Girbau North America recently recognized Lavanett, headquartered in St. Laurent, Quebec, with its third consecutive Canadian Distributor of the Year Award for exemplary performance in the vended and on-premises laundry markets.
Owned by Earl Eichen, Lavanett employs 20 team members and provides laundry and textile-care solutions, parts, and service to customers throughout Canada.
“Lavanett once again captured GNA’s attention in Canada,” said GNA Vice President of Sales Joel Jorgensen. “Earl and his team work hard to provide targeted laundry solutions to a wide array of markets, as well as unrivaled service after the sale, which is a huge part of their success equation. GNA congratulates them on another great year representing the Continental Girbau, Girbau Industrial, LG Commercial, Econo, and Poseidon brands.”
GNA and Lavanett have enjoyed a 22-year business partnership.
“It’s hard to believe our first order with GNA dates back to May 2001,” Eichen noted. “During this time, GNA has introduced several different series of equipment lines and constant upgrades on existing ones. These innovations have allowed us to penetrate different markets and gain a greater share of existing ones. We are selling equipment into markets now that we didn’t know of years ago. Due to its reliability, the reputation of Continental Girbau equipment has steadily grown, and we often find that customers find their way to us as a result, whether through word-of-mouth or via our website.”
