Unitex formally opened its second facility in Lawrence, MA, and 13th regionally. The grand opening celebration included remarks from Unitex President David Potack, local dignitaries, refreshments, a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony and a facility tour.
Nearly 60 state, county and local elected officials, plus community and civic leaders, gathered on Nov. 16 at the future site of an industrial/cleanroom laundry in Tucker, GA, to celebrate Prudential Overall Supply’s $35-million investment and an anticipated 100-plus jobs for residents at a facility that will serve metro Atlanta and beyond.
Prudential Overall Supply will hold a press conference at its future Tucker, GA, industrial and cleanroom laundry processing site on Nov. 16 to celebrate the coming modern, new facility. Officials representing local, state and congressional representatives are expected at the event, according to a news release.
U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, (R-NV) recently toured Alsco Uniforms’ plant in Carson City, NV, to see a commercial laundry in action and meet some of its employees.
Unitex International Inc., Duluth, GA, recently announced that Cintas Corp. has honored the textile manufacturer with a “Platinum Level Quality Performance Supplier” award for fiscal year 2022, according to a news release.
Identifying healthcare and the environment as her paramount federal legislative priorities, Rep. Nanette Barragan (D) toured the Medico Healthcare Linen Service plant in her Los Angeles district (CA-44) Nov. 3.
Additional recent headlines from consumer media of interest to linen, uniform and facility services operators, and especially readers of Textile Services Weekly.
Next month’s Textile Services magazine will include a primer on benchmarking for laundry operations by a pair of consultants, Bob Bowe and Michael Dodge of Performance Matters, Columbia, SC.
After a two-year hiatus, TRSA’s 29th Annual Maintenance Management Institute (MMI) returned on Oct. 12-14. Forty attendees convened in Rosemont, IL, for the industry’s longest-running and most-recognized maintenance-management and technology-development program.
Several TRSA members are back serving customers in the areas impacted by Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm that made landfall in the Fort Myers, FL, area packing devastating 150-mile-per-hour winds.
