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April 25, 2024

Even before a pandemic took the world by storm, athletic programs concerned themselves with fighting and reducing the spread of…

April 17, 2024

The Launderie Room, a small, high-speed vended laundry on the main drag of downtown Erie, Penn., is located in the…

April 4, 2024

A lot of veterinary clinics and animal care facilities mistakenly purchase washers and dryers from local appliance and big-box stores…

March 26, 2024

In the hospitality world, there are times of occupancy madness that kick every area of a hotel or resort into…

March 11, 2024

Scott Vlahos is president of Advantage Equipment Inc., a full-service laundry solutions provider serving Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Over…

February 27, 2024

More and more dry cleaners looking to diversify are embracing the vended laundry business. And for good reason. By adding…

April 25, 2024

Even before a pandemic took the world by storm, athletic programs concerned themselves with fighting and reducing the spread of potentially deadly pathogens, including HIV, Hepatitis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a type of staph resistant to antibiotics. MRSA in particular has been a problem for years — plaguing locker rooms, infecting and ending the athletic careers of many student-athletes…

February 14, 2024

If you’re in the market for a new athletic laundry solution, it’s important to consider your goals and how they relate to your budget, chemical provider, wash quality, and time spent processing laundry. At Sports Laundry Systems (SLS), we offer highly flexible athletic laundry solutions that check the boxes most important to you and your organization. Before deciding to invest…

October 10, 2023

After spending 30 years as a teacher and coach at both the high school and collegiate levels, Coach Steve Leib has gained a deep understanding of the challenges faced by athletic programs. As a college football coach, he has personally witnessed the difficulties involved in processing athletic laundry. Since then, Coach Leib has worked with teams at the high school,…

August 8, 2023

Equipment managers juggle many tasks on a day-to-day basis. Worrying about laundry shouldn’t be one of them. The good news is that there are Sports Laundry Systems on the market designed just for equipment managers and tackling the dirty laundry loads of multiple sports played in an array of venues. So, it doesn’t matter if you’re washing red-dirt stained white…

June 6, 2023

Having spent 30 years as a teacher and coach at both the high school and collegiate levels, Coach Steve Leib understands the challenges facing athletic programs. As a college football coach, he has witnessed the struggles of processing athletic laundry, and since then has worked with teams at the high school, collegiate and pro sports levels to help streamline laundry…

June 8, 2022

Staph and MRSA outbreaks among student-athletes are a major concern for colleges and universities. Staph bacteria, and MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant strain of staph, have migrated from hospital settings, where they are commonplace, into locker rooms and athletic facilities — infecting high school, college and professional athletes. Highly contagious, MRSA, in particular, can be difficult to treat and easily spread from…

March 30, 2022

Having spent 30 years as a teacher and coach at both the high school and collegiate levels, Steve Leib understands the challenges facing athletic facilities. As a college football coach he has witnessed the struggles of processing athletic laundry and cleaning helmets and pads. As sales manager for Sports Laundry Systems, Leib shares his knowledge of equipment and athletic laundry/gear…

March 30, 2022

Even before Covid-19 took the world by storm, athletic programs concerned themselves with fighting and reducing the spread of potentially deadly pathogens, including HIV, Hepatitis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a type of staph resistant to antibiotics. MRSA in particular has been a problem for years — plaguing locker rooms, infecting and ending the athletic careers of many student-athletes and…

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