Berkshire Hills Acquires Firestone Financial

Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. has announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of privately held Firestone Financial Corp. as an operating subsidiary of Berkshire Bank. Based in Needham, Mass., Firestone is a nationwide commercial specialty...

Speed Queen Honors Its Distributor of the Year

PWS Recognized for Service and Sales Excellence Speed Queen has named PWS – The Laundry Company as its 2014 Distributor of the Year. “We are honored to name PWS the 2014 Distributor of the Year,” said Dan Bowe, Speed Queen North American sales...

IPSO Names Distributor of the Year

Steiner-Atlantic Honored for Outstanding Sales and Service Achievements IPSO recently named Steiner-Atlantic Corp. its 2014 Distributor of the Year. “We are honored to name Steiner-Atlantic Corp. the 2014 Distributor of the Year,” said Kathryn Rowen, IPSO...

Whirlpool Enters into Agreement to Acquire ADC

Whirlpool Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire American Dryer Corp., which manufactures and markets coin-operated, on-premise, industrial and specialty laundry equipment. The planned acquisition gives Whirlpool’s commercial laundry business a platform...

Cash is King

An Interview with Texas Laundry Owner Bruce Walker Bruce Walker and his wife, Julie, have been in the self-service laundry business since 2002. They own Wash It Kwik, a 3,000-square-foot card-operated store with 82 washers and dryers in Denton, Texas. How did you get...