PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA— Most people realize the back-to-school season is busy for department and office supply stores, but a commonly overlooked market segment is restaurants and other commercial dining facilities in college towns.

These businesses typically slow down during the summer and the Christmas break, but once school is back in session, it’s game-on, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), which operates a fabrication plant in Placentia, California.

The company has provided Los Angeles hood cleaning services since it began in 1989, but opening the California fabrication plant has enabled them to provide better, more cost-effective Los Angeles commercial hood sales and installation services, Farazandeh said. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA— Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) a Los Angeles hood  clenaing, installation and cleaning company, has released a list of five tips that may help prevent a restaurant fire from causing costly, extensive damage.

Farazandeh developed the list to assist restaurant owners and managers after reading reports of several California restaurant fires that have occurred this year, said the kitchen exhaust hood expert.
1. Have commercial kitchen hoods, ducts and fans professionally cleaned on a routine basis. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Los Angeles, CA hood cleaning and installation company, sees that changes are needed in the way restaurant kitchen range exhaust hood systems are installed.

APS-Hoods wants restaurant owners to be more diligent about making sure their hood systems are installed in a fashion that provides for easy cleaning and proper maintenance for fire protection purposes.

Accomplishing this feat could mean rewriting building codes and involving local firefighters and building inspectors who can enforce requirements regarding the accessibility of systems, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of the Placentia and Los Angeles hood cleaning company.

“Our company installs hoods, fans, ducts and other mechanical rooftops, as well as fire suppression systems and fire alarms,” said the Los Angeles commercial hood professional. “We are one of the few companies who installs, services, repairs and clean the systems, and we have the whole process in mind during installation, unlike many other companies.” (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CA— American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) has seen its Los Angeles, CA hood sales, cleaning and installation work double in the three months since the company opened its Placentia, CA satellite location.

APS-Hoods opened the Placentia location in August to better address the increasing demand for Los Angeles, CA hood cleaning services, as well as calls for service throughout the state, said Massoud Farazandeh, the company’s chief executive officer.

Farazandeh attributes the success to the company’s determination to stick to its same code of ethics and hard work, combined with adding a satellite location that simply makes doing the California work easier, he said.

Prior to opening the satellite location, Farazandeh would send crews and equipment from the company’s Boulder, CO headquarters to perform Los Angeles, CA hood installation jobs. (more…)

Monday, June 15, 2009 —DENVER, COLORADO— The Los Angeles hood sales business continues to grow since American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) expanded the services it provides in California, and the increased work brings the demand for the same specialty services it provides at its Denver headquarters.

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