Unisync Group Irons Out The Wrinkles: It Re-Brands

Ryan Beliveau, Marketing Coordinator for Unisync Group, Ltd. tells all about the ingenious concept of linking three varied and outstanding apparel and identity companies to form a single conglomerate.  In 2003, Kilmer Capital Partners began an amalgamation of these individual corporations with its first initial purchase—York Uniforms, Limited.  Slowly but surely, it has since brought both customers and employees of each into what is now known as Unisync.   

York, custom manufacturer of frontline uniforms for casinos, restaurants, and VIP venues, is a full-service company with designers, representatives, artists, patterns, and multiple fabric & notions vendors on hand to provide every necessity, in order to complement high-end corporations with the most stunning ...

New Textile Glossaries Are Now Part of the Expanded FabricLink Network

Tarzana, CA., June 22, 2010,  The FabricLink Network, with nearly a thousand pages of educational information on each of two websites, FabricLink.com (trade-to-consumer) and TheTechnicalCenter.com (trade-to-trade), launches new Textile Glossaries.  These new features are added to the plethora of educational information that has made FabricLink ( http://www.fabriclink.com ) and TheTechnicalCenter ( http://www.TheTechnicalCenter.com ) two of the most bookmarked and visited textile education websites on the Internet.

The FabricLink Network has always been known for its rich content.   But now, one of the most frequently visited areas of both websites, the ‘Dictionaries’ section, in the left-hand navigation, will be a pinnacle resource for even more educational information.

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West Midlands Police 'wastes money' on new shirts

West Midlands Police has been accused of "wasting" £100,000 to change the colour of its officers' shirts.

Officers on operational duties are being issued with black shirts, while community support officers are being issued with a blue version.

It said the lightweight, zip-up shirts were more comfortable to wear than white shirts under protective vests.

The TaxPayers' Alliance said it was an "absurd" amount to pay for cosmetic changes that did not reduce crime.

Alliance spokesman Mark Wallace said: "I think it's absurd to spend money on cosmetic changes at a time when police forces are feeling the pinch.

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Public uniform rental companies fall slightly faster than major indexes

The latest downturn in equity markets has seen the combined share value of the three public uniform rental companies fall just slightly faster than the major indexes as a whole, the most recent Textile Rental Share (TRS) Tracker reveals. But the tracker’s sales and profit components are up.

Calculated on June 30, when UniFirst Corp. (Wilmington, Mass.) reported quarterly results, the tracker’s share value component fell 15.8 percent since April 27, when G&K Services (Minneapolis) unveiled its performance data. In contrast, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 11.7 percent in that span and the NASDAQ, 14.7 percent.

Whenever one of the three companies (Cintas Corp., Cincinnati is the other) reports its quarterly results, the Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA) calculates the TRS Tr...

Anniston police show uniformity with new duds

For the first time in 30 years, Anniston uniformed police officers will all wear the same style of outfit.

Until now, patrol officers, the animal control unit and the special response team wore different-colored polyester shirts and pants.

But in March, Chief Layton McGrady decided it was time to reunite the force by revamping the dress code.

Now, all uniformed officers — no matter their division — will wear black polo shirts made out of a synthetic material and charcoal gray pants made from a polyester-cotton blend.

“They (the uniforms) are cheaper, more comfortable and more durable,” McGrady said.

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