For Gabriel Mandujano, CEO of Wash Cycle Laundry, a Philadelphia-based operator that opened a new plant last year in Boston, growth in the area’s hotel market represents a welcome recovery from the recent pandemic-driven slowdown.
In today’s fiercely competitive market, an independent industrial launderer has to ensure a high value proposition to keep pace with national and regional rivals. That’s precisely what Service Uniform, Englewood, CO, has sought to do with a recent upgrade of its wash aisle in a plant that serves some 2,200 customers in metro Denver and beyond.
NOVO Health Services’ Miami facility is the 2024 honoree in TRSA’s Best Plants judging, recognizing the location for its efficiency and infection-prevention features, as well as its safety and ergonomics emphasis, a key to creating work conditions that promote employee retention.
As noted in Textile Services Weekly on March 11, Shasta Linen Supply Inc., Sacramento, CA, recently acquired five electric step vans worth roughly $1 million. This change moved Shasta Linen into compliance with California’s pending commercial-vehicle regulations. It also put the company in the vanguard of independents that have embraced alt-fuel route vehicles.
Textile Care Services, a healthcare and hospitality operator based in Rochester, MN, is now in the midst of its first major upgrade since the plant was established in 1993.
M+A Matting LLC, LaGrange, GA, recently announced that its UK subsidiary, M+A Matting UK Ltd., has entered into an agreement to acquire the UK manufacturing operations from Millennium Mats.
Cintas Corp. recently announced an investment in its 43-acre corporate campus in Mason, OH, to secure a continued path of growth for the company and its employee-partners. The project will help the company grow and retain key senior-level talent and train the Cintas leaders of the future at its headquarters.
Reino Linen’s plant in Brownstown, MI, has come a long way since its founding in 2009 as a satellite facility for Reino’s Gibsonburg, OH, laundry. Reino/Brownstown currently is processing roughly 45-48 million lbs. of healthcare textiles annually for Detroit-area hospitals and clinics. Textile Services magazine is also planning a profile article on the Michigan plant.
Elis, Saint-Cloud, France, recently announced the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of Moderna Holding BV in the Netherlands. The closing of the transaction is expected to occur before the end of the first quarter of 2024, subject to the standard regulatory reviews.
Laundry operators could see a spike in compliance costs as state and federal officials pursue fresh initiatives, including efforts to reduce discharges of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater.
