SITEX Corporation

SITEX Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryService
Founded1961 as Industrial Uniform Services, Incorporated
1995 as SITEX
HeadquartersHenderson, Kentucky, U.S.
Key people
James Sights, Founder; Gladys Sights, Founder; Wes Sights, President and CEO; Jon Sights, Executive Vice President; Hugh Hennessy, CFO
Number of employees
1000[1]
Websitesitex-corp.com

SITEX Corporation was founded in 1961 and is a provider of uniform and linen services, mats, mops, custom apparel, promotional items, screen-printing, embroidery, first aid, and restroom hygiene services in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, and Illinois.[1] SITEX is under the management of Wes and Jon Sights marking the third generation of the Sight family to operate in the laundry industry.[2]

History

Industrial Uniform Services, Incorporated was founded by James and Gladys Sights in January 1961 in Henderson, Kentucky.[3][1]

With Rental Uniform, Inc. the organization reached into Southwest Kentucky, West Tennessee, Southeast Missouri, and Southern Illinois. During that same period, the Sights family established the operating name Sani-Clean Linen & Uniform Service as a "doing-business-as" (DBA)[4] for Industrial Uniform Service to reflect their expanded offerings.[5]

In August 1995, the Sights family decided to change the business and official name to SITEX Corporation, with "SITEX" being short for Sights Textiles.[6][7][3] In 2003, SITEX worked with J.E. Shekell to build a 72,000 square foot laundry facility in Henderson, Kentucky.[8] Hart's Rental Uniform Services, LLC became part of SITEX in December 2008.[9]

In February 2024, it was announced that Sitnex was acquired by the Fortune 500 company Cintas.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "SITEX Corporation". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Bloomberg Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Henderson's Sitex acquired by Cintas, a Fortune 500 firm". The Hendersonian. 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  4. ^ "SITEX Corporation". Kentucky.gov. Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Jasper Engines & Transmissions" (PDF). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. ^ Haslam, Jon (12 December 2015). "Imagemaking Professionals". Evansville Living.
  7. ^ Hurd, Mary Ann. "Certificate of Assumed Name". Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  8. ^ "J.E. Shekell". Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Sitex acquires Lexington uniform and textile rental business". Evansville Courier & Press. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.