service industries hospitality healthcare automotive manufacturing founded 1889 headquarters minnetonka minnesota key people bill evans president and ceo bruce steiner co chairman gary van ness co chairman dan lagermeier cfo andrew steiner vp of customer operations john sutherland svp of us operations naiem nairouz svp of canadian operations brian keegan svp of plant operations curt gray svp and cao products rental work apparel hospitality service products direct purchase apparel and accessories facilities services products flame resistant apparel protective accessories controlled environment products slogan people you can count on website www.ameripride.com affiliated companies canadian linen and uniform service and quebec linge ameripride services is a uniform rental and linen supply company in north america . operating more than 115 production facilities and service centers throughout the united states and canada ameripride provides linen uniforms floor mats restroom products and facilities services to nearly 150 000 customers every week . the organization supplies local regional and national companies in industries including automotive manufacturing service hospitality food processing technology and research and pharmaceutical . founded in 1889 by george and frank steiner the privately held company is still owned and managed by the steiner family . company information can be found online at www.ameripride.com . contents 1 history 1.1 timeline 2 innovative technology 3 references 4 external links history edit as a young man george steiner worked as a towel delivery boy for johnson s towel route in lincoln nebraska . when johnson lost his contract to have his towels laundered by inmates at the state penitentiary in 1889 he offered to sell to george his towel route for 50.80 half down half later . he purchased the towel business and as his business grew george turned for help to his younger brother who he made an equal partner . together they made deliveries from a green and white hand cart they pushed through the city streets . it wasn t long before the hand cart was upgraded to a horse drawn wagon . george named his business lincoln towel and apron supply company and later became known as american linen . business continued to grow and the lincoln business expanded to salt lake city ut and minneapolis minnesota in the late 1800s and vancouver british columbia in the early 1920s establishing the canadian linen supply company . today the american linen supply company is known as ameripride and serves over 150 000 customers daily . timeline edit 1889 company founded by george and frank steiner in lincoln nebraska united states . late 1800s expansion and opening of salt lake city and minneapolis branches 1925 expansion into canada with vancouver branch 1935 minneapolis linen supply company s uniform manufacturing plant opens 1948 consolidation of 19 branches into one corporation under the american linen supply company 1960s and 1970s multiple acquisitions made across the u.s. and canada 1989 customer oriented cosy route accounting system implemented to improve and streamline billing and reporting processes 1997 superior apparel management sam with radio frequency rfid chip technology introduced in vancouver montreal and los angeles to assist in improving garment accountability 1998 company name changes to ameripride services inc. in the u.s. canadian linen and apparel services in canada and quebec linge in the province of quebec 2000 national and major regional accounts program established with dedicated account management teams 2003 superior apparel management sam and rfid technology implemented in all branches across north america 2007 company opens toronto central facility 2009 bill evans appointed as first non family ceo innovative technology edit ameripride uses the superior apparel management sam system which uses radio frequency chip technology rfid to monitor and control garment service . the sam system tracks each garment in service to ensure maximum garment accuracy accurate inventory control and improvement in the speed and response time to clients . this technology is able to provide the clients with a computerized inventory processing equipment route efficiency systems and accurate accounting . references edit external links edit ameripride canadian linen quebec linge retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ameripride services & oldid 727771989 categories companies established in 1889companies based in minnetonka minnesota1889 establishments in nebraska navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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