TRSA Announces Partnership with WATS

06/17/2022

The board of the Wisconsin Association of Textile Services (WATS) has decided to partner with TRSA to run its association. This change will make WATS a different and more valuable organization, WATS Chair Jim Leef shared in a recent letter to WATS members.

TRSA-ETSA Members Honored in ETSA Ceremony

06/17/2022

Four TRSA member companies, also members of the European Textile Services Association (ETSA), were recognized with top prizes or nominations in the inaugural ETSA Awards competition in a May ceremony in Rome.

Patient Acuity Rise Portends Healthcare Linen Service Growth

06/17/2022

An anticipated increase in U.S. adult inpatient days points to increased demand for textiles for acute and tertiary care. That’s a plus for linen, uniform and facility services operators who serve those facilities, while posing an additional challenge: taking advantage of the spillover growth into other patient-care settings often more difficult for the industry to serve.

TRSA Revives Sustainability Survey

06/17/2022

Reporting by members of updated linen and uniform service company and plant data to TRSA to quantify environmental impacts is now underway. The association’s Sustainability Survey, last compiled in 2018, is gathering data to highlight gains and protect members from unnecessary regulatory involvement by policy makers.

Sigmatex-Lanier Elevates Maqbool to President

06/17/2022

Sigmatex-Lanier Textiles, New York, recently announced that Khurram Maqbool has been promoted to president of the company, effective July 1. Maqbool joined Sigmatex-Lanier in 2010 and has served as executive vice president, according to a news release.

O’Neil Named TRSA Operator Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

06/10/2022

The Executive Committee of TRSA’s Board of Directors recently voted to honor Brian O’Neil, president of California Linen Services, Pasadena, CA, with the association’s highest honor, the TRSA Operator Lifetime Achievement Award. O’Neil will receive the award on Sept. 15 at TRSA’s Annual Awards Dinner held in conjunction with its Annual Conference in Nashville, TN.

OSHA Announces Heat Illness Protection Program

06/10/2022

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced a National Emphasis Program (NEP) focused on heat hazards, effective April 8. Under the NEP, OSHA will be conducting proactive inspections for heat-related hazards – in both outdoor and indoor work environments. It thus behooves employers to ensure they have implemented appropriate safety measures to protect employees from such hazards before potentially coming under OSHA’s attention.

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