OSHKOSH, Wis. — Girbau Group and Lavatec Laundry Technology GmbH have entered into a partnership to market, distribute and provide support for each other’s products in North America, the companies report.
Girbau Industrial, a division of Girbau Group’s North American subsidiary Continental Girbau Inc., will team with Lavatec’s U.S. subsidiary, Lavatec Laundry Technology Inc., in a move that will make both companies’ products and capabilities more widely available to customers in the U.S. and Canada.
Continental Girbau tells American Laundry News that the collaboration, which takes effect immediately, has been in the works for months and was chosen “through a thorough analysis of the market that both parties conducted.”
The two companies will operate independently in terms of manufacturing, Continental Girbau says, and products offered as part of the partnership are ones “considered industrial in nature and complementary to both companies.”
“Now both Lavatec and Girbau Industrial customers can take advantage of a wider catalog of equipment choices,” says Mike Floyd, president of Continental Girbau. “By providing our customers a wider choice of solutions for their laundry needs, all parties should see significant benefits.”
“This partnership should offer the clients of both companies the opportunity to work with a single provider for their laundry equipment needs,” says Mark Thrasher, president of Lavatec Laundry Technology Inc. “From small in-house laundries to the largest industrial plants in the world, Lavatec Laundry/Girbau Industrial can handle it all.”
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