Member Spotlight: Uniform Masters Originally Published in the Q4 issue of CSCNetwork News | link to flipbook: Click Here A gallon of gas was 15 cents in 1946 when Morris (Moe) Caen moved his new family from New Jersey to Memphis, Tennessee, with a Ford station wagon and plans to start his own company. Years later, that company would become Uniform Masters, but in its infancy, Mechanics Laundry opened its doors with no existing customers and did not operate off contracted rental/ lease services as we do today. That changed with the passing of Moe in the late 60s. At that time my father, Richard Caen returned from law school to begin his career in the fam- ily business. Richard...

Member Spotlight: National Dust Control (NDC) Originally Published in the Q3 issue of CSCNetwork News Recently CSCNetwork had a chance to talk with the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NDC, Bryan Stock. We discovered that, like so many other independent businesses in our industry, the company’s story is intertwined with the legacy of family history. Bryan’s paternal great-grandfather immigrated from Romania and launched a successful candy wholesale business in Jersey City, New Jersey, during the early 1900s. His maternal grandfather, Sol Zinn, started Nassau Uniform in 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew it to five locations nationally after moving the company to Long Island.  Sol retired in the late 1960s, turning the company over to family and...

Where Have All The Employees Gone? By Raleigh F. “Sandy” Seay SEAY | Management Consultants When I was in school at VPI, back in the Dark Ages, folk singing was the campus rage with Kingston Trio, the Brothers 4, Peter, Paul and Mary, and a host of other groups. I was a member of a folk group called the “Rake & Ramblin’ 4.” One of songs we sang was Pete Seeger’s classic, “Where have all the Flowers Gone?” and at the end of the song, no one knew the answer. If you’d like to hear the great Kingston Trio version of this song, you can get it on YouTube by doing a quick search. Today, we might bounce off of...

For Immediate Release CSCNetwork Board of Directors Announce Executive Director Effective October 1, 2022. The CSCNetwork Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of textile rental industry veteran Jeff Landry to the position of Executive Director. Since 1979, CSCNetwork has made it our mission to help the independents in our industry stay independent. As a result of Jeff's comprehensive industrial laundry and supply chain experience, CSC will be able to further fulfill its mission: To help members compete and profitably grow their business. Ed Heilman, President of CSCNetwork's Board of Directors, remarked, “Jeff Landry's appointment is viewed by the board as a significant strategic move to improve CSC's buying power and positively impact its members. Jeff’s broad industry...

Member Spotlight: National Dust Control (NDC) Originally Published in the Q3 issue of CSCNetwork News Recently CSCNetwork had a chance to talk with the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NDC, Bryan Stock. We discovered that, like so many other independent businesses in our industry, the company’s story is intertwined with the legacy of family history. Bryan’s paternal great-grandfather immigrated from Romania and launched a successful candy wholesale business in Jersey City, New Jersey, during the early 1900s. His maternal grandfather, Sol Zinn, started Nassau Uniform in 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew it to five locations nationally after moving the company to Long Island.  Sol retired in the late 1960s, turning the company over to family and...

So Long, Mass Chaos: An Unorganized Sales Manager’s Guide to Goal Setting By Jeff Peterson Spin Linen Management   The Big Picture Recently I took a meeting with a COO of a small company who was looking for some outside sales insight for his team’s department. It wasn’t that his salespeople weren’t producing, they were actually having a good year on paper, but he thought productivity was hurt by what he described as a “culture of chaos”. “They’re putting up numbers I can live with,” he stated, “but I don’t know if anyone really knows HOW it’s happening. When I ask, no one can tell me specifics about what they’re trying to achieve. And I’m just not sure anyone knows...

So Long, Mass Chaos: An Unorganized Sales Manager’s Guide to Goal Setting By Jeff Peterson Spin Linen Management   The Big Picture Recently I took a meeting with a COO of a small company who was looking for some outside sales insight for his team’s department. It wasn’t that his salespeople weren’t producing, they were actually having a good year on paper, but he thought productivity was hurt by what he described as a “culture of chaos”. “They’re putting up numbers I can live with,” he stated, “but I don’t know if anyone really knows HOW it’s happening. When I ask, no one can tell me specifics about what they’re trying to achieve. And I’m just not sure anyone knows...

Textile Recycling Options for Industrial Laundries By Emily Gigot SanMar Why Textile Recycling is Important We know clothes wear out over time; they get a hole or a zipper falls off and they can no longer be worn.  We also know that company logos and colors change, and the garment can no longer be used for its intended purpose.  What should we do with unwanted garments? In 2021, the US sent an estimated 21 billion pounds of textile waste to landfills.  Each garment takes a considerable amount of water, energy, and chemicals to produce from raw material to finished product.  There has to be a better way so all of those resources are not wasted.  Enter textile recycling.  The issue...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21st, 2022 Spin Linen is celebrating 90 years of serving their customers and community Omaha, NE – Local Uniform Provider Spin Linen is proud to announce that 2022 marks the company’s 90th anniversary. Spin Linen is a family-owned and operated independent business based in Omaha, and provides services to businesses in the surrounding areas. The company provides linen rental services to key industries throughout the Omaha, Nebraska, and Des Moines, Iowa areas. The company was founded by Gus and Vic Shiro in 1932, and they expanded the business to include linen supply in the 1960s. In 1979, Dell Ringling purchased the company with his father-in-law, continuing to grow the company’s products and reach. In 2005, Del’s...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2022 Ace ImageWear is celebrating 90 years of “Acing” it for their customers and community Kansas City, MO – Local Uniform Provider Ace ImageWear is proud to announce that 2022 marks the company’s 90th anniversary. Ace ImageWear is a family-owned and operated independent business with locations in Kansas City, Houston, and Beaumont. Ace ImageWear is now in its 3rd generation of family leadership. Ace provides uniform rental services and facility products to key industries throughout Houston and Beaumont, TX and Kansas City, MO areas. The company was founded by Ed “Ace” Heilman, who was a salesman for Kansas City White Goods when the Great Depression hit. Struggling to make ends meet, he took up boxing...