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November 14, 2012
Alliance Laundry Promotes Bittner to VP of North American Sales

RIPON, Wis. — Assumes responsibility for managing Speed Queen, UniMac, Huebsch, IPSO and Cissell brands

RIPON, Wis. — Commercial laundry equipment manufacturer Alliance Laundry Systems has promoted Bill Bittner to vice president of North American sales. He succeeds Jeff Brothers Sr., senior vice president of North American sales, who is retiring at month’s end after 35 years of service.

Beginning Dec. 1, Bittner will be responsible for managing Alliance Laundry’s well-known brands, which include Speed Queen®, UniMac®, Huebsch®, IPSO®, and Cissell®, through a team of national sales managers and their respective regional sales managers. Additionally, he will oversee pricing, budgets, forecasts, sales promotional activity and distributor development.

bill bittnerDuring his 15-year tenure at Alliance, Bittner has held a wide variety of positions that include leadership roles in sales, manufacturing, and genuine parts. He most recently served as vice president of Customer One, the global company initiative focused on customer service.

“Bill’s passion for sales combined with his creativity and experience in the commercial laundry business makes him an ideal choice to lead our North American sales organization,” says Mike Schoeb, Alliance Laundry’s president and CEO. “In his new role, he will continue to be an essential member of Alliance Laundry’s leadership team.”

Bittner graduated with honors from Wilfrid Lauier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where he received his bachelor’s degree in business administration.

jeff brothersFor 35 years, Brothers has served as an important and respected leader in the commercial laundry industry, having made “significant contributions that have helped the company achieve the market success that it continues to build upon today,” Alliance Laundry says. He participated in three major acquisitions and the integration of those companies, resulting in “significant market share, sales and profit growth.”

“I want to thank Jeff for his years of service and dedication to Alliance Laundry Systems, and wish him the very best in his retirement,” Schoeb says. “While he will be deeply missed, he has earned the opportunity to enjoy more time for his leisure interests and his family.”

September 25, 2012
Queen of Denmark Pays Visit to JENSEN-GROUP Headquarters

RØNNE, Denmark — Her Majesty accepts invitation to try out JENSEN feeder herself

RØNNE, Denmark — Queen Margrethe II of Denmark usually rounds off the summer with a cruise on the Royal private yacht Dannebrog to meet and greet her kingdom’s citizens. On Sept. 5-6, the Royal escort paid an official visit to the island of Bornholm, home of industrial laundry equipment maker JENSEN-GROUP.

Welcoming the Queen were CEO Jesper Munch Jensen; his mother, Lise Munch Jensen (widow of the late Jørn Munch Jensen); and Steen Nielsen, managing director of JENSEN Denmark and executive director for JENSEN’s Finishing Technology business unit.

Lise Munch Jensen presented the Queen with a bouquet of acorns; the acorns came from an oak tree planted on the JENSEN grounds 22 years earlier in honor of the Queen’s 50th birthday.

Nielsen gave a short presentation of JENSEN-GROUP’s activities, detailing the industry and the type of customers that JENSEN-GROUP serves. Some of JENSEN’s customers also supply to other Royal households, so Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik have certainly already been in touch with linen that has been processed on JENSEN equipment, the company says.

Jesper Munch Jensen personally guided the Royal visit. The Queen accepted an invitation to try the Jenfeed Logic Plus feeder herself, becoming the company’s first Royal machine operator.

The table linen that was fed into a test finishing line bore the official monogram of H.M. Queen Margrethe II. After successful operation, the company offered the linen to the Royal family as a souvenir.

JENSEN-GROUP maintains U.S. operations in Panama City, Fla.

September 17, 2012
Alliance Laundry Systems to Expand Manufacturing Operations

RIPON, Wis. — Project to add more than 20,000 square feet to existing assembly, metal stamping, press shop facilities

RIPON, Wis. — Alliance Laundry Systems announced Friday a planned $23 million investment to increase production capacity for current and new products, and to purchase tooling and equipment for its plant here. Alliance Laundry Systems designs, manufactures and markets commercial laundry equipment under the brand names of UniMac, Speed Queen, Huebsch, IPSO and Cissell.

The expansion will add more than 20,000 square feet to the existing assembly, metal stamping and press shop facilities. Plus, it will add more than 250 skilled jobs to the company’s 1,300-member Ripon workforce.

Alliance expects the project, which will not impact ongoing machine production, to be completed by the summer of 2013.

It is expected to increase Alliance’s production capacity for small-chassis washers and dryers by more than 40%, ensuring that it will be able to meet increasing customer demands for what the company calls “the most reliable and durable products available on the market today.”

“Alliance Laundry is experiencing unprecedented growth across our product portfolio,” says Mike Schoeb, the company’s president/CEO. “Demand for our small-chassis products, domestically and internationally, is driving this phase of our expansion strategy. We have the best distribution network in the industry, and our customers depend on us to deliver outstanding equipment on schedule. This expansion will guarantee that we can continue to meet that expectation.”

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. approved up to $1.5 million in tax credits for the project, and the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corp.’s County Special Allocation Revolving Loan Fund has provided a $500,000 performance-based loan.

The WEDC incentive is tied directly to job creation. It will distribute tax credits to Alliance annually in direct relation to the number of jobs retained over a 54-month period, based on the number of new, full-time positions created.

For local media coverage of the announcement, click:

WLUK Fox 11 (Green Bay, Wis.)

WGBA NBC 26 (Green Bay)

May 23, 2011
Speed Queen Relaunches Brand with New Marketing Campaign

RIPON, Wis. — Having served the commercial laundry industry for more than 100 years, Speed Queen is among the best-known equipment brands in the business.

But the Alliance Laundry Systems company has decided that it is time to refresh and revitalize its iconic brand, says William Bittner, Speed Queen Commercial’s North American sales manager, who visited the American Laundry News offices Thursday to announce the relaunch.

August 23, 2010
Alliance Laundry Holdings Reports Favorable Earnings

RIPON, Wis. — Alliance Laundry Holdings LLC announced that net revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 increased $18.4 million to $113.3 million from $94.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Net income for second quarter 2010 was $6.6 million as compared to a net loss of $3.5 million for the same period a year ago.

Alliance Laundry Holdings is the manufacturer of Speed Queen, Huebsch, IPSO, Cissell and UniMac equipment.

September 21, 2009
Texas Laundry Wins Speed Queen Award

RIPON, Wis. — Texas Laundry Service Co. has won the 2008 Speed Queen Commercial Distributor of the Year Award for its commitment to customer service, innovative efforts to expand sales, and overall outstanding sales performance.

October 30, 2007
Compact Laundries Strive to Make Most of Limited Space

Whether a laundry has enough space to efficiently produce a given workload is a subject that’s open for debate, but there’s no denying that many laundries throughout the country process thousands or even millions of pounds a year in comparatively tiny quarters.

May 24, 2006
Alliance Laundry Systems to Acquire Cissell, IPSO Brands

RIPON, Wis. — Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, manufacturer of Speed Queen, Huebsch and UniMac equipment, has signed purchase agreements to acquire substantially all of Laundry Systems Group NV's (LSG) Commercial Laundry Division, which includes the IPSO and Cissell brands, for 59 million Euros (slightly more than $75 million).