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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Hospitality / Industrial / Healthcare |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Headquarters | Minnetonka, Minnesota |
Key people | Bill Evans,
President &
CEO Gary Van Ness, Chairman Kay Barber, CFO |
| Website | www.ameripride.com |
AmeriPride Services is one of the five [1] largest uniform rental and linen supply companies in North America privately owned and actively managed by the founding family. AmeriPride is a multi-national organization operating over 190 production facilities and service centers throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The organization supplies local, regional and national companies in a variety of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, service, hospitality, food processing, technology & research and pharmaceutical/laboratory.
History
As a schoolboy, George Steiner worked as a towel delivery boy for Johnson's towel route in Lincoln, Nebraska. When Johnson lost his contract to have his towels laundered by inmates at the state penitentiary in 1889, he offered to sell to George his towel route for $50.80- half down, half later. He purchased the towel business. George named his business American Linen Supply and began one of the first towel-supply companies in the world. After his business grew with great success, George turned for help to his younger brother who he made an equal partner. Together they made deliveries from a green & white hand cart they pushed through the city streets. It wasn't long before the hand cart was upgraded to a horse-drawn wagon. Business continued to boom and the Lincoln business expanded to Minneapolis, Minnesota and Vancouver, British Columbia in the early 1920s establishing the Canadian Linen Supply Company. Today the American Linen Supply Company is known as AmeriPride and serves over 150,000 customers daily in over 190 locations.
Timeline
- 1945- Reorganized multiple state chartered corporate entities into one Delaware Corporation
- 1948- All individual operating companies are consolidated under the American Linen Supply Company
- 1960-1979- Multiple acquisitions made across the U.S. and Canada
- 1989- Customer Oriented (COSy) route accounting system implemented to improve and streamline billing and reporting processes
- 1997- Superior Apparel Management (SAM) with Radio Frequency (RFID) chip technology introduced in Vancouver, Montreal, and Los Angeles to assist in improving garment accountability
- 1998- Company name changes to reinforce commitment to the work apparel market: AmeriPride Services Inc. in the U.S., Canadian Linen and Apparel Services in Canada, and Quebec Linge in the province of Quebec
- 2000- National and Major Regional accounts program established with dedicated account management teams
- 2003- Superior Apparel Management (SAM) and RFID technology implemented in all branches across North America
- 2007- Company open Toronto Central ‘state of the art’ facility and is recognized as one of the top 5 garment and linen supply companies in North America.
Innovative Technology
AmeriPride uses the Superior Apparel Management (SAM) system which uses a state-of-the-art radio frequency chip technology (RFID) to monitor and control garment service. The cutting-edge SAM system tracks real-time visibility with each individual garment in service to ensure maximum garment accuracy, greater confidence with inventory control and improves the speed and response time to clients. This technology is able to provide the clients with the latest computerized inventory, processing equipment, route efficiency systems and clear accurate accounting in reduced administration time.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Hospitality / Industrial / Healthcare |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Headquarters | Minnetonka, Minnesota |
Key people | Bill Evans,
President &
CEO Gary Van Ness, Chairman Kay Barber, CFO |
| Website | www.ameripride.com |
AmeriPride Services is one of the five [1] largest uniform rental and linen supply companies in North America privately owned and actively managed by the founding family. AmeriPride is a multi-national organization operating over 190 production facilities and service centers throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The organization supplies local, regional and national companies in a variety of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, service, hospitality, food processing, technology & research and pharmaceutical/laboratory.
History
As a schoolboy, George Steiner worked as a towel delivery boy for Johnson's towel route in Lincoln, Nebraska. When Johnson lost his contract to have his towels laundered by inmates at the state penitentiary in 1889, he offered to sell to George his towel route for $50.80- half down, half later. He purchased the towel business. George named his business American Linen Supply and began one of the first towel-supply companies in the world. After his business grew with great success, George turned for help to his younger brother who he made an equal partner. Together they made deliveries from a green & white hand cart they pushed through the city streets. It wasn't long before the hand cart was upgraded to a horse-drawn wagon. Business continued to boom and the Lincoln business expanded to Minneapolis, Minnesota and Vancouver, British Columbia in the early 1920s establishing the Canadian Linen Supply Company. Today the American Linen Supply Company is known as AmeriPride and serves over 150,000 customers daily in over 190 locations.
Timeline
- 1945- Reorganized multiple state chartered corporate entities into one Delaware Corporation
- 1948- All individual operating companies are consolidated under the American Linen Supply Company
- 1960-1979- Multiple acquisitions made across the U.S. and Canada
- 1989- Customer Oriented (COSy) route accounting system implemented to improve and streamline billing and reporting processes
- 1997- Superior Apparel Management (SAM) with Radio Frequency (RFID) chip technology introduced in Vancouver, Montreal, and Los Angeles to assist in improving garment accountability
- 1998- Company name changes to reinforce commitment to the work apparel market: AmeriPride Services Inc. in the U.S., Canadian Linen and Apparel Services in Canada, and Quebec Linge in the province of Quebec
- 2000- National and Major Regional accounts program established with dedicated account management teams
- 2003- Superior Apparel Management (SAM) and RFID technology implemented in all branches across North America
- 2007- Company open Toronto Central ‘state of the art’ facility and is recognized as one of the top 5 garment and linen supply companies in North America.
Innovative Technology
AmeriPride uses the Superior Apparel Management (SAM) system which uses a state-of-the-art radio frequency chip technology (RFID) to monitor and control garment service. The cutting-edge SAM system tracks real-time visibility with each individual garment in service to ensure maximum garment accuracy, greater confidence with inventory control and improves the speed and response time to clients. This technology is able to provide the clients with the latest computerized inventory, processing equipment, route efficiency systems and clear accurate accounting in reduced administration time.