November 2013
| Business World Magazine | 93
Almost 45 years ago, the principals from
several leading Portland-based healthcare
facilities would routinely convene to discuss
issues coming to bear within their respective
operations; conversations which generally
focused on finding means to impart greater
quality of care for the patients they served
and how to achieve solutions to mitigate the
increasing escalation of operational costs.
These discussions culminated into determi-
nation to take a different direction regarding
their respective laundry processes. As one
might imagine, given the vast range of tex-
tiles which have been incorporated within
the fulfilling of healthcare (not to mention
the strict regulatory requirements involv-
ing safety and sanitation) laundry services
necessitate significant capital investment in
infrastructure, equipment, manpower and
costs associated with the supply of electrici-
