SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Division Laundry & Cleaners Inc., based here, reports it has acquired the Texas assets (commercial laundry facilities) of Angelica based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
The transaction includes two facilities and their depots and allows the San Antonio company to expand into the Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma markets.
Division Laundry & Cleaners is a family-owned business and has operated since 1939 mainly in South and Central Texas. It says it has one of the most advanced commercial laundry facilities in the Southwest and was the first and only private commercial laundry provider in San Antonio to fully automate the washroom and dryer room area with computerized systems and equipment.
With this acquisition, Division expects to fill up to 200 additional positions at its San Antonio, Dallas and Houston facilities. Currently, it has about 250 employees.
“This acquisition strengthens our competitive edge since there are few family-owned businesses left in this sector,” says Patrick R. Garcia, Division’s president.
“We have a stellar reputation in the San Antonio, Austin and Corpus Christi markets and the timing is right to move into Dallas and Houston.”
In Texas, the healthcare industry has been fueling growth in the commercial laundry business. Division Laundry & Cleaners also has experience servicing hospitality clients from a 250-room hotel to a massive 1,000-room convention center hotel property.
“From an economic standpoint, growth is important and it will strengthen our relationships with large healthcare systems, especially ones that exist in these other markets,” says Garcia.
“This acquisition creates continuity of using one vendor, especially a well-established family business.”
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