by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 20, 2018 | Industry News
Commercial and Coin Laundry Equipment Co. has hired industry veteran Mike Hand to be the general manager of the company’s CLEC-West facility, located in Houston. “Mike’s experience in the laundry industry and track record of success in leading...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 15, 2018 | Industry News
EnviroStar, Inc. has announced that it executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and to assume certain liabilities of Industrial Laundry Services, Inc., using a combination of cash and EVI stock. Industrial Laundry Services,...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 15, 2018 | Industry News
Masters Laundry Equipment recently announced that it will hold a profitability seminar on October 24 at Laundrylux’s headquarters in Inwood, N.Y. This one-day event will be presented by Masters Laundry owner Michael Mastorides, who will teach attendees how to...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 7, 2018 | Industry News
Statewide Laundry Equipment – with offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, and Miami – has announced the dates of its Fall Improvement Expo. This event will be held September 18-19 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla....
by Richard Cruz | Aug 6, 2018 | Industry News
Brian Wallace, President/CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, delivers to you the “Laundry Industry Update”. This presentation, which is often delivered at distributor shows and other events throughout the nation, gives just a brief overview of some of the...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 1, 2018 | Industry News
Western State Design will host three service schools for vended laundry operators this fall. The training sessions – which will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – will be conducted by Dexter Laundry factory representatives and WSD staff members.The schedule is as...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 1, 2018 | Industry News
Washlava, a mobile technology company based in Tampa, has announced that its patent-pending technology recently won first place in the Electrolux Future of Laundry Challenge in China. Electrolux – headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden – asked companies to...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 1, 2018 | Industry News
Continental Girbau West will hold a vended laundry service school on November 7 at the company’s headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. This free educational session, which is open to vended laundry owners and maintenance personnel, also will offer a one-day...
by Wally Makowsky | Jul 30, 2018 | Wash With Wally
I have a commercial account with a paintball company. However, I’m having trouble removing the odor of the oil-based paint from the towels. Do you have any suggestions? Most of the paintballs used today are not oil-based. Some manufacturers use vegetable oil,...
by Karl Hinrichs | Jul 30, 2018 | Viewpoint
To say the least, business partnerships of any kind are always going to be challenging. In fact, the majority of partnerships I’ve ever seen have failed, rather than succeeded. What’s the problem? I believe the issue is that a business partnership is much...