Press Releases & News Articles
CG West hosts impactful Profit Symposiums
October 2024 | View Entire Article
Continental Girbau West (CG West) recently held impactful Profit Symposiums for New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California vended laundry owners. The free events — held during September in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., and Tempe, Ariz. — included expert presentations on ways to build vended laundry success; Continental Girbau Genius Washer rebates; deep discounts on equipment pricing; a free lunch; vendor booths ... read more
CG West to host September Vended Laundry Profit Symposiums in Ariz. and Calif.
August 2024 | View Entire Article
CG West will hold two Vended Laundry Profit Symposiums in September, one on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in Tempe, Arizona, and another on Saturday, Sept. 28, in Santa Fe Springs, California, both running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. These free events, open to vended laundry investors, owners, and managers ... read more
CG West Adds to Team
September 2023 | View Entire Article
CG West recently welcomed several new team members, including Ralph Heath, of Ariz., as senior field service technician; Paola Hernandez, of Calif., as office support coordinator; and Gabriel Jimenez, of Ariz., as emerging market development director ... read more
CG West Welcomes Akinyele as Bookkeeper
January 2023 | View Entire Article
CG West recently welcomed Karen Akinyele as bookkeeper. She brings more than 20 years of accounting experience to the company. In her new role as bookkeeper, Akinyele will handle accounts receivable, accounts payable and cash management duties for CG West. This includes... read more
Continental Girbau West recently hosted ‘Laundromat Cleaning by Design’
November 2020 | View Entire Article
CG West recently hosted “Laundromat Cleaning by Design,” an educational presentation for vended laundry owners focused on cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces; choosing the right chemistry for wash/dry/fold processing; automatic chemical injection options via Express Clean®; and the INTEGRA Program’s system for cleaning and disinfecting... read more
New Express Clean™ Auto Injection for Vended Laundries
October 2019 | View Entire Article
The new Continental Girbau Express Clean™ automatic injection system works by automatically dispensing specially formulated detergents, brighteners and softeners into compatible vended washers to produce excellent, consistent cleaning results in less time... read more
The Urban Laundromat Revival — Maximizing Turnover, Revenue & Profit
September 2019 | View Entire Article
In many urban settings utility, real estate and rent costs are on the rise, which makes doing business there tricky. Luckily, for the vended laundry owner, there are many concrete ways to effectively combat costs, while simultaneously strengthening customer turnover... read more
Archived News Articles
You're Invited! Pre-Clean Preview Open House, May 4
March 2019 | View Entire Article
Continental Girbau West (CG West) and Elite Business Investments (Elite) will cohost the Pre-Clean Preview Open House, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday, May 4, at CG West’s headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The event, which is open to Southern California vended laundry owners and investors, is $25. Lunch is provided... read more
The Must-Do's of Vended Laundry
March 2019 | View Entire Article
Let’s say you just developed or purchased a vended laundry. How do you get the word out, attract new customers, develop customer loyalty and continuously grow your business? If you had to pick seven must-have marketing tools, what would they be?... read more
Lomeli joins Continental Girbau West
November 2018 | View Entire Article | PDF
Sergio Lomeli, of Los Angeles, recently joined Continental Girbau West (CG West) as parts and warehouse assistant. Lomeli brings 22 years of experience to the distributorship. In his new role at CG West, Lomeli juggles multiple duties, including parts order processing, daily communication with customers, inventory stocking... read more
CG West — Providing Laundry Development Analysis — Free
October 2018 | View Entire Article
On behalf of vended laundry investors, CG West details every facet of laundry development, which in turn, helps investors build successful laundries and gain lower financing rates. CG West provides a thorough analysis of a potential laundry’s success by encapsulating a number of components into one professional Vended Laundry Development report... read more
Is It Time to Turn On Auto Injection? Yes!
October 2018 | View Entire Article
Unlike competitive brands, all Continental vended washers are equipped with automatic chemical injection capabilities, including hard-mount and freestanding machines... read more
California vended laundry open houses, Oct 23 and Oct. 25
September 2018 | View Entire Article | PDF
Laundry equipment distributors CG West and Taylor Houseman Inc. will each host vended laundry open houses in October... read more
CG West's vended laundry profit symposium a success
April 2018 | View Entire Article | PDF
Continental Girbau West (CG West) and Elite Business Investments (Elite) recently hosted the Conference of Champions Profit Symposium, in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The event, which focused on ways to improve vended laundry profits and attract new customers, drew record numbers,... read more
CG West unveils new website with enhanced navigation
February 2018 | View Entire Article | PDF
Continental Girbau West (CG West) recently launched a new responsive website (www.cg-west.com) complete with simple navigation and high-quality content... read more
CG West to hold vended laundry profit symposium, April 7
February 2018 | View Entire Article | PDF
Continental Girbau West (CG West) will host the Conference of Champions Profit Symposium, from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Saturday, April 7... read more
Continental unveils 80-pound cap. soft-mount E-Series Washer
November 2017 | View Entire Article | PDF
Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently introduced the 80-pound capacity E-Series® Washer-Extractor to its line of soft-mount, high-performance washers engineered to catapult laundry productivity... read more
Continental unveils freestanding 80-pound cap. ExpressWash® Washer
November 2017 | View Entire Article | PDF
Continental Girbau Inc. (Continental) recently added the 80-pound capacity ExpressWash® Washer to its comprehensive line of freestanding, high-performance washers... read more
CG West welcomes McAninch as commercial laundry sales specialist
July 2017 | View Entire Article | PDF
Continental Girbau West recently welcomed welcomed Jason McAninch, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., to the CG West team. In his new role as commercial laundry sales specialist, McAninch manages commercial vended and on-premise laundry sales and marketing efforts for CG West... read more
CG West hosts successful vended laundry service school
September 2016 | View Entire Article | PDF
More than 35 vended laundry owners and technicans attended Continental Girbau West’s (CG West) recent vended laundry service school, which overviewed Continental Girbau Inc.’s vended product line. “By attending these classes, owners and store managers are better able to keep the equipment running at peak performance, allowing for greater efficiency, lower utilities and greater profit,” said Tod Sorensen, CG West vice president... read more
CG West to host free vended laundry service school, Sept. 13
August 2016 | View Entire Article | PDF
Continental Girbau West (CG West) will hold a vended laundry service school from 9 a.m.-4p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13, at CG West, in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The service school is free, but requires pre-registration either online or by calling 866-950-2449... read more
Upcoming Events
Service Schools
For our on-premise and vended laundry customers who wish to learn how to maintain and repair their own Continental equipment, CG West offers regular training workshops from our offices in Santa Fe Springs, CA and Tempe, AZ. Sign up for one of the classes listed below — space is limited!
Check back soon for upcoming service school dates.