Catering to laundromats helps High Mark clean up

Keeping an eye on the future is a key focus for Pete Valconesi, president of Johnstown-based High Mark Manufacturing Inc.

“I refuse to go backwards and am always looking to make things better and to offer new products to my customers,” he said.

As a start, Valconesi created a product that would keep those customers — commercial laundry companies — up and running when their equipment needed repairs.

“I used to be a contractor and built these on-site for them, and knew that the washing machines weren’t very user friendly,” he said. “They’re bolted to…