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first commercially launderable, permanent-press fabrics.
In 1941, it designed military uniforms for the war effort.
By mid-century, Angelica Jacket Company had become
the Angelica Uniform Company, having recognized the
growing apparel needs of the service industry employers
across the country. By 1958, Angelica, now a publicly-
traded company, was regarded as the largest manufac-
turer of men’s and women’s washable service apparel
for hospitals, restaurants, and hotels. After acquiring a
retail uniform business in the late 1960s, another name
change occurred – it was now the Angelica Corporation.
More corporate expansion followed, including major
laundry acquisitions, all of which further consolidated An-
gelica’s dominant position in the textile rental services.
However, in 2002, the company sold its manufacturing
and retail divisions in order to better focus on serving
the healthcare industry. It upgraded its product portfolio
and developed new designs for things such as surgical
scrubs, patient gowns, privacy curtains, and pillowcases.
Today, Angelica Textiles offers the following products to
its 800 client hospitals and 3,000 outpatient facilities,
which together, house 160,000 healthcare beds across
the country: sheets and pillowcases, blankets, privacy
curtains, surgical scrubs, lab coats, bed pads and under
pads, floor mats, gowns and robes, soiled linen bags,
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Angelica Textile Service, Inc.
WHAT:
The nation’s largest healthcare linen pro-
vider
WHERE:
Headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia
WEBSITE
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HEALTHCARE
