With hurricane season now in full swing, textile service operators located near the coastline know the importance of having detailed emergency preparedness plans in place. But disaster can strike at any time of the year. One company that knows full well the power of Mother Nature’s wrath is Cintas Corp., which recently had three of its plants in Alabama affected by a severe weather system that spawned a batch of deadly tornadoes.
 
While the company certainly suffered losses, including an entire building, the outcome could have been far worse, if not for strong crisis planning, teamwork and ...