Our History

Our History, Culture, and Growth Affirm Long-Term Confidence

Since 2016, we have welcomed twenty-five businesses to the EVI family, all of which are successful, family-owned businesses. We are humbled and grateful that each family has entrusted their business and family legacy to EVI. We promote specific core values and principles, including a long-term focus, an entrepreneurial culture, financial discipline, decentralization, technological innovation, and employee ownership. Our operating model is designed to support the entrepreneurs and teams who run our operations. Therefore, our business leaders are empowered to make business decisions based on local dynamics, rather than corporate mandates. Given the success of our approach, the EVI family rapidly expanded to include the twenty-five businesses that we have acquired in addition to our historical operating subsidiary, and we believe that EVI is well-positioned for continued growth.

1959

1959

The original distribution company, Steiner Atlantic Corp, is founded

1998

1998

EVI goes public

2015

2015

Henry M. Nahmad acquires control of EVI and becomes President and CEO

2016

2016

Acquisition of:

  • Western State Design

2017

2017

Acquisition of:

  • Tri-State Technical Services
  • Martin-Ray Laundry Systems

2018

2018

Acquisition of:

  • Skyline Equipment
  • Worldwide Laundry
  • Washington Automated
  • Industrial Laundry Services
  • Scott Equipment
  • AAdvantage Laundry Systems
  • Sky-Rent

2019

2019

Acquisition of:

  • Professional Laundry Systems
  • PAC Industries

2020

2020

Acquisition of:

  • Yankee Equipment Systems
  • Commercial Laundry Equipment Company
  • Laundry Systems of Tennessee

2021

2021

Acquisition of:

  • Eastern Laundry Systems

2022

2022

Acquisition of:

  • Clean Designs and Clean Route
  • SPYNR
  • Laundry South Systems and Repair
  • Consolidated Laundry Equipment and Central Equipment Company
  • K&B Laundry Service
  • Aldrich Clean-Tech Equipment
  • Wholesale Commercial Laundry Equipment, SE

2023

2023

Acquisition of:

  • ALCO Washer Center
  • Express Parts and Services