PureStar Announces Acquisition of Emerald Textiles, Creating A Leading Diversified U.S. Commercial Laundry Platform
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PureStar, the leading national hospitality laundry services provider in the United States, recently announced its acquisition of Emerald Textiles, a leading West Coast linen services provider to the healthcare industry. The combination of PureStar and Emerald creates one of the top commercial laundry services providers in the U.S. with a scaled, diversified platform serving both the hospitality and healthcare end markets.
Emerald Textiles is a leading healthcare laundry provider on the West Coast operating 12 facilities and three depots. As the second-largest healthcare provider nationwide, Emerald's network of state-of-the-art facilities provides mission-critical linen services to hospitals and healthcare systems across the West Coast. Emerald has built a strong reputation for service quality, reliability, and compliance in highly regulated healthcare environments.
PureStar is the leading national commercial laundry provider for the hospitality market in the US with more than 100 years of combined service experience across 41 nationwide facilities and 15 regional brands. With the acquisition of Emerald, PureStar significantly expands its platform, adding healthcare as a core vertical alongside hospitality and establishing a uniquely diversified commercial laundry provider with national scale. Together, PureStar and Emerald will operate one of the largest networks of commercial laundry facilities in the country with enhanced geographic coverage, operational redundancy, and capacity to support long-term customer growth.
"Emerald has built an exceptional platform, and we are excited to bring their capabilities in healthcare laundry services to the PureStar platform," said Brian Herington, CEO of PureStar. "This investment bolsters both PureStar and Emerald by adding additional depth of experience and best practices. The combination will also enable continued investment in our people, facilities, and systems across our national network."
"We are proud of the business we have built at Emerald and the trust we've earned from our healthcare customers," said Andy Kratky, CEO of Emerald Textiles. "Joining PureStar's nationwide portfolio of brands and facilities provides us with the scale and resources to continue to grow with, and provide top-tier service to, our healthcare customers in both existing and new geographies."
"This transaction represents an important milestone in our strategy to build a scaled, diversified essential services platform," said Emily Pollack, Partner at Cornell Capital, which backs PureStar. "Emerald is a best-in-class operator with a strong management team and a culture that aligns well with PureStar's. By bringing together leading hospitality and healthcare laundry platforms, we are creating a differentiated market leader with long-term growth opportunities."
Jefferies LLC served as buy-side financial advisor and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP served as legal counsel to PureStar and Cornell Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About PureStar
PureStar is the leading national hospitality laundry services provider in the United States, serving leading hotel brands and resorts across major markets. The company operates a nationwide network of full-service laundry facilities and delivers high-quality linen and textile services with a focus on reliability, efficiency, and customer service.
About Emerald Textiles
Emerald Textiles is a leading provider of healthcare linen services on the U.S. West Coast, serving hospitals and healthcare systems with comprehensive linen management solutions. The company is known for its operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and commitment to service quality.
About Cornell Capital
Cornell Capital is a U.S.-based private investment firm with approximately $5.3 billion of assets under management and offices in New York and Hong Kong. Leveraging decades of global investment experience, the firm takes a disciplined approach to investing across the industrials, business services, financial services, and consumer sectors, often in companies that can benefit from the firm's Asia presence and cross-border expertise. Founded in 2013 by Senior Partner Henry Cornell, the former Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs' Merchant Banking Division, the firm is led by a highly seasoned team with significant shared investment experience.
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PureStar Cleans Up at TRSA’s Industry Awards
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On February 5th, 2025, TRSA, Association for the Linen, Uniform and Facility Services Industry, held its annual Industry Awards Dinner in Washington D.C. recognizing excellence in laundry and linen service providers throughout North America. PureStar took home awards in several categories including sustainability, diversity, safety and best plant: Clean Green Innovation Award Gold Level – awarded to Brady Linen – Las Vegas, NV The TRSA Clean Green Innovation Award recognizes outstanding efforts in environmental improvement by a company and/or facility implementing an innovative approach to increasing sustainability, reducing energy consumption and positively impacting the environment. Brady Linen in Las Vegas received the highest award in this category for its water re-use systems at the company's Mayflower, Losee, and Foremaster plants. Brady Linen has been utilizing water re-use systems for close to a decade, with its first Milnor Pure Pulse system installed in 2015, followed by two Norchem systems installed in 2018 and 2019. As a result of these systems, the overall reduction in water use is around 60%. In a city where water is a growing concern, with the growing usage of the Colorado River, the sheer amount of water saved and wastewater discharge reduction in Las Vegas is quite significant. Diversity Recognition Award Gold Level – awarded to PureStar The TRSA Diversity Award acknowledges members’ efforts that represent a step forward in attracting or acknowledging diverse talent, improving intergroup interaction in a multi-cultural workforce or otherwise promoting and fostering inclusivity to support employees. PureStar was recognized with the Gold Level award for hiring and promoting women. Nearly one-third of PureStar’s plants are led by females in the roles of General Manager or Director of Operations, and over half of the overall workforce is female. Several of PureStar’s female leaders started their careers as front-line production employees, and are now some of the top leaders in the company exemplifying ambition, adaptability, and commitment to their employees and customers. SafeTRSA Safety Excellence Award Silver Level – awarded to PureStar The SafeTRSA Safety Excellence Award recognizes a company or facility that has innovated to improve safety. This honor recognizes operations that are a step ahead, completing projects and demonstrating achievements quantified as exceptional. PureStar scored a Silver Level award for safety, noting a 42% decrease in TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) over the last three years. PureStar attributes the ongoing success in TRIR reduction to dedication to continuous improvement of our Safety and Health program and culture. Recent initiatives include over 20 safety programs and policies to target and reduce specific risk (LOTO, Confined Space, Heat Illness, and others), proactive mitigation through safety walks, incident investigations and preventive actions shared through the organization, and enhanced driver safety monitoring. Best Plants of the Year Award Silver Level – awarded to AC Linen – Norwich, CT Linen, uniform and facility services laundries recognized in the TRSA Best Plants of the Year competition are acknowledged for their comprehensive efforts to improve capabilities to supply, launder and maintain textiles for their business customers. AC Linen’s location in Norwich, CT received Silver Level recognition for Best Plant of the Year. The 35,000 square foot plant opened in 2004 and stands out for safety (zero recordable incidents in 2024), preventative maintenance on equipment, and commitment to customer relationships. Under the leadership of Ken Grist, General Manager, employees are trained, coached, and inspired as best-in-class laundry service providers and partners. About PureStar PureStar is North America's premiere provider of laundry services and linen management to the hospitality industry. With 36 full-service plants across the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas, PureStar's expansive operations consistently enhance guest comfort for the thousands of client partners they serve. For more information, visit www.purestar.com
About TRSA | Association for the Linen, Uniform and Facility Services Industry Founded in 1912, TRSA supports the industry by building and promoting a stronger, safer and more environmentally conscious community through advocacy, education, certification, research, benchmarking and information-sharing. For more information, visit www.trsa.org |
