SITEX Corporation

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SITEX Corporation
Company typePrivate
Industry Service
Founded1961 as Industrial Uniform Services, Incorporated
1995 as SITEX
Headquarters Henderson, 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]
Website sitex-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]

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Impact on Kentucky

Jon Sights is the former chair of the Western Kentucky Regional Industrial Development since its inception in 1998. [3] [4]

History

James and Gladys Sights of Henderson, Kentucky founded SITEX Corporation on January 1, 1961, known then as Industrial Uniform Services, Incorporated. [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) [5] for Industrial Uniform Service to reflect their expanded offerings. [6]

In August 1995, the Sights family decided to change the business and official name to SITEX Corporation, with "SITEX" being short for Sights Textiles. [7] [8] In 2003, SITEX worked with J.E. Shekell to build a 72,000 square foot laundry facility in Henderson, Kentucky. [9] Hart's Rental Uniform Services, LLC became part of SITEX in December 2008. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SITEX Corporation". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. "Bloomberg Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. "Local receives statewide economic award". Evansville Courier & Press . 27 April 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  4. Boyett, Frank (24 October 2014). "McConnell, Whitfield make joint appearance in Henderson". Evansville Courier & Press . Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  5. "SITEX Corporation". Kentucky.gov. Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. "Jasper Engines & Transmissions" (PDF). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. Haslam, Jon (12 December 2015). "Imagemaking Professionals". Evansville Living.
  8. Hurd, Mary Ann. "Certificate of Assumed Name". Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  9. "J.E. Shekell" . Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  10. "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.