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Business View Magazine
2 Business View – October
Healthcare
were attracted to cost-effective means of maintaining
and cleaning their textiles on an outsourced basis.
The same became true of hospitals, which were
interested in handing off the strict regulatory
responsibilities regarding material handling and eager
to use the in-house laundry space for other functions,
including patient care. Private physicians and their
burgeoning specialty clinics followed suit in the 1970s
and 1980s as well.
These days, the company operates 36 locations
across the U.S. – mainly in clusters that include
coverage in and around Boston, Southern California,
Cleveland, Dayton, Chicago, Northern Indiana,
Western New York, New York City, Toledo and
Detroit. It processes more than 65 million pounds of
laundry per year, thanks to automated systems that
perpetually monitor and measure efficiency.
Its plants are accredited by the Healthcare Laundry
Accreditation Council, which requires both a review
of all operational systems and proof of adherence to
strict laundering processes, including the way textiles
