Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America.
Cintas operates more than 400 facilities in the U.S. and Canada, including 11 manufacturing plants and eight distribution centers that employ more than 31,000 people.
Cintas has grown for 39 consecutive years, with fiscal 2008 sales of $3.9 billion, an increase of 6% from 2007. Net income for the year was $335 million, and earnings per diluted share increased 3 percent from $2.09 last year to $2.15 this year.
Cintas was founded by Richard T. Farmer, Chairman of the Board. Scott Farmer was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2003 and Bob Kohlhepp serves as Vice Chairman.
If Cintas had its way, you'd never agonize over what to wear to work. The #1 uniform supplier in the US has about 800,000 clients (Delta Air Lines, DHL) and some 5 million people wear its garb each day. Cintas, which sells, leases, and rents uniforms, operates about 415 facilities across the US and Canada; it leases half of them. In addition to offering shirts, jackets, slacks, and footwear, the company provides cleanroom apparel and flame resistant clothing. Other products offered by Cintas include uniform cleaning, first aid and safety products, document handling/storage, and cleanroom supplies. Cintas chairman and founder Richard T. Farmer owns about 10% of the firm. His son Scott runs the business.