NASHUA, NH — Prudential Overall Supply, an industry leader in reusable image work apparel and related textiles, recently broke ground for its Nashua, NH Cleanroom & Industrial Laundry Processing Facility. The project is a 131,371-square-foot commercial laundry facility to be located at 45 Simon Street, Nashua, NH on a 14.23-acre tract. Prudential is building a …
DANVERS, Mass. — When aging washers at the North Shore Hotel needed to be replaced, General Manager, Chad Hanson saw it as an opportunity reduce the facility’s water usage. The hotel laundry was processing approximately 30 loads of sheets, towels and meeting room linens for the 134 room hotel in two 65-pound washers daily. “We were …
WILMINGTON, Mass.–UniFirst Corporation announced that it has completed an acquisition of Arrow Uniform (Arrow) for approximately $122 million. The deal is structured as an asset acquisition, with UniFirst acquiring essentially all of Arrow’s assets and virtually none of its liabilities. UniFirst is a provider of workplace uniforms and facility services to businesses, large and small, …
NEW YORK, NY – Eastern Funding, a leading provider of equipment financing to the commercial laundry, garment care and other industries, introduces a new financing program, XPRESS-APP, designed to provide faster access for loan approvals for replacement laundry equipment. Through the XPRESS-APP program, self-service owners may apply for new equipment loans under $200,000. On-premise laundry …
By Dave Burnham, EDRO Corp. Many times when loading a washer extractor, not much thought is given to the fact that how a machine is loaded will affect proper processing of the goods. But incorrect loading does affect the goods being processed. Let’s see how. There are four controlling factors to consider when gauging the …
AKRON, Ohio—Advantage Equipment Inc. (Advantage), will commemorate its 20th anniversary this fall with laundry equipment discounts through the end of 2016. The full-service laundry equipment provider, established by President Scott Vlahos in September of 1996, caters to on-premise, industry laundry and vended customers throughout West Virginia and large portions of Ohio and Pennsylvania. “We’re slashing …
It can be a rough world out there – hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, cyber attacks, terror attacks. Have you or your company instituted policies or procedures should disaster strike? How will you meet your customer’s needs? How will you operate with less employees, loss of equipment, loss of electric? What type of back-up plan do you …
OSHKOSH, Wis.— Wholesale Commercial Laundry Equipment S.E. LLC (Wholesale), in Southside, Ala., recently received the 2015 Girbau Industrial Distributor of the Year award for superior industrial laundry sales and service. Wholesale is an industrial, on-premise and vended laundry equipment distributor serving Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and portions of Florida and Tennessee. Owned by Russ Arbuckle, the …
CINCINNATI, OHIO — Cintas Corporation and G&K Services, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Cintas will acquire all outstanding shares of G&K Services for $97.50 per share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately $2.2 billion, including acquired net debt, according to a company statement. G&K Services, …
By David Netusil, Manager-Sales Support and Marketing, JENSEN USA, Inc. Life hacks are very popular in social media. The term refers to a trick, skill or novelty method that boosts productivity and efficiency – in all aspects of life. Some life hacks are humorous and others may sound a bit crazy but some of them …