It all started with a voicemail. Bernard Young, a chemical company rep servicing on-premise laundry (OPL) and warewash (i.e., commercial dishwasher) accounts, noticed that many of the hotel laundries he visited were costly and inefficient. He figured he could do better as a niche service provider processing items such as customer-owned table linens.

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan this week visited several Maryland businesses and future business locations across the state, including the site of the future Cyber Town USA development at Port Covington in Baltimore City, Crystal Steel Fabricators in Caroline County, and Mistletoe Hall Commerce Business Park in Talbot County. Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford attended the new Metro Laundry Service opening in Howard County.

Maryland Secretary of Commerce Michael Gill; Jolette, Steven and Bernard Young; and Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford cut the ribbon at the formal opening of the new Metro Laundry Service Plant in Elkridge, MD. The plant will process goods mainly for high-end hotel customers.