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February 27, 2012
Laundrylux Appoints Smith Regional Business Manager for OPL

INWOOD, N.Y. — Laundrylux has appointed Tim Smith the company’s Southern regional business manager for on-premise laundry.

smith-tim.jpg“Tim knows distribution, he knows customer demands in many market segments, and he has a command of technology—which is becoming ever more important in our industry,” says Kim Shady, Laundrylux senior executive vice president for OPL and national accounts.

Smith brings more than 20 years of experience in the commercial laundry industry. He has worked as a service agent, owned and operated a dry cleaning plant, sold OPL equipment for a large distributor, and for the past eight years has been a regional sales manager for Unipress.

He will be based in Tennessee, near Nashville, where he lives with his wife and three sons.

August 18, 2011
Laundrylux Hires Shady As Senior Executive VP

INWOOD, N.Y. — Laundrylux has hired Kim Shady as senior executive vice president for OPL and National Accounts, the company reports.

Shady has more than 23 years of experience in the on-premise laundry sector, and previously worked as North American sales manager for UniMac. He serves on the Textile Care Allied Trades Association board of directors and has been a member for more than 15 years.

“We are delighted to welcome Kim Shady, a highly respected industry leader, to Laundrylux to lead the growth and expansion of our OPL and National Accounts business,” says Laundrylux CEO Neal Milch. “Kim will be working closely with Dan Goldman as they expand our sales force to ensure national coverage for both the Electrolux and Wascomat OPL product lines.”

“Kim has been an OPL sales leader for many years, and we have always respected him as a competitor,” adds Howard Herman, Laundrylux president. “Laundrylux and Electrolux Professional are totally committed to OPL as a pillar of our business, and Kim Shady is the ideal professional to lead the charge.”

Shady called his new post “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

“I never anticipated changing affiliations after so many years, yet I have watched with admiration how the Electrolux brand has steadily succeeded in appliances and professional coin laundry,” Shady says. “I know it has incredible potential in OPL and National Accounts.”

July 25, 2011
Maytag Names Winners of Red Carpet Service Excellence Award, OPL Service Award

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Maytag Commercial Laundry awarded John Morris Equipment & Supply Co. of Springfield, Mo., this year’s Red Carpet Service Excellence Award. Pride Laundry Systems of North Hills, Calif., took the On-Premises Laundry (OPL) Excellence Award. The honors were presented during Maytag’s 53rd Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, Calif.

The Red Carpet Service Excellence Award is presented to a company that best exemplifies the excellent service and dependability characterized by the Maytag Commercial Laundry brand, Maytag says.

“John Morris Equipment & Supply Co. has been affiliated with Maytag Commercial Laundry for more than 50 years,” says Craig Kirchner, global director of Maytag Commercial Laundry. “Year after year, their dedication to quality service, our brand and their customers is truly remarkable.”

“Dependability and reliability are a major part of our job, and we pride ourselves on providing our customers with the best service available,” says Terry Gideon, general manager of John Morris Equipment & Supply Co. “This award demonstrates our dedication to the long-standing Maytag Commercial Laundry brand, and our current and future customers.”

John Morris Equipment & Supply Co.’s territory covers Missouri and portions of northern Arkansas, eastern Kansas and western Illinois. The company is a past recipient of Maytag’s OPL Excellence Award.

But this year’s On-Premises Laundry (OPL) Excellence Award, an honor that recognizes a company’s effective and efficient service to its OPL customers, went to Pride Laundry Systems.

“Excellence, dependability and exemplary service are synonymous with the Maytag Commercial Laundry brand,” says Kirchner. “Pride Laundry Systems embodies what our company stands for, and we’re pleased to recognize them with this distinguished honor.”

“We take great satisfaction in our reputation as an efficient and dependable distributor to the OPL market,” says Mark Goodman, president of Pride Laundry Systems. “Our loyal association to the dependable Maytag Commercial Laundry brand reinforces our dedication and promise to provide the best equipment and service to our customers.”

Pride Laundry Systems, Inc. serves Southern California and Nevada as a commercial laundry equipment specialist and an authorized Maytag Commercial Laundry distributor. The company specializes in developing coin-laundry stores, multi-housing laundry sales and services, OPL equipment and design, and laundry equipment parts and service.