Our linen and uniform company is a commercial laundry. What does that mean to you? It means making your life easier and less costly. We purchase table linens, garments, mats and medical textiles that we process and rent to the restaurant, foodservice and medical industries. We make the investment in the merchandise; we set up specific inventories for each item for every customer, and we process the merchandise for your each week. Our drivers and our staff manage your personalized garments, your changing inventories and your special deliveries as your business and staff fluctuate. If you'd like to take a tour of the plant and see us in action, you can contact us at any time and set up an appointment; or one of our sales or service managers can bring our plant to you.

From all of us at W.H. Linen, we look forward to serving you.

Back in 1937, Willy Hermanns Sr. (the W.H. in W.H. Linen), started his laundry by making deliveries to bakeries and butcher shops in his Model T truck. As Willy's business outgrew its locations, it moved from West New York to Lyndhurst and then to Paterson into an old silk factory.

From the time that he was young, Willy's son Bill Hermanns worked at his father's linen company. After graduating from Northwestern University in 1967, Bill began working full time at WH, and then took over the business in 1971.

We don't have any Model T's anymore, but people today know us by our clean, white trucks with the large, green "W.H. Linen Rental" logos, delivering linen to hundreds of satisfied customers every day.

As restaurant, food service, and medical accounts were added (plus a few acquisitions), a second building was added in 1987 to handle the growth. Twelve years later these two buildings couldn't keep up with the growth (we did a lot of growing!) and we had to move again. This time, we built a brand new 50,000 square foot state-of-the-art plant in Clifton, NJ.

Some businesses are using On-Premise Laundries (OPL) rather than renting linen from a textile rental company, however these businesses say linen quality, cleanliness and appearance is higher when using a linen rental company. Studies also show that linen supply costs less.

Linen Rental? Of Course It Costs Less!
When businesses with an OPL consider switching to a rental service, they often don't take into account all of the costs associated with running an OPL. When you add up all linen and laundry costs and compare them to a quotation from a linen supply company, you'll see significant differences if you're like most facilities that operate an OPL.

Consider these questions:

Utility Costs: What are your actual direct-fuel costs for hot water used in washing and steam used in ironing? What are your costs for natural gas or oil used in your dryers? What are your electricity costs for running laundry motors and other equipment?

Repair Costs: Are you allocating a portion of your in-house maintenance costs for the time staff members spend repairing and maintaining laundry equipment?

Personnel: In addition to wages for laundry room personnel, are you calculating the cost of fringe benefits, taxes and insurance that typically add 25% to 35% to your cost of labor?

Management: How much management cost and expense are allocated to the operation of the in-house laundry?

Depreciation: Your equipment and textiles are wearing out as they are being used. How much is this costing in terms of eventual replacement cost?

Linen: Do direct costs include linen replacement, repair, purchase and supplies?

A linen supply company's existence depends on its ability to efficiently process linen. Laundry is what professional linen service are all about. Efficiencies of scale, dedicated facilities and other production efficiencies allow Textile Rental Service Association members to reduce the cost of processing to significantly less than most in-house laundries.

In addition, TRSA members look for new ways to cut your costs. Their business depends on finding better ways of cleaning, inspecting, repairing and delivering your linen to you. Lower costs do not mean a sacrifice in linen quality, however. Contact us today for a free consultation.

It's 10 am and you realize that last night's dinner crowd really turned the tables over, and tonight's Friday crowd is huge. You need more linen! Who will guarantee delivery the same day? W.H. Linen Rental, of course.

We realize that employee turnover is a part of any business. New hire? To receive uniforms, just call our customer service hotline at (973) 777-6350 by 11:30 am and you'll have the new uniforms tomorrow. We guarantee it.

Located in Clifton, NJ, we are just 10 minutes from the Lincoln Tunnel and a hop, skip, and a jump to any Northern Jersey location. We have trucks designated solely for Special Deliveries. We know that things come up; and we'll be there to help you.