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Tackling Dirty Laundry, Kansas City Chiefs Style

KANSAS CITY, MO -- At Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., the process of doing laundry is almost as important to game-day preparation as team practices and workouts, according to Equipment Manger Mike Davidson, who runs the Kansas City Chiefs' on-premise laundry.

The Chiefs' 61 players and staff of 50 produce more than 500 pounds of dirty uniforms, towels and sweats each day.

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New Technology Changes The Laundry Industry

Over the last three decades the laundry industry has seen a tremendous amount of change. There has been the permanent press “revolution” in the early 1970s that created a whole new class of fabrics, the introduction of high efficiency tunnel washers that changed the mechanics of washing, increased government regulations that affect the formulations of our detergents and control the quality of our effluent, and the “information age” that impacts the amount of data and reporting we are asked to evaluate.

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Memorial Hermann Hospital's $420 Million Expansion Program

For nearly a century, the Memorial Hermann Hospital System has been a leading healthcare provider for the greater Houston and southeast Texas communities --as well as one of the largest in the country. Its facilities have grown to include nine acute care hospitals, two long-term acute care hospitals, a retirement and nursing center, three managed acute care facilities, four specialty care facilities, totaling 3,171 beds throughout the system.

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Laundry Blossoms In The Desert

Planted just outside the shimmering border of America’s playground for grown-ups, Las Vegas, the Mission Industries laundry, serving mega resorts, is blossoming in the desert. Mission Industries’ roots date back to 1935, when founder George Ben Page rowed a boat out to speak with the admiral of the U.S. Naval Fleet anchored off Santa Barbara with the goal of talking the admiral into awarding him the fleet’s laundry business.

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General Linen & Uniform Service -Two Million Dollar Expansion Heralds Future Growth for Family Business

DETROIT, MI --General Linen & Uniform Service (GLUS) has been providing quality industrial laundry service to its growing Detroit, Michigan community and surrounding areas for 82 years. That’s a tall task for a plant that currently processes approximately 10 million pounds per year consisting of 65 percent healthcare and hospitality work, 20 percent uniforms, and 15 percent dust control and roller towel business.

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Gulf Coast Laundry Acquired by Swisher Hygine

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Swisher Hygiene Inc., a provider of hygiene and sanitation products and services, announced that it acquired Gulf Coast Laundry Services of Mississippi, LLC (“Gulf Coast Laundry Services”), a Mississippibased linen services company.

Gulf Coast Laundry Services provides linen rental and laundry services throughout southern Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, primarily to hotel, casino and resort customers. Concurrent with the acquisition, the founder of Gulf Coast Laundry Services, David Gross, will join Swisher Hygiene and contribute to the continued growth of its linen services business.

Total consideration paid by Swisher Hygiene in connection with the acquisition includes approximately $4.8 million in cash and the issuance of a convertible promissory note which may be converted into a maximum of 350,000 shares of Swisher Hygiene common stock subject to certain restrictions, including acceptance by the Toronto Stock Exchange.