Frequent outbursts by an aging hard-mount washer forced the Hampton Inn in Kansas City to seek help. After years of stress, the washer’s violent vibrations ripped it from its anchor point on the floor. Frustrated, General Manager Glenn Koch contacted Bruce Kusgen, of All Pro Laundry Equipment, in Lees Summit, Mo., for help. The solution? …
Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently promoted Laurie Kilgore, of Omro, Wis., to director of customer experiences. In this newly created position, Kilgore spearheads the development and evaluation of strategic, tactical and operational customer engagement plans, programs and initiatives. In doing so, she leads the organization in its ongoing commitment to the customer and nurtures Continental’s …
Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently welcomed new team members, including National Accounts Manager…
Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently strengthened its marketing department with the addition of Graphic Designer Carissa Derge and Web and Multimedia Designer Matthew Liefke. • Derge, of Oshkosh, orchestrates a number of design functions within Continental’s marketing department. She joined Continen tal with three years of professional marketing and design experience and most recently served …
Continental Girbau Inc. recently welcomed Sergi Obiols, of Vic, Spain, as sales and product engineer. In his new role, Obiols provides technical sales support for Girbau Industrial (GI) laundry equipment projects throughout North America. Most recently, Obiols was part of the industrial design team at Girbau Global Laundry Solutions (Girbau), in Vic. “Our goal of …
OSHKOSH, Wis.—Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently partnered with Hills Commercial Laundry, in Anchorage, Ala., to provide on-premise laundry equipment throughout Alaska. As a result, the company will represent Continental’s complete line of on-premise washer-extractors, drying tumblers and ironers. Hills Commercial Laundry carefully examines commercial and on-premise laundry operations to provide laundry solutions that boost productivity …
OSHKOSH, Wis.— Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) and its Florida distributors, Laundry Pro of Florida, in Lakeland, Fla., and The Laundry Shop, in Pembroke Pines, Fla., have initiated disaster assistance for Hurricane Irma business victims. This includes special commercial laundry equipment financing and rental programs, as well as quick equipment and parts replacement. Irma’s damages are …
OSHKOSH, Wis.— Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently recognized Darling’s Sales & Service Co. (Darling’s) with its 2016 On-Premise Laundry Distributor of the Year award, an honor that distinguishes distributors for outstanding performance in the on-premise laundry market; Fowler Equipment Co. (Fowler) with the Distributor of the Year award for outstanding sales and support in both …
Lavatec Laundry Technology Inc. was recently awarded Continental Girbau Inc.’s 2016 Business Partner of the Year award. The honor recognizes Lavatec’s superior business results while working in partnership with Continental and its customers. Lavatec President Mark Thrasher accepted the award at Clean ’17, in Las Vegas. “On behalf of Lavatec, we are honored to accept …
OSHKOSH, Wis.— Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) employees recently contributed to a Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) project near the company’s headquarters, in Oshkosh, Wis. Two Continental teams donned hard hats and tool belts in an effort to build an ADA compliant twindominum to accommodate two special needs families, according to Christine Skupus, director of finance administration. …
