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ALM supports all companies, vendors, and providers in the textile care services industry! Whether you are for-profit, nonprofit, government, hospitality, or healthcare, we work to ensure you have all the guidelines, knowledge, and skills to make your company, and yourself, successful.

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Early bird discount registration for the 2020 IMPACT Conference ends February 24, 2020. Visit the IMPACT site for full details, including hotel information, conference schedule, and sponsorship opportunities!

With a strong U.S. economy and tightening immigration policies (many housekeepers are foreign-born), some hotels are struggling to hire, “and need to pay more when they do,” said Bjorn Hanson, a hospitality industry consultant and former dean of New York University’s Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality.

Nearly 6,000 Alberta public-sector jobs, including housekeeping, laundry and linen operations staff, and maintenance staff, could be eliminated as the UCP government tries to cut costs and find efficiencies, the provincial government signalled to Alberta's largest union in letters released late Friday afternoon.

Diamond Chemical Company Inc., a national manufacturer of laundry, ware wash, floor care, housekeeping, organic intermediates, and industrial products, is pleased to announce the addition of Scott Hamilton (left), Aaron Slaten (middle), and Adrian Taylor (right) to their team!

Commercial laundry industry veteran Bill Albright has signed on as a Regional Sales Manager with Lavatec Laundry Technology, Inc. Based in Joplin, MO, he will be responsible for working with customers in eight Midwest states and reports to Keith Ware, Vice President of Sales for LAVATEC. Albright has 30 years of sales and operations experience in the industry. He began his career with CLEAN, the Uniform Company in 1989. Most recently, he worked as a Strategic Business Development executive on the healthcare side of the business with Aramark Uniform Services.

Thermopatch is pleased to announce the appointment of Mitch Eaton to the position of Controller. Mitch’s responsibilities will include the management of all company accounting functions and IT support, including daily accounting operations and the development of monthly, quarterly, and yearly accounting reports for company executives and auditors. Mitch will also implement and monitor monthly, quarterly, and year-end accounting closeout schedules.

Braun has announced their 2020 Service School Schedule. All of Braun’s Service Schools are conducted within thier manufacturing facility. The courses are for individuals responsible for the short-and long-term care of Braun laundry equipment. The objective is to assist staff in developing maintenance proficiency and self-sufficiency to protect investment in Braun equipment. Full details and the school calendar are available on Braun's website. 

Gurtler Industries and Healthcare Linen Services Group (HLSG) are pleased to announce they have entered into a long-term strategic partnership agreement. Gurtler will provide all the specialty laundry chemicals and service to HLSG’s facilities under the Logan’s Linens and Superior Health Linens names. HLSG currently operates state-of-the-art laundry processing facilities into the Midwest states delivering more than 185 million pounds of assorted quality linens to both the healthcare and hospitality markets. These business units were brought together through the guidance and ownership of Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), St Louis, MO.

Gurtler Industries is pleased to announce that John Bukowski has joined the company as the director of the Gurtler Wastewater Division. John has more than 30 years of experience in the laundry chemical industry, including a broad background in laundry wastewater technology. Based out of the Charlotte, NC area, John will have national responsibility for managing the continuing growth of the division. The Gurtler Wastewater Division was launched in December of 2017, and since has grown significantly.