TRSA associate member SanMar Corp. recently released its 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report, titled Knitting Together a Better World. Focused on three key categories – people, products and planet – Knitting Together a Better World highlights how SanMar’s family values are woven into everything the company does, according to a news release.

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) recently visited TRSA operator member Appeara at its facility in Norfolk, NE, according to news reports. The senator toured the linen, uniform and facility services company’s plant and discussed topics including NAFTA and the new tax plan, among other issues.

To aid linen, uniform and facility services operators in orienting production employees to fundamental laundry processes (sorting, washing, drying, finishing and packing out items), TRSA’s On-Demand Learning Center now contains four Production Training Series. Free for member use on the Internet, these videos depict commonly used machinery and techniques for processing items for the restaurant (F&B), healthcare, hospitality (hotel) and industrial/uniform markets.

TRSA associate member Morgan Olson, Sturgis, MI, recently was profiled in an article in Trailer/Body Builders. The article detailed the company’s increased production at its facility in Loudon, TN, near Knoxville.

Joseph Ricci, chairman of the Clean Executive Committee for Clean 2019 and president and CEO of TRSA, recently announced that Shepard Exposition Services will be the general contractor for the Clean Show at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on June 20-23, 2019.

ABS Laundry Business Solutions recently unveiled plans to expand its current Development Center in Bucharest, Romania, according to a news release.

Additional recent headlines from consumer media of interest to linen, uniform and facility services operators and especially readers of Textile Services Weekly.