime in the future.

For example, when I first started in the laundry business 100% cotton sheets, pillowcases and bath towels were the standard items in the healthcare laundry system. We used tallow-based soap in our conventional washer-extractors.

When I retired from the laundry business, cotton polyester and 100% polyester items dominated the inventory, washroom chemistry had evolved into synthetic detergents, and tunnel washers and automated wash systems dominated the market.

Each change came along gradually, and some new products flashed onto the market, proved impractical and then disappeared.

Some of these changes were easy to adapt to and some required extensive rethinking of our processes and procedures.

None of it was easy but those who embraced the change and developed the procedures thrived while those who followed the herd or dragged their feet did not do as well.

I attended many educational conferences and trade shows during my 44 years of active management. I always enjoyed the educational sessions that challenged my assumptions of what was good or possible.

In follow-up discussions with my fellow CHANGE NEEDS TO BE laundry managers, I often EVALUATED EACH STEP ALONG heard them say it was an interesting idea, but THE WAY. I READILY ADMIT it would be very hard to implement. To me hard THAT SOME CHALLENGES WE is the wrong word, we UNDERTOOK, WHILE PROMISING, should say it would be very challenging to impleSIMPLY DID NOT WORK OUT ment.

Challenging is a word AS PLANNED WHILE OTHER that means to me with PROJECTS WERE MADE EASIER the right amount of effort and planning anything is

BY WHAT WE LEARNED FROM possible.

OUR FAILED EXPERIENCES. To succeed in business as well as in life you must not be afraid to fail. If the idea is a good idea, then we simply need to use trial and error to find the best way to accomplish it.

Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb on his first or second try. It took him around 1,000 tries before he succeeded. That is the definition of a determined man to reach his goal.

Unlike Thomas Edison the inventor, we have a large group of people who can help us succeed. We have our supervisory staff, our line employees, the managers, and departments we serve and our allied trade partners.

All these elements need to get started is a determined laundry manager willing to lead the way and implement a change process.

Change needs to be evaluated each step along the way. I readily admit that some challenges we undertook, while promising, simply did not work out as planned while other projects were made easier by what we learned from our failed experiences.

The collaborative effort across department lines and disciplines created lines of communication that presented many benefits regardless of the success or failure of the project.

As laundry managers we need to grow, reach beyond our comfort zones and do more than simply manage the day-to-day process of processing soiled textile products into clean, safe products to be used ALN by our end customers.

Eric Frederick served 44 years in laundry management before retiring and remains active in the industry as a laundry operations consultant. You can contact him by e-mail at elfrederick@cox.net, or by phone at 540-520-6288.

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donations aren’t isolated incidents.

Rather, they are examples of the operation’s long history of philanthropic endeavors.

GIVING HEART Stern shares that for most of his life, he’s been commited to his community.

“Many of the (philanthropic efforts) are with community in mind,” he says. “I was born and raised in this little area. I was schooled in Pittsburgh and came back to this small area, and I just feel like it’s part of a leader’s responsibility.”

The company has been active for years, contributing to more than 30 different charitable organizations every year.

“Paris philanthropic efforts are part of the Paris culture,” Stern says. “We call it ‘Paris Pride.’

“We believe that our community is one of the stakeholders of our company and its part of our philosophy, written and displayed throughout the plant: Community—We believe it is our duty as a member of the community to contribute our fair share through donation and/or volunteering to improve the conditions of our less fortunate neighbors.

“I have an affinity to a couple different philanthropic things and mostly around the youth, working poor and education. Those are the kind of things that I kind of have passion for.”

People in need often touch Stern’s heart, and he is motivated to help out.

“During the pandemic, those food bank efforts touched me because I didn’t realize in our own little community how many people were in need,” he shares.

“And I’m down here in Florida and I’m watching it on the news and we had these heartbreaking stories

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10% are worried about decline.

When asked why the survey takers responded as they when asked about 2022, a manager worried about decline wrote, “Inflated consumables, minimum wages and being competitive. Might not be able to afford to stay open.”

Comments from those who expect their business to stay the same include: • Wages are increasing for my customers, so it should be good.

• We’ve offset some of the costs with much higher prices and expect new business to offset customers

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and I was never aware of the severe need.

“There is a women’s shelter we contribute to that touched me. A hospital that we’re giving to is a need. Our local community is building an emotional health hospital, behavioral health hospital.

“Again, once they explained to me like how many people have the need, how many people get refused this type of care, that touched me and made me feel this is Semi-automated sorting helps Paris Companies provide something that I believe in service to its customers. (Photo: Paris Companies) and, you know, will really help the community.”

He says the support often comes en’s shelter, full of those types of out of pocket or it’s given through things.” the company. Larger efforts are SHARING THE SUCCESS made through the charitable trust Paris Companies’ ability to Stern has set up. donate to various causes in the “For example, we just donated DuBois community comes from to the hospital, it’s going to have its hard work in the industrial our name on it that we’re a major market in Pennsylvania and New contributor, that was done through York. the charitable trust,” he says.

The company works 14-hour “Quite frankly, the main reason days, five days a week, processing I think, as a leader, I think it’s your 17 million pounds of textiles and kind of your duty to give back.” mats per year out of the DuBois “I’ve worked with Dave for facility. almost 28 years now, and we have The plant setup includes eight always been exceedingly involved washer-extractors with two autoin the community,” says Manda mated shuttles, a steam tunnel, a Shaw, executive assistant. semi-automated garment sorting “We had a Paris little league team, system, RFID garment and mat from the small things like that, and verification equipment, and towel there’s got to be a dozen differbaggers. ent community activities that we’re “Paris ensures timeliness and involved with on a regular basis, in quality through its technology,” addition to the different groups.”

Stern says. “Using RFID allows She says that being in rural Paris to verify all deliveries are Pennsylvania, the community is complete and accurate. Customers very close. can access their account and man“We have something called age their products and deliveries Community Days here and literonline.” ally 10,000 people come into our Also, the company is HACCP area just for this day and a half Certified and Clean Green with that, so we’ve always been a Certified. major sponsor of those all these “Paris Companies has many different community-type celebrathings that make it unique in the tions and the people, in addition uniform services industry; howto the philanthropic things with ever, having the CEO be the same it,” Shaw says. person as the founder is unique “There are needs to be met these days,” shares Stern. through Haven House, the wom-

closing due to economic climate.

• The training and work we did with our sales force and personnel is showing the dividends we expected ... and we expect that to continue.

• I don’t see COVID-19 or its variants going away. I think we are going to have to learn to adjust and live with it.

Finally, the reasons for respondents to be optimistic include: • Businesses are open and operating at mass scale due to changes in the way they operate due to the pandemic.

• New leadership and owners.

• Additional services being offered to customers means more work for us. Labor

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shortages starting to normalize.

I firmly believe that there will be a much closer return to “normal” than the small taste the authorities gave us in 2021.

Renewed focus on true KPIs in all departments.

Awareness and accountability factor has increased; management team is committed and driving the improvements. Bonuses engineered on improvements more than growth.

Tons of opportunity, and labor availability is improving.

We have a fantastic sales team that consistently outperforms itself every year.

We did a total rebuild on a location that was closed for

Amazingly, while Paris Companies has grown in the laundry industry, it has kept its philanthropic efforts quiet.

“It was like the best-kept secret for the longest time,” says Shaw.

“We really never told anybody what we were doing.

“Recently, I’ve taken over marketing and I’ve also always been involved in those philanthropic endeavors, so I just thought now’s the time. Our employees need to know how involved we are. We kept the employees in the dark as to what we’re doing here, so now is the time.

“It’s a matter of pride, pride in

your company and knowing what they’re doing and feeling good about your company.”

For many years, Stern was concerned about being “braggadocious” about the efforts, and most of the donations were made quietly.

“But, you know, I think Manda makes a good point—the employees feel good that they’re contributing to a company that the leaders give back,” he says.

Stern is keenly aware that there’s a fine line between being boastful and sharing in the company’s endeavors, but they have been more communicative about its philanthropic efforts.

“I didn’t think about the employee side of it for a while, but now I am,” he shares. “I think it does help brand the company as a company you might want to work for that shares in the profits.

“Paris has always had a profitsharing program with its employees, and I think this is just one of the other things that helps, that shares the profits with the community. That makes the people feel good about working for the company.”

Stern believes that many laundry operators are like Paris Companies. They engage in philanthropic efforts, but they don’t really want to be in the spotlight.

“It’s part of being a good leader to be involved in your community, to be involved in those in need,” he says. “Almost every laundry operator is pretty well off, and I think the more empathetic they are to people who are in need, the better leader they’ll be and the more successful they’ll be.

“They’ll get accounts because people say, ‘You know what, that’s a good company, I want to do business with them.’ They’ll get employees because they’ll say, ‘You know what, that’s a good person, that’s a good company.’

“My main spiel is leadership building trust, and I think philanthropic efforts are part of that ALN effort.”

a few years. We provide the best service in the area and our customer base keeps growing.

• We are continuing to see increased numbers every month. Our projections show we will be more profitable by EOY. Between marketing efforts and continued changes in societal needs, we expect to see continued growth.

• Looking like virus starting to slow down and more customers open to visiting locations and traveling.

• Doing more marketing.

• We get daily calls for new business and are focusing our sales efforts in particular areas where we know there are growth opportunities.

“I think expanding services and

being more open about what is offered so customers know is helpful,” a respondent writes. “I think being confident in staying on track with the changing times is important!”

While the Your Views survey presents a snapshot of readers’ viewpoints at a particular moment, it should not be considered scientific. Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.

Subscribers to American Laundry News e-mails are invited to take the industry survey anonymously online each quarter. All managers and administrators of institutional/OPL, cooperative, commercial and industrial laundries are encouraged to participate, as a greater number of responses will help to better define operator opinions and identify industry ALN trends.

“At one time he was the only employee, having to drive truck, wash garments, fix machinery, and then go out and sell and service accounts. Having this firsthand experience with practically every job in the organization is valuable as a CEO but rare.”

Paris has faced many challenges and obstacles over the years. However, Stern says the culture excellent of the company that is outlined in its management philosophy on how to treat employees, customers, vendors, community and shareholders allows its team to stay focused and aligned.

For 45 years, Paris Companies grew every year until it sold its healthcare division in 2020. This was without any acquisitions, according to Stern.

“This was due to the solid leadership team that was developed and the growth discipline that they lived,” he says.

“The company’s future is bright as it is the leading independent uniform rental company in its geography. It has plans to introduce new technology and expand its footprint to continue its unprecedented growth.”

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(Washing Systems) in Loveland, Ohio, started by redefining the wash pie to save overall operational costs for a laundry plant.

The wash pie consists of time, temperature, chemical action and mechanical action, which have to be balanced to produce the optimal quality in a laundry operation.

“The most important part of that pie, at least from our standpoint as chemical suppliers, is the chemical action part,” says Praechter. “It’s also the most complex component of the pie to find what chemicals are used in that process. The chemicals must target the classification that’s being processed, whether it’s industrial, healthcare, food service.”

He adds that the laundry has to be aware of the soils on the textiles (e.g., hydrocarbon oils, vegetable oils, etc.) and the type of textiles being processed (cotton or synthetic).

“There are a lot of influencing factors into what goes into the chemical action part of the wash pie,” Praechter points out. “Obviously, we have to take into account engineering and maintenance and what’s going on in the plant, soil sorting and loading. Obviously, every plant is different.

“The soils are different, they load different and each one has its own specific chemical delivery mechanism. The chemical supplier usually has their own proprietary system that they’re using to deliver those chemicals.”

So, Praechter speculates, what happens if a laundry could rely on the chemical piece of the pie more and reduce the other segments?

“We could probably impact the overall operation of the plant by doing that,” he says. “What I mean is chemical can do so much more, and we can speed up things, lower temperatures, and decrease mechanical action and still get the same good quality.”

And when it comes to typical operational costs for a laundry, chemical is usually very small when compared to labor, textile purchases, utilities and other costs—as low as 2% of operating costs.

“But it can impact those other areas quite significantly,” shares Praechter.

First, increased chemicals can reduce the time factor, which can affect many other areas of operational costs.

“If time can be decreased, we can impact payroll,” he points out.

“You’ll get goods out faster. You’ll have less effect on textile life as the garments and textiles aren’t in the washer as long. You have less utilities, and you can possibly defer capital expenses because you increase the capacity of your plant by simply decreasing the time for processing goods.”

Lower temperatures can also affect textile life and utilities (less

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gas needed for heat, less water used, etc.). Decreasing mechanical action again improves textile life and capital expenses since both the goods and the equipment aren’t being “beat up” as much.

“Lastly, if we can impact chemicals from how we put them together and how they’re used,” Praechter says, “we can influence the health and safety of the plant, which obviously safety is a very large segment of what we do. We want to have all our employees safe.

“We also want to have the best environmental footprint that we can put out for our customers and for ourselves and for textile life. The less harsh chemicals will affect textile life as well.

“So obviously if we increase the chemical reaction and decrease some of these other things, we can make a significant impact on these other areas.”

Praechter says that new chemistry goals include enhanced cleaning quality and decreased formula runtime decreases overall water usage.

There are gas and energy savings, increased fabric life and increased environmental benefits.

“There’s actually less deliveries of either packaged goods or bulk because there’s less chemistry involved with the entire process,” he points out. “So, we’re taking trucks off the road and also just using less chemicals, again with employee safety, less contact with very hazardous chemicals, and we’re still generating hygienically clean garments and textiles.

“Chemistry can do more, and we verified very big benefits from doing this, and still remain a very small portion of the cost and influencing the total operation.”

BIOACTIVE PERFORMANCE ACTIVATORS Doug Story, president of the large laundry division of UNX Industries in Greenville, North Carolina, then examined bioactive/enzyme performance activator product development.

These activators are a combination of living organisms and a combination of enzymatics.

“We have enzymatics that are capable of removing everything from protein all the way over to petroleum,” says Story. “It’s just a matter of how you set the formulas up and how you wash the goods.

“So, these bioactive agents, not only are they active today and doing a good job today, but I think they’re going to be actually a big part of our future as we look down the road in terms of laundering and processing.”

He says work with these activators began in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s with enzymes that worked at high temperatures. Experiments shifted to finding solutions that worked at lower temperatures, including eliminating microbes in the process.

“Microbes actually produce the enzyme that they use to break down

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the cultures with,” shares Story.

“This capability in the activity of these agents has been evolving over the last 30-40 years to become very, very revolutionary and very useful today.”

He says enzymatic programs here were designed to solve the problem of blood, sweat, protein, grass stains, paint, etc., on the uniforms of athletes.

“We did a lot of work in those enzymatics for removing those items from those uniforms, and as we started working more and more, let’s see how we can expand it into linen supply, healthcare, hospitality, into that type of a business,” he says.

“So, we started translating them over into the industries that most of us are involved in.”

So, what is an enzyme? An enzyme is a protein molecule that has a “key” on its surface. The key reacts with whatever molecule that it’s targeted to go after.

“For example, if it’s a protein enzyme, there’s a little key on the surface of that molecule called an ‘active site’ that will actually find a protein molecule, attach itself to it, and break that molecule down into smaller component parts, such as amino acids and things like that,” says Story.

The lock-and-key process uses lower pH and less heat, water and time compared to alkalis, which use more of those elements for its destructive action to break down molecules.

So, what makes using enzymes and bioactive agents in a laundry worthwhile?

First, these agents target, and are effective against, certain types of soils, and they work at a variety of temperatures.

“We have a greater functionality now with the enzymatics and with the bio-organisms,” says Story.

“They’ll work in high temperatures and they work at low temperature, so you have a broad range of functionalities.”

Next, Story says enzymes and bioagents can have a positive wastewater impact. Most of the time, a wastewater system is needed to take the soils removed from textiles and break them down into non-lethal soils. Then the water can be recovered for further use.

“The cool thing about the

enzymes and these bio-agents is they actually are doing that in your wash wheel,” he says.

“So, if you’ve got fat soils and greases in your wash wheel, and you’ve got some of the enzymatic products that we developed over the years, they will start breaking those large molecules down in the wash wheel so that you will notice a reduction of fat and grease in your wash cycle, and you will see a reduction of your BODs (biochemical oxygen demand), especially if you’re linen supply plants and in food and beverage or you’re in a healthcare plant.

“You will notice that you will be using less alkalinity and things like that as well. So it does have definite impact on the wastewater.”

The agents can also remove mildew from cotton goods without destroying the dye on the fabric.

“You won’t receive 100% recovery, but you’ll get a high percentage, more than throwing all of them away,” he shares.

Factors that operators need to be cautious about when using these agents include the fact that they have targeted functions.

“If you have a protease enzyme, that means it goes after proteins and destroys proteins,” Story says. “The problem is if you take that same molecule, put it in a washer that has oils and greases and starches in it, that enzyme will not do a thing against that type of soil. It will only attack.

“It’s only specific to the type of soil, the proteins that it’s going after, so it will have difficulty in that regard. So in most cases, what everybody does and what we do is we actually mix a good blend of enzymes that do that work across the broad spectrum.”

While these agents are effective in various temperatures, they are sensitive to the environment in which they live, he says.

“For example, if you take a lowtemperature enzyme and put it in temperatures that are way too hot for it, and if you take a low-temperature microbe and put it in temperatures that are way too hot for it, you will kill the microbes and you will deactivate the enzyme so it will not work,” Story points out.

“So, you have to be very cognizant of what the operating condi-

tions are. It’s not a plug-and-play product. You’re going to have to make sure that the individuals that work with you and the technical service reps are well trained and know exactly what they’re doing in terms of writing the programs and formulas that are necessary to use these products.”

A key point to consider is that while enzymes can break the soils down, they will not remove the soil.

“They just break it down off the surface of the fabric,” says Story.

“You’re still going to have to use surfactants and detergents as part of that component in order to remove those soils.”

Finally, enzyme products can be more expensive on a gallon-to-gallon basis versus traditional products.

“But the cool thing about them is the time savings that you have and the water savings and the fact that you can actually get longevity of your fabrics and you reduce your fabric damage because you’re not having used the alkalinity that you normally have to use,” Story points out.

“With each wash formula, when you’re utilizing these bio-active components or utilizing these enzymatic components, you’re going to have to be very cognizant of the fact that your formulas have to work well, and there are some plants where this will not be applicable,” he says.

“Your plant has to have good programmable washers. You have to have mechanically sound washers.

They have to work right with the programmability and the mechanical action with them and make sure that maintenance and preventative maintenance on them is done so you can utilize these programs.

These programs will then yield you some very, very high-quality work at some very efficient numbers.”

And with today’s labor challenges, he says laundries will have more automation, and the chemistry programs and wash formulas used will have to be adaptive to that same kind of environment.

“These bioactive and enzymatictype products in conjunction with the formulas that are programmed into the system will, in fact, yield that kind of result,” Story concludes.

HOLISTIC, FLEXIBILE MANAGEMENT Angela Becker, marketing director for the Textile Care Division at Ecolab, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, then discussed trends in the industry, what’s driving the changes and the chemical technologies and solutions moving forward.

One of the major changes in the world today she notes is water scarcity.

“By 2030, demand for clean water will surpass supply by over 40%, really a scary statistic,” says Becker.

“It’s going to be very scary for us as we think about the world and what See CHEM on Page 26

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2022 Buyer’s Guide PRODUCT / SERVICE DIRECTORY

Welcome to the 2022 American Laundry News Buyer’s Guide, which is being circulated to all segments of the laundry/linen services industry.

Our annual Buyer’s Guide begins here on Page 10 with a directory of products and services that are important to institutional/on-premises laundries or textile rental companies (commercial, industrial or linen supply).

It continues on Page 18 with a directory of companies that responded to our request for updated information.

The contact information, including e-mail addresses, is subject to change without notice.

JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. R.W. Martin Company Material Flow Systems Olek Belts Orr Textile Co. Plexus Industries Ryco Conveyors Softrol Systems Southern Converters Southwest Laundry Equipment Speed Check Conveyor Storms Industries Tingue White Conveyor Inc.

BAR CODE EQUIPMENT/ SUPPLIES

AIR VACUUM UNITS

Hoffman-New Yorker Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Ryco Conveyors Storms Industries Tingue White Conveyor Inc.

Automation Dynamics EzProducts Intl.

IPC-Tags Material Flow Systems Metalprogetti USA Phoenix Scale Co. Texas Automation Products Thermopatch

ALKALIES

BAGS, LAUNDRY

BASKETS

Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group Ecolab Faultless Starch Gurtler Industries Innovative Chemical Systems Norchem Corp.

Pariser Industries Seitz Simoniz USA Inc. Sunburst Chemicals UNX Industries Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

ANTIMICROBIAL LAUNDRY ADDITIVE Christeyns USA EDMAR Chemical Co. Gurtler Industries UNX Industries Inc.

APRONS (GARMENT)

A1 American ADI American Dawn Calderon Textiles California Textiles Chef Works 1Concier Encompass Group K-Tex Medline Industries Omni Apparel Orr Textile Co. SanMar Southern Converters Spector Textile Products Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare Venus Group

BAGS, CONVEYOR

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists Bobco Systems Everstrong Commercial Products The Green Garmento Industrial Bag & Specialties Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Material Flow Systems

A1 American A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists ADI American Dawn Advanced Poly-Packaging Adventpac Bobco Systems C&W Equipment Co. California Textiles Carolina Textile Products Encompass Group Everstrong Commercial Products Friedman & Co. The Green Garmento Industrial Bag & Specialties Laundry Loops R.W. Martin Company Material Flow Systems Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Olek Belts Orr Textile Co. Plexus Industries R&B Wire Products Royal Basket Trucks Royal Blue International Ryco Conveyors Shamron Mills Southern Converters Spector Textile Products Standard Textile Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Storms Industries Streamline Solutions Tingue Venus Group

BAGS, NETS

The Green Garmento

BAGS, SLING

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists Bobco Systems C&W Equipment Co. Carolina Textile Products Covers Etc. Everstrong Commercial Products FLM Fairfield Laundry Machinery Gardner Machinery Corp.

The Green Garmento Industrial Bag & Specialties

A1 American A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists Diversified Plastics Everstrong Commercial Products R&B Wire Products Royal Basket Trucks Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Storms Industries Tecni-Quip Carts Tingue

BASKET LINERS/COVERS

A1 American A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists Carolina Textile Products Everstrong Commercial Products R&B Wire Products RAMCO Laundry Machinery Royal Basket Trucks Southern Converters Spector Textile Products Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Storms Industries Streamline Solutions Tingue

BELTS

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists Consolidated International Corp.

New Jersey Wire Cloth Co. Olek Belts Texchine Inc.

BLANKETS/SPREADS

A1 American ADI American Dawn Calderon Textiles 1Concier Domestic Fabrics & Blankets Encompass Group Everstrong Commercial Products Friedman & Co. Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Royal Blue International Standard Textile

United Feather & Down Venus Group White Knight Engineered Products

BLAZERS/JACKETS

Chef Works Codet Newport Corp. (Big Bill) Encompass Group Standard Manufacturing Co. Standard Textile Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare

BLEACH

Advanced Blending & Packaging Anderson Chemical Co. Christeyns USA D.W. Davies & Co. Inc. Faultless Starch Gurtler Industries Innovative Chemical Systems Kingsfield Klipper Group Kreussler Norchem Corp.

OMNI Solutions Pariser Industries Procter & Gamble Professional Sani Wash Santec Inc. Seatex Seitz Simoniz USA Inc. Spartan Chemical Co. TMA/Chemnet Systems UNX Industries Inc. Venture Labs Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems)

BOILERS & RELATED SYSTEMS Clayton Industries Cleaver-Brooks Columbia Boiler The Fulton Companies General Boiler Hamilton Engineering Hoffman-New Yorker J.P. Equipment Lattner Boiler Co. The Laundry List Inc. Ludell Manufacturing R.W. Martin Company Metro Dry Cleaning and Laundry Equipment Miura America Co. Ltd MultiTherm National Combustion Co. Parker Boiler Co. RAMCO Laundry Machinery Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

Sellers Manufacturing Co. Stanco Industries Steamgard Thermal Engineering of Arizona Washburn Machinery Wausau Chemical Corp.

CARTS/TRUCKS

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries Bayhead Products Corp.

Bobco Systems C&W Equipment Co. Diversified Plastics Domus Dura-Cast Products Durable Superior Casters

Ebco Industries Everstrong Commercial Products Fibertech Plastics Friedman & Co. Gardner Machinery Corp.

George O’Day’s Granger Plastics Co. G.S. Manufacturing J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Leebaw Mfg. Co. Mat Processing Technology Maxi-Movers/Chem-Tainer McClure Industries Sanitrux & Saniwash Meese M.I.T. Poly-Cart Corp.

Olek Belts Orr Textile Co. Precision Conveyors R&B Wire Products RAMCO Laundry Machinery RMI - Rotational Molding Inc. Royal Basket Trucks Ryco Conveyors Southern Converters Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Storms Industries Techstar Plastics Tecni-Quip Carts Tingue

CART COVERS

A1 American A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists ADI American Dawn Bobco Systems C&W Equipment Co. Carolina Textile Products Diversified Plastics Dura-Cast Products Durable Superior Casters Encompass Group Everstrong Commercial Products Friedman & Co. Gourmet Table Skirts & Linens G.S. Manufacturing Industrial Bag & Specialties Maxi-Movers/Chem-Tainer McClure Industries Sanitrux & Saniwash Medline Industries Orr Textile Co. PHS West Plexus Industries R&B Wire Products RAMCO Laundry Machinery Royal Basket Trucks Southern Converters Spector Textile Products Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Storms Industries Streamline Solutions Tecni-Quip Carts Tingue White Knight Engineered Products

CART/TRUCK DUMPERS

Automation Dynamics Bobco Systems Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Diversified Plastics Durable Superior Casters Granger Plastics Co. J.P. Equipment

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Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. McClure Industries Sanitrux & Saniwash Orr Textile Co. R&B Wire Products RAMCO Laundry Machinery Speed Check Conveyor Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tingue

CART/TRUCK MOVERS/ TUGGERS Appleton Mfg. Division Diversified Plastics Lift Products PHS West

CART WASHERS

Automation Dynamics Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Energenics Corp.

JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Leonard Automatics Inc. R.W. Martin Company Mat Processing Technology McClure Industries Sanitrux & Saniwash RAMCO Laundry Machinery Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

CASTERS/WHEELS

Bobco Systems Caster Connection Durable Superior Casters Everstrong Commercial Products Tingue

CEILING CLEANING SYSTEMS Material Flow Systems SonicAire

CHEMICAL DISPENSERS/ INJECTION

Brightwell Dispensers Inc. Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group Custom Control Systems Ecolab Faultless Starch Gardner Machinery Corp.

Gurtler Industries Hydro Systems Co. Innovative Chemical Systems Knight Kreussler Lavo Solutions Norchem Corp.

Pariser Industries Procter & Gamble Professional Sani Wash Seitz Seko Dosing Systems Corp.

Shepard Bros.

Simoniz USA Inc. Softrol Systems Sunburst Chemicals TCD Parts UNX Industries Inc. Venture Labs Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems) Zep Inc.

CHEMICALS, WATER TREATMENT

AquaRecycle Cleanslate Group D.W. Davies & Co. Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Kingsfield Norchem Corp.

Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. Shepard Bros.

UNX Industries Inc.

Walchem Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems) Zep Inc.

CLEANROOM EQUIPMENT

G.A. Braun JENSEN USA Laundrylux Material Flow Systems R&B Wire Products RAMCO Laundry Machinery Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

UniMac

COATS

A1 American ADI American Dawn Chef Works DenLine Uniforms Encompass Group Medelita Omni Apparel Royal Blue International SanMar Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare Venus Group White Knight Engineered Products

COILS

Commercial Coils R.W. Martin Company MultiTherm RAMCO Laundry Machinery Thermal Engineering of Arizona

COMPRESSED AIR EQUIPMENT Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Kaeser Compressors The Laundry List Inc. RAMCO Laundry Machinery Saylor-Beall Mfg. Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Texas Automation Products

CONNECTORS/TUBING

Industrial Specialties Mfg. TCD Parts

CONSULTING SERVICES (CONTACT COMPANIES FOR SPECIFICS)

Active Vision Alliant Systems American Laundry Systems Aquawing Ozone Laundry Systems ARCO/Murray Natl. Const. Co. Arnopole & Associates Astar John Barry & Associates Bobco Systems Christeyns USA Cleaver-Brooks Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Dsquared Design Solutions Dye Systems Encompass Group Fike & Fike, Inc. Gardner Machinery Corp.

The Green Garmento J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Victor Kramer Co. Laundry Design Group Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology LinenMaster Mat Processing Technology Medline Industries Pariser Industries Performance Matters Pertl & Alexander Phoenix Textile Corp.

Positek RFID Precision Conveyors Procter & Gamble Professional RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash

Spindle Steamgard Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Standard Textile Superior Laundry Equipment Technical Consulting Associates, LLC Victor Kramer Co. Water Energy Technologies

CONTINUOUS TOWELS/ CABINETS

Calderon Textiles Darman Manufacturing Co. Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

George O’Day’s Midwest Specialty Products Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Venus Group

CONTINUOUS TOWELS PROCESSING EQUIPMENT Darman Manufacturing Co. VEGA Systems USA

CONVEYOR EQUIPMENT & PARTS

Automation Dynamics Bobco Systems Consolidated Laundry Machinery Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Durable Superior Casters Felins Inc. Forenta Gardner Machinery Corp.

Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Material Flow Systems Metalprogetti USA RAMCO Laundry Machinery RK Conveyors Ryco Conveyors Sankosha USA Softrol Systems Speed Check Conveyor Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tingue White Conveyor Inc.

CONVEYORS

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries Bobco Systems Centrex Technologies Colmac Industries Consolidated Laundry Machinery Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Felins Inc. FLM Fairfield Laundry Machinery Forenta Garment Management Systems Gardner Machinery Corp.

Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Leonard Automatics Material Flow Systems Metalprogetti USA Olek Belts Planiform Conveyors PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery RK Conveyors Ryco Conveyors Sankosha USA Sea-lion America Shrink Tech Systems Softrol Systems Speed Check Conveyor Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA White Conveyor Inc.

COUNTING/MONITORING SYSTEMS Automation Dynamics

Christeyns USA Colmac Industries Custom Control Systems Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Gardner Machinery Corp.

Garment Management Systems JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Leonard Automatics LinenMaster Material Flow Systems Pennsylvania Scale Co. Phoenix Scale Co. RD Industries Softrol Systems Spindle Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

WesVic Systems

COVERALLS/JUMPSUITS

ADI American Dawn Codet Newport Corp. (Big Bill) Encompass Group Omni Apparel Orr Textile Co. Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare White Knight Engineered Products

DEODORIZING/ODOR CONTROL EQUIPMENT/PRODUCTS

Artemis Bio-Solutions Christeyns USA EDMAR Chemical Co. F-Matic Gurtler Industries Liberty Linen & Janitorial Products UNX Industries Inc. Vaportek West Sanitation Services Inc. dba Aerowest International

DETERGENTS

Advanced Blending & Packaging Anderson Chemical Co. Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group D.W. Davies & Co. Inc. Ecolab Esporta Wash Systems Faultless Starch Gurtler Industries Innovative Chemical Systems Kingsfield Kreussler Norchem Corp.

OMNI Solutions Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. Sani Wash Seatex Seitz Shepard Bros.

Simoniz USA Inc. Spartan Chemical Co. Sunburst Chemicals TMA/Chemnet Systems UNX Industries Inc. Venture Labs Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems) Zep Inc.

DRAIN TROUGHS/LINT INTERCEPTORS

Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging H-M Co.

DRYER CONTROLS/REPAIR

ADC AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies Consolidated Laundry Machinery Custom Control Systems Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial Huebsch JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc.

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Lavatec Laundry Technology Maytag Commercial Laundry PODAB RAMCO Laundry Machinery Softrol Systems Speed Queen Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

UniMac Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

DRYERS, 100 POUNDS OR LESS

ADC Alliance Laundry Systems AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies Cincinnati Laundry Equipment D&M Laundry Equipment Dexter Laundry Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Domus EDRO Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Huebsch Imesa USA J.P. Equipment Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology LG Maytag Commercial Laundry Miele Milnor Laundry Systems PODAB PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Speed Queen Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Superior Laundry Equipment Tolon Trevil America UniMac Washburn Machinery WashTech Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

DRYERS, 101 TO 400 POUNDS

ADC Alliance Laundry Systems AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Brim Laundry Machinery Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Consolidated Laundry Machinery D&M Laundry Equipment Dexter Laundry Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Domus EDRO Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial Huebsch Imesa USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Maytag Commercial Laundry Milnor Laundry Systems PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Speed Queen Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tolon Trevil America UniMac VEGA Systems USA

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ENZYMES

Gurtler Industries TMA/Chemnet Systems UNX Industries Inc.

ADC AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Consolidated Laundry Machinery Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Milnor Laundry Systems PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

EQUIPMENT FINANCING/ LEASING

DRYER EXHAUST SYSTEMS

EQUIPMENT REBUILDS

Tjernlund Products

EQUIPMENT/PRODUCTS

Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. RD Industries Southwest Laundry Equipment C&W Equipment Co. Gardner Machinery Corp.

Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. R.W. Martin Company Mountain Electronics Superior Laundry Equipment

DYES/DYEING

Alliance Textile Solutions, aka California Textiles Bonneau Co. Dye Systems KeyColour Mountville Mills Orr Textile Co. True Color Fabric Dyeing WSI (Washing Systems)

EXTRACTORS, CENTRIFUGAL

EMBLEMS

American Patch & Emblem Co. CSE Emblems Ensign Emblem Omni Apparel Penn Emblem Co. Thermopatch World Emblem International

EMBROIDERY/ MONOGRAMMING

Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Milnor Laundry Systems Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA Voss Laundry Solutions

EXTRACTORS, HYDRAULIC

Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Milnor Laundry Systems Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Century Place Chef Works CSE Emblems Encompass Group Ensign Emblem Medline Industries Omni Apparel Orr Textile Co. Penn Emblem Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

World Emblem International

ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUIPMENT

ADC D&M Laundry Equipment Dexter Laundry Girbau Industrial Huebsch Maytag Commercial Laundry Speed Queen TCF Equipment Finance UniMac U.S. Capital Corp.

Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

EXTRACTORS, PRESS

AquaRecycle Aquawing Ozone Laundry Systems Articlean Ozone Laundry Systems Automation Dynamics B&C Technologies Christeyns USA Cleaver-Brooks Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial Innovative Chemical Systems JENSEN USA Kemco Systems Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company National Combustion Co. Norchem Corp.

Sellers Manufacturing Co. Solar Panels Plus Spindle Steamgard Thermal Engineering of Arizona

B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Milnor Laundry Systems RAMCO Laundry Machinery Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

FABRICS/TEXTILES

A-1 Textiles & Hospitality ADI American Dawn American Laundry Products C&W Equipment Co. Calderon Textiles California Textiles Covers Etc. Domestic Fabrics & Blankets Encompass Group Everstrong Commercial Products Medline Industries

Milliken & Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Protect-A-Bed Shamron Mills Southern Converters Spector Textile Products Standard Textile UMF Corporation White Knight Engineered Products

FEEDERS, FLATWORK IRONER AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun C&W Equipment Co. Chicago Dryer Co. Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Foltex USA Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lapauw USA The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

FENDER/SEAT COVERS

A1 American ADI American Dawn Calderon Textiles California Textiles Carolina Textile Products Everstrong Commercial Products Industrial Bag & Specialties Orr Textile Co. Spector Textile Products Venus Group

FINISHERS, GARMENT/SHIRT Cincinnati Laundry Equipment CMV Sharper Finish Colmac Industries Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Domus Forenta Hoffman-New Yorker Imesa USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Leonard Automatics Inc. R.W. Martin Company RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sankosha USA Sea-lion America Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America Unipress Corp.

FLOOR COATINGS Milamar Coatings

FOLDER/CROSSFOLDERS, FLATWORK

AAdvantage Laundry Systems AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Chicago Dryer Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment CMV Sharper Finish Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lapauw USA The Laundry List Inc.

Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology Leonard Automatics Inc. R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

FOLDERS, GARMENT

G.A. Braun Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Foltex USA Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. R.W. Martin Company RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sea-lion America Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

FOLDERS, SMALL-PIECE

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Chicago Dryer Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Consolidated Laundry Machinery Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Foltex USA Forenta Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment JPE Inc. Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lapauw USA The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Leonard Automatics Inc. R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sea-lion America Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

FOLDERS, TOWEL

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Chicago Dryer Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Consolidated Laundry Machinery Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Foltex USA Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tolon VEGA Systems USA

FROCKS/SMOCKS

www.AmericanLaundryNews.com

A1 American ADI American Dawn Encompass Group Medline Industries Omni Apparel Shamron Mills Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare Venus Group White Knight Engineered Products

GARMENT BAGGING MACHINES

R.W. Martin Company Metalprogetti USA Sankosha USA

GARMENT/LINEN DISPENSERS George O’Day’s R.W. Martin Company Metalprogetti USA Penco Products Positek RFID R&B Wire Products

HAMPERS

A1 American Ebco Industries Encompass Group Everstrong Commercial Products Medline Industries R&B Wire Products Royal Basket Trucks Spector Textile Products Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Streamline Solutions Tecni-Quip Carts

HAND CLEANERS/SANITIZERS Christeyns USA EDMAR Chemical Co. F-Matic Sierra Hygiene Products UNX Industries Inc.

HANGERS

A1 American ADI American Dawn EzProducts Intl.

Gourmet Table Skirts & Linens Indy Hangers Material Flow Systems

HEAT RECLAIMERS

Christeyns USA The Fulton Companies J.P. Equipment The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Ludell Manufacturing R.W. Martin Company MultiTherm Norchem Corp.

Rototherm Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Thermal Engineering of Arizona ThermalRecycle

HEAT-SEALING EQUIPMENT

Advanced Poly-Packaging Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ensign Emblem EzProducts Intl.

Garment Management Systems IPC-Tags Lucas Quality Products R.W. Martin Company Metalprogetti USA Penn Emblem Co. Rennco LLC Stahls’ Hotronix Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Texas Automation Products Thermopatch Tingue World Emblem International

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HEAT-SEALING SUPPLIES/TAPE Lucas Quality Products

Storms Industries Tingue

HEATERS, FLUID

IRONER/PRESS CLEANER

The Fulton Companies Hydro-Thermal Corp.

The Laundry List Inc. MultiTherm Parker Boiler Co. Pick Heaters Inc. ProSonix RAMCO Laundry Machinery

HOT OILS - THERMAL FLUIDS B&C Technologies R.W. Martin & Sons MultiTherm Paratherm Corp.

RAMCO Laundry Machinery Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Wausau Chemical Corp.

IRONER COVERS & PADS

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists B&C Technologies C&W Equipment Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment CMV Sharper Finish Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

J.P. Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Southwest Laundry Equipment Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Storms Industries Tingue

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists American Laundry Products AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies Buckeye Pads/FH Bonn C&W Equipment Co. Calsco Cincinnati Laundry Equipment CMV Sharper Finish Covers Etc. Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company MAXI-PRESS Elastomeric Inc. Olek Belts Orr Textile Co. RAMCO Laundry Machinery

Sani Wash Southern Converters Southwest Laundry Equipment Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Storms Industries Tingue

IRONERS, FLATWORK

American Laundry Products AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun C&W Equipment Co. Chicago Dryer Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment CMV Sharper Finish Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Domus

Girbau Industrial Huebsch Imesa USA JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lapauw USA The Laundry List Inc. Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Miele PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash

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HOUSEKEEPING PRODUCTS

A1 American Anderson Chemical Co. California Textiles Chef Works Christeyns USA D.W. Davies & Co. Ecolab EDMAR Chemical Co. Encompass Group ERC Wiping Products The Green Garmento Medline Industries Phoenix Textile Corp.

Procter & Gamble Professional R&B Wire Products Royal Basket Trucks Sani Wash Sunburst Chemicals TCD Parts Tecni-Quip Carts UMF Corporation UNX Industries Inc. Zep Inc.

IDENTIFICATION TAPE

Ensign Emblem Lucas Quality Products Penn Emblem Co. Thermopatch Unitherm Inc. World Emblem International

Braun High Production Finishing Systems.

Solid, Proven Performance.

INCONTINENCE CARE PRODUCTS

A1 American ADI American Dawn Beck’s Classic Manufacturing Inc. Comfort Concepts 1Concier Encompass Group Friedman & Co. Material Imports Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Protect-A-Bed Royal Blue International Standard Textile Star Linen USA

INSURANCE SERVICES

Irving Weber Associates Inc.

IRONER APRONS & TAPES

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists AmkoAmerica/JB Industries Buckeye Pads/FH Bonn C&W Equipment Co. Calsco Cincinnati Laundry Equipment CMV Sharper Finish Covers Etc. MAXI-PRESS Elastomeric Inc. R.W. Martin & Sons Olek Belts Orr Textile Co. RAMCO Laundry Machinery Southern Converters Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

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Storms Industries Tolon Trevil America UniMac VEGA Systems USA

LABELS/TAGS

Felins Inc. IPC-Tags R.W. Martin Company Metalprogetti USA Orr Textile Co. Penn Emblem Co. Spector Textile Products Stahls’ Hotronix TCD Parts Thermopatch World Emblem International

LAUNDRY/LINEN MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE/ SYSTEMS

ADI American Dawn Christeyns USA G.A. Braun California Textiles Centrex Technologies Colmac Industries Encompass Group Fike & Fike, Inc. Gurtler Industries Innovative Management Designs Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology LinenMaster Lyons Information Systems Inc. R.W. Martin Company Medline Industries Phoenix Scale Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Positek RFID Softrol Systems Standard Textile Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Textile Technologies

LAUNDRY STRAPS/TIES Laundry Loops

LIFT TABLES

Automation Dynamics FLM Fairfield Laundry Machinery J.P. Equipment Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Mat Processing Technology RAMCO Laundry Machinery Ryco Conveyors Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tingue

LINEN, BATH

A1 American Boca Terry Calderon Textiles California Textiles, aka Alliance Textile Solutions 1Concier Domestic Fabrics & Blankets Encompass Group Friedman & Co. Garnier-Thiebaut Liberty Linen & Janitorial Products Material Imports Medline Industries Monarch Brands Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Royal Blue International Standard Textile Star Linen USA Texas Microfiber Inc. Thomaston Mills Venus Group

LINEN, BED

2022 Buyer’s Guide PRODUCT / SERVICE

A1 American ADI American Dawn Beacon Blankets Calderon Textiles California Textiles, aka Alliance Textile Solutions Comfort Concepts The Comphy Co. 1Concier Domestic Fabrics & Blankets Encompass Group Friedman & Co. Garnier-Thiebaut Liberty Linen & Janitorial Products Material Imports Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Monarch Brands Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Protect-A-Bed Royal Blue International Standard Textile Star Linen USA Texas Microfiber Inc. Thomaston Mills Venus Group White Knight Engineered Products

LINEN, OR, OB

A1 American ADI American Dawn California Textiles 1Concier Encompass Group Friedman & Co. K-Tex Medline Industries Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Shamron Mills Standard Manufacturing Co. Standard Textile Venus Group

LINEN, TABLE

A1 American ADI American Dawn At Work Uniforms Calderon Textiles California Textiles 1Concier Friedman & Co. Gourmet Table Skirts & Linens Garnier-Thiebaut K-Tex Liberty Linen & Janitorial Products Medline Industries Milliken & Co. Monarch Brands Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Standard Textile Star Linen USA Venus Group

LINT COLLECTORS/FILTERS

AquaRecycle Automation Dynamics Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Clean Cycle Systems Consolidated Laundry Machinery Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Energenics Corp.

FLM Fairfield Laundry Machinery JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Storms Industries Tecni-Quip Carts Thermal Engineering of Arizona Tingue

LOCKERS, GARMENT EXCHANGE

Garment Management Systems George O’Day’s Material Flow Systems Penco Products Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

White Conveyor Inc.

MANAGEMENT RECRUITING/ SEARCH The Griffin Group LaundryCareers.com

MARKING EQUIPMENT/ SUPPLIES

Metalprogetti USA Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Thermopatch World Emblem International

MATERIAL-HANDLING CONTROLS

Automation Dynamics Bobco Systems G.A. Braun Gardner Machinery Corp.

Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Mat Processing Technology Material Flow Systems Softrol Systems Speed Check Conveyor Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

MATS

A1 American Covers Etc. Mountville Mills Tingue Venus Group

MATS, PROCESSING & HANDLING

California Textiles Consolidated Laundry Machinery JPE Inc. Mat Processing Technology Material Flow Systems Milnor Laundry Systems Mountville Mills Positek RFID Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Texas Automation Products

MICROFIBER PRODUCTS

Calderon Textiles California Textiles Encompass Group ERC Wiping Products Golden Star Liberty Linen & Janitorial Products Monarch Brands Moonsoft International Standard Textile Texas Microfiber Inc. UMF Corporation Venus Group

MOBILE COMPUTING

ABS Laundry Business Solutions Alliant Systems Innovative Management Designs

MONORAIL/RAIL SYSTEMS

Bobco Systems Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

FLM Fairfield Laundry Machinery Gardner Machinery Corp.

JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Material Flow Systems Metalprogetti USA Planiform Conveyors Precision Conveyors RAMCO Laundry Machinery Ryco Conveyors Sea-lion America Softrol Systems Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tingue

White Conveyor Inc.

MOPS/MITTS

ADI American Dawn California Textiles Encompass Group ERC Wiping Products Golden Star Material Imports Medline Industries Moonsoft International Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Royal Blue International Texas Microfiber Inc. UMF Corporation Venus Group

NETS

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists Bobco Systems Carolina Textile Products EzProducts Intl.

Industrial Bag & Specialties Medline Industries Orr Textile Co. Ryco Conveyors Southern Converters Spector Textile Products Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

Tingue White Conveyor Inc.

NONSTICK COATING FOR DRYERS DECC Co. R.W. Martin & Sons PCM Co.

OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS

Advanced Blending & Packaging Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group Ecolab Gurtler Industries Kingsfield Kreussler Seitz UNX Industries Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems)

OZONE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS AquaRecycle Aquawing Ozone Laundry Systems ArtiClean Ozone Laundry Systems B&C Technologies Bodycare Purification Tech ClearWater Tech EDRO Corp.

Innovative Chemical Systems Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company OMNI Solutions Ozone Laundry Systems RAMCO Laundry Machinery Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Water Energy Technologies

PACKAGING EQUIPMENT/ SUPPLIES

Advanced Poly-Packaging B.H. Bunn Co. Davis Packaging EAM-Mosca Corp.

Felins Inc. Felrap World The Green Garmento Luetzow Industries Plas-Ties Co. RAMCO Laundry Machinery Rennco LLC Shrink Tech Systems Streamline Solutions Texchine Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

PANTS

A1 American ADI American Dawn

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Chef Works Codet Newport Corp. (Big Bill) Encompass Group Landau Uniforms Medline Industries SanMar Shamron Mills Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare

PATIENT WEAR

A1 American ADI American Dawn Boca Terry Calderon Textiles Comfort Concepts Encompass Group Friedman & Co. Material Imports Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Royal Blue International Shamron Mills Standard Textile Venus Group

PILLOWS

1Concier Harris Pillow Supply Orr Textile Co. Standard Textile United Feather & Down Venus Group

PILLOW-CLEANING EQUIPMENT Harris Pillow Supply

PLANT-COOLING EQUIPMENT ArcticChill Big Ass Fans Chiller Mfg. Commercial Coils Movin Cool/DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc. Quietaire Cooling Schaefer Ventilation Equipment

PLANT LAYOUT/DESIGN/ INSTALLATION/CONSTRUCTION SERVICES American Laundry Systems ARCO/Murray Natl. Const. Co. Arnopole & Associates John Barry & Associates Bobco Systems Gardner Machinery Corp.

JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Laundry Design Group R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

POLYURETHANE WHEELS Plan Tech Inc. R.W. Martin Company

PRESS PADS

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists AmkoAmerica/JB Industries Buckeye Pads/FH Bonn C&W Equipment Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Colmac Industries Covers Etc. Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Olek Belts Sani Wash Sankosha USA Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tingue

PRESSES

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Colmac Industries Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Forenta

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Girbau Industrial Hoffman-New Yorker Imesa USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Leonard Automatics Inc. Lucas Quality Products PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sankosha USA Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America Unipress Corp.

PRINTER/SHOP TOWELS/ WIPERS

Calderon Textiles ERC Wiping Products K-Tex Midwest Specialty Products Monarch Brands Riegel Linen Spector Textile Products Texas Microfiber Inc. Venus Group

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

ABS Laundry Business Solutions Arnopole & Associates Centrex Technologies Christeyns USA Fike & Fike, Inc. JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Victor Kramer Co. Lavatec Laundry Technology

FOLLOW US

LinenMaster R.W. Martin & Sons Material Flow Systems Softrol Systems Spindle WesVic Systems

PUMPS/PUMP SYSTEMS

Our Content Tell Us

What’s on Your Mind

RADIO FREQUENCY ID TAGS/ SCANNERS

AquaRecycle Brightwell Dispensers Inc. Christeyns USA Ellis Corp.

The Fulton Companies HANNING ELEKTRO-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG Ingersoll Rand Kemco Systems Knight Lavatec Laundry Technology Ludell Manufacturing R.W. Martin Company National Combustion Co. Parker Boiler Co. Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

Seko Dosing Systems Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Thermal Engineering of Arizona UNX Industries Inc. Walchem Wausau Chemical Corp.

ROUTE ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS

REPELLENCY RESTORATION

Air-Weigh Automation Dynamics Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

J.P. Equipment The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Pennsylvania Scale Co. Phoenix Scale Co. R&B Wire Products RAMCO Laundry Machinery Royal Basket Trucks Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tingue

REPLACEMENT PARTS/ SUPPLIES

Bobco Systems Brim Laundry Machinery Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Global Laundry Parts MAXI-PRESS Elastomeric Inc. MultiTherm PODAB Superior Laundry Equipment TCD Parts Texchine Inc.

ADI American Dawn Bobco Systems Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Everstrong Commercial Products Gardner Machinery Corp.

The Laundry List Inc. Planiform Conveyors R.W. Martin Company Mat Processing Technology

RESTROOM SANITATION PRODUCTS

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FRANKFURT, German y — Trade fair organizer Messe Frankfurt reports that the next Texcare International will take place here Nov. 9-13, 2024.

Due to the COVIDdemic, the trade fair, 19 panheld every four years, had to be suspended in 2020/2021. Messe Frankfurt and its partners, VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies, and the German Textile Cleaning Association, jointly agreed on the new date.

“There were two decisive reasons for choosing the new Johannes Schmid- date,” says Wiedersheim, director of Texcare International.

“On the one hand, well into the internatioit fits very calendar. On the othernal trade fair hand, it was favored by exhibitor s and visitors because it is during the for the tourism industry low season investments are made. when most “We are already looking forward to the next Texcare International, to real business encount presentations in 2024,ers and live and are working with full energy toward the success of the event.”

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SITEX continues sustainability, laund ry quality efforts with Solar Energy Project Initiat ive

Texcare Interna to return in 2024tional

BY MATT POE, EDITOR HENDERSON, Ky. — Jan. 1, 1961, is an important date for the Sights family.

That’s the day they Uniform Services Inc. founded Industrial here.

The family set out with no business, a shallow line of credit, some very used laundry equipment and one delivery truck to establish a customer base in uniform rental service within a 25-five-mile radius of its plant.

“With a small but aggressive sales force and a commitment to tomers with exception providing its cusal five routes and expandedservice, we grew to our territory to a 75-mile radius within five years,” says Wes Sights, president and CEO, part of the third generation of the family involved with the business.

Expansion continue d as the uniform service steadily acquired volume and services See SITEX on Page 6

SITEX recently installed 572 solar panels at its Henderson, Kentucky, plant. (Image: SITEX Corp.)

Laundry operations in ‘new abnormal’ Several laundry repres entatives share how they see the indust ry ‘flexing’ to maintain business and quality COMPILE D BY MATT

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INSIDE Columnist at Large

POE, EDITOR

CHICAGO — Without a doubt, COVIDin the laundry and linen services industry. 19 was a major disrupter From lockdowns to supply-chain and labor issues, what mal before 2020 isn’t was nornormal anymore.

So, how can a laundry operation operate as the “new abnorma what could be described l?”

American Laundry News posed this question what follows are the to the industry, responses from five laundry leaders around and country. the See NORMAL on Page

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In this issue, Eric Frederick shares about the need for good people management skills.

Panel of Experts Get to know our new panelists as they introduce themselves, their operations and more.

The Newspaper of Record

Anderson Chemical Co. Christeyns USA EDMAR Chemical Co. F-Matic Penco Products UMF Corporation UNX Industries Inc. West Sanitation Services Inc. dba Aerowest International

Automation Dynamics Centrex Technologies CYNTAG RFID Systems Datamars Innovative Management Designs R.W. Martin Company Metalprogetti USA Positek RFID White Conveyor Inc. Christeyns USA EDMAR Chemical Co. Gurtler Industries

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SCALES

SCRUBS

A1 American ADI American Dawn Chef Works DenLine Uniforms Encompass Group

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Friedman & Co. Landau Uniforms Medelita Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Orr Textile Co. Phoenix Textile Corp.

Royal Blue International SanMar Shamron Mills Standard Textile Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare Venus Group White Knight Engineered Products

SECURITY SYSTEMS

Active Vision Monarch Coin & Security

SEPARATORS, FLATWORK

B&C Technologies Chicago Dryer Co. Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

SEWING EQUIPMENT/ SUPPLIES

Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

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Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Durable Superior Casters Material Flow Systems Medline Industries M.I.T. Poly-Cart Corp.

Penco Products RAMCO Laundry Machinery Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tecni-Quip Carts

SHIRTS

A1 American ADI American Dawn Century Place Chef Works Codet Newport Corp. (Big Bill) Encompass Group Landau Uniforms Medline Industries Omni Apparel SanMar Shamron Mills Venus Group

2022 Buyer’s Guide PRODUCT / SERVICE

Garment Management Systems JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Mat Processing Technology Material Flow Systems Metalprogetti USA Planiform Conveyors Positek RFID Ryco Conveyors Sea-lion America Softrol Systems Speed Check Conveyor Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

White Conveyor Inc.

SOURS

Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group Ecolab Faultless Starch Gurtler Industries Innovative Chemical Systems Kreussler Norchem Corp.

Royaltone Co. Sani Wash Seatex Seitz TMA/Chemnet Systems UNX Industries Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems)

Anderson Chemical Co. Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group D.W. Davies & Co. Dye Systems Ecolab Faultless Starch Gurtler Industries Innovative Chemical Systems Norchem Corp.

OMNI Solutions Pariser Industries Sani Wash Seatex Seitz Simoniz USA, Inc. Spartan Chemical Co. Sunburst Chemicals TMA/Chemnet Systems UNX Industries Inc. Venture Labs Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems) Zep Inc.

SKIRTS (APPAREL)

SPOTTING AGENTS

SIZING/STARCH

Encompass Group Landau Uniforms Medline Industries Omni Apparel Shamron Mills Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare Venus Group

SOFTENERS (FABRIC)

Advanced Blending & Packaging Anderson Chemical Co. Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group D.W. Davies & Co. Inc. Dye Systems Ecolab EDMAR Chemical Co. Faultless Starch Gurtler Industries Innovative Chemical Systems Kreussler Norchem Corp.

OMNI Solutions Pariser Industries Procter & Gamble Professional Sani Wash Seatex Seitz Simoniz USA, Inc. Spartan Chemical Co. Sunburst Chemicals TMA/Chemnet Systems UNX Industries Inc. Vaska Venture Labs Wausau Chemical Corp.

WSI (Washing Systems) Zep Inc.

SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS Hamilton Engineering Solar Panels Plus

SORTING SYSTEMS

Automation Dynamics Bobco Systems Gardner Machinery Corp.

Anderson Chemical Co. Christeyns USA D.W. Davies & Co. Ecolab Faultless Starch Kreussler OMNI Solutions Royaltone Co. Seitz Spartan Chemical Co. Sunburst Chemicals TMA/Chemnet Systems UNX Industries Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

A.L. Wilson Chemical Co. Zep Inc.

STACKERS

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Foltex USA Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Leonard Automatics Inc. R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

STAIN REMOVERS OR REPELLENTS

Advanced Blending & Packaging Anderson Chemical Co. Christeyns USA Cleanslate Group D.W. Davies & Co. Inc. Dye Systems Ecolab Gurtler Industries Innovative Chemical Systems Kreussler Norchem Corp.

OMNI Solutions

Procter & Gamble Professional Sani Wash Seitz Simoniz USA, Inc. Sunburst Chemicals UNX Industries Inc. Vaska Venture Labs Wausau Chemical Corp.

A.L. Wilson Chemical Co. Zep Inc.

STATIC CONTROL

Christeyns USA Ecolab EDMAR Chemical Co. Kreussler

STEEL BASES FOR WASHER-EXTRACTORS Girbau Industrial

STRAPPING/TYING EQUIPMENT B.H. Bunn Co. Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging Dynaric EAM-Mosca Corp.

Felins Inc. R.W. Martin Company Plas-Ties Co. Shrink Tech Systems

SURGICAL/ISOLATION GOWNS A1 American ADI American Dawn DenLine Uniforms Encompass Group Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Shamron Mills Standard Textile Star Linen USA

SWEATERS

Omni Apparel Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare

TABLES

Automation Dynamics Bobco Systems Gardner Machinery Corp.

Leonard Automatics Mat Processing Technology Maxi-Movers/Chem-Tainer Meese Phoenix Textile Corp.

RAMCO Laundry Machinery Ryco Conveyors Speed Check Conveyor Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

TANKS

Christeyns USA Dura-Cast Products General Boiler Granger Plastics Co. Kemco Systems R.W. Martin Company Maxi-Movers/Chem-Tainer National Combustion Co. Norchem Corp.

Parker Boiler Co. Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

Sellers Manufacturing Co. Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Thermal Engineering of Arizona

TRUCKS/WALK-IN VANS

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp.

Maxon Morgan Olson Utilimaster Corp.

TUMBLERS

ADC Alliance Laundry Systems B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Cincinnati Laundry Equipment

EDRO Corp.

Electrolux Girbau Industrial Huebsch JENSEN USA Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Maytag Commercial Laundry RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Speed Queen Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Superior Laundry Equipment UniMac Wascomat Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

TUNNEL FINISHERS

Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Colmac Industries Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List, Inc. Leonard Automatics R.W. Martin Company PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sea-lion America Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

UNIFORMS

A1 American ADI American Dawn At Work Uniforms Century Place Chef Works DenLine Uniforms Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Encompass Group Landau Uniforms Medelita Medline Industries MIP USA Inc. Phoenix Textile Corp.

SanMar Shamron Mills Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare Venus Group

VIBRATION/NOISE ISOLATION PADS Airloc

WASHER CONTROLS/REPAIR

Alliance Laundry Systems ADC AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies Custom Control Systems Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

EDRO Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial Huebsch Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Maytag Commercial Laundry Norchem Corp.

PODAB RAMCO Laundry Machinery Softrol Systems Speed Queen Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

UniMac Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

WASHER-EXTRACTORS, 100 POUNDS OR LESS

Alliance Laundry Systems AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies Cincinnati Laundry Equipment

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D&M Laundry Equipment Dexter Laundry Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Domus EDRO Corp.

Huebsch Hydrofinity Imesa USA J.P. Equipment The Laundry List Inc. Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology LG R.W. Martin Company Maytag Commercial Laundry Metro Dry Cleaning and Laundry Equipment Miele Milnor Laundry Systems PODAB PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Speed Queen Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Superior Laundry Equipment Tolon Trevil America UniMac Washburn Machinery WashTech Yamamoto North America

WASHER-EXTRACTORS, 101 TO 400 POUNDS

Alliance Laundry Systems AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Brim Laundry Machinery Co. Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Dexter Laundry Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Domus EDRO Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Esporta Wash Systems Girbau Industrial Huebsch Imesa USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lapauw USA The Laundry List Inc. Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Milnor Laundry Systems PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sani Wash Sea-lion America Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Speed Queen Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Superior Laundry Equipment Tolon Trevil America UniMac VEGA Systems USA Washburn Machinery WashTech Whirlpool Commercial Laundry Yamamoto North America

WASHER-EXTRACTORS, 401 POUNDS AND LARGER

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Brim Laundry Machinery Co. Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

EDRO Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial

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JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. Lapauw USA The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Milnor Laundry Systems PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sea-lion America Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

VEGA Systems USA

J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology LG R.W. Martin Company Miele Milnor Laundry Systems PODAB Sani Wash Speed Queen Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Superior Laundry Equipment UniMac Washburn Machinery

WASHER-EXTRACTORS, SOFTMOUNT

WASHERS, CONTINUOUSBATCH

Girbau Industrial R.W. Martin Company Maytag Commercial Laundry PODAB Superior Laundry Equipment Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

WASHERS

Alliance Laundry Systems AmkoAmerica/JB Industries G.A. Braun Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging Dexter Laundry Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Esporta Wash Systems Girbau Industrial Huebsch JENSEN USA

WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

AquaRecycle Christeyns USA Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging Ecolab Ellis Corp.

Hydro-Thermal Corp.

Industrial Waste Water Services J.P. Equipment Kemco Systems The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Ludell Manufacturing R.W. Martin Company Miura America Co. Ltd Norchem Corp.

Parker Boiler Co. Pick Heaters Inc. Sea-lion America Shepard Bros.

Thermal Engineering of Arizona Walchem

B&C Technologies G.A. Braun Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial JENSEN USA J.P. Equipment Kannegiesser ETECH Inc. The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company Milnor Laundry Systems PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment RAMCO Laundry Machinery Sea-lion America Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

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WATER HEATERS

Cincinnati Laundry Equipment Cleaver-Brooks Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Ellis Corp.

The Fulton Companies Hamilton Engineering Hydro-Thermal Corp.

J.P. Equipment Kemco Systems The Laundry List Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology Ludell Manufacturing R.W. Martin Company National Combustion Co. OGI Process Equipment

Parker Boiler Co. Pick Heaters Inc. ProSonix RAMCO Laundry Machinery Rinnai Sellers Manufacturing Co. Solar Panels Plus Stanco Industries Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Thermal Engineering of Arizona

WATER REUSE/RECYCLING SYSTEMS

AquaRecycle Christeyns USA Concurrent Technologies Corp.

Ellis Corp.

Girbau Industrial Innovative Chemical Systems J.P. Equipment Kemco Systems The LaundryList Inc. Laundrylux Lavatec Laundry Technology Ludell Manufacturing R.W. Martin Company Norchem Corp.

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Thermal Engineering of Arizona Water Energy - Laundry Consulting

WATER SOFTENERS

Cleaver-Brooks Dye Systems Ellis Corp.

The Fulton Companies Hamilton Engineering J.P. Equipment The Laundry List Inc. Marlo Inc.

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Thermal Engineering of Arizona

WETCLEANING EQUIPMENT B&C Technologies Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

Esporta Wash Systems Hoffman-New Yorker Imesa USA Laundrylux Milnor Laundry Systems Sankosha USA Seitz Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Superior Laundry Equipment Trevil America UniMac

WRAPPING SYSTEMS/ PRODUCTS

B.H. Bunn Co. Davis Packaging Felins Inc. Lavatec Laundry Technology R.W. Martin Company RAMCO Laundry Machinery Rennco LLC Shrink Tech Systems Tingue

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Late News Faultless Healthcare Linen, An ImageFIRST Company, rebrands KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — ImageFIRST, a provider of linen and laundry services for the healthcare industry, reports that its brand Faultless Healthcare Linen, An ImageFIRST Company, will be renamed and rebranded to ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, matching the corporate logo and brand.

This comes after the acquisition of Faultless Healthcare Linen in May 2019.

Faultless Healthcare Linen has locations in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, and was founded in 1896.

In 2019, the acquisition of a majority stake in Faultless was completed with the support of Calera Capital, a leading middlemarket private equity firm.

The company says that since the acquisition, various actions have been taken to ensure the business aligns fully with ImageFIRST standards and processes. All employees were retained throughout this transaction and transition period.

Existing Faultless Healthcare Linen customers will now be serviced exclusively under the ImageFIRST brand.

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Giving back to the community: Paris Companies Laundry operation in Pennsylvania growing, sharing to help people, organizations in need

BY MATT POE, EDITOR DUBOIS, Pa. — David Stern, CEO of Paris Companies, a uniform rental provider based here, runs the company from Florida during the winter.

During the height of the pandemic, he saw a news report on television about families in desperate need of food to survive.

“I think it hit me about all the people that have extra needs for food, and the food banks were being swamped,” he recalls. “So I called back home. I know we have a local food bank and so we called them and we gave them a nice donation.”

The folks running the food bank called Stern to thank him, mentioning that the Salvation Army also has a food bank, so he called the Salvation Army and donated to their food bank efforts.

David Stern (far right), CEO of Paris Companies, meets with DuBois, Pennsylvania, Salvation Army representatives and the mayor. (Photo: Paris Companies)

“When I got back home, they invited me over and I saw what they do in the community,” he says. “The pandemic continued, and so I told them, ‘Hey, what we’ll do this year (2021) for you is to help you collect money’ because I think they were struggling on the bell-ringing service because people online shop more and it’s a cold time of the year.”

Stern’s idea? Try to “stimulate” people to

give by offering a matching donation.

“It was something I would have given them anyway, but this way it helped and it did work,” he shares. “You know, they got so much more than they would have got, so I’m pretty proud of that.”

Stern and Paris Companies’ food bank See PARIS on Page 6

Effective laundry chemistry solutions Four chemical company representatives share ways laundries can better use chemistry in their processes

BY MATT POE, EDITOR RICHMOND, Ky. — With all of the challenges facing laundries today, from labor issues to inflation, it’s vital for operations to be able to provide quality goods as efficiently as possible.

Laundry chemistry can be a key component in the process.

Four chemical company representatives shared strategies for maximizing the outcomes of chemical usage in laundry operations during the recent Association for Linen Management (ALM) webinar Chemical Solutions.

REDEFINING THE WASH PIE FOR COST SAVINGS Roy Praechter, vice president of research and development for WSI See CHEM on Page 8

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DIRECTORY

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Air-Weigh

A-1 Flatwork Ironer Specialists

47 Oakley Pl. Staten Island, NY 10306 T 718-980-0682 C Steve Brusca stevenjbuddy@aol.com

A1 American

12386 Osborne Pl. Pacoima, CA 91331 T 833-205-2200 W www.a1americangroup. com sales@a1americangroup.com

ABS Laundry Business Solutions

3140 Harbor Ln., Ste. 204 Plymouth, MN 55447 T 877-380-9527 www.abslbs.com W info@abslbs.com

1499 E. 6th St. Beaumont, CA 92223 T 800-424-7929 www.airweighinc.com W awsales@awscale.com

Airloc

42 Hayward St. Franklin, MA 02038 T W

508-528-0022 or 800-922-3019 www.airloc.com info@airloc.com

Alliance Laundry Systems

Shepard St. (P.O. Box 990) Ripon, WI 54971-0990 T 920-748-3121 www.alliancelaundry.

W com info@alliancelaundry.com

Alliant Systems

731 Union Pkwy.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 T 631-585-0088 www.active-vision.com W sales@canalalarm.co

122 W. John Carpenter Fwy., Ste. 540 Irving, TX 75039 T 972-331-5060 or 888-513-9293 www.alliantsystems.

W com C Eric Smith esmith@alliantsystems.com

ADC

American Laundry Products

Active Vision

400 Klock Rd. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 T 269-923-3000 www.adclaundry.com W

ADI American Dawn

401 W. Artesia Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90220 T 800-821-2221 www.americandawn.

W com C Kenny Cohen kcohen@americandawn.com

Advanced Poly-Packaging 1331 Emmitt Rd. Akron, OH 44306 T W

330-785-4000 or 800-754-4403 ecom.advancedpoly.com sales@advancedpoly.com

Adventpac

Lot 517 Jalan Jati Kiri Kapar 42200 Klang, Selangor T 603-3250-0780 www.hydrobag.com W C Amber Join amber@adventpac.com

Key T Telephone W Website C Contact

300 Northland Blvd.

Aiken, SC 29801 T 803-663-6606 www.americanlaundry W products.com info@americanlaundryproducts.com

American Laundry Systems 9 Floyd Rd. Derry, NH 03038 T W

978-373-1883 or 603-216-5751 www.eomech.com info@eomech.com

American Patch & Emblem Co.

400 Franklin Ave., Ste. 210 Phoenixville, PA 19460 T 610-546-7734 www.americanpatch.

W com info@americanpatch.com

AmkoAmerica/JB Industries

Appleton Mfg. Division

At Work Uniforms

AquaRecycle/ ThermalRecycle

Automation Dynamics

1025 Breezewood Ln. Neenah, WI 54956 T 920-751-1555 or 800-531-2002 www.appletonmfg.com W C Matt Spang mspang@appletonmfg.com

1861 W. Oak Pkwy.

Marietta, GA 30062 T W

770-565-8488 or 866-272-9253 www.aquarecycle.com www.thermalrecycle.com gene.dedick@aquarecycle.com

Aquawing Ozone Laundry Systems

45 Priscilla Ln. Auburn, NH 03032 T 888-296-4777 www.aquawingozone.com W C Brett Daniels brett@aquawingozone.com

ARCO/Murray National Construction Co.

3110 Woodcreek Dr. Downers Grove, IL 60515 T 331-251-2726 www.arcomurray.com W C Elliot Mata emata@arcomurray.com

ArcticChill

71 Industrial Park Rd. Newberry, SC 29108 T 800-849-7778 www.arctichillergroup.

W com sales@arctichillergroup.com

Arnopole & Associates

P.O. Box 699 Volcano, HI 96785 T 808-987-4233 www.laundryhelp.com W C Ken Arnopole info@laundryhelp.com, karnopole@hawaii.rr.com

Artemis Bio-Solutions

14505 Torrey Chase Blvd., Ste. 205 Houston, TX 77014 T 630-359-4090 www.artemisbiosoluW tions.com sales@artemisbiosolutions.com

8011 Monetary Dr., Ste. B5 Riviera Beach, FL 33404 T 561-863-9696 www.jbilaundryfolder.

W com C Jurgen Bischoff AmkoAmerica@gmail.com or JBI.Industries@gmail.com

ArtiClean Ozone Laundry Systems

Anderson Chemical Co.

Astar

325 S. Davis Ave. Litchfield, MN 55355 T 800-366-2477 www.accomn.com W C Alex Carlson integra@accomn.com

129 Fieldview Dr. (P.O. Box 455) Versailles, KY 40383 T 866-748-9274 www.articlean.com W C Danny Kirk danny@articlean.com

3020 39th St. Metairie, LA 70001 T 504-717-0487 www.astarllc.com W C Randy Stiver info@astarllc.com

26953 Canal Rd. (P.O. Box 40) Orange Beach, AL 36561 T 251-981-6701 or 800-683-1374 www.atworkuniforms.com W C Chuck Campbell chuckcampbell@atworkuniforms.com

605 N. High St. Independence, MO 64050 T 816-461-8989 or 877-482-7200 www.adllc.com W C Joshua Frankeberger sales@adllc.com

Bb B&C Technologies

17740 Ashley Dr., Ste. 109 Panama City, FL 32413 T 850-249-2222 www.bandctech.com W C Al Adcock sales@bandctech.com

John Barry & Associates

3020 Newport Blvd.

Newport Beach, CA 92663 T 949-675-3551 www.jbateam.com W C Bob Barry bob.barry@jbateam.com

Bayhead Products Corp.

173 Crosby Rd. Dover, NH 03820 T W C

603-742-3000 or 800-BAYHEAD www.bayheadproducts.com Gregg Moore sales@bayheadproducts.com

Beacon Blankets

104 Sugar Hollow Rd. Hendersonville, NC 28739 T 828-231-5329 jteddsmith@gmail.com

Beck’s Classic Manufacturing

50 Emjay Blvd.

Brentwood, NY 11717 T 631-435-3800 www.becksclassic.com W C Steven Beck or Jeff Bloom info@becksclassic.com

Big Ass Fans

2348 Innovation Dr. Lexington, KY 40511 T 877-244-3267 www.bigassfans.com W info@bigassfans.com

Bobco Systems

12713 320th Ave. Princeton, MN 55371 T 763-389-3625 www.bobcosystems.

W com C Tia Ott tia@bobcosystems.com

Boca Terry

512 Hillsboro Technology Dr. Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 T 954-312-4406 or 877-421-6001, ext. 206 www.bocaterry.com W laura@bocaterry.com

Bodycare Purification Tech

29-18 Daoyi 3rd St. Shenbei New District Shenyang/Liaoning/110136, China T 86-24-8972-2178 www.bcozone.com W bcozone@qq.com

Bonneau Co.

3334 S. Tech Blvd.

Miamisburg, OH 45342 T 937-886-9300 or 800-394-0678 www.kingscotechemicals.

W com sales@kingscotechemicals.com

G.A. Braun

P.O. Box 3029 Syracuse, NY 13220 T 315-475-3123 or 800-432-7286 www.gabraun.com W C Pamela Simonetti psimonetti@gabraun.com

Brightwell Dispensers Inc.

9567 Alden St. Lenexa, KS 62215 T 913-956-4909 www.brightwell-inc.com W C Andy Lewis sales@brightwell-inc.com

Brim Laundry Machinery Co. 302 Nichols Dr. Hutchins, TX 75141 T W

214-630-4517 or 800-527-5886 www.brimldry.com website@brimldry.com

Buckeye Pads/FH Bonn

338 W. Columbus Rd. South Charleston, OH 45368 T 937-323-7024 www.fhbonn.com W customerservice@fhbonn.com

B.H. Bunn Co.

2730 Drane Field Rd. Lakeland, FL 33811 T 863-647-1555 or 800-222-BUNN www.bunntyco.com W info@bunntyco.com

Cc 1Concier

900 Trail Ridge Rd., Ste. 3 Aiken, SC 29803 T 800-845-2232 www.1concier.com W C Bob Pestrak bob@1concier.com

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C&W Equipment Co.

1114 Ferris Rd. Amelia, OH 45102 T 800-443-3573 www.candwcorp.com W sales@candwcorp.com

Calderon Textiles

6131 W. 80th St. Indianapolis, IN 46278 T 800-252-1986 or 888-742-1998 www.calderontextiles.com W cs@calderontextiles.com

California Textiles, aka Alliance Textile Solutions

Chef Works

Cleaver-Brooks

12325 Kerran St. Poway, CA 92064 T W

858-643-5600 or 800-372-6621 www.chefworks.com orders@chefworks.com

Chicago Dryer Co.

2200 N. Pulaski Rd. Chicago, IL 60639 T 773-235-4430 www.chidry.com W C Tom Kindy sales@chidry.com

Christeyns USA

P.O. Box 77306 Corona, CA 92877 T 951-272-1200 www.catextiles.com W C Lenore Law catex1@att.net

100 Laurel St., Ste. 120 East Bridgewater, MA 02333 T 617-203-2169 www.christeyns.com W C Bradley Bolton bradley.bolton@christeyns.com

Calsco

Cincinnati Laundry Equipment

1114 Ferris Rd. Amelia, OH 45102 T W C

513-753-9750 or 800-443-3573 www.calscocorp.com Bob Folchi bob.folchi@candwcorp.com

Carolina Textile Products

P.O. Box 628 Elgin, SC 29045 T 877-239-0229 www.carolinatexpro.

W com C Eric Dixon eric@carolinatexpro.com

Caster Connection

2380 International St. Columbus, OH 43228 T 800-544-8978 www.casterconnection.com W sales@casterconnection.com

Centrex Technologies

2021 Midwest Rd., Ste. 200 Oak Brook, IL 60523 T 800-768-0700 www.ctrx.com W C Kevin O’Hara salesusa@ctrx.com

Century Place Apparel

10220-A Western Ridge Rd. Charlotte, NC 28273 T 800-438-1246 www.centuryplace W apparel.com C Tim Stiene tstiene@centuryplaceapparel.com

2650 Spring Grove Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45214 T 513-542-5000 or 877-542-3300 www.cincinnatilaundry.com W cle@cincinnatilaundry.com

Clayton Industries

17477 Hurley St. City of Industry, CA 91744 T 626-435-1200 or 800-423-4585 www.claytonindustries.com W sales@claytonindustries.com

Clean Cycle Systems

960 Crossroads Blvd.

Seguin, TX 78155 T 830-401-4400 or 800-826-1245 W www.cleancyclesystems.com C Mike Reilly, Dave P. or Evan Reilly ccsystems@tqind.com

221 Law St. Thomasville, GA 31792 T 229-226-3024 or 800-250-5883 www.cleaver-brooks.

W com marketing@cleaverbrooks.com

CMV Sharper Finish

4500 W. Augusta Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60651 T 773-276-4800 or 800-247-4766 www.cmvsharperfinish.com W C Venkat Tripuraneni sales@cmvsharperfinish.com

Codet Newport Corp. (Big Bill)

294 Crawford Rd. Newport, VT 05855 T 800-992-6338 www.bigbill.com W service@bigbill.com

Colmac Industries P.O. Box 72 Colville, WA 99114 T W C

509-684-4505 or 800-926-5622 www.colmacindustries.com Rick McElhose sales@colmacind.com

Columbia Boiler

P.O. Box 1070 Pottstown, PA 19464 T 610-323-2700 www.columbiaboiler.

W com boilersales@columbiaboiler.com

Comfort Concepts

501 Broad Ave., Unit 7 Ridgefield, NJ 07657 T 800-935-2241 www.comfortconcepts.com W info@comfortconcepts.com

Commercial Coils Inc.

Cleanslate Group

1420 E. Linden Ave. Linden, NJ 07036 T 866-510-8080 www.cleanslategrp.com W cczahler@cleanslategrp.com

213 Chesterfield Industrial Blvd.

Chesterfield, MO 63005 T 636-532-1523 or 800-532-2645 www.comcoil.com W patrick@comcoil.com

ClearWater Tech

The Comphy Co.

850 Capitolio Way San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 T 805-546-2301 or 800-262-0203 www.cwtozone.com W sales@cwtozone.com

Six Decades as America’s Leading Linen Transporters

7034 Portal Way, #110 Ferndale, WA 98248 T 323-225-8234 www.comphy.com W helpdesk@comphy.com

Concurrent Technologies Corp.

100 CTC. Dr. Johnstown, PA 15904 T 814-269-6881 or 800-CTC-4392 www.ctc.com/public/ W solutions/techandinnovation/ water-recycling.aspx C Dan Markiewicz water@ctc.com

Consolidated International Corp.

3804 Main St., Ste. 1 Chula Vista, CA 91911 T 866-632-2298 www.cicus.com W sales@cicus.com

Consolidated Laundry Machinery (CLM)

211 Erie St. Pomona, CA 91768 T 323-232-2417 www.clmco.com W C Gabriel Camacho gabriel@clmco.com

Cornerstone Equipment & Rigging

2535 Burton Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46208 T 877-773-1850 www.cornerstonemachinery.

W com C Eric Trudo eric@cornerstonemachinery.com

925 W. Harris Rd. Arlington, TX 76001 T W

817-467-5030 or 800-451-6593 www.coversetc.com sales@coversetc.com

CSE Emblems

14505 Parallel (P.O. Box 459) Basehor, KS 66007 T 913-724-1000 or 800-624-5537 www.2cse.com W basehor@houseofapparel.com

Custom Control Systems

45 Sherrill Ln. New Hartford, NY 13413 T 315-732-1990 www.customcontrol W systems.com C Kevin Hagberg khagberg@customcontrolsystems.com

Dd D&M Laundry Equipment

4822 W. Fullerton Ave. Chicago, IL 60639 T 773-889-5500 www.dandmequipment.

W com info@dandmequipment.com

Darman Manufacturing Co. 1410 Lincoln Ave. Utica, NY 13502 T W

315-724-9632 or 800-732-4107 www.darmanco.com gail@darmanco.com

Datamars

1110 Industrial Blvd.

Temple, TX 76504 T 254-598-3440 www.datamars.com W ussales@datamars.com

D.W. Davies & Co. Inc. 3200 Phillips Ave. Racine, WI 53403 T

262-637-6133 or 800-888-6133 www.dwdavies.com dwdavies@dwdavies.com

Davis Packaging

1002 N. Palmway Lake Worth, FL 33460 T 561-290-0412 or 800-622-3015 www.davispackaging.

W net C Tim Davis contact@davispackaging.net

DECC Co.

1266 Wallen Ave. S.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49507 T 616-588-2870 www.decc.com W C Ryan Gritter rgritter@decc.com

DenLine Uniforms 301 Oak St. Quincy, IL 62301

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l-800-275-2436

997 Floyd Dr., Ste. 160 Lexington, KY 40505 T 859-235-0036 www.cyntag.com W info@cyntag.com

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217-228-9272 or 800-336-5463 www.denlineuniforms.com customerservice@denlineuniforms.com

Dexter Laundry

2211 W. Grimes Ave. Fairfield, IA 52556 T 641-472-5131 or 800-524-2954 www.dexter.com W C Kevin Hietpas sales@dexter.com

Direct Machinery Sales Corp.

50 Commerce Pl. Hicksville, NY 11801 T 800-572-5573 www.directmachinery.com W C Ronald Hirsch rhirsch@directmachinery.com

Diversified Plastics

1309 Highway 917 West Latta, SC 29565 T 843-752-7145 or 800-768-7636 www.dpiroto.com W C Tommy Wallace or Sharon Moody sales@dpiroto.com

Domestic Fabrics & Blankets

2002 West Vernon Ave. Kinston, NC 28504 T 252-523-7923 www.domesticfabrics.com W sales@domesticfabrics.com

Domus

C/Energia 12 - P.I. La Quintana 08504 Sant Julia De Vilatorta Barcelona (Spain) T 34-93-8887153 www.domuslaundry.com W domus@domuslaundry.com

Dura-Cast Products

16160 Hwy. 27 Lake Wales, FL 33859 T 863-638-3200 or 800-683-4116 www.duracast.com W salesservice@duracast.com

Durable Superior Casters

2801 E. Abram St. Arlington, TX 76010 T 800-848-4517 www.castersdurable.

W com info@durableusa.com

Dye Systems

2211 Industrial South Rd. Dalton, GA 30721 T 800-440-7481 www.dyesystems.com W orders@dyesystems.com

Dynaric

5740 Bayside Rd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 T 757-363-5850 or 800-440-7481 www.dynaric.com W order@dynaric.com

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Ebco Industries

7851 Alderbridge Way Richmond, BC V6X 2A4 T 604-276-1491 www.ebco.com W sales@ebco.com

Ecolab

1 Ecolab Place St. Paul, MN 55102 T 800-553-8683 www.ecolab.com W laundry@ecolab.com

EDMAR Chemical Co.

P.O. Box 598 Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 T 440-247-9560 or 800-401-4780 www.edmarchem.com W www.mrsa-solutions.com C Jack Binder or Billy White sales@edmarchem.com. billywhite@edmarchem.com

EDRO Corp.

P.O. Box 308 East Berlin, CT 06023 T 860-828-0311 www.edrocorp.com W billywhite@edrocorp.com

Ellis Corp.

1400 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Itasca, IL 60143 T 630-250-9222 or 800-611-6806 www.elliscorp.com W sales@elliscorp.com

Encompass Group

615 Macon St. McDonough, GA 30253 T 800-245-4636 www.encompassgroup.net W info@encompassgroup.net

Energenics Corp.

1470 Don St. Naples, FL 34104 T W

239-643-1711 or 800-944-1711 www.energenics.com sales@energenics.com

Ensign Emblem

1746 Keane Dr. Traverse City, MI 49686 T 800-521-0575 www.ensignemblem.

W com C Gayle Zreliak gayle@ensignemblem.com

Esporta Wash Systems

Ff

Ocala, FL T C

352-678-8258 Lee Friedman lee.friedman@gmail.com

The Fulton Companies

F-Matic

299 S. Millpond Dr. Lehi, UT 84043 T 800-824-9994 www.fmatic.com W info@fmatic.com

Faultless Starch

1025 W. 8th St. Kansas City, MO 64101 T 800-846-1230 www.faultlessbynature.

W com lpginfo@faultless.com

Felins Inc.

8306 W. Parkland Ct. Milwaukee, WI 53223 T 800-843-5667 www.felins.com W sales@felins.com

Felrap World

P.O. Box 297 Warren, RI 02885 T

401-245-4796 or 800-969-4940 www.felrap.com Joseph Fernandes sales@felrap.com

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Fibertech Plastics

11744 Blue Bell Rd. Elberfeld, IN 47613 T 812-983-2642 or 800-304-4600 www.fibertechplastics.

W com C Natalie Siebers nsiebers@fibertechplastics.com

Fike & Fike Inc.

1 Brickyard Dr., Ste. A Bloomington, IL 61701 T 309-663-5254 or 800-525-3678 www.fikeandfike.com W C Sheena Dryer sales@fikeandfike.com

FLM Fairfield Laundry Machinery 5 Montesano Rd. Fairfield, NJ 07004 T W C

Friedman & Co.

973-575-4330 or 800-962-7032 www.flmcorp.com Dennis Hall info@flmcorp.com

Foltex USA

972 Centerville Rd. Pulaski, NY 13142 T 315-298-5121 www.fulton.com W C Mike McLean mike.mclean@fulton.com

Gg 700 N. Summit Ave. (P.O. Box 33818) Charlotte, NC 28216 (28233) T 704-372-3890 www.gardnermachinery.com W gmc@gardnermachinery.com

Garment Management Systems

3200 Shackleford Rd., Ste. 10 Little Rock, AR 72205 T 501-420-1682 www.garmentmanagement.com W C Matthew James matthew@garmentmanagement.com

Garnier-Thiebaut

3000 S. Eads St. Arlington, VA 22202 T 888-9-LINENS, ext. 112 www.gtlinens.com / W hospitality/ C Justin Hibey justin@gtlinens.com

General Boiler

1546 E. Adams Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90011 T 323-233-1005 www.generalboiler.com W info@generalboiler.com

George O’Day’s

19 E. 143rd St. Hammond, IN 46327 T 800-253-1160 www.oday.com W sales@oday.com

Girbau Industrial

2500 State Rd. 44 Oshkosh, WI 54904 T 920-231-8222 or 800-256-1073 www.girbauindustrial.

W com C Joel Jorgensen info@girbauindustrial.com

Global Laundry Parts

Everstrong Commercial Products

Forenta

Golden Star

Ee EAM-Mosca Corp.

EzProducts Intl.

612 N. Florida Ave. Wauchula, FL 33873 T 863-767-0155 or 877-906-1818 www.ezpi.us W

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp.

552 Hyatt St. Gaffney, SC 29341 T 864-487-1700 www.freightlinerchassis.com W fcccservice@daimler.com

Granger Plastics Co.

1600 M.A.D.E. Industrial Dr. Middletown, OH 45044 T 513-424-1955 or 866-510-9701 www.grangerplastics.

W com C Shawn Cravens sales@grangerplastics.com

The Green Garmento

Gardner Machinery Corp.

502-3320 Richter St. Kelowna, BC V1W 4V5 T 800-881-7781, ext. 109 www.esporta.ca W sales@esporta.ca

185 Cold Creek Dr. Morristown, TN 37814 T 423-586-5370 www.forentausa.com W forenta@forentausa.com

info@tableskirts.com

21350 Lassen St. Chatsworth, CA 91311 T 323-512-2600 www.thegreengarmento.com W sales@thegreengarmento.com

10 Woodcross Dr. Columbia, SC 29212 T 855-436-5839 www.foltex-usa.com W C Martin Pharis martin@foltex-usa.com

1001 E. 24 St. Hialeah, FL 33013 T 786-409-3079 www.everstrongproducts.

W com C Joe Kaminsky manager1@eversterongproducts.com

675 Jaycee Dr. Hazle Township, PA 18202 T 570-459-3426 or 800-456-3420 www.eammosca.com W

Diane Rue diane@ezproductsinc.com

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1330 Main St., Floor 2 Sarasota, FL 34236 T 833-329-8757 W www.globallaundryparts.com info@globallaundryparts.com 6445 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, Kansas 66202 T 816-842-0233 or 800-821-2792 www.goldenstar.com W goldenstar@goldenstar.com

Gourmet Table Skirts & Linens 9415 W. Bellfort Houston, TX 77031 T W

713-666-0602 or 800-527-0440 www.tableskirts.com

Green Hospitality

3855 Nobel Dr., #2122 San Diego, CA 92122 T 619-250-3753 www.greenhospitalityozone.

W com C Fernando Michelson fernandom@goecosolutions.net

The Griffin Group Inc.

207 Stonewall Jackson Blvd.

Staunton, VA 24401 T 540-213-8773 www.thegriffingroup.cc W C Deana Griffin deana@thegriffingroup.cc

G.S. Manufacturing

760 Burnett St. Kingston, ON K7M 5W3 T 613-389-7026 or 800-363-2278 www.gsm-cart.com W C Cathy Ballow cballow@gsm-cart.com

Gurtler Industries

15475 S. LaSalle St. South Holland, IL 60473 T 708-331-2550 or 800-638-7300 www.gurtler.com W C Steven Tinker sjtinker@gurtler.com

Hh H-M Co.

2305 Gilbert Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45206 T 513-281-3832 or 800-365-1900 www.draintroughs.com W C Joe Stern joe@hmlaundryequipment.com

Hamilton Engineering

221 Armstrong Blvd.

Three Rivers, MI 49093 T 800-968-5530 www.hamiltonengineering.

W com C Jeff Deal jdeal@hamiltonengineering.com

HANNING ELEKTROWERKE GmbH & Co. KG

Holter Str. 90 Oerlinghausen, D-33813, Germany T 49-5202-707-0 www.hanning-hew.com W info@hanning-hew.com

Harris Pillow Supply

5 Parker Dr. Beaufort, SC 29906 T 800-845-8240 www.harrispillow.com W info@harrispillow.com

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Hoffman-New Yorker

46 Clinton Pl. Hackensack, NJ 07601 T 201-488-1800 www.hoffman-newyorker.

W com info@hoffman-newyorker.com

Huebsch

Shepard St. (P.O. Box 990) Ripon, WI 54971 T 920-748-3121 www.huebsch.com W

Hydro Systems Co.

3798 Round Bottom Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45244 T 513-271-8800 or 800-543-7184 www.hydrosystemsco.com W contact-hydro@hydrosystemsco.com

Hydrofinity

195 Dupont Dr. Providence, RI 02907 T 44 (0)114 2699 656 www.hydrofinity.com W info@hydrofinity.com

Hydro-Thermal Corp.

400 Pilot Ct. Waukesha, WI 53188 T 262-548-8900 or 800-952-0121 www.hydro-thermal.com W info@hydro-thermal.com

Ii Imesa USA

781 Van Houten Ave. Clifton, NJ 07013 T 973-535-8305 or 877-873-8451 www.imesausa.com W C Stuart Ilkowitz imesausa@aol.com

Industrial Bag & Specialties

rstrong@icschemicals.com

4220 6th St. Wyandotte, MI 48192 T 248-559-5550 or 800-334-9695 www.industrialbag.com W C Kenneth Borin sales@industrialbag.com

Innovative Management Designs

Industrial Specialties Mfg.

IPC-Tags

4091 S. Eliot St. Englewood, CO 80110 T 303-781-8486 or 800-781-8487 W www.industrialspec.com C Taylor Maez Taylor.Maez@industrialspec.com

Industrial Waste Water Services

610 Industrial Blvd.

Cleveland, GA 30528 T 706-219-3229 or 800-457-5641 www.iwwsllc.com W info@iwwsllc.com

Indy Hangers

1440 Brookville Way Indianapolis, IN 46239 T 317-215-5988 www.indyhanger.com W C Customer Service contactus@indyhanger.com

Ingersoll Rand

800 Beaty St. Davidson, NC 28036 T 704-655-4000 www.ingersollrand.com W info@irco.com

Innovative Chemical Systems

First Prize Industrial Center 76 Exchange St. Albany, NY 12205 T 800-777-1728 www.icschemicals.com W C Robert J. Strong

135 Whitney Rd. Gray, Maine 04039 T 207-699-2900 www.imdlive.com W sales@imdlive.com

1527 State Hwy. 114 West, Ste. 500 Grapevine, TX 76051 T 817-714-8400 www.ipc-tags.com W C Amber Nowlin amber@ipc-tags.com

Irving Weber Associates Inc.

6900 College Blvd., Ste. 1000 Overland Park, KS 66211 T 800-243-1811 www.iwains.com W C Tina Brazier info@iwains.com

Jj JENSEN USA

99 Aberdeen Loop Panama City, FL 32405 T 850-271-5959 www.jensen-group.com W C David Netusil david.netusil@jensen-group.com

J.P. Equipment

4024 Millersville Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46205 T 317-432-5915 or 800-925-3236 www.ineedjpequipment.com W C Patrick Bowers pbowers@ineedjpequipment.com

JPE Inc.

4024 Millersville Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46205 T 317-546-7158

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or 800-925-3236 www.ineedjpe.com Patrick Bowers pbowers@ineedjpequipment.com

Kk Kaeser Compressors

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Knight

15340 Barranca Pkwy.

Irvine, CA 92618 T 949-595-4800 or 800-854-3764 www.knightequip.com W cs.knight@idexcorp.com

Victor Kramer Co.

P.O. Box 946 Fredericksburg, VA 22404 T 540-898-5500 or 866-516-6888 W www.us.kaeser.com info.usa@kaeser.com

305 6th Ave. Seaside Heights, NJ 08751 T 201-628-5219 or 800-835-0414 www.victorkramer.com W C Steve Miller svmiller@aol.com

Kannegiesser ETECH Inc.

Kreussler

2090 Elm St. S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55414 T 612-722-1366 www.kannegiesserW etech.com C Phil Hart sales@kannegiesser-etech.com

Kemco Systems

11500 47th St. N. Clearwater, FL 33762 T 800-633-7055 www.kemcosystems.

W com C Matt Lewis sales@kemcosystems.com

KeyColour

3002 W. Weldon Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85017 T 602-424-9990 or 800-274-4393 www.keycolour.net W orders@keycolour.net

Kingsfield

1 Dewolf Rd., Ste. 210 Old Tappan, NJ 07675 T 201-767-0414 www.kingsfieldinc.com W C Ryan Choi info@kingsfieldinc.com

6103 Johns Rd., Ste. 7 Tampa, FL 33634 T 813-884-1499 www.kreussler.com W office-tampa@kreussler.com

Ll Landau Uniforms

8410 W. Sandidge Rd. Olive Branch, MS 38654 T 662-895-7200 or 800-238-7513 www.landau.com W sales@landau.com

Lapauw USA

P.O. Box 25852 Sarasota, FL 34277 T W C

435-731-4091 or 855-751-5872 www.lapauwusa.com JB Marquette info@lapauwusa.com

Lattner Boiler Co.

1411 9th St. S.W. Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 T 319-366-0778

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5940 S. Rainbow Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89118 T 855-226-3500 www.laundry-design.

W com C Bob Corfield bcorfield@laundry-design.com

The Laundry List Inc.

4525 Sherman Oaks Ave. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 T 818-789-8045 www.thelaundrylist.com W sales@thelaundrylist.com

Liberty Linen & Janitorial Products

26953 Canal Rd. Orange Beach, AL 36561 T 251-981-2872 www.libertylinen.com W orders@libertylinen.com

Lift Products

W226N900 Eastmound Dr. Waukesha, WI 53186 T 262-521-5720 or 877-543-8776 www.liftproducts.com W lpi@liftproducts.com

LinenMaster

Laundry Loops

P.O. Box 5167 Bozeman, MT 59717 T 406-582-7550 or 888-246-5667 www.laundryloops.com W C Peggy Durney info@laundryloops.com

LaundryCareers.com

1114 Fearrington Post Pittsboro, NC 27312 T 919-542-5644 or 877-295-5693 www.laundrycareers.

W com C Craig Lloyd craig@laundrycareers.com

Laundrylux

461 Doughty Blvd.

Inwood, NY 11096 T

516-371-4400 or 800-645-2205 www.laundrylux.com info@laundrylux.com

Lavatec Laundry Technology

49 Lancaster Dr. Beacon Falls, CT 06403 T 203-632-8777 www.lavatec.com W C Mark Thrasher m.thrasher@lavatec.com

Lavo Solutions

23192 Verdugo Dr., Ste. D Laguna Hills, CA 92653 T 949-377-1250 www.lavosolutions.com W C Customer Service lavo@lavosolutions.com

Leebaw Mfg. Co.

P.O. Box 553 Canfield, OH 44406 T 800-841-8083 www.leebaw.com W C John C. Leek john.leek@leebaw.com

Leonard Automatics Inc.

5894 Balsom Ridge Rd. (P.O. Box 501) Denver, NC 28037 T 704-483-9316 W www.leonardautomatics.com C Dan Farnsworth sales@leonardautomatics.com

LG

commercial-laundry gustavo.gutierrez@lge.com

or 800-345-1527 www.lattnerboiler.com sales@lattner.com

Laundry Design Group

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111 Sylvan Ave. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 T 786-409-1551 www.lg.com/us/business/ W

601 21st St., Ste. 300 Vero Beach, FL 32960 T 772-212-2710 www.linenmaster.com W C Sarah Sinclair sales@linen-master.com

Lucas Quality Products

5655 Opportunity Dr., #30 Toledo, OH 43612 T 419-277-0725 www.marknmend.com W C Carol Burry carol@marknmend.com

Ludell Manufacturing

5200 W. State St. Milwaukee, WI 53208 T 414-476-9934 or 800-558-0800 www.ludellmanufacturing.

W com C Greg Thorn sales@ludellmfg.com

Luetzow Industries

1105 Davis Ave. South Milwaukee, WI 53172 T 414-762-0410 or 800-558-6055 www.luetzowind.com W luetzow.poly@gmail.com

Lyons Information Systems Inc.

6 Firethorn Dr., Ste. 500 Edison, NJ 08820 T 919-771-1510 www.lyonsinfo.com W C Deepan Modi lis@lyonsinfo.com

Material Flow Systems LLC

2160 S. Hellman Ave. Ontario, CA 91761 T 909-930-6151 www.materialflowsystems.

W com C Matt Yates matt.yates@materialflowsystems.com

Material Imports

10 Oxford Dr. Moonachie, NJ 07074 T 201-229-1180 www.materialimports.com W sales@materialimports.com

Maxi-Movers/Chem-Tainer

361 Neptune Ave. West Babylon, NY 11704 T 631-661-8300 or 800-275-2436 www.maxi-movers.com W sales@chemtainer.com

MAXI-PRESS Elastomeric Inc.

80 Turnpike Dr., Ste. 4 Middlebury, CT 06762 T 203-527-5800 or 844-447-5559 www.maxi-press.us W C Hector Alejandro h.alejandro@maxi-press.us

Maxon

11921 Slauson Ave. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 T 562-464-0099 or 800-227-4116 www.maxonlift.com W cservice@maxonlift.com

Maytag Commercial Laundry

400 Klock Rd. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 T 269-923-5000 www.maytagcommercial W laundry.com

McClure Industries Sanitrux & Saniwash 9051 S.E. 55th Ave. Portland, OR 97206 T W C

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503-777-2821 or 800-752-2821 www.mcclureindustries.com Kim Nitsos kim@mcclureindustries.com

Medelita

Marlo Inc.

2227 South St. Racine, WI 53404 T 262-681-1300 www.marlo-inc.com W C Steve LaMere slamere@marlo-inc.com

R.W. Martin Company 4675 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240 T W C

Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 T 763-421-4260 www.matprotech.com W contact@matprotech.com

330-673-8712 or 800-635-4363 www.rwmartin.com Jeff McLain info@rwmartin.com

Mat Processing Technology 7308 Aspen Lane N., Ste. 125

27 Hubble Dr. Irvine, CA 92618 T 877-987-7979 www.medelita.com W contact.us@medelita.com

Medline Industries

One Medline Pl. Mundelein, IL 60060 T 847-949-5500 or 800-633-5463 www.medline.com/textiles W service@medline.com

Meese

1745 Cragmont St. Madison, IN 47250 T 800-829-4535 www.meese-inc.com W

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Dan Rodriguez drodriguez@meeseinc.com

Metalprogetti USA

8 E. Sunnyslope Ln. Phoenix, AZ 85020 T 602-944-2923 www.metalprogettiusa.

W com sales@metalprogetti.com

Metro Dry Cleaning and Laundry Equipment

78 Academy St. Patchogue, NY 11772 T 516-931-1951 www.metrodrycleaning W andlaundryequipment.com

Midwest Specialty Products

110 Washington St. Winneconne, WI 54986 T 920-582-7254 or 800-296-1884 www.mspconverting.

W com C John Morgan jmorgan@mspconverting.com

Miele

9 Independence Way Princeton, NJ 08540 T 800-991-9380 www.mieleusa.com/ W professional prosales@mieleusa.com

Milamar Coatings

311 NW 122nd St., Ste. 100 Oklahoma City, OK 73114 T 405-755-8448 or 800-459-7659 www.milamar.com W milamar@casspolymers.com

Milliken & Co.

920 Milliken Rd., M143 Spartanburg, SC 29304 T 800-322-8326 W www.millikentablelinens.com tablelineninfo@milliken.com

Milnor Laundry Systems

P.O. Box 400 Kenner, LA 70063 T 504-467-9591 www.milnor.com W milnorinfo@milnor.com

MIP USA Inc.

2801 Centerville Rd., PMB #30, 1st Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 T 800-361-4964 www.mipinc.info W C Joseph Marcogliese joseph.marcogliese@mipinc.com

M.I.T. Poly-Cart Corp.

211 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 T 212-724-7290 or 800-234-7659 www.mitpolycart.com W C Marty Winnick info@mitpolycart.com

Miura America Co. Ltd

2200 Steven B. Smith Blvd.

Rockmart, GA 30153 T 888-309-5574 www.miuraboiler.com W C Andrew Eklind us.info@miuraz.com

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Monarch Brands

11350 Norcom Rd. Philadelphia, PA 19154 T 215-482-6100 www.monarchbrands.com W C Andrew Moore andrewm@monarchbrands.com

Monarch Coin & Security

1512 Russell Street, Bldg. A Covington, KY 41011 T 859-261-4421 or 800-462-9460 www.monarchcoin.com W sales@monarchcoin.com

Moonsoft International

3808 N. Sullivan Rd., Bldg., 14Q Spokane, WA 99216 T 877-892-9360 www.moonsoftcorp.com W C Sales sales@moonsoftcorp.com

Morgan Olson

1801 S. Nottawa St. Sturgis, MI 49091 T 800-624-9005 www.morganolson.com W sales@morganolson.com

Mountain Electronics

621 Micaville Loop, Ste. 300 Burnsville, NC 28714 T 828-675-9200 www.mountain W electronics.com C Lacy Doll or Graham Livengood shipping@mountainelectronics.com

Mountville Mills

1729 S. Davis Rd. LaGrange, GA 30241 T 706-882-2961 or 800-241-5549 www.mountville.com W mats@mountville.com

Movin Cool/DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc.

3900 Via Oro Ave. Long Beach, CA 90810 T 800-264-9573 www.movincool.com W C Eddie Stevenson info@densodrive.com

MultiTherm

349 Circle of Progress Dr. Pottstown, PA 19464 T 610-408-8361 or 800-225-7440 www.multitherm.com W C Marianne Landi techinfo@multitherm.com

Nn National Combustion Co.

104-11 180th St. Jamaica, NY 11433 T 718-291-8400 or 888-OK-NATCO www.nationalcombustion.

W com sales@nationalcombustion.com

New Jersey Wire Cloth Co.

55 Park Slope Clifton, NJ 07011 T 973-340-0101 www.njwirecloth.com W

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Norchem Corp.

5649 Alhambra Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90032 T 323-221-0221 or 800-442-4360 www.norchemcorp.com W C Kevin Minissian contactus@norchemcorp.com

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Michael Leeming mleeming@parkerboiler.com

PCM Co.

1431 Ferry Ave. Camden, NJ 08104 T 800-222-0317 www.pcmco.com W C Jon Sinrich jon@pcmco.com

Penco Products

Oo OGI Process Equipment

8939 W. 21st St. Sand Springs, OK 74063 T 918-246-1600 www.ogipe.com W sales@ogipe.com

Olek Belts

443 Mill Rd. Bensalem, PA 19020 T 215-638-4550 or 800-869-2683 www.olekbelts.com W C Tony Olek olekbelts@aol.com

Omni Apparel Inc.

113 Kingsbridge Dr. Carrollton, GA 30117 T 770-838-1008 www.omniapparel.com W C Brenda Horsley sales@omniapprel.com

OMNI Solutions

700 Moore St. Baraboo, WI 53913 T 888-400-OMNI www.omnisaves.com W C Andrew Rupnow andrew@omnisaves.com

1820 Stonehenge Dr. Greenville, NC 27858 T 800-562-1000 www.pencoproducts.

W com general@pencoproducts.com

Penn Emblem Co.

2577 Interplex Dr., Ste. A Trevose, PA 19153 T 800-793-7366 www.pennemblem.com W C Jon Joseph jjoseph@pennemblem.com

Pennsylvania Scale Co.

Pp Paratherm Corp.

2009 Renaissance Blvd.

King of Prussia, PA 19406 T 800-222-3611 www.paratherm.com W info@paratherm.com

Pariser Industries

Pertl & Alexander

5221 W. Montebello Ave. B-12 Glendale, AZ 85301 T 623-931-3732 www.phoenixscalesaz.

W com sales@phoenixscalecompany.com

Phoenix Textile Corp.

21 Commerce Dr. O’Fallon, MO 63366 T 314-291-2151 or 800-325-1440 www.phoenixtextile.com W C Scott Rodgers salesinfo@phoenixtextile.com

PHS West Inc.

6704 Bleck Dr. Rockford, MN 55373 T 763-498-7576 or 888-639-5438 www.phswest.com W info@phswest.com

91 Michigan Ave. Paterson, NJ 07503 T 973-569-9800 www.pariser.net W C Scott Pariser info@pariser.net

Pick Heaters Inc.

Parker Boiler Co.

Planiform Conveyors

5930 Bandini Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90040 T 323-727-9800 www.parkerboiler.com W

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603 783-4767 or 877-349-0620 www.plantech.com info@plantech.com

730 S. Indiana Ave. West Bend, WI 53095 T 262-338-1191 www.pickheaters.com W info1@pickheaters.com

1060 Nationale Terrbonne, QC J6W6C1 T 450-961-1983

Quietaire Cooling

505 N. Hutcheson Houston, TX 77003 T 713-228-9421 www.quietaire.com W info@quietaire.com

Rr R&B Wire Products

14272 Chambers Rd. Tustin, CA 92780 T 714-542-4487 or 800-854-0137 www.plasties.com W info@plasties.com

2902 W. Garry Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92704 T 714-549-3355 or 800-634-0555 www.rbwire.com W C R&B Wire Service Team sales@rbwire.com

Plexus Industries

RAMCO Laundry Machinery

Plas-Ties Co.

2305 Historic Decatur Rd., #100 San Diego, CA 92106 T 619-888-7173 www.plexusind.com W C Scott Benjamin scott@plexusind.com

Positek RFID

146 State St. West Columbia, SC 29169 T 803-897-0044 www.performance-matters.

W com C Currie Gilbert cgilbert@performance-matters.com

Phoenix Scale Co.

434 Crystal Spring Dr. Draper, UT 84020 T 801-747-0306 or 888-283-0306 www.ozonelaundrysystems.

W com C Randy Zorn rz@ozonelaundrysystems.com

7031 Shaker Rd. Loudon, NH 03307 T

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Plan Tech Inc.

PODAB

4777 Blalock Rd. Houston, TX 77041 T

713-939-7788 or 800-346-4918 www.orrtextile.com Tammy Kalpaske tammy@orrtextile.com

or 866-904-9292 www.planiform.com info@planiform.com

665 N. Reservoir St. Lancaster, PA 17602 T 717-295-6935, ext. 101 or 800-233-0473 www.pascale.com W pas@pascale.com

7823 Brown Gulf Rd. Manilus, NY 13104 T 888-419-3444 www.pertl-alexander.

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1330 Main St. Floor 2 Sarasota, FL 34236 T 941-479-0763 www.podab.us W info@podab.us

301 E. Stephens St., Ste. 100 Arlington, TX 76018 T 817-640-5100 or 800-878-5578 www.ramcolaundry.com W C Ralph McMillan sales@ramcolaundry.com

Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

45 Ruby St. Norwalk, CT 06850 T 203-847-2464 www.remadrivac.com W C Jay Reed or Barry Gunderson info@remadrivac.com

1210 Stanbridge St., Ste. 710 Norristown, PA 19401 T 610-275-2905 www.positekrfid.com W sales@positekrfid.com

Rennco LLC

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270 Unionville-Indian Trl RD W Indian Trail, NC 28079 T 859-743-2010 C Ken Messer kennymesser1@gmail.com

Procter & Gamble Professional

1 Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 T 800-332-7787 www.pgpro.com W

ProSonix

P.O. Box 26676 Milwaukee, WI 53214 T 800-849-1130 www.pro-sonix.com W C Tom Podwell info@psxllc.com

Protect-A-Bed

1500 S. Wolf Rd. Wheeling, IL 60090 T 866-297-8836 www.protectabed.com W info@protectabed.com

PSP Industrial Laundry Equipment

2700 Gateway Dr. Pompano Beach, FL 33069 T 305-517-1421 or 800-517-1432 www.pspindustrial.com W info@pspindustrial.com

Qq Quality Fabricators

3240 Heritage Dr. N.W., Ste. B Kennesaw, GA 30144 T 770-218-0117 www.zracks.com W info@zracks.com

300 Elm St. Homer, MI 49245 T

Ryco Conveyors

1512 E. 17th St. Sioux Falls, SD 57104 T 605-610-4026 www.rycoconveyors.com W C Rick Reichow rick@ryco92.com

Ss Sani Wash

58-90 55th St. Maspeth, NY 11378 T W C

718-729-1700 or 800-288-7264 www.saniwash.com Richard Gettinger sales@saniwash.com

Sankosha USA

1901 Landmeier Rd. Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 T 847-427-9120 or 888-427-9120 www.sankosha-inc.com W C Wes Nelson, Eric Lee info@sankosha-inc.com

SanMar

22833 S.E. Black Nugget Rd., Ste. 130 Issaquah, WA 98029 T 206-727-3200 or 800-426-6399 www.sanmar.com W sales@sanmar.com

Saylor-Beall Mfg. 517-568-4121 or 800-409-5225 www.rennco.com rennco@promachbuilt.com

Rinnai America Corp.

103 International Dr. Peachtree City, GA 30269 T 800-621-9419 www.rinnai.us W marketing@rinnai.us

RMI - Rotational Molding Inc.

400 N. Kibbee St. (P.O. Box 40) St. Johns, MI 48879 T 989-224-2371 or 800-394-7644 www.saylor-beall.com W sales@saylor-beall.com

Schaefer Ventilation Equip.

P.O. Box 460 Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 T 320-251-8696 or 800-779-3267 W www.schaeferventilation.com sales@schaeferventilation.com

13878 Yorba Ave. Chino, CA 91710 T 702-338-7923 www.rotationalmoldinginc.

W com C Anthony Chavis info@rotationalmoldinginc.com

Sea-lion America

Royal Basket Trucks

Seatex

201 Badger Pkwy.

Darien, WI 53114 T W C

262-882-1227 or 800-426-6447 www.royal-basket.com Royal Customer Service Team sales@royal-basket.com

Royal Blue Textiles

6820 S. Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90043 T 310-888-0156 or 800-693-5426 www.royalblueintl.com W C Sam Kahen sales@royalblueintl.com

Royaltone Co. 3800 Durazno Ave. El Paso, TX 79905 T W C

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915-533-8217 or 800-331-5506 www.royaltone.com David Royalty royaltone@royaltone.com

P.O. Box 1063 Westbrook, CT 06498 T 860-316-5563 www.sealionamerica.com W C Ed Kirejczyk sales@sealionamerica.com

445 Hwy. 36 N. Rosenberg, TX 77471 T 713-357-5300 www.seatexcorp.com W C Scott Childers schilders@seatexcorp.com

Seitz, The Fresher Company Inc.

5101 Tampa West Blvd., Ste. 300 Tampa, FL 33634 T 813-886-2700 www.seitz24.com W C Frank Briercheck frank.briercheck@seitz24.com

Seko Dosing Systems Corp.

913 William Leigh Dr. Tullytown, PA 19007 T 215-945-0125 www.sekousa.com W info@sekousa.com

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Sellers Manufacturing Co.

918 W. Walnut Danville, KY 40422 T 859-236-3181 www.sellersmfg.com W sales@sellersmfg.com

Shamron Mills

484 River St. Troy, NY 12180 T 518-874-4085 www.shamron.com W C Ronnye Shamam ronnye@shamron.com

Shepard Bros.

503 S. Cypress St. La Habra, CA 90631 T 562-697-1366 or 800-645-3594 www.shepardbros.com W C Carlos Colorado carlos_colorado@shepardbros.com

Shrink Tech Systems

1226 Ambassador Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63132 T 314-997-4259 www.shrinktechsystems.com W C Mel Meyer mel@shrinktechsystems.com

Sierra Hygiene Products

2207 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, PA 17602 T 717-392-0703 www.sierrahygiene.com W info@sierrahygiene.com

Simoniz USA Inc.

201 Boston Turnpike Bolton, CT 06043 T 800-227-5536 www.simoniz.com W C Sam Levine slevine@simoniz.com

Softrol Systems

1100 Northpoint Pkwy. S.E. Acworth, GA 30102 T 770-974-2700 or 888-763-8765 www.softrol.com W C Dave Smith dsmith@softrol.com

Solar Panels Plus

2133 Smith Ave. Chesapeake, VA 23320 T 757-549-1494 or 866-576-5277 www.solarpanelsplus.com W info@solarpanelsplus.com

SonicAire

3831 Kimwell Dr. Winston-Salem, NC 27103 T 336-712-2437 www.sonicaire.com W C Chuck Morrison sales@sonicaire.com

Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales

1105 Shana Ct., Ste. I Marietta, GA 30066 T 770-928-0080 www.selaundry.com W sales@selaundry.com

Southern Converters

309 Dividend Dr. Peachtree City, GA 30269 T 866-841-5618 www.southernconverters.

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Southwest Laundry Equipment

2430 S. 11th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007 T 602-253-9687 www.azsle.com W C Marcella sales@azsle.com

Spartan Chemical Co.

1110 Spartan Dr. Maumee, OH 43537 T 419-531-5551 or 800-537-8990 www.spartanchemical.com W C Jamie Venable jvenable@spartanchemical.com

Spector Textile Products

10 Embankment St. (P.O. Box 315) Lawrence, MA 01842 T 800-533-3501 www.spectortextile.com W C Howard Flagler sales@spectortextile.com

Speed Check Conveyor 5345 Truman Dr. Decatur, GA 30035 T

770-981-5490 or 800-241-0990 W www.speedcheckconveyor.com info@speedcheckconveyor.com

Speed Queen

Shepard St. (P.O. Box 990) Ripon, WI 54971 T 920-748-3121 www.speedqueen W commercial.com

Spindle

11230 Katherine’s Crossing, Ste. 100 Woodridge, IL 60517 T 630-410-7300 or 800-323-4983 www.spindlelive.com W C Jon Witschy jwitschy@spindlelive.com

Stahls’ Hotronix

One Paisley Park Carmichaels, PA 15320 T 724-966-5996 or 800-727-8520 www.clothingidlabel.

W com info@clothingidlabel.com

Stanco Industries

2626 Jefferds Ave. Fort Wayne, IN 46803 T 260-420-2600 or 800-932-3769 www.stancoind.com W C Mike Stanley stanco2626@aol.com

Standard Textile

One Knollcrest Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45237 T 513-761-9255 or 800-999-0400 www.standardtextile.

W com C Cecil Lee clee@standardtextile.com

Star Linen USA

1501 Lancer Dr. Moorestown, NJ 08057 T 856-231-0700 or 800-782-7999 www.starlinen.com W C Joe Haughey, EVP Sales jhaughey@starlinen.com

Steamgard

730 Forest Edge Dr. Vernon Hills, IL 60061 T 847-913-8400 www.steamgard.com W mail@steamgard.com

Steele Canvas Basket Corp.

201 Williams St. Chelsea, MA 02150 T 617-889-0202 or 800-541-8929 www.steelecanvas.com W info@steelecanvas.com

Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Techstar Plastics

15400 Old Simcoe Rd. Port Perry, ON L9L 1L8 T 800-263-7943 www.techstarplastics.com W sales@techstarplastics.com

Tecni-Quip Carts

960 Crossroads Blvd.

Seguin, TX 78155 T 830-401-4400 or 800-826-1245 www.tqind.com W C Amanda Stevens, A.D. Sanchez or J.B. Reilly tqcarts@tqind.com

1714 NW 215th St. Miami Gardens, FL 33056 T 305-754-4551 or 800-333-8883 www.steineratlantic.com W C Michael Steiner sales@steineratlantic.com

Texas Automation Products

Storms Industries

Texas Microfiber Inc.

1500 S. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 T 800-426-4964 www.stormsindustries.com W sales@stormsindustries.com

Streamline Solutions P.O. Box 560775 Orlando, FL 32856 T W C

561-350-4995 or 866-244-7700 www.soiledlinenbags.com Ross Sanders info@streamlinesolutionsusa.com

Sunburst Chemicals

220 W. 86th St. Bloomington, MN 55420 T 952-884-3144 or 800-899-7627 W www.sunburstchemicals.com sales@sunburstchemicals.com

Superior Laundry Equipment

458 Cozine Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11208 T 718-871-7545 www.superior-laundry.com W info@superiorlaundry.com

Superior Group of Companies/ Fashion Seal Healthcare

10055 Seminole Blvd.

Seminole, FL 33772 T 800-727-8643 www.superiorgroupof W companies.com info@superiorgroupofcompanies.com

Tt TCD Parts

19450 Highway B Edgerton, MO 64444 T 816-790-3575 or 800-823-8313 www.tcdparts.com W Matt Fisher matt@tcdparts.com

Technical Consulting Associates LLC

144 Cypress Lancing Dr. Mooresville, NC 28117 T 315-882-2950 W www.technicalconsulting1.com C Sam Garofalo sam@technicalconsulting1.com

300 Nichols Dr. Hutchins, TX 75141 T 972-288-5000 www.texasautomation W products.com info@texasautomationproducts.com

2300 Valley Lane, #200 Farmers Branch, TX 75234 T 214-810-9563 or 800-742-2913 www.texasmicrofiber.com W C Alisa O’Banion alisa@texasmicrofiber.com

Textile Technologies

6407 Shorewood Dr. Arlington, TX 76016 T 817-561-1273 or 800-536-7652 www.textile-tech.com W C Joe Dulworth joe.dulworth@textile-tech.com

Thermal Engineering of Arizona

2250 W. Wetmore Rd. Tucson, AZ 85705 T 520-888-4000 www.teatucson.com W C Jeff Kosek sales@teatucson.com

Thermopatch

2204 Erie Blvd. E. Syracuse, NY 13224 T 800-252-6555 www.thermopatch.com W C Candice Ariola cariola@thermopatch.com

Thomaston Mills

135 Greenwood Ave. Wyncote, PA 19095 T 877-474-3300 www.thomastonmills.com W C Tim Voit tvoit@thomastonmills.com

Tingue

309 Dividend Dr. Peachtree City, GA 30269 T 800-829-3864 www.tingue.com W questions@tingue.com

Tjernlund Products

1601 9th St. White Bear Lake, MN 55110 T 800-255-4208 www.tjernlund.com W C Bob Tjernlund fanmail@tjfans.com

TMA/Chemnet Systems

2335 Buttermilk Crossing, Ste. 308 Crescent Spring, KY 41017 T 859-727-7854 or 877-395-7627

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www.chemnet-systems.com Tom Fyan fyant@chemnet-systems.com

Tolon

99 Aberdeen Loop Panama City FL 32405 T 850-980-1554 www.tolon.com W C Scott Robinson scott.robinson@tolon.com

Trevil America

781 Van Houten Ave. Clifton, NJ 07013 T 877-TREVIL-1 www.trevilamerica.com W C Stuart Ilkowitz trevilamerica@aol.com

True Color Fabric Dyeing

2305C Ashland St., #281 Ashland, OR 97520 T 541-488-5911 www.fabricdyeing.com W C Sherry Smilo info@fabricdyeing.com

Uu UMF Corporation

4709 Golf Rd., Ste. 300-A Skokie, IL 60076 T 847-983-8627 or 888-920-0370 www.perfectclean.com W C Karl Baker info@perfectclean.com

UNX Industries Inc.

707 E. Arlington Blvd.

Greenville, NC 27858 T 252-756-8616 or 800-869-6171 www.unxinc.com W info@unxinc.com

UniMac

Shepard St. (P.O. Box 990) Ripon, WI 54971-0990 T 920-748-3121 www.unimac.com W C Eric Meyers eric.meyers@alliancels.com

Unipress Corp.

3501 Queen Palm Dr. Tampa, FL 33619 T 813-623-3731 www.unipresscorp.com W C Tom Stites info@unipresscorp.com

United Feather & Down

3100 Dundee Rd., Ste. 208 Northbrook, IL 60062 T 312-878-6433 www.ufdshop.com W info@ufdshop.com

Unitherm Inc.

601 Norgal Dr. Lebanon, OH 45036 T 937-278-1900 or 800-227-9488 www.unitherminc.com W sales@unitherminc.com

U.S. Capital Corp.

111 W. Jackson Blvd., 17th Floor Chicago, IL 60604 T 312-675-6063 www.uscapcorp.com W C Steve Hofmann stevehofmann@uscapcorp.com

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Utilimaster Corp.

603 Earthway Blvd.

Bristol, IN 46507 T 800-582-3454 www.utilimaster.com W upfit@utilimaster.com

Vv Vaportek

W226N6339 Village Dr. Sussex, WI 53089 T 262-246-5060 or 800-237-6367 www.vaportek.com W info@vaportek.com

VEGA Systems USA

9891 Montgomery Rd., Ste. 368 Cincinnati, OH 45242 855-834-2797 T www.vegasystems-group.

W com C Thad Southwick t.southwick@vegasystems-group.com

Venture Labs

4345 WI-33 West Bend, WI 53095 262-353-3980 T or 888-335-7442 www.venturelabs.com W support@venturelabs.com

Venus Group

25861 Wright St. Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 T 949-609-1299 or 800-421-6599 www.venusgroup.com W C Steve Crow scrow@venusgroup.com

Ww Walchem, an Iwaki America Co.

5 Boynton Rd. Holliston, MA 01746 T 508-429-1110 www.walchem.com W cs@walchem.com

Washburn Machinery

175 Gaylord St. Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 T 847-364-9274 or 800-245-8425 www.washburnmachinery.

W com C Jeff Fox sales@washburnmachinery.com

Water Energy Technologies

9741 Tappenbeck Dr. Houston, TX 77055 T 713-464-2580 www.waterenergy.com W C Bob Beddingfield info@waterenergy.com

Wausau Chemical Corp.

2001 N. River Dr. (P.O. Box 953) Wausau, WI 54402-0953 T 800-950-6656 www.wausauchemical.com W C Susan Vernick svernick@wausauchemical.com

West Sanitation Services Inc. dba Aerowest International

2158 Beaumont Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70806 T 225-302-5570 www.aerowest.com W info@aerowest.com

WesVic Systems P.O. Bos 775 Denair, CA 95316 T W C

209-648-5811 or 833-293-7842 www.wesvic.com Chad Boucher sales@wesvic.com

Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

400 Klock Rd. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 T 269-923-5000 www.whirlpoolcommercial W laundry.com

White Conveyors Inc. 10 Boright Ave. Kenilworth, NJ 07033

T W

908-686-5700 or 800-524-0273 www.white-conveyors.com info@white-conveyors.com

White Knight Engineered Products

9525 Monroe Rd., Ste. 150 Charlotte, NC 28270 T 888-743-4700 www.wkep.com W info@wkep.com

A.L. Wilson Chemical Co. P.O. Box 207 Kearny, NJ 07032 T W C

201-997-3300 or 800-526-1188 www.alwilson.com Fred Schwarzmann help@alwilson.com

WSI (Washing Systems)

167 Commerce Dr. Loveland, OH 45140 T 800-272-1974 www.washingsystems.com W C Kasey Wahl kwahl@washburnmachinery.com

World Emblem

4601 Sheridan St., Ste. 300 Hollywood, FL 33021 T 305-899-9006 or 800-766-0448 www.worldemblem.com W

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Yy Yamamoto North America

507 W. Olive St. Bloomington, IL 61702 T 309-827-4303 or 866-204-0519 www.yamamoto-na.com W C Joe Fleming joe.fleming@yamamoto-na.com

Zz Zep Inc.

3330 Cumberland Blvd.

Atlanta, GA 30339 T 404-352-1680 or 877-428-9937 www.zep.com W

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we need to do to affect our water supply.”

Energy is another focus today, she says. Energy increases are being felt in operations at commercial laundries.

Then, there is the challenge of finding enough labor.

“Many of us are posting very similar signs in our windows that we’re hiring,” points out Becker. “We need labor, and we’re talking about it in our trade industry meetings as well because labor is so critical for us.”

Of course, COVID-19 is causing global changes.

“It’s definitely top of mind for any of us,” she says. “It’s an area that is really causing acceleration and awareness. It’s causing some of the inflationary measures.”

All of these factors and more, like supply-chain and delivery issues, are changing and affecting the demands on commercial laundry businesses, flexing and changing the way they are operating.

“We understand that the solutions need to be holistic and flexible because your markets are changing because the way that you’re doing your business is changing. We know that the solutions have to be flexible,” Becker says.

“You need flexibility with your wash programs, your chemistry.

From a wash-process perspective, what’s driving a lot of the changes in wash chemistry and wash programs is driven by what’s happening in the world.

“Really looking for ways for us to reduce overall spend, reduce water consumption, reduce energy spend, really drive that lowest total operational cost—and to deliver the quality and customer results that you are expecting so that you can deliver that satisfaction to your customers as well.”

Integrating chemistry and wash processes with additional solutions (e.g., water, energy, wastewater) is vital to managing an operation, she says, along with being flexible and applicable across the board on the equipment. It can also help reduce costs.

Examples of this include looking for efficiencies in an operation for faster run times, water and energy solutions for equipment that can help save water, and reclaiming heat.

“If you can really help control and manage through the chemical programs and the wash programs that you’re utilizing can help you, overall, really manage that total operational costs in your operation,” Becker says.

Also, dosing technology can help manage chemical dosing, expenditure and safety. And laundry management systems give laundries the ability to see the operation, to understand what those operational efficiencies are.

“So, for example, understanding the chemical dosing, that it’s hap-

pening each and every time so you can deliver customer satisfaction,” she says.

“If you put in this really great wash program that’s saving you time, temperature and water, it’s important to understand that if you have a leaky valve over on the other side that you can see what’s going on so you can fix that and you can gain all of the efficiencies in your process.

“So all of these pieces together are so important and interwoven as you’re thinking about how to manage your entire plant operation.”

Flexible wash programs are integral in terms of how an operator looks at his or her overall operation, shares Becker, including chemical solutions in three areas: surfactant technology, enzyme technology and peracid technology.

“The flexibility with either using surfactants, enzymes or peracids, using all three or combination of those, are important as you’re looking for that total savings and operational savings,” she says.

Surfactant technology offers targeted soil removal and suspension of those soils.

“We can make surfactants so targeted to very specific soil removal, we can make sure that we are applying the right technology to write chemistry in the wash wheel to find those efficiencies that you are looking for in your operation,” she says.

“For example, looking for a product that actually removes the sticky adhesives from medical tapes and EKG pads. Being able to remove those difficult oils on healthcare linens through surfactant technology directly in the wash wheel will help you through those efficiencies and will help you gain a total cost savings as you’re using the right surfactant technology.”

The right surfactant technology with the right textiles and machines can drive key factors: lower temperatures, lower water consumption, reduce formula run time, extended linen life, good biodegradability and sustainability.

As noted earlier, enzymes are natural catalysts targeted to very specific soils.

“What we can see, too, is the application across a number of different soils,” shares Becker. “Whether it be food soils in food and beverage processing, whether it be healthcare bodily fluids that you’re trying to look for removal, enzyme technology can help drive that soil removal while also focusing on that total savings.”

She says with enzyme technologies, laundries can do lower-temperature processing, use less water, create time savings and efficiency, extend textile life, and have great benefits from a sustainability standpoint.

Peracid technology, and oxidation chemistry, can help deliver overall brightness and microbial control, Becker shares.

“You can utilize peracids in a variety of ways, whether it be oxidation, oxidizing for color safeness, driving hygiene standards,” she says.

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“I think peracids can also drive a lot of those total operational savings: lower-temperature washing, extension of linen life because it’s less degrading to linen than chlorine bleach, and excellent sustainability and, again, flexibility.”

Finally, Becker says that while wash programs and chemistry are an important and integral part of a laundry operation, it’s a part of a holistic solution.

“You need to think about not only the chemical and wash program itself but how all of these additional solutions come together,” she points out.

“Using the right surfactant and enzyme across the technologies that can come together for a total operational cost savings and also looking at water and energy solutions, wastewater solutions, the right dosing technology, the right management systems to help you manage your operation so you can drive those overall savings and operations.

“That’s really what’s going to be delivering those factors that matter, really delivering the management of your cost, helping you manage that total operational spend from water and energy, finding those efficiencies, and then ultimately driving and increasing revenue as well.”

VALIDATION OF THE LAUNDRY PROCESS Eli Cryderman, regional vice president of corporate accounts for Gurtler Industries in South Holland, Illinois, concluded the webinar with a look at the importance of validating of laundry processes.

“You’re saying yourself why do I need to validate my process? We’ve already got a third-party registration. I use EPA-registered products.

I follow the current best practices,” he says. “I’m saying that’s great, but how healthy is your laundry?

“Are there other things to consider that could make you more efficient while still maintaining your health, still maintaining your hygienically clean linen? The answer is yes.”

Cryderman says that by incor-

porating microbial analysis beyond the finished product and looking more at the entire process, managers can have a more in-depth understanding of the processes that are going on in the laundry and make improvements to work with formulas more efficiently, have more effective and judicious use of chemistry, and lower overall operating costs.

“We’ve got linen, and everybody’s probably testing linen for hygienically clean, but if we consider our washing equipment, we like to look at our rinse waters,” he says. “We can titrate for microbial load, but if we test, we start to have a profile. Our goods can only be as clean as the last water they’re in.”

“Understanding our microbial load in the tunnels during our wash process is key. Are we incorporating some sort of tunnel sanitization procedure or equipment sanitization procedure, especially in older equipment? Some of the newer equipment has that built-in functionality, but some of the older stuff doesn’t.”

Is the laundry doing preventive maintenance with an eye toward hygienically clean? Are post-wash handling systems, whether conveyors or slings, checked to see how dirty those are?

“It could be that, yes, we’re still producing hygienically clean linen, but can we do it more efficiently?”

Cryderman asks. “And we found that we definitely can.”

While laundries are looking for ways to save water, he points out that water reuse systems are a perfect breeding ground for bacteria and other microbes.

“It’s usually they’re warm, not hot enough to kill the bugs,” Cryderman says. “There’s soil and water to feed on, and sometimes it’s in hard-toreach places like under a tunnel or out of sight.

“So, we want to make sure that we’re incorporating our cleaning procedures in our monthly PMs because if we’re adding bio-organisms back into the tunnel because our reuse systems are contaminated,

that’s just more bugs we have to kill with time, temperature, energy or chemicals.

“The healthier we can get our laundry, the easier it is, and cheaper, to achieve hygienically clean textiles.”

Regular sanitizing of the equipment, incorporating a disinfection program and regular preventative maintenance, the laundry that is better at those efforts has an easier time achieving hygienically clean linen and keeping it that way, he says.

“But we have to remember that the validation of that process is the key,” Cryderman points out. “Just like in Tommy Boy, the guarantee on the box doesn’t mean anything if the product doesn’t work.”

When it comes to recent supplychain issues, he says operations can reduce costs associated with textile replacement by incorporating a fluid-repellant product in their process.

“It’s also key to incorporate that process for your customers to verify that we’re providing you reusable barrier garments that meet the water-repellency process parameters,” shares Cryderman.

“Much like we’re testing for bugs, we do the same thing with our barrier garments or surgical garments where we can say yes, I have a quality-control system in place where we’re taking samples throughout the day and testing and making sure that we’re going to be providing you with barrier garments that perform as promised.

“We don’t need to be setting up a crazy QC system where we’re testing thousands of garments a day, and we don’t want to be doing it once a quarter, but a reasonable QC program in conjunction with your restoration barrier process is going to give your customer peace of mind.”

Cryderman concludes by reminding operators that it’s important to validate the processes used in a plant, “The end goal being to be able to produce a hygienically clean linen to the customer as efficiently ALN as we can.”

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POSITION AVAILABLE REGIONAL SALES MANAGER — WEST COAST TERRITORY G. A. Braun is actively seeking an experienced and professional candidate for the position of West Coast Regional Sales Manager.

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• Experience and a successful track record in the sale of industrial laundry equipment, textiles, chemicals and/or supplies.

• Residence within the territory is preferred • Knowledge of laundry plants and operations throughout the West coast a benefit.

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2022 Listings Regular Boldface Four Line Listing per Year $960 $1,205 Display and additional line rates available upon request

All Caps $1,205

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MATERIAL HANDLING / CONVEYORS Gardner Machinery Corporation P.O. Box 33818, Charlotte, NC 28233 Ph.: (704)372-3890; Fax: (704)342-0758 www.gardnermachinery.com

PRESSES – EXTRACTION

MAT ROLLERS

Pellerin Milnor Corp.

P.O. Box 400, Kenner, LA 70063 504-467-9591, Fax: 504-468-3094 www.milnor.com

WASHERS – CONTINUOUS BATCH

SMALL-PIECE FOLDERS

Pellerin Milnor Corp.

P.O. Box 400, Kenner, LA 70063 504-467-9591, Fax: 504-468-3094 www.milnor.com

WASHER-EXTRACTOR – 100 POUNDS OR LESS Pellerin Milnor Corp.

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WASHER-EXTRACTOR – 100 POUNDS OR MORE Pellerin Milnor Corp.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Company

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Chem-Tainer Industries ...........................................................................19

Lavatec Laundry Technology .................................................................32

Continental Girbau .....................................................................................5

Miele ........................................................................................................... 17

Direct Machinery......................................................................................27

Monarch Brands .........................................................................................9

EDRO Corp. ...............................................................................................21

Norchem Corp. ...........................................................................................7

GA Braun ............................................................................................13, 27

Pellerin Milnor Corp. .................................................................................3

The Griffin Group .....................................................................................27

R&B Wire Products .................................................................................21

JENSEN ......................................................................................................15

Stanco Industries .....................................................................................27

J.P. Equipment .........................................................................................27

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2022 Listings Regular Boldface Four Line Listing per Year $960 $1,205 Display and additional line rates available upon request

All Caps $1,205

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LAVATEC introduces certified spare parts e-commerce website BEACON FALLS, Conn. — Laundry equipment manufacturer LAVATEC reports it has launched a new companion website for certified spare parts, NewChapterParts.com.

The company says the website offers an easy-to-navigate e-commerce platform that helps increase the speed and accuracy of placing an accurate parts order and provides reliable worldwide shipping for fast delivery.

“With more than 20,000 LAVATEC machines in service today, we felt it was time to give customers the ease and convenience they’re used to when ordering their favorite products on retail websites,” says Mark Thrasher, president and CEO of Lavatec Laundry Technology.

“New Chapter Parts makes it easy to search for highquality commercial spare parts and consumables for the industrial laundry market, which helps operators maintain their production uptime.”

The company says that website visitors will notice a wide variety of products available for LAVATEC equipment, including tunnel washers, dryers, washer-extractors and other water extraction presses.

The site is optimized for viewing on mobile devices and tablets as well. Simply sign up for an account to access the extensive parts inventory and a search button expedites the process with shopping cart ease.

“We are adding inventory on a weekly basis of the most commonly ordered LAVATEC certified spare parts right here in the U.S.,” says Thrasher. “There can be a huge difference between parts that are labeled ‘compatible’ and what is actually certified and recommended by the manufacturer.

“NewChapterParts.com offers a convenient and safe option for customers to buy LAVATEC-certified parts for use with LAVATEC machines. If you don’t see a part you need, use the contact page to let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.”

The website retains customer history for repeat and future orders. Payment options include using a credit or debit card, and customers also can sign up for a newsletter that provides regular updates on parts availability and special deals.

Prudential Overall Supply strengthens position for clients in Northern California IRVINE, Calif. — Prudential Overall Supply, a provider of reusable image work apparel and related textiles, reports it has acquired the customer accounts from Golden West Betterway Uniforms Inc., a provider of rental mats, uni-

forms and linen services in Oakland, California.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“We chose Prudential Overall Supply to carry on the customer service experience Golden West Betterway Uniforms customers have come to expect,” says Golden West Betterway Uniforms Founder and CEO Lance Gonzalez.

“Prudential Overall Supply is a family-owned and -operated business, which helps connect them to the local community and puts their service teams in the best possible position to offer the highest quality service experience.”

“We are excited to offer Golden West Betterway Uniforms customers the best possible service experience,” says John Clark, Prudential Overall Supply’s third-generation CEO. “The depth and experience of our service team along with our product and service offering will help us meet this goal.

“We have invested significant resources to position Prudential to be a best-in-class uniform rental service provider, and this acquisition helps to strengthen our market position for clients in the Northern California Bay area.”

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ing premium quality specialty cleaning chemicals and services to commercial, industrial and institutional end-users across the Western United States.

“This strategic investment in ACI is an integral part of bringing Christeyns’ unique wash chemistries and innovations to the entire U.S. market,” says Rudi Moors, president of Christeyns USA. “It provides ACI access to new technology and sustainable chemistry concepts. This will help customers lower their utilities cost, extend linen life and make operational improvements in their plants. All told, it positively impacts their bottom line by decreasing total operating costs.”

“Having access to these new technologies with an experienced global organization like Christeyns is what’s really exciting about this partnership,” Van Orden says. “It provides significant value and will help laundry leaders increase their productivity.

“With Christeyns in our corner, it opens the door for us to expand our market reach.”

Van Orden opened Applied Chemical Innovations in 2014. The company’s customer base starts with gaming and hospitality properties in Nevada and neighboring states and includes education, healthcare, industrial buildings, restaurants and transportation, among others.

Standard Textile meets 80,000 shower goal to combat homelessness

Celebrating the agreement, from left to right, is Christeyns USA President Rudi Moors and ACI owners Chet and Terraza Van Orden. (Photo: Christeyns USA)

Christeyns USA takes step to expand North American operations EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Christeyns USA, a provider of chemicals, equipment and service based here, reports it has completed an agreement to invest in Las Vegas-based Applied Chemical Innovations (ACI).

The company says it’s an important step in its next phase to expand its North American operations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed Founded by Chet Van Orden, ACI specializes in supply-

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American Laundry News Podcast: Supply-Chain Strategies Chicago, Ill. Info: 312-361-1700

22-24 JENSEN Winter/Spring 2022 Online Service Webinars: Flatwork Finishing Equipment Panama City, Fla. Info: 850-271-5959

22-25 Association for Linen Management Laundry & Linen College:

Processing and Operations Richmond, Ky. Info: 859-624-0177

30-31 TRSA 12th Annual Legislative Conference Alexandria, Va. Info: 703-519-0029 ALN

CINCINNATI — Standard Textile Co. Inc., a provider of healthcare and hospitality textiles, reports it has achieved its goal of 80,000 showers for the homeless by the end of 2021 through Standard Textile Cares, its national program to combat homelessness.

The company met its goal through partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the United States that provide mobile shower services to people dealing with homelessness or insufficient housing.

Standard Textile launched Standard Textile Cares and its 80,000-shower goal in November of 2020 in honor of the company’s 80-year legacy of inspiring care, comfort and change in communities. Since 1940, Standard Textile has been partnering with organizations to help those in need through product donations, financial support and volunteerism.

“On any given day, more than a half-million Americans experiencing homelessness may not have regular access to basic essentials many of us take for granted, including a shower or a soft towel,” says Gary Heiman, Standard Textile’s president and CEO. “A shower can do so much more than offer personal hygiene; it can restore dignity, something everyone deserves.”

Through the Standard Textile Cares program, the company says it has donated thousands of bath towels, washcloths, shower curtains and blankets to organizations offering shower services supporting an estimated 80,200 showers annually.

“We received the donation and all we can say is WOW!” says Jenny Perez, executive director of Mary Magdalen House in Cincinnati. “As you can imagine, towels, washcloths and shower curtains are integral to the work of Mary Magdalene House.

“In 2021, we provided nearly 17,000 showers for our guests. The donation of these items from Standard Textile Cares means Mary Magdalene House can provide the best experience to the guests who visit us every day.”

Homelessness in the United States has grown in recent years. In its most recent annual count conducted in January 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported more than 580,000 people were homeless in the country. Their data shows a four-year upward trend in homelessness even before the COVID-19 crisis began.

Standard Textile says it plans to continue the Standard Textile Cares program throughout 2022.

The company’s list of partner organizations has grown to serve areas in 12 states, extending the program’s reach and ALN ability to bring comfort to those in need.