A review of HandCraft Services’ picking and packing process recently was published in a supply chain e-newsletter. A summary of the case study describes how a conveyor system in the company’s Richmond, VA, plant moves hundreds of copper-infused (antimicrobial) plastic bins loaded with RFID-chipped healthcare textiles to facilitate the distribution of clean goods to customers.

TRSA recently held a webinar titled “Active Shooter Training – What You Need to Know to Protect Your Employees.” The hour-long presentation took an in-depth look at the causes of workplace violence and offered companies steps they can take to prevent such a thing from happening in their place of business.

Faultless Healthcare Linen recently received Gold Awards from the Missouri Water Environment Association (MWEA) for all three of its Missouri facilities, according to a news release.

Jamie Orlando recently joined the Encompass Group LLC staff as vice president, healthcare textiles, at the company’s corporate headquarters in McDonough, GA. In this role, Orlando will lead the development of innovative products for the healthcare textile industry, along with working directly with laundries to develop products that improve efficiencies and the overall patient experience, according to a news release.

Hr Bjorkmans Entrémattor recently opened a new laundry in the city of Kalix, close to the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden. Offering mat services, the company has received several awards for its eco-smart solution laundry system that reuses 98% of water, 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.

A new NLRB appointee could give the agency another chance to revisit the Joint-Employer rule that TRSA and other business interests have strongly opposed as a unfairly pro-union measure.

The TRSA Hospitality Committee recently met at the Leadership & Legislative Conference to review existing resources, current projects and future initiatives.

TRSA’s Environmental Committee recently held an hour-long webinar to apprise the TRSA membership of an ongoing project on wastewater compliance that the committee is working on that includes revising a POTW (publicly owned treatment works) manual for the linen, uniform and facility services industry. The committee also wanted to get members’ ideas on information/topics and case studies to include in the documents.

ARCO/Murray recently completed a 45,000-square-foot laundry renovation for Alsco Inc. in Houston, according to a news release.