


Electronic commerce 2006: a managerial perspective. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. ^ Teaming for Efficiency: Energy and environmental policy.based manufacturer of Speed Queen laundry machines, Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, has a 38 percent share of all relevant laundry equipment markets, and makes a mouthwatering 16 percent operating income margin. Established in the US in I908, Alliance Laundry Systems is today an alliance of brands including Speed Queen, Huebsch_ UniMac and Ajax and its products can be found in more than 100 countries. Alliance Laundry Systems 2014 Annual Report. ^ a b Archived at the Wayback Machine.Later in 2015, a majority stake was sold to BDT Capital Partners. In April 2015, it was reported that Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan was planning to sell Alliance Laundry or issue an IPO, valuing the business at $1.8 billion. In March 2014, the Alliance Laundry acquired Primus Laundry Equipment headquartered in Gullegem, Belgium for approx. In 2009, the Alliance Laundry Systems University (ALSU) was founded as a corporate university available online to authorized Alliance Laundry Systems distributors, route operators and customers. In January 2005, Teachers' Private Capital, the private equity affiliate of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan acquired the majority of the equity interests of Alliance Laundry for $450 million. And as a result, Alliance Laundry Systems was formed. In February 1998, private equity firm Bain Capital agreed to acquire the commercial laundry business from Raytheon for $358 million. In 1979, McGraw-Edison sold its appliance division to Raytheon Company. Eventually Barlow & Seelig was renamed Speed Queen Company, and was later purchased by McGraw-Edison. The Speed Queen brand was created in 1928 with the introduction of stainless steel wash tubs in 1939 and automatic washers and dryers in 1952. The company's precursor Barlow & Seelig Manufacturing was established in 1908 and later introduced a hand-operated washer to the marketplace. However, Alliance claims Speed Queens founding date of 1908 as the beginning for the company. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Ripon, Wisconsin. Alliance Laundry Systems manufactures products under the brands Speed Queen, Primus, Huebsch, IPSO, and UniMac. Among the company’s products are washers, drying tumblers and ironers for the coin laundry, multi-housing laundries, institutional laundries and laundries for consumer residences. The company designs, manufactures, and markets a line of commercial laundry equipment under various brands in over 100 countries. Alliance Laundry Systems LLC is a provider of commercial laundry systems.
