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Written by Sam Garofalo; President of

Technical Consulting

Rust in Today's Batch Tunnel Washers:

Part 1

Rust in Today's Batch Tunnel Washers:

Part 2

Regulations: The Law and Your Business

"Quote: Wall Street Journal"

Benchmarking; A better way to find talented employees

High Thread-Count Blues

Quantify or Die; Tracking Your Businesses Income & Costs

 

 

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SAMUEL GAROFALO/TECHNICAL CONSULTING

CURRICULUM VITAE/ CLIENT LIST

SPENCE INCORPORATED
Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Owner/Partner
1966/1986

Van Duyn Home and Hospital
Laundry Supervisor
1980/1984

TECHNICAL CONSULTING CO.
OWNER/CONSULTANT
1980/PRESENT

 

 

CHEMICAL COMPANIES

Atlantic Chemical Inc.
Newton, MA

Buffalo Soap Co.
Buffalo, NY

Chemical Systems Technology
Denver, CO

Clean All Products
Syracuse, NY

Custom Compounders
St. Louis, MO

Diamond Chemical
East Rutherford, NJ

Gurtler Chemical
South Holland, IL

Ideal Chemical Company
Memphis, TN

Loutron Chemical Company
Fort Wayne, IN

Northland Technology
Utica, NY

Pariser Industries
Patterson, NJ

Pro Clean
King of Prussia, PA

Spectrum Chemical/Horwitz Paper
Horseheads, NY

Solvents and Petroleum
Syracuse, NY

South Nassau Control
Hicksville, NY

Syntec Laundry Solutions
Dracut, MA

Unichem Co.
Chicago, IL

Val-Chem Co.
Sayre, PA

Warehouse Point Supply and Equipment
East Windsor, CT

USAClean
Pittsburgh, PA

 

EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS

Yankee Equipment Inc.
Barrington, NH

Frontier Supply Inc.
Buffalo, NY

Martin-Ray Inc.
Denver, CO

Western State Design
Los Angeles, CA

Dalex Corporation
Toronto, Canada

 

PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS and ASSOCIATES 

Beeken, Petty, O'Keefe and Company
Chicago, IL

 G.A. Braun
Syracuse, NY

Georgia Textiles
Norcross, GA

Hal Joyce and Associates ( in memoriam)
Aneheim, CA

Integrated Linen Systems
Arlington, TX

Med-I-Pant Corporation
Montreal, Quebec Canada

Milliken VISA Corporation
Spartensburg, SC

Pellerin Milnor Corporation
Kenner, LA

Pertle & Alexander
Chappaqua, NY

Versapak
Fairlawn, NJ

 

LAUNDRY FACILITIES 

Artel Enterprises
Camillus, NY

Associated Textile Rental Services
Rochestesr, NY

Ames Linen Service
Cortland, NY

American Linen Services (ALSCO)
Salt Lake City, UT

Angelica Textile Services
Ballston Spa, NY

Angelica Textile Services
Batavia, NY

Angelica Textile Services
Brea, CA

Angelica Textile Services
Columbia, IL

Angelica Textile Services
Edison, NJ

Angelica Textile Services
Orange, CA

Angelica Textile Services
Pawtucket, RI

Angelica Textile Services
Rockmart, GA

Angelica Textile Services
San Diego, CA

Atlantic City Linen
Atlantic City, NJ

Atlantic City Linen New England
Norwich, CT

Barnwell Nursing Home
Valatie, NY

Barnes Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Baylor Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Baystate Hospital
Springfield, MA

Balford Linen Service
Tipton, PA

Brady Linen Services
Las Vegas, NV

Central Dakota Hospital
Bismarck, ND

Cotton Services
Rochester, NY

Cotton Services
Syracuse, NY

Custom Care
Kalamazoo, MI

Daughters of Sarah
Albany, NY

Daybrook Services
Nottingham, UK

Deaconess Health System
St. Louis, MO

Denman Linen Service
Quincy, IL

Easy Clean Services
Syracuse, NY

Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, ME

Empire Linen Services
Lowell, MA

ESD Laundry
Stamford, CT

Essex, Linen
Windsor, Ontario

Faultless Linen Service
St. Louis, MO

Fibisons Cleaners
Syracuse, NY

Florida Linen
West Palm Baech, FL

General Linen
Manchester, NH

Gold Coast Linen Service
West Palm Beach, FL

Gulf Coast Laundry Service
Gulfport, MS

Gulf Coast Linen Services
Immokalee, FL

Hand-Craft Services
Richmond, VA

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center
Boston, MA

P.J. Holloran Linen Services
St. Louis, MD

Paris Uniform and Linen Servie
DuBois, PA

Harrahs International
Las Vegas, NV

Hospital Laundry Service
Fort Wayne, IN

Hospital Linen Services Inc.
Kansas City, KS

J C Resorts
San Diego, CA

Job Options
San Bernardino, Chula Vista, CA

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, CA
                                                      

Medical Linen Systems
St. Johnsville, NY

Minnesota  (State Of)
Brainard, MN

Model Star Laundry Services
Danville, IL

Mohenis Group
Washington, DC

National Linen Services
Corporate Offices
Atlanta, GA

Nevada Linen Service
Las Vegas, NV

New Courtland Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Nixon Uniform
Hyattsville, MD

Norwalk Linen
Norwalk, CT

New York State Office of General Services
Albany, NY

Onondaga County Department of Social Services
Syracuse, NY

Paris Companies
DuBois,  PA

Prestige Linen Service
Bay Shore LI NY

Progress Linen
Indianapolis, IN

Purity Services
New Bedford, MA

Reino Linen Service
Gibsonburg, OH

Rinaldi Linen Service
Waterbury, CT

 Robison Smith Inc.
Gloversville, NY

Royal Hospitality
Sommerville, MA

Royal Institutional
Sommerville, MA

Royal Linen Services
South San Francisco, CA

ARAMARK (ServiceMaster Co.)
Atlanta, GA

Suffolk Linen Service
South Hampton, NY

Spence Dry Cleaners Inc.
Syracuse, NY

Shelton Laundry
Bridgeport, CT

Shadyside Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Strong Hospital (University of Rochester)
Rochester, NY

Texas Department of Hospitals
Austin TX

Town Sports International
Long Island City, NY

Universal Linen Services
Rome, NY

U.S. Linen Systems
Watertown, NY

Valley City Linen
Grand Rapids, MI

Virginia Linen Service
Washington, DC

 

EXPERT WITNESS and TESTIMONY 

 Artels Enterprises Inc.  vs. Statewide Machinery Inc.

Cornell Laundry  vs. Amrex Chemical  (NY)

Raymond Roundsville  vs. ARC Cannavino ENT.  (NY)

Clean Tech  vs. Lori Paquin (Old Fashion Cleaners)  (MA)

Estate of Larry Bouchard vs. GA Braun (NY)

Marrone vs, GA Braun  (PA)

Palmetto Linen vs. Gurtler Chemical Company (SC)

Tenny Laundry vs. GA Braun (NY)

 U.S. Government  vs.  U.S. Linen Systems  (Federal)

U.S. Government  vs. Custom Care/Hilton Enterprises (Federal)

U.S. Government vs. Personal Care Laundry (Federal)

Estate of James Carl Garofalo  vs.
State of New York Workers Compensation Board (NY)
Precedent (perchlorethelyne)

Quality Suites  vs. Textile Care  (ME)

Oliver  vs.  Spence Dry Cleaners  (NY)

State of Oregon DEC vs. Safeway Inc. (OR)

Northcenter Foods  vs.  Wee Wash It  (ME)

Hay Adams Hotel vs. Virginia Textiles, Fratte,  et all (Virginia)

(Small claims court cases not included)

 

SEMINARS

SURVIVAL SKILLS// JUSTIFICATION OF OPL’S

RIGHT TO KNOW

BACT 
(Best Available Control Technology)

TUNNEL VISION

(Production and operations system for Milnor CBW’s)

TUNNEL SYSTEMS and LITIGATION
(Milliken )

 

INDUSTRY MANUALS and PUBLISHED WORK

SYSTEMS and PROCEDURES
for
PROCESSING HOSPITAL LINEN
Compliance Manual  OSHA
Bloodborne Pathogen Rule
29CFR  part 1910, 1030

QUICK GUIDE
for
MILNOR CBW’s

LINEN STATS  (quarterly)

TEXTILE RENTAL MAGAZINE  (TRSA)

LODGING MAGAZINE 

“DISPOSABLE’S” 
HEAVEN SENT or NIGHTMARE 

 

QUOTED IN:

Forbes Magazine

TRSA

Village Voice

Wall Street Journal

Washington Post

Lodging Magazine

 

 

SOME OF OUR OTHER SERVICES 

LAUNDRY COST ANALYSIS PROGRAM

A comprehensive, computerized and experiential analysis takes all of the guesswork out of your laundries actual operating cost.

FABRIC DAMAGE ANALYSIS

One shirt or 100,000 pounds of terry, we can tell you what damaged your fabric. An analysis with evidence that you can take to the court of jurisdiction is written to support your claim.

EMPLOYEE PROFILING AND PLACEMENT

A computerized analysis program that fits present or prospective employees to the right job.

For further information on this service contact Nancy Roberts online at; www.discwizardonline.com

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

THE SNATCHER

TEXTERG

WATERWATCH
(marketed as “the Turtle”)

RADEFENSE  

STARCH GUARD

CHEAP CLEAN

 

INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS

 Textile Rental Services Association

NFPA
Chairperson
Technical Committee
Textile and Garment Care Processes