Continental Linen Services (CLS) recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil its 11,000-square-foot, $6 million expansion at its processing facility in Kalamazoo, MI, according to news reports.

Winter is officially here, and with the winter season comes the inevitable roller coaster of weather forecasts, winter storms and energy costs. For businesses, heating your buildings and facilities could be one of your largest expenses and operating costs, and with market volatility settling in for the foreseeable future, many areas of the country will likely continue to experience higher costs for natural gas and electricity.

Specialists in maintenance management and employee training across industries and professional development in linen, uniform and facility services will drive discussion at the Jan. 26 TRSA General Managers’ Virtual Roundtable. Facilitators will each cover topics associated with their professions: daily concerns of GMs in our industry as they face the “new normal” in COVID-19’s wake.

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

TRSA’s February issue of Textile Services will feature a cover article on safety issues and how attitudes have shifted following the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

Patrick Garcia, president of the third-generation family-owned Division Laundry & Cleaners, a San Antonio-based healthcare and hospitality laundry, recently was installed as chair of a local manufacturers’ group, following his election last fall by its Board of Directors, according to a news release.

Milliken & Co. recently announced plans to expand operations in Cherokee County (SC). The company’s $27.4-million investment will create 75 new jobs, according to a news release.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new interactive webpage, called the “PFAS Analytic Tools,” which provides information about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the country. This information will help the public, researchers and other stakeholders better understand potential PFAS sources in their communities. The PFAS Analytic Tools brings together multiple sources of information in one spot with mapping, charting and filtering functions, allowing the public to see where testing has been done and what level of detections were measured.

TRSA supplier partner member Diamond Chemical Co. Inc., East Rutherford, NJ, recently announced the addition of Douglas Story as regional vice president, laundry division; and Bob Safer as business development manager – Northeast, laundry division.

Healthcare Linen Services Group (HLSG), St. Charles, IL, recently announced that it has acquired Linen King, Tulsa, OK, according to a news release. As part of the transaction, Seaport Capital, a New York-based private-equity firm that acquired Linen King in 2019, will receive shares in HLSG. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed