In the fall of 2014, Prudential Overall Supply (POS) approached American Laundry Systems (ALS) for guidance in procuring a “green field site” for the purpose of constructing a cleanroom laundry facility in the Northeast region of the U.S. At the time, POS was servicing its New England/Northeast-based customers from its cleanroom laundry facility in Richmond, VA. The clean goods headed to a distribution/service center in Massachusetts and the soiled goods back to the cleanroom facility in Virginia. Then the routine started again the following day!

As you can imagine, the transportation costs and logistics were becoming cost prohibitive, in addition ...