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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem.  Most things are judged by their jackets. – Baltasar Gracian It’s often said that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.  Although an excellent idea, studies have shown that most people calculate a first impression of someone within the first 30 seconds…

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem.  Most things are judged by their jackets. – Baltasar Gracian It’s often said that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.  Although an excellent idea, studies have shown that most people calculate a first impression of someone within the first 30 seconds…

On February 7, 2011, SITEX decided to start converting their cotton bar towel customers to their new product, the microfiber bar towel. This product change needed to happen for many reasons: The cotton bar towel did not have as long of a lifespan as needed. Customers were limited on where they could use the cotton bar…

When James and Gladys Sights founded SITEX back in 1961 (then known as Industrial Uniform Services, Inc.), they set out with no business, a shallow line of credit, some very used laundry equipment and one delivery truck to establish a customer base in uniform rental service within a twenty-five mile radius of its plant. By using…

Since we are somewhat new to the whole social media scene and to celebrate our 50th Anniversary, we are going to play a social media game!  If you see one of our SITEX trucks (zebra, peacock or leopard), take a picture of it and post it on either our Facebook page or mention on Twitter, your…

With cotton prices skyrocketing recently, many companies are looking elsewhere for their towel supply.  To keep expenses in line for industrial laundry companies and their customers, many are looking to microfiber to help alleviate price increases. When we really started looking into microfiber, here’s what we found… Microfiber has exceptional absorbency.  Microfiber has high density…