WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice announced this summer that it won’t oppose a new venture allowing 10 textile maintenance companies to bid jointly to provide textile rental and laundry services to national healthcare outpatient centers.
Based on representations made in the proposal by Linen Systems for Healthcare, the Justice Department concluded that the joint venture isn’t likely to produce anticompetitive effects and could create a new competitor for national accounts, according to the Department’s Aug. 8 press release.
