Since Rentwear was founded in 1972, we’ve committed to improving and growing our business to better serve our customers’ needs. Our acquisitions and internal advancements made us the great company we are today. Take a look at our company timeline to see how we’ve grown.
August 4, 1972
Founded by Roger Clay and James Brown. Uniform rental, dust control, career apparel, shop towels, continuous towels were offered as our services.
August 4, 1976
Building expansion of 6,000 square feet to add linen and related services.
August 4, 1983
Acquired Mop-X Co.
August 4, 1984
Acquisition of Charm
August 4, 1984
Building expansion to add sales and service offices, truck maintenance garage lunchroom, and storage area.
August 4, 1985
Building expansion to accommodate a route distribution area, stockroom and storage garage.
August 4, 1988
Acquired Solar Rental Services.
July 1, 1990
Saniserv Inc, our sister Company in dust control was formed.
August 4, 1990
Acquired Acme Cleaners.
December 31, 1990
Established American Pad Ex Franchise.
August 4, 1991
Building expansion to accommodate a chemical storage area.
August 4, 1993
Acquired a block of Unitog accounts. 8,000 sq/ft building constructed for mat production and warehouse, the building is partially leased to Saniserv.
August 4, 1994
Acquired Voris Inc. accounts.
January 1, 1999
Acquired Majestic and American Laundry.
December 31, 1999
Web debut at www.rentwear.com.
January 1, 2003
Acquired The Sanitary Linen Company.
December 31, 2003
Relocated the Stockroom to 7980 Whipple Ave.
August 4, 2006
Installation of new 25,000 gallon wastewater tank.
August 4, 2007
Acquired Myers Services Inc.
August 4, 2008
Installation of GPS equipment into delivery and service vehicles.
August 4, 2009
Conversion to four day routes.
August 4, 2009
Acquired the Ohio accounts of national competitor, G&K Services.
August 4, 2011
Installation of new servers, update of all computer hardware and transition to Fulcrum for route accounting.
August 4, 2014
Acquired Smith Laundry in Galion, Ohio.
August 4, 2014
Acquired Swan Laundry accounts in Mansfield, Ohio.
August 4, 2015
Added a covered unloading and loading area to the front plant.