SITEX Corporation
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Service |
| Founded | 1961 (as Industrial Uniform Services, Incorporated) 1995 (as SITEX) |
| Founders | James Sights Gladys Sights |
| Headquarters | Henderson, Kentucky, U.S. |
Key people | Wes Sights (President and CEO) Jon Sights (Executive Vice President) Hugh Hennessy (CFO) |
| Owner | Cintas |
Number of employees | 1000[1] |
| Website | sitex-corp |
SITEX Corporation is an American provider of uniform and linen services, mats, mops, custom apparel, promotional items, screen-printing, embroidery, first aid, and restroom hygiene services in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, and Illinois.[1]
Founded in 1961, it is under the management of Wes and Jon Sights, marking the third generation of their family to operate in the laundry industry.[2] Since 2025, SITEX has been owned by Cintas.[3]
History
[edit]Industrial Uniform Services, Incorporated was founded by James and Gladys Sights in January 1961 in Henderson, Kentucky.[4][1] With Rental Uniform, Inc. the organization reached into Southwest Kentucky, West Tennessee, Southeast Missouri, and Southern Illinois.
During that same period, the Sights family established the operating name Sani-Clean Linen & Uniform Service as a "doing-business-as" (DBA)[5] for Industrial Uniform Service to reflect their expanded offerings.[6] In August 1995, the family decided to change the business and official name to SITEX Corporation, with "SITEX" being short for Sights Textiles.[7][8][4]
In 2003, it worked with J.E. Shekell to build a 72,000 square foot laundry facility in Henderson, Kentucky.[9] Hart's Rental Uniform Services, LLC became part of SITEX in December 2008.[10]
In February 2024, it was announced that it had been acquired by the Fortune 500 company Cintas.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "SITEX Corporation". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Bloomberg Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Cintas (CTAS) Completes SITEX Buyout, Boosts Product Portfolio". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
- ^ a b c "Henderson's Sitex acquired by Cintas, a Fortune 500 firm". The Hendersonian. 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "SITEX Corporation". Kentucky.gov. Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Jasper Engines & Transmissions" (PDF). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Haslam, Jon (12 December 2015). "Imagemaking Professionals". Evansville Living.
- ^ Hurd, Mary Ann. "Certificate of Assumed Name". Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "J.E. Shekell". Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Sitex acquires Lexington uniform and textile rental business". Evansville Courier & Press. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
