JVK Operations Limited Completes Successful Reorganization with Investment from Sundara Partners

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JVK Operations Limited, now also doing business as Lighthouse Linen, and one of the largest independent commercial linen service providers in the U.S., today announced that it has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization. The Plan of Reorganization, confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York on January 12, 2026, became effective on March 13, 2026. The company’s emergence is facilitated by a control investment from Sundara Partners, LLC, a New York-based private investment firm.

Throughout the reorganization, the company executed a comprehensive financial and operational transformation, rebuilding its balance sheet, modernizing its production and technology infrastructure, and establishing a leadership team capable of supporting long-term, sustainable growth.

Two Divisions. One Standard of Excellence.

Lighthouse Linen will operate through two dedicated divisions, each with its own facilities:

Lighthouse Healthcare serves hospitals, health systems, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers, and long-term care facilities. The division provides linen rental, customer-owned goods processing, scrub and uniform programs, exchange cart systems, specialty linen handling, and on-site linen distribution management. Its operations are designed to meet the rigorous infection control, quality assurance, and on-time delivery standards required in acute care environments.

Lighthouse Hospitality serves hotels, restaurants, hospitality groups, and event venues. The division provides bed linen, table linen, toweling, food-and-beverage textiles, and coordinated pickup and delivery logistics. Its operations are designed around the consistency, presentation quality, and responsiveness that hospitality operators depend on.

Leadership

Joseph Samuel, a veteran commercial textile care executive, will serve as the company’s President.

“We have a deep understanding of our customers’ needs because we’ve spent decades inside their facilities, working every day alongside nurses and housekeepers. With the right financial backing now behind us, we’re investing more than ever in speed, quality, and reliability to build on that experience and serve our customers at an even higher level,” said Mr. Samuel.

Vinny Samuel, a pioneer in the industry with over four decades of building and scaling high-performing facilities, will lead operations. Jordan Berger and Austin Taylor, Managing Partners of Sundara Partners, will serve as directors of the company and are responsible for strategic direction and financial oversight.

“Lighthouse’s reorganization provided a rare opportunity to redesign the entire business around the customer experience. The company is now capitalized for growth, structured for execution, and led by some of the best commercial linen operators in the country. We couldn't be more excited to partner with this team and invest behind what they've built,” said Mr. Berger and Mr. Taylor.

The Market

The company’s service territory, spanning New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and surrounding regions, represents one of the largest and most concentrated commercial linen markets in the United States. Lighthouse Linen emerges at a moment when healthcare and hospitality operators in the region are actively seeking more reliable, responsive, and professionally managed linen partners.

With two dedicated production facilities capable of processing several million pounds of textiles monthly, Lighthouse Linen operates at a scale that few independent commercial linen processors in the country can match. The company's capabilities allow it to serve institutions ranging from single-site nursing homes to multi-campus hospital systems. Lighthouse Linen owns the entire linen function for its customers, from procurement and processing to inventory management, delivery, on-site distribution, and quality assurance, so that facility operators can treat linen as a solved problem and focus on what they do best.

The company is actively onboarding new healthcare and hospitality accounts across its service territory.

About Lighthouse Linen

Lighthouse Linen is a full-service commercial linen and textile solutions provider headquartered on Long Island, New York. The company operates two dedicated divisions, Lighthouse Healthcare and Lighthouse Hospitality, serving hospitals, health systems, nursing homes, hotels, restaurant groups, and commercial accounts across the Northeast. Learn more at www.lighthouse-linen.com.

About Sundara Partners

Sundara Partners is a private investment firm that acquires and revitalizes businesses in special situations. Sundara provides customized capital solutions and hands-on operational leadership to invest in, transform, and grow small and medium-sized businesses. Learn more at www.sundarapartners.com.

Advisors

In the reorganization, JVK Operations Limited was represented by Spence Law Office, P.C. Sundara Partners was represented by Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, LLP.