Cintas Leads Industry in Use of New Environmentally Friendly Cleaner
February 06 2012 - 11:45AM
Business Wire
Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS), the nation’s leading business
to business services provider and the largest uniform supplier in
North America, in conjunction with Washing Systems, LLC (WSI)
announced today it has begun transitioning company-wide to a new,
more environmentally friendly cleaner.
Structure, the WSI product being introduced at Cintas facilities
throughout the U.S., uses components that are free of phosphates
and ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA), which have been
found in some instances to alter the oxygen and metallic levels
naturally found in the environment. The components of Structure are
not only environmentally friendly, but completely biodegradable.
Its main ingredient is also naturally based and made from renewable
resources.
“Cintas is committed to being a good environmental steward and
seeks to help our customers and communities make positive impacts
on the environment in any way we can,” said Scott Farmer, CEO of
Cintas Corporation. “We are pleased to lead the industry in
promoting the most innovative alternatives available in order to
further our sustainability efforts,” he added.
In 2008, Cintas became the first company in the industrial
laundry industry to transition company-wide to detergents free of
Nonylphenol Ethoxylate (NPE). Two years later, the Environmental
Protection Agency issued an Action Plan Summary to eliminate the
use of NPE from all industrial applications and consumer
products.
Once the transition is complete, Cintas will be the first and
only industrial launderer in the industry to employ washing
standards that are 100 percent NPE-free, phosphate-free and
EDTA-free at all of its 175 uniform laundry facilities throughout
North America.
About Cintas
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly
specialized services to businesses of all types primarily
throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and
implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides
entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid,
safety, fire protection products and services and document
management services for approximately 900,000 businesses. Cintas is
a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol CTAS, and is a component of the Standard &
Poor’s 500 Index.
About Washing Systems,
LLC:
Washing Systems, LLC (WSI), is the leading provider of
environmentally sustainable laundry products and services to the
commercial laundry industry. Formed in 1989, the company’s history
is marked with innovations in washroom chemistry technology
featuring 28 patents and its trademark “Rapid Rate Cleaning™”
process. WSI has built a reputation of comprehensive customer
service, known throughout the industry as WSI’s “Five-Star Service
©.” Combining the company’s heritage in developing advanced,
environmentally sustainable washroom technology with its
comprehensive approach to service, WSI is driven by improving
quality and increasing profitability in the customers’
operations.
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