Plant Operations

Bruce Beggs is editorial director of American Trade Magazines LLC, including American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner and American Laundry News. He was the editor of American Laundry News from November 1999 to May 2011. He’s toured a variety of on-premise laundries and textile service plants during his tenure, and covered the industry’s biggest trade shows: the Clean Show and Texcare shows in Germany and China. Beggs has worked as a newspaper reporter/editor and magazine editor since graduating from Kansas State University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children.

Deborah R. Lark is chief operating officer of Portland Hospital Service Corp., a cooperative healthcare laundry owned by Legacy Health System, Kaiser Permanente and Sisters of Providence. She originally prepared this article for members of the International Association of Healthcare Textile Management (IAHTM) as the association’s education officer.

Bruce Beggs is editorial director of American Trade Magazines LLC, including American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner and American Laundry News. He was the editor of American Laundry News from November 1999 to May 2011. He’s toured a variety of on-premise laundries and textile service plants during his tenure, and covered the industry’s biggest trade shows: the Clean Show and Texcare shows in Germany and China. Beggs has worked as a newspaper reporter/editor and magazine editor since graduating from Kansas State University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children.

Bruce Beggs is editorial director of American Trade Magazines LLC, including American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner and American Laundry News. He was the editor of American Laundry News from November 1999 to May 2011. He’s toured a variety of on-premise laundries and textile service plants during his tenure, and covered the industry’s biggest trade shows: the Clean Show and Texcare shows in Germany and China. Beggs has worked as a newspaper reporter/editor and magazine editor since graduating from Kansas State University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children.

Sam Liberto is chief executive of ThoughtDrivers, a Pittsburgh-based company that specializes in business performance tools for the trucking industry.

Bruce Beggs is editorial director of American Trade Magazines LLC, including American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner and American Laundry News. He was the editor of American Laundry News from November 1999 to May 2011. He’s toured a variety of on-premise laundries and textile service plants during his tenure, and covered the industry’s biggest trade shows: the Clean Show and Texcare shows in Germany and China. Beggs has worked as a newspaper reporter/editor and magazine editor since graduating from Kansas State University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children.

Bruce Beggs is editorial director of American Trade Magazines LLC, including American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner and American Laundry News. He was the editor of American Laundry News from November 1999 to May 2011. He’s toured a variety of on-premise laundries and textile service plants during his tenure, and covered the industry’s biggest trade shows: the Clean Show and Texcare shows in Germany and China. Beggs has worked as a newspaper reporter/editor and magazine editor since graduating from Kansas State University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children.