Emerald Textiles recently announced the acquisition of the assets of Staheli Laundry Services, a Saint George, UT-based healthcare linen service provider. The acquisition is complementary to Emerald’s current West Coast footprint and allows the company to serve both the Southern Utah and Las Vegas markets, according to a news release.
Cintas Corp., Mason, OH, recently announced its sponsorship of the 2019-’20 college football season with ESPN, according to a news release.
TRSA associate member Regent Apparel, San Francisco, is teaming up with Finnish apparel brand TouchPoint Oy to offer sustainable, circular uniform solutions to companies throughout the United States. The collaboration is led by two women entrepreneurs who are taking workwear solutions into a new era, not only by designing stylish garments from eco-friendly materials, but also by providing closed loop programs to its clients, according to a news release.
The first edition of the combined Texcare Asia and China Laundry Expo (TXCA & CLE) is expected to welcome approximately 25,000 visitors across 322,917 square feet (30,000 square meters) at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Over 250 exhibitors from 20 different countries and regions will make an appearance at the Sept. 25-27 show in order to connect with customers and industry professionals, according to a news release.
Kristin Dempsey, vice president, Dempsey Uniform & Linen Supply Inc., Jessup, PA, recently was profiled in Total Food Service, a monthly magazine that serves the Metro New York foodservice industry, including restaurant operators, chefs, dealers, consultants and suppliers.
TRSA associate member Penn Emblem Co. recently provided families at its manufacturing facility in Santa Ana, Sonora, Mexico, with backpacks filled with school supplies for the 2019 school year. The company donated just under 100 backpacks to staff members and their children, according to a news release.
Additional recent headlines from consumer media of interest to linen, uniform and facility services operators, and especially readers of Textile Services Weekly.
EPIC Long Island, a charitable organization that helps people with epilepsy and developmental disabilities, recently benefited from donations gathered during the 32nd Annual Don Luneburg Golf & Tennis Classic, a fundraising tournament held at the Mill River Club in Upper Brookville, NY, and co-sponsored by FDR Services Corp., Hempstead, NY.
Four UniFirst laundries have recently earned the Hygienically Clean Food Safety certification, bringing the number of UniFirst Corp. facilities that have reached this milestone to 56, the most Hygienically Clean certified plants of any company in the industry. The newly-certified facilities are located in these cities: Ontario, CA; Wichita, KS; and Amarillo and Harlingen, TX. UniFirst’s Stockton, CA, location also qualified for renewal of its Food Safety certification for another three years.
