106 | Business World Magazine |
November 2013
Its clients include the six hospitals affiliated
with Pacific Health Care, the Children’s
Hospital of Los Angeles, the Eisenhower
Medical Center, Cedar Sinai Medical Cen-
ter, Hoag Memorial Hospital, as well as the
laboratories and satellite operations of UC
Irvine, UCLA and many more. Yet it isn’t
only healthcare providers and their patients
that demand clean uniforms and linens when
sourcing textile services, the same is expected
from the operators and guests of restaurants,
hotels, spas and amusement parks. Through
its Republic Master Chefs division, ATM
fulfills needs for another impressive client
list that includes Spago, Cheesecake Factory
Restaurants, Ramada Inn, Days Inn, Knott’s
Berry Farm, and much more. Through its lo-
cations in Los Angeles, Long Beach and San
Diego, ATM collectively processes almost a
million and a half pounds of laundry every
week. The expertise Medico imparts in ex-
ceeding the strict regulatory protocols that
govern the processing of healthcare linens
is equally deployed through the diligence
of Republic Master Chefs, yet ATM has a
rare industry advantage in that it is the only
regional provider capable of separating its
processing of linens. One plant location may
fulfill the laundry needs of acute care surgery
centers, while another is devoted to less im-
pacted textiles emerging from medical cen-
ters, and yet another responds to needs at
