Cintas Wins 2012 UNIVATOR Award for Fourth Consecutive Year
March 08 2012 - 10:11AM
Business Wire
Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS), a world leader in corporate
identify uniforms, announced it has won a 2012 UNIVATOR Award for
its innovative, corporate-wide uniform redesign for McDonald’s
Canada. Sponsored by UniformMarket News, the UNIVATOR Awards
recognize forward-thinking companies that have developed innovative
apparel programs, products and strategies over the past year. One
of only eight companies to win a 2012 UNIVATOR Award, Cintas won in
the “Uniform Program Innovation” category.
“A household name in the uniform industry, Cintas never ceases
to deliver uniforms that make a positive, high impact statement
about their customers’ business,” said Rick Levine, editor at
UniformMarket News. “The McDonald’s Canada uniforms perfectly
accent the restaurants’ stylish interiors, outgoing employees and
dedication to sustainability.”
Created as part of a multi-year $1 billion makeover to modernize
the majority of its more than 1,400 McDonald’s restaurants in
Canada, the new uniforms were designed to complement the
restaurants’ new contemporary interiors, which feature flat screen
televisions, fireplaces and comfortable seating. To give the
restaurants a more inviting and current look, Fourmy exchanged the
traditional polo for a modern “wedge” polo and paired sleek, black
silhouettes with small splashes of color. Reflective piping in crew
uniforms was added to match the stainless steel used within all
interiors and provide visibility at night for employee safety.
“We challenged Cintas to create uniforms that would not only
enhance our sustainability initiatives – as well as the new
look and feel of our restaurants – but also give staff apparel they
want to wear to work,” said Len Jillard, Chief People Officer,
McDonald’s Canada. “Our managers and crew are thrilled with the
redesign, and that feeling of pride is further validated by this
award.”
To accommodate McDonald’s request for improved sustainability,
Cintas used environmentally-friendly fabrics, such as recycled
polyester and renewable bamboo fibers, to create the uniforms. In
addition, many of the garments can be returned to Cintas at the end
of their wearable lives to be “down cycled,” a process which
transforms the uniforms into other usable fabrics to help reduce
landfill waste.
“Winning a UNIVATOR award is a great honor,” said Helen Loader,
President of Fourmy. “We’re pleased to receive recognition for our
work and would like to also recognize and thank Scott Gibson of
McDonald’s Canada and Designer Tracey Macaskill for their
collaborative and valued contributions.”
For more information about the UNIVATOR Awards, visit
www.uniformmarketnews.com. For more information about Cintas
uniforms, visit www.cintas.com/uniform-work-apparel.
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.
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