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  • Meese in Madison’s Regatta Festival

    Meese in Madison’s Regatta Festival

    Meese recently took place in Indiana’s Madison Regatta Festival.  The community festival has been taking place for 67-years, fueled by “volunteers who’s mission is to present  Historic Madison Indiana as a world class Festival of Hydroplanes and Music,” according to the festival’s web site. Hosted events include a golf scramble, beauty pageant, street dances, hydroplanes,

  • IAHTM Conference Hotel Change

    IAHTM Conference Hotel Change

    IAHTM announced an update for their upcoming Annual Conference, September 15th – 18th. Due to renovations at the Hilton Marco Island Resort, a new hotel has been secured, The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club in Naples, Florida. Hilton is working closely with The Naples Beach Hotel in transferring all reservations to their system. Once

  • ARTA’s 2018 Conference

    ARTA’s 2018 Conference

    By Nancy Jenkins Education conferences are great, but it takes time and money to attend, right? Of these two commodities, time is often the scarcest. Yet, education and professional development are critical in order to ensure the future viability and profitability of the textile services industry. That’s why the American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA) made

  • Penn Emblem Company New Corporate Office Location

    Penn Emblem Company New Corporate Office Location

    Effective August 16th, 2018 Philadelphia-based Penn Emblem Company has relocated its corporate offices from 10909 Dutton Road in Philadelphia, PA.  The 71-year-old company’s new corporate headquarters are located at: 2577 Interplex Drive, Suite A, Trevose, PA, 19053. All contact numbers, email addresses and its website address (www.pennemblem.com) remain the same. In addition to Penn Emblem’s new corporate headquarters,

  • Rick Kelly Celebrates 30 Years at Milnor

    Rick Kelly Celebrates 30 Years at Milnor

    Rick Kelly, vice president of sales and marketing, celebrated his 30th anniversary with Pellerin Milnor Corporation late July. Kelly began his career with Milnor in 1988 as the marketing coordinator, where he entered orders for systems. He then gained additional responsibilities, ultimately leading to his current position of vice president. “Milnor is indeed fortunate to have

  • Encore Textile Services Acquires Emerald Textiles

    Encore Textile Services Acquires Emerald Textiles

    Encore Textile Services (“Encore”), a portfolio company of Los Angeles-based private investment firm Highland Avenue Capital Partners, LLC (“Highland Avenue”), announced the completion of the acquisition of Emerald Textiles, a San Diego Based healthcare linen service provider. The acquisition brings together the two largest independent healthcare laundry providers in California, with the combined entity having

  • ALM Laundry & Linen College Scholarship

    ALM Laundry & Linen College Scholarship

    ALM’s Laundry & Linen College is a resource for laundry training and education. Bring ideas back to your facility that you can implement immediately! Apply today for a scholarship to the fall session, Processing and Operations. Scholarship applications must be submitted by Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Awarded funds must be used in 2018. Only complete applications will be

  • Clean 2019 Opens Housing, Exhibit Sales

    Clean 2019 Opens Housing, Exhibit Sales

    Hotel reservations for the Clean Show, to be held in the New Orleans Morial Convention Center June 20 -23, 2019  are open through Connections Housing, the official housing agency for the show.  Exhibit sales are also open to all companies for the textile care industry trade show. Clean Show management has arranged for exclusive discounts

  • SmartBuy|TK To Expand Direct Sales

    SmartBuy|TK To Expand Direct Sales

    SmartBuy|TK, a turnkey solution for businesses looking to expand into direct sales, is offering membership with enhanced services for linen and laundry companies. Through its comprehensive services, SmartBuy|TK gives companies that are currently focused on rental programs the opportunity to increase revenue by selling uniforms and workwear without any additional investment or labor. While the