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January 10, 2011
Agency Recovers $259,000 in Back Wages for Former Washex Employees

AUSTIN, Texas —The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has sent payments totaling $259,391 for back wages owed to 46 former Washex Inc. employees, the agency reports.

Recovery of the money was the result of a TWC Labor Law Department investigation followed by administrative liens placed on the Wichita Falls-based company’s assets after it filed for bankruptcy in January 2010.

January 22, 2010
Washex Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Factory Auction Cancelled

[Editor's Note: This story was updated Jan. 25, 2010, 10:54 a.m. CT.]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Washex Inc., a longtime manufacturer of industrial laundry equipment that abruptly closed its Wichita Falls, Texas, factory in September, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection here on Friday.

The company’s filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, in effect, halted an auction scheduled to have begun that day at the Wichita Falls facility.

December 8, 2009
Texas Constable Seizes Washex Property, Plans Auction in Next 45 Days

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — The Wichita County Constable’s Office will be auctioning property it seized last week at the former Washex Inc. plant in the next 45 days to satisfy a court-ordered warrant for unpaid taxes, says Wichita County Constable Mark Brewer.

The warrant issued on behalf of the City of Wichita Falls, the Burkburnett Independent School District, and Wichita County seeks payment of Washex’s delinquent 2008 taxes and 2009 taxes exceeding $130,000, according to reports.

September 29, 2009
Washex Closes Plant, Lays Off Remaining Employees

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Washex Inc., a longtime manufacturer of automated laundry processing systems and computerized data-management systems, reportedly closed its Wichita Falls plant and laid off its remaining employees on Friday.

It’s unknown if Washex, headquartered in Wichita Falls since 1973, has ceased business operations, however, as the company has released no official statement.