Outfitting The Oilfields

Uniform provider expands services to meet growing demand in the Bakken region.
Outfitting The Oilfields
Dee Gilbert, right, and Elene Dionne place clean uniforms on hangers before they are moved into a machine to be steamed for a wrinkle-free appearance at AmeriPride’s facility in Bismarck, N.D. AmeriPride’s Bismarck operation is one of the company’s fastest-growing, mostly due to business from the oil and gas industry.

The protective clothing and work-wear industry in North Dakota has seen a big boost from the oil boom in the Bakken Shale play.

“It’s by far our biggest area of growth right now,” says Ben Saukko, a spokesman for AmeriPride. “Our production facilities there are growing...

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