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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Mission Linen Supply reports that it has been awarded a contract from the Arizona Department of Veterans Services to service the new Arizona State Veteran Home (ASVH) in Tucson, Ariz.

The linen and uniform supply company already provides linens and garments to the State Veteran Home in Phoenix. Under the contract, the Tucson facility will rely on Mission Linen to service healthcare and dietary linens and dust control products, as well as garments and uniforms for housekeeping, kitchen and maintenance staff. Mission Linen’s Tucson plant will provide the linen and uniform service.

Arizona’s newest Veterans Home will be a state-owned and -operated 120-bed Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility, located adjacent to the Southern Arizona VA Hospital in Tucson.

“The changing demands of the Tucson facility require flexibility and great service on the part of our supplier,” says Homer Rogers, assistant deputy director, ASVH. “Mission Linen had already demonstrated that they are capable of managing our needs in Phoenix, so we knew they would be able to offer the same quality and service to us in Tucson.”

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. each day.

These seminars are condensed into four days, with courses covering a broad range of Milnor washer-extractors. The courses are designed to train personnel in the rapid and accurate diagnosis and repair of field problems.

Also, the attendees will gain an overall understanding of how the equipment operates. These seminars address Milnor washer-extractors ranging in capacity from 20 pounds to 750 pounds, including divided cylinders and open-pocket designs with microprocessor controls.

Who Should Attend?
Any field service, maintenance, plant engineer, operations or management personnel who deal with maintaining, repairing, and operating Milnor washer-extractors in the course of their daily functions, and want to improve their understanding of the equipment. The course devotes a great deal of time to troubleshooting of electrical controls. Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems are covered as well.

Registration Details
Enrollment is limited and accepted on a first come, first served basis. Ensure seminar space availability before booking hotel and plane reservations. Enroll by returning the registration form. The fee for this training is $500 per person per seminar.

Hotel accommodation and travel are not included in your registration fee. You are entitled to a special group rate at the host hotel for the duration of the service seminar. However, hotel reservations should be made at least three weeks in advance. When making your reservations, please state that you are attending the Pellerin Milnor service seminar.

We strongly suggest you make reservations as early as possible, since rooms are on a space-available basis. Please see the Airfare section for special rate information. Deadline for enrollment is one week prior to seminar date. Make any cancellations prior to three days before the seminar start date to avoid $50 cancellation fee. No refunds will be granted after class begins.

Location:
Crowne Plaza, New Orleans Airport
2829 Williams Blvd.
Kenner, La.

Contact:
Diane Schnauder
504-712-7716
dschnauder@milnor.com

Click here for the enrollment form.

AVON, Conn. — Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital and small-business finance firm, in partnership with investment management firm Ironwood Capital, has provided up to $7.1 million in financing to New England Linen Supply Co.

The financing will enable the company to maintain 72 employees at its New Haven operating facility and position the company for potential growth in Connecticut.

New England Linen is headquartered in and operates from New Haven, Conn., as well as from an affiliated company in New Jersey, and serves customers from the Boston metropolitan area to greater Philadelphia.

The investment was made through Advantage Capital Connecticut Partners I, a fund created in connection with the Connecticut jobs statute, a bipartisan package intended to create jobs, spur innovation and strengthen the state’s economy.

“This financing demonstrates their commitment to invest in solid businesses located in neighborhoods that need jobs,” said Michael Vicchairelli, CEO of New England Linen Supply Co. “This investment ensures that our business remains and grows in New Haven.”

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Maytag Commercial Laundry team members volunteered at a New Orleans Habitat for Humanity build as part of the Coin Laundry Association’s (CLA) LaundryCares Foundation just before the Clean Show. Maytag Commercial Laundry contributed 18 volunteers to a team of about 30 commercial laundry industry professionals.

During the full day of work in the New Orleans heat, the volunteers worked on siding and exterior painting. Clay Jackson, the Maytag Repairman advertising spokesman, visited the site to help keep morale strong.

NEW ORLEANS — The Clean Show returns to New Orleans next month for its first visit since 2001, bringing the textile care industry together here for the fourth time since the event was born 32 years ago.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital and small-business finance firm, has provided $4 million in financing to Westport Linen Services LLC, which provides linen services to hospitals and healthcare centers in southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Westport Linen is using the funds to relocate to a larger facility, expand its operations and hire new employees in Baton Rouge.

KENNER, La. — Hurricane Gustav may have prompted evacuations along the Gulf Coast and tested New Orleans’ newly rebuilt levees, but Pellerin Milnor Corp., headquartered in Kenner, has weathered the storm with only minimal interruptions, company spokespeople say. Kenner is located on the west side of New Orleans’ metropolitan area in Jefferson Parish.

Editor’s Note: This letter was distributed to members of the Textile Care Allied Trades Association (TCATA) on Thursday and is being reprinted here with permission.

LAS VEGAS — New Orleans will host the next Clean Show exactly two years from this week, on June 18-21, 2009, show manager Riddle & Associates announced at Clean ’07.

The Crescent City was to have hosted this year’s event, but the Clean Executive Committee decided in 2005 to shift the show to Las Vegas in light of the extensive damage Hurricane Katrina inflicted on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.