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SITEX company history timeline

1961

James and Gladys Sights of Henderson, Kentucky founded SITEX Corporation on January 1, 1961, known then as Industrial Uniform Services, Incorporated.

1967

In December, 1967, Industrial Uniform Services, Inc. acquired all the rental uniform, linen supply and dust control services of Jasper Laundry & Cleaners of Jasper, Indiana.

1971

In 1971, because of near capacity at our combined industrial and linen supply plant, a 20,000-square-foot building on South Main Street in Henderson, Kentucky was acquired for the purpose of establishing a stand-alone linen supply plant.

1982

In 1982, Sani-Clean Services made a second acquisition in Jasper, Indiana by obtaining all of the uniform and linen rental volume of Fabric Masters, Inc.

1985

In 1985, property was acquired adjacent to the Henderson industrial plant to provide parking necessary for plant expansion allowing us to consolidate the operations of both Henderson plants.

1987

By May 1987, the plant merger was complete with gained efficiencies resulting in sizable reductions in costs.

1995

On August 1, 1995, Industrial Uniform Service, Inc.

1997

In August, 1997, SITEX established a sales branch in Louisville, Kentucky.

1999

In February, 1999, SITEX became the first and only uniform rental plant in the United States to have all our processes ISO 9002 certified.

2001

In March, 2001, SITEX acquired all the mat rental service accounts of Lancelot Mat Service of Nashville, Tennessee.

2003

In 2003, SITEX worked with J.E. Shekell to build a 72,000 square foot laundry facility in Henderson, Kentucky.

2005

In October, 2005, SITEX acquired most of the linen, uniform, and textile rental business in Western Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and Southern Illinois from National Linen & Uniform Services’ Owensboro, KY, plant.

North America accounts for 39% of global purchases for jeans, and United States citizens spent more than $15 billion dollars on jeans in 2005 alone.

2006

In November, 2006, SITEX acquired some linen business from UniFirst in the Clarksville and Nashville, TN markets.

2008

Hart's Rental Uniform Services, LLC became part of SITEX in December 2008.

2009

It also gave us a revenue boost to begin our 2009 year…a year that will no doubt go down as one of the toughest business climates to date.

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1961
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