ARTA to Host Green Summit in Quebec City

Published 03/10/2010 - 9:27 a.m. CT
FAIRWAY, Kan. — The American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA) will host a Green Summit at the Chateau Frontenac Hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, July 22-23. The meeting will include an overview of new life-cycle assessment research; information and tools designed to help market the benefits of reusable textiles; and information on how to enhance and measure the sustainability of a facility’s operations.
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Survey: After Washability, Cost Per Use Most Important in Making Textile Choices

Published 03/09/2010 - 9:21 a.m. CT
CHICAGO — A raft of variables goes into the decisions to select and buy textile items for institutional or rental use. Each purchase reboots the process of determining if an item meets a customer’s quality needs and expectations as well as those of the laundry.

Nearly 94% of respondents to American Laundry News’ most recent Wire survey say they or members of their staff play a role in selecting and/or purchasing the textiles that their laundry processes.
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General Linen Supply Plans to Cease Operations After 110 Years

Published 03/08/2010 - 9:59 a.m. CT
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — After 110 years in business, General Linen Supply & Laundry Co. is ceasing operations here, effective June 1.

“For many reasons, personal as well as business, we have decided it’s time to sell the business,” Jill Werner, co-chief executive with her sister Susan Troy, told American Laundry News’ sister publication Crain’s New York Business.
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Opportunity Rises From the Ashes of Disaster at Tapco Products Co.

Published 03/05/2010 - 9:32 a.m. CT
Tapco Products Co. principals (from left) Brad Pepin, president; Tom Pepin, chairman; and Brett Pepin, vice president, pose in front of their new wash aisle. (Photo: Courtesy G.A. Braun)
LENEXA, Kan. — Employees with a can-do spirit, generous competitors, a hardworking team of contractors, and partnering with a supportive laundry equipment supplier helped Tapco Products Co. turn tragedy into opportunity after fire destroyed its laundry operations here last year, company officials say.
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Maytag, Whirlpool Name J.H. Stuckey Distributing New Distributor

Published 03/03/2010 - 9:26 a.m. CT
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Maytag and Whirlpool Commercial Laundry have added J.H. Stuckey Distributing Inc. to their family of distributors. J.H. Stuckey now distributes Maytag and Whirlpool products to self-service laundries, hotel and motel guest laundries, and apartment and health club laundries in parts of Nebraska and Iowa.
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