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TRSA, the only organization representing national, regional and independent operators and associates in the $16-billion textile services industry, announces a new General Membership classification for private- or public-sector organizations dedicated to processing their own textiles. This expansion will enhance the association’s representation as the primary advocate and educator of all large-scale laundry operations.

With companies now deciding which members of their teams will attend TRSA’s Ehrlich-Stempler Executive Management Institute (EMI) in August for leadership development training, it’s prime time to assess the state of the art in the industry’s use of participative management. A recent Textile Services magazine survey accomplished this by revealing that more frequent regular staff meetings at laundries and depots represent a potentially valuable frontier for involving line employees in business decision-making.

Thirty-three companies (29 textile services operators and four associates) will attend TRSA’s Safety Summit May 21-22; more are encouraged to participate in this collaboration to develop new industrywide solutions to overcome the most difficult obstacles that large-scale laundries face in eliminating injuries and illnesses. The meeting is expected to spawn TRSA programming such as best practices documentation, conference presentations, videos and other training resources.

TRSA has selected APPI Energy as the preferred energy consultant for members because of the firm’s 16-year track record for reducing energy costs for commercial facilities. After reaching the lowest levels in nearly a decade, electricity and natural gas prices are ticking up, indicating the time is right to lock in a fixed-price energy supply contract to take advantage of today’s prices.