Steve Tinker, senior vice president, research & development and marketing at Gurtler Industries Inc. , Chaska, MN, was recently named the winner of TRSA’s Maglin/Biggie Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor recognizing the exceptional lifetime contributions by an associate supplier partner to improve the association and industry. Tinker will receive his award during the Annual Awards Dinner on March 24, 2021, …
The Association for Linen, Uniform and Facility Services (TRSA) has formed a Middle East chapter, the association’s first outside the United States. Launched with TRSA member Rent-A-Towel (RNT), a linen rental service in Dubai, the chapter’s initial activities will include certifying laundries Hygienically Clean and developing professional-development programs for managers and supervisors customized to the …
TRSA is launching a plant-based Safety & Health Certification (S&H). The S&H was created by the TRSA Safety Committee to help laundry facilities create a culture of safety that provides a return on investment by increasing productivity and engagement while reducing injuries, absenteeism and workers’ compensation costs. “The S&H certification process of internal evaluation, application, …
Health authorities and state and local governments are recognizing the linen, uniform and facility services industry as an essential service. Consisting mostly of small, independent family-owned and operated businesses, the industry supplies, launders and maintains essential, environmentally friendly reusable textiles for industries that need these most, including restaurants, hotels, healthcare facilities, manufacturing, infrastructure, other businesses …
Four linen and uniform service industry TRSA members and two associates (suppliers to the industry) are 2020 SafeTRSA Excellence Award winners, honored for their projects or achievements that produced or reflected safety gains due to support from top management, employee involvement, training or good communication. Associate winners: Rotomolded cart manufacturer Meese, Ashtabula, Ohio, having identified hazards …
From alternative energy to water filtration and a variety of natural resource conservation practices, finding new ways to simultaneously protect the environment and accordingly control costs remains a priority for linen, uniform and facility services companies. TRSA members’ exemplary such efforts have been recognized with TRSA Clean Green Innovation Awards, to be presented March 25 …
TRSA’s selection of its first-ever Best Plants of the Year award reveres linen and uniform service sustainability, honoring operations more than 100 years apart in founding for contemporary best practices that reflect their dedication to efficiency and customer satisfaction, according to a news release. The older laundry, Textile Care Services (TCS), Rochester, Minn., uses just …
Alsco Inc., a international linen and uniform-rental provider to healthcare organizations, automotive and industrial facilities around the world, has recently achieved the Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification for its San Francisco, Calif., Shreveport, La., Lanham, Md. (Washington, D.C.) and Salt Lake City, Utah facilities, according to a recent news release. These locations join the following Alsco …
TRSA has commissioned The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to build a market opportunity assessment for the linen, uniform and facility services industry across 13 countries in six regions to explore market demands and forecast market, service and product opportunities, according to a news release. Based on evidence-driven research, interviews with industry experts and demand sector …
Roger F. Cocivera, whose career in the linen, uniform and facility services industry spanned 68-years passed away August 6 due to an illness, TRSA reported. Cocivera’s career began at Penn Linen in 1951 and included co-leadership of Penn Linen as well as service as president of TRSA. Cocivera was 87 years old. “We are saddened …