With winter winds starting to blow across much of North America, APPI Energy is offering its analysis of the likelihood of severe cold weather and other factors that could impact fuel costs through the first quarter of 2020.
The linen, uniform and facility services industry’s chief maintenance executives, associates and owner/operators recently met in Chicago for two days to develop a baseline for creating a Maintenance Manager Certification Program. Culled from Maintenance Management Institute (MMI) faculty and graduates, the Maintenance Manager Job Analysis Advisory Task Force will oversee the analysis of linen and uniform services maintenance managers serving as subject-matter experts (SME) to assist the consulting firm of PSI to identify and gather resources, develop surveys and guide the overall process of documenting the maintenance manager’s roles, responsibilities, skills, tasks and knowledge.
The European Textile Services Association (ETSA) hosted its National Associations meeting in London earlier this week with more than a dozen association executives representing the linen, uniform and facility services industry throughout Europe and North America. Participating organizations included Belgium (FBT), Denmark (BVT), Finland (Tekstiilihuoltoliitto), France (Geist), Germany (DTV), Italy (Assosistema), Sweden (Sveriges Tvätteriförbund), Switzerland (VTS), United Kingdom (TSA) and North America (TRSA). Hosted by the Textile Services Association (TSA-UK) and facilitated by ETSA Secretariat Robert Long, National Association delegates discussed their respective new initiatives and potential collaborative projects focused on promoting the industry to customers, regulators and potential employees, standards development, and training and research.
Additional recent headlines from consumer media of interest to linen, uniform and facility services operators, and especially readers of Textile Services Weekly.
Michael Hans Dreher, 72, the former president & CEO of Kannegiesser USA (renamed Kannegiesser ETECH after its 2017 merger with E-Tech Inc.), passed away on Oct. 8 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.
Cintas Corp. recently announced plans to shut down the processing of uniforms, floor mats and other products at its Granby, Quebec, facility by Jan. 2, 2020. The company will continue to provide service to its customers from the facility and has plans to grow the number of service employees, according to a news release.
TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci recently wrote an article on the importance of proper hygienic practices by laundry operators. The article, titled “Factoring Laundry Hygiene in Risk Reduction,” was published online by American Cleaning & Hygiene, a publication for executives in the commercial and industrial cleaning and hygiene industry.
TRSA offices will remain closed on Monday, Oct. 14, in observance of Columbus Day.
In a time of rapid economic change – coupled with shifting attitudes toward the role of corporations in society – a number of companies in the last decade have distinguished themselves through new growth, a repositioning of their core businesses and robust financial performance. A recent article in the Harvard Business Review highlighted the “Top 20 Business Transformations of the Last Decade.” Ecolab Inc. earned 16th place among a prestigious group of corporate innovators that includes Netflix (No.1), Amazon (No. 3), Nestle (No. 12) and Cisco (No. 15).
