Crothall Laundry and Linen Services

Michael Barner, President of Crothall Laundry Services and Healthcare Technology Solutions; Division Vice President, Chris Corcoran; and Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Liz Remillong. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation. BVM: Can you talk about the company’s origins and early days? Barner: “We got into the laundry business in 1996, where we began our first management contract for an on-premise laundry that was a long-term healthcare customer in Georgia. We continued to grow from there through a series of management contracts, acquisitions, and greenfield expansions where we built our own plants. We entered into the hospitality market for laundry service in 2004, with Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, expanded into Southern California in 2004, where we operate two locations today, and a further expansion into the hospitality market in 2007 with our first Ritz relationship, as we now operate a number of President, Michael Barner