Paris Companies Opens New Healthcare Linen Services Plant in DuBois, PA Paris’ new facility services over two dozen hospital customers in Western and Central PA.
Consistent with the company’s tagline, Partners in Linen Management, Paris has developed a philosophy that challenges the way hospitals and other healthcare facilities view their healthcare linen needs. Rather than simply being hired to process the laundry, Paris views itself as a partner with each of its hospital and healthcare facility customers. Paris works with the hospitals and healthcare facilities in managing their healthcare linens, and goes far beyond the typical laundry service provider. Their innovative programs track linen usage from different hospital departments to help lower the cost per patient day.
Paris is also deeply committed to environmentally friendly technologies and processes in all of its operations. This philosophy ensures the most efficient use of natural resources, building upon their long-standing practices of recycling, conserving energy, and reducing waste.
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On May 11, 2009, Paris Companies opened its new $14 million Healthcare Linen Services plant on Tom Mix Drive in DuBois, PA. This new, state-of-the-art plant is one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly facilities of its kind in the world. The new plant positions Paris as a leader in providing outsourced healthcare linen services in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Paris previously constructed a new Healthcare Linen plant in Ravenna, Ohio in 2004, so the DuBois facility is the second new Healthcare Linen plant that Paris has constructed in the last 5 years. As healthcare construction has continued in recent years, Paris has kept pace with the construction of new plants to best service the thriving healthcare industry. Paris formally introduced the new DuBois plant at a ribbon-cutting event on June 11, 2009.
All Paris Healthcare plants have been accredited by the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC), which is an independent, third party accrediting body for laundries that serve hospitals. This means that Paris meets or exceeds a stringent set of standards set by HLAC in the laundering of healthcare linens.
Outsourcing for Healthcare Linen Services has proven to be an advantage for many hospitals as industry trends move away from on-premise laundry (OPL) facilities. Many hospitals and healthcare facilities are realizing that outsourcing their linen services is a more economical solution. To build an efficient laundry could cost as much as $15 million, so it makes more sense for an outsourcer like Paris to have one state-of-the-art facility than for each hospital to spend millions of dollars updating or building their own facilities. The new Paris Healthcare Linen Services plant has the ability to service many hospitals simultaneously with more efficiency than an OPL can provide. Hospitals have experienced savings ranging from 10% to 50% over their previous laundry costs, according to President & CEO of Paris Companies, David Stern. Outsourcing to a Healthcare Linen Services provider like Paris allows hospitals to focus on what is most important, the patients, leaving the linen management function to the experts.
Paris Companies employs 600 people and is Pennsylvania’s largest, independent textile rental services company in the Mid-Atlantic Region. In 2008, Paris was named one of the “Top 100 Organizations” in Central Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania Business Central Magazine. Paris anticipates that approximately 40 new jobs will be created as a result of the new plant, which will provide a much needed boost to the local economy.
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