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Bates Troy honored as “Company of the Year” by ACHIEVE!

Binghamton, NY- Bates Troy Healthcare Linen Services was honored by ACHIEVE, Saturday night, September 12, 2009 at its Annual Award Dinner at the Binghamton Regency Hotel on Water Street in Binghamton.

 

Bates Troy has been chosen as “Company of the Year” for its work and partnership with Country Valley Industries (CVI) of Johnson City.
 
Robyn Callaway, Sales and Marketing Manager for Country Valley Industries said in nominating Bates Troy Healthcare Linen Services for The Company Of The Year Award, “Bates Troy has consistently supplied meaningful work to at Country Valley Industries and has gone “above and beyond the call” to grow our partnership through NYSID contracts such as SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital. Bates Troy has shown their support through the creation of new and different jobs for over 80 CVI participants, their attendance at Achieve’s Savor the Summer event and their major sponsorship of The Million Piece March picnic. Bates Troy is not only a valued business partner but a true friend to the Agency.”

Brian Kradjian, President of Bates Troy Inc., said in regard to the award, “ "It is an honor to receive an award from such a wonderful organization and partner like CVI. We are optimistic about further healthcare growth which corresponds to more jobs for the disabled at CVI. CVI provides a such vital function for the disabled not to mention the quality services they provide for us and others who participate."

Over the past 56 years, ACHIEVE has grown to become the largest and most comprehensive voluntary provider of services to individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in the area, serving more than 1,200 individuals in Broome and Tioga Counties each year.

Bates Troy Inc. processes more than 13,000,000 pounds of laundry at its Laurel Avenue facility for healthcare providers and nursing homes in the Southern Tier and Central New York as well as northeastern Pennsylvania. Last year Bates Troy completed a 14,000 square foot, 4.3 million dollar plant & equipment expansion. Bates Troy also operates three retail dry cleaning and tailoring stores in the Binghamton and Vestal areas.

 

For more information contact:

Randy Widrick, Sales & Marketing Director, Bates Troy Inc., 607-723-5333,
email:
rjwidrick@batestroy.com

Robyn Callaway, Sales and Marketing Manager, Country Valley Industries, 607- 797-8160 ext.302,
email:
rcallaway@cvipackaging.com

Nicole Stratton, ACHIEVE, 607.723.8361 email:
nstratton@achieveny.org

 

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