The ALM Vendor Showcase is where you will learn about the latest product, service, and financing offerings from ALM Allied Trade/Vendor members. It's available under Members from any ALM site page, as well as by selecting "Vendor Showcase" in the ALM News category dropdown. If you are an Allied Trade/Vendor member, you may submit information to be included in the Vendor Showcase by contacting Nicole Morris at nmorris@ALMnet.org.

ALM's Board of Directors assumed their new roles on July 1, 2018. We are pleased to announce the appointment of David Bernstein, president of Lapauw USA, and Jason Hartsell, director of operations at United Hospital Services (UHS), LLC, to the Board.

The ARTA 2018 Educational Conference will be July 25-27, at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, in Ontario. This year, ARTA’s education program ranges from best practices, to new technology, to research studies, all to help you more effectively market reusable textiles.

The rate to attend the conference is $220 CDN/$170 US.

Questions may be directed to Nancy Jenkins at 863-660-5350 or 913-709-0229, or email njenkins@ARTA1.com.

More details are available in the conference overview.

Monarch Brands have partnered with International Aid to help reduce the cost of getting hygiene kits to displaced victims of natural disasters and impoverished regions of the United States.

Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently partnered with AAdvantage Laundry Systems (AAdvantage), in Dallas, to provide on-premise and industrial laundry equipment throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Northern Louisiana, Mississippi, and North and West Texas. A full-service laundry equipment distributor, AAdvantage now represents Continental’s comprehensive offering of on-premise and industrial washers, dryers, feeders, ironers, folders and stackers.

G. A. Braun was recently awarded P-TECH Program’s partnership of the year. The P-TECH Program (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) provides students with a pathway to achieve a degree in mechanical technology or electrical engineering technology within a five-year timeframe, with dual enrollment in a progressive high school curriculum and college courses.