Starr Textile Services is recognized along with its parent company, SH Enterprises, on a list of top 10 employers in the state of Alabama. 

Several industry honors will be awarded at TRSA’s upcoming Annual Conference in Miami on Sept. 12-14. The awards will be presented at TRSA’s Annual Membership Meeting on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 14.

Longtime Pellerin Milnor exec. earns top honors for lifetime achievement among TRSA associate members. 

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) recently toured a Cintas plant in Frankfort, IN, in a visit arranged by TRSA to better acquaint the lawmaker with the linen, uniform and facility services industry.

UniFirst Corp., Wilmington, MA, recently purchased the uniform accounts from Zip Cleaners, Killeen, TX, according to local news reports.

Several leading suppliers have rolled up their sleeves to help outfit a laundry at a large homeless shelter in Atlanta. 

TRSA associate member Kemco Systems Inc., Clearwater, FL, recently hired David Lemen to lead the company’s sales and marketing team, according to a news release.

SITEX, a Henderson, KY-based image-apparel provider has joined a national group of other independent industrial laundries focused on servicing national accounts with a high degree of quality and service.

Additional recent headlines from consumer media of interest to textile services operators and especially readers of Textile Services Weekly.

VF Corp., Greensboro, NC, and Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co., Fort Worth, TX, jointly announced on Aug. 14 that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement, according to a news release.