Randy Clemens is a soft-spoken man who leads a team that quietly gets things done for Clemens Uniform Rental.

Their family-owned company’s website notes that “The future at Clemens never seemed brighter,” and to see today’s plant—reopened in 2017 after a complete makeover following a fire the previous year that gutted the facility, you’d never imagine that tragedy had struck here so recently. That sense of optimism that the Clemens Uniform website declares online reflects the owners’ determination to shrug off the fire disaster and rebuild—with an eye toward future growth based on a highly efficient washing and finishing operation ...