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April 30, 2012
Career Track: Companies Announce New Hires, Promotions

CHICAGO — Kannegiesser, Braun, others report personnel moves

KANNEGIESSER PROMOTES HART TO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — The owner of Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH recently promoted Phil Hart to executive vice president of Kannegiesser USA.

Phil HartDuring the company’s recent Canadian sales meeting, owner Martin Kannegiesser announced that Hart’s role in the company will expand, moving him into supervisory positions with different departments, while continuing to be responsible for the company’s daily operations.

Hart joined Kannegiesser USA in 2004 as vice president of marketing, bringing with him more than 10 years of industry and product experience.

TURN-KEY INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING HIRES BERNSTEIN AS SENIOR VP

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A veteran of the textile industry, David Bernstein recently joined Turn-Key Industrial Engineering Services as senior vice president. Bernstein’s role will be in business development, consulting, and adding new services to the firm’s lineup.

david bernsteinThe fourth generation of his family in the textile rental industry, Bernstein brings a unique perspective and a diverse work résumé to his new position. He has more than 20 years experience, including stints as president of Consolidated Laundry Machinery Co., as director of the Uniform and Textile Services Association (UTSA), and as chief operating officer of F-MATIC.

“All of us at Turn-Key are ecstatic to be welcoming David as a member of our team,” says Chip Malboeuf, Turn-Key president. “His experience, skill set, intelligence and enthusiasm for the industry will not only enhance our current offering, but will also allow us to provide our clients with additional services to increase their revenue and improve their operations.”

In addition to his professional experience, Bernstein is two-time chair of the UTSA Plant Operations Committee, an inductee into the Plant Operations Hall of Fame, an instructor and task force member for the Production Management Institute (PMI) and Maintenance Management Institute (MMI), and a former member of the board of directors of the Western Textile Services Association (WTSA). He resides in Park City, Utah.

TINGUE, BROWN & CO. PROMOTES LAVIGNA TO PURCHASING DIRECTOR

SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Paul LaVigna has been promoted to the role of purchasing director for the TB division of laundry industry supplier Tingue, Brown & Co. He will work out of TB’s satellite office in Clifton Park, N.Y.

paul lavignaLaVigna brings extensive experience to his new role, much of it gained through his years with the U.S. Army, where he was a procurement and logistics officer. More recently, he was an operations manager for a nationwide retailer. He has been in corporate operations with TB since August 2010.

A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, LaVigna lives in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with his wife and two children.

“I am grateful for the opportunity this new position provides,” LaVigna says, “and I look forward to working with all of Tingue, Brown’s partners in the laundry industry.”

VENUS GROUP HIRES INDUSTRY VET MCBRIDE AS SALES MANAGER

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. — Venus Group has a new Midwest regional sales manager. With more than 30 years of industry experience, Mike McBride is now responsible for the textile company’s sales and growth efforts in the Midwest.

mike mcbrideHis diverse résumé has allowed him to meet many Midwest dry cleaners and laundry owners as well as people with national textile chains. He started with Procter & Gamble as a field representative and trainer, then moved to Cleaners Hangers Co. as a sales representative. His most recent post with Cleaners Hangers was as vice president of sales and marketing.

McBride earned a degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he was also a member of the 1973 NCAA national champion football team.

G.A. BRAUN ADDS SLETTE TO FINISHING EQUIPMENT TEAM

matt sletteSYRACUSE, N.Y. —The G.A. Braun Finishing Equipment Engineering Team has a new member. Matt Slette brings to the product development team a diverse experience in modeling components in 3D and developing 2D working drawings, bill of materials, and assemblies for production, Braun says.

Slette graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering technology from California Polytechnic State University. He is based at Braun’s corporate headquarters in Syracuse.

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.

January 26, 2012
Equinox Chemicals Acquires Adco Cleaning Products

ALBANY, Ga. — Equinox Chemicals has announced that it has acquired Adco Cleaning Products, based in Sedalia, Mo. Terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Equinox will move Adco’s manufacturing operations to its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Albany, according to Yalda Harris, Equinox’s executive vice president for Global Product Management.

Dr. Jim Schreiner, Adco’s chief product technology officer, will also be relocating, she says.

Customer-service and order-taking staff will remain in Sedalia, and there will be no changes to the way customers or distributors order from Adco, Harris adds. The national sales team will remain the same.

Equinox is a specialty chemical manufacturer with specialty research, innovation, product development and commercialization capabilities that reach markets spanning the globe, the company says.

Adco manufactures a comprehensive line of specialty cleaning chemicals and detergents used in dry cleaning, commercial laundry, and janitorial and institutional cleaning applications. It offers more than 300 proprietary products through the Adco and Laidlaw brands.

“This latest acquisition will continue our aggressive strategy to revolutionize and revitalize the laundry, dry cleaning and cleaning chemical industry,” says Mark Grimaldi, CEO of Equinox Chemicals.

Mentor Partners had owned Adco since 2007.

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.”

January 7, 2008
Jensen Promotes Voldbaek, Nield as Reorganization Continues

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Jensen USA continues its reorganization here with the promotions of President Jens Voldbaek and Executive Vice President Simon Nield.

Voldbaek has assumed a new role as the director of sales activity in the Americas for parent company Jensen-Group, reporting directly to its chief executive officer, Jesper Jensen.

Nield, who was the managing director of Jensen UK before joining Jensen USA, takes over the operational duties of the Panama City facility and assumes the title of Jensen USA president.

April 26, 2006
Do You Know How Many Therms You're Using?

MALIBU, Calif. – Natural gas and fuel oil prices have been on the rise in recent years, and industry veteran Al Jenneman doesn’t see that trend ending anytime soon. Thus, it’s vitally important, urges Jenneman, sales executive vice president from Kemco Systems, that commercial laundries regularly monitor their energy efficiency and adjust their operations accordingly.

This can be calculated using therms per hundredweight, he says, which is a critical and oftentimes cost-saving measuring stick.

October 23, 2004
Heat Recovery, Water Reuse Offer Options to 'Plug' Drain

To get the most of the precious water and heat energy that their plants use daily, laundry managers from all segments are realizing the potential for filtering and recycling wastewater for reuse as well as recouping thermal energy from wastewater, boiler exhaust and dryer/tumbler exhaust.