by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 21, 2017 | Industry News
Dexter Laundry Inc. and its parent company, Dexter Apache Holdings Inc., recently announced the following organizational changes. Pat Albregts – the current chairman and CEO of Dexter Apache Holdings – will retire as CEO on February 28, 2017. Albregts, who...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 17, 2017 | Industry News
Continental Girbau West will hold a vended laundry service school on February 27 at the company’s headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. This free educational session will run from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Open to Southern California self-service laundry...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 14, 2017 | Industry News
This year marks HK Laundry Equipment’s 50th year of serving the commercial laundry industry. “Fifty years in business starts to become a legacy,” said HK President Karl Hinrichs. “HK was founded on April 1, 1967, by my father, Reed Hinrichs,...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 10, 2017 | Industry News
Once again, the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation team is planning a fantastic Free Laundry Day event on the eve of The Clean Show. LaundryCares has marked Sunday, June 4, on its calendar for a Free Laundry Day at a local Las Vegas laundromat....
by Richard Cruz | Feb 10, 2017 | Featured Articles, Laundry Legislation
The Coin Laundry Association (CLA) is committed to ensuring that all self-service laundries remain exempt from sales tax based on several fundamental principles of tax policy: Sales Tax on Self-Service Laundry Hurts Working Families: Self-service laundries serve low...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 9, 2017 | Industry News
The Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation will host a free laundry day on March 15 at Laundry Land in Norfolk, Va. This event is scheduled to take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. “Free laundry days are the highlight of what LaundryCares...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 9, 2017 | Industry News
Cost-Less Parts has unveiled a new website – CostlessParts.com – designed to help store owners quickly order commercial laundry equipment parts and accessories, as well as the company’s growing list of machine-specific parts manuals for free...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 3, 2017 | Industry News
Continental Girbau West – headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – recently named Steve Mendoza parts and warehouse assistant, while also adding Michelle Podany to serve as the company’s office support coordinator. Mendoza, who is fluent in...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 2, 2017 | Industry News
Statewide Laundry Equipment, with offices throughout Florida, has announced its lineup of 2017 Investment Seminars and Road Shows. The Investment Seminars were developed to educate and inform those considering investing in the laundry business and who want to take the...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 2, 2017 | Industry News
Laundry Owners Warehouse will host a service school on March 8 at the company’s headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This event – to be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – will not only educate laundry owners about Dexter Laundry’s latest...