As the next generation of management takes a leadership role at Rinaldi Linen Services, Waterbury, CT, the company recently invested in an innovative soil-sorting system to enhance its competitiveness, says President and CEO Jeff Rinaldi.

“We have one shift,” says Rinaldi, who spoke to us two weeks after the installation of new automated soil-sorting machinery/software from WSP, an equipment supplier. The purchase was coordinated through Lavatec Laundry Technology Inc., acting as distributor for the Netherlands-based WSP. Rinaldi says he’s pleased with the new equipment’s capabilities in the soil-sort area. “We operate from 5:30 a.m. until we finish in the afternoon ...