The Board of Directors of the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation (HLAC) has voted Linda McCurdy as President-Elect. In January 2020, McCurdy will assume the duties of board president of HLAC, a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of inspecting and accrediting laundries processing healthcare textiles for hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities. McCurdy, an HLAC …
The Synergy Group – Pellerin Milnor and Chicago Dryer, along with Energenics – hosted their North American dealer network at the Omni Hotel in Louisville, KY from September 25-27, 2018. The biennial sales meeting provided manufacturers and dealers a valuable opportunity to review product lines, discuss the laundry industry’s innovations, and listen to guest speaker Steve McClatchy discuss time …
By Joe Gudenburr, President, GA Braun Editor Note: In Part One of Embracing Green at Braun…An Operational Way of Life, the need to embrace change and a green way of life was discussed. Today we’ll look at the specific green initiatives instituted at the Braun Manufacturing facility which the company is embracing as an operational …
TRSA’s Seventh Annual Healthcare Conference is a premier event for companies that supply, launder and maintain linens, scrubs, garments and other reusable textiles for the healthcare sector. TRSA will host the event at the Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord Golf Resort and Spa in Charlotte, NC, Nov. 28-29. This two-day conference includes opportunities to gain insight, share information …
Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Commercial and Coin Laundry Equipment Co. (CLEC) recently hired industry veteran Mike Hand to take on the position of General Manager of the company’s CLEC-West facility, located in Houston. “Mike’s experience in the laundry industry and track record of success in leading projects makes him the ideal candidate to head up our …
By Al Adcock, VP of Sales and Marketing at B&C Technologies Why are commercial washers and commercial dryers sold by capacity in pounds? After all, when you purchase just about any other cylinder shaped object (like a washer basket or dryer basket) it would be rated in some unit of volume (quarts, gallons, bushels, etc.). Most laundry carts …
Alliance Laundry Systems has unveiled a new mission statement, logo and website for the company’s premium brands—Speed Queen®, UniMac®, Huebsch®, Primus® and IPSO®…
Braun’s 900 pound Advantage Tilting Side Loader® is available to commercial and industrial laundries in four pocket configuration with many unique features. In the video below you can watch the machine in action and hear what Jacy Henderson, vice president of Triple D Uniform & Linen has to say about how it’s working in his facility. …
Xeros, the innovator of polymer cleaning technologies, announced that thirty-three hotels and commercial laundries have joined the Xeros Million Gallon Club…
Gurtler Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of detergents and chemicals for the commercial and industrial laundries, has finalized the purchase of Metro-Chem, Inc. of Kearny, New Jersey. Metro-Chem is a regional manufacturer and supplier of specialty laundry chemicals, providing service to commercial laundry markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US. The Metro-Chem sales and service team …