JVK Operations Ltd., now also doing business as Lighthouse Linen, announced that it has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization. The Plan of Reorganization, confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York on Jan. 12, became effective on March 13. The company’s emergence is facilitated by a control investment from Sundara Partners LLC, a New York-based private-investment firm.
Lighthouse Linen will operate through two divisions, each with its own facilities:
Lighthouse Healthcare serves hospitals, health systems, nursing homes, ambulatory-surgery centers and long-term care facilities. The division provides linen rental, customer-owned goods processing, scrub and uniform programs, exchange-cart systems, specialty linen handling, and on-site linen-distribution management. Its operations are designed to meet the rigorous infection control, quality assurance and on-time delivery standards required in acute-care environments.
Lighthouse Hospitality serves hotels, restaurants, hospitality groups and event venues. The division provides bed linen, table linen, toweling, food-and-beverage textiles, and coordinated pickup and delivery logistics. Its operations are designed around the consistency, presentation quality and responsiveness that hospitality operators depend on.
Joseph Samuel, a veteran linen, uniform and facility services industry executive, will serve as the company’s president.
“We have a deep understanding of our customers’ needs because we’ve spent decades inside their facilities, working every day alongside nurses and housekeepers,” Samuel said. “With the right financial backing now behind us, we’re investing more than ever in speed, quality and reliability to build on that experience and serve our customers at an even higher level.”
Vinny Samuel, who has more than four decades of industry experience building and scaling high-performing facilities, will lead the company’s operations. Jordan Berger and Austin Taylor, managing partners at Sundara Partners, will serve as directors of the company and are responsible for strategic direction and financial oversight.
The company’s service territory, spanning New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the surrounding regions, represents one of the largest and most concentrated commercial linen markets in the United States. Lighthouse Linen has two dedicated production facilities capable of processing several million pounds of textiles monthly. The company’s capabilities allow it to serve institutions ranging from single-site nursing homes to multi-campus hospital systems. The company is actively onboarding new healthcare and hospitality accounts across its service territory.
Throughout the reorganization, the company executed a comprehensive financial and operational transformation, rebuilding its balance sheet, modernizing its production and technology infrastructure, and establishing a leadership team capable of supporting long-term, sustainable growth. In the reorganization, JVK Operations Ltd. was represented by Spence Law Office P.C. Sundara Partners was represented by Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein LLP.
For more information about Lighthouse Linen, visit www.lighthouse-linen.com.
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