About IMS
Industrial Maintenance & Sanitation LLC self-performs high-risk maintenance and industrial sanitation for food and beverage manufacturers nationwide — one accountable contractor for the work, the cleaning, and the documentation.
Matthew Holcombe
Founder & Owner — IMS LLC
The founder
Matthew Holcombe spent fifteen years inside food manufacturing plants — roughly half of it in maintenance, half in sanitation. On the maintenance side, that meant preventive maintenance, process improvement, and sanitary equipment design. On the sanitation side, it meant hands-on plant cleaning and sanitizing, quality and food safety systems, audit preparation, and writing the policies and procedures that plants actually run on.
"I spent half my career fixing the equipment and the other half sanitizing it. Most contractors know one side. Your plant needs both."
That dual background is the company's founding premise: a rebuild done without sanitary design in mind creates the harborage point that fails your next swab. A deep clean done without mechanical knowledge puts water where it destroys a bearing. IMS exists so plants don't have to choose between a contractor who understands the machine and one who understands the audit.
Fifteen years, two tracks
How we work
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Our own crews do the core work. A vetted subcontractor network extends our reach — it never replaces our accountability.
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Scope in writing before work starts. Records in your hands when it ends. If it isn't documented, it didn't happen.
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Food-safety behavior is trained, not assumed. Our crews work to your plant's GMP rules from the first minute on site.
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Written programs aligned with OSHA 29 CFR 1910 — confined space, LOTO, hot work, fall protection — govern the task before a crew ever arrives.
Where we're headed
IMS is investing in modern, data-driven field operations — so every service visit leaves your facility with a better asset history than it had before. The direction is ambitious. The discipline behind it is already how we work today.
Tell us about your facility and the work you're scoping. We'll come see it and put a plan in writing.