Following their recent acquisition of Premier Mop & Broom in California, Golden Star Inc., Lenexa, KS, recently acquired two additional mop-manufacturing companies. Effective immediately, Golden Star will assume all account information, manufacturing and order-fulfillment responsibilities for these two companies, according to a news release.

The JENSEN-GROUP and MIURA have agreed to a joint venture that will make the JENSEN-GROUP a key partner for MIURA’s wholly owned subsidiary Inax, one of the main manufacturing and distribution companies for heavy-duty laundry equipment in Japan, according to a news release.

Marco Garcia recently joined the staff at Lavatec as a service technician. Based in Las Vegas, he has more than 25 years of mechanical and technical experience working with industrial machinery.

To support a growing population of systems and machines in North America, the domestic factory operation of Jiangsu Sea-lion Machinery Co. Ltd., Sea-lion America Co., recently increased its staff to boost sales and technical support.

Robert W. Baird & Co. and TRSA recently released the results of their First-Quarter 2023 Uniform & Linen Rental Survey. A record percentage of survey respondents on both the uniform and linen rental side of the business reported revenues meeting or exceeding their expectations in the first quarter.

David Stevens, CEO of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Textile Services Association (TSA) said the economic challenges confronting commercial launderers in Great Britain are equal to if not more critical than those facing operators in North America. Nonetheless, he sees the situation as likely to stabilize in the near term.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Members Reps. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) in preparation of the upcoming Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) reauthorization due by Sept. 30. After shortages in supply at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, TRSA has led the effort to make reusable isolation gowns and other textiles more prominent in hospital inventories under PAHPA and provided the committee with information supporting this position.

Members of the Tingue management team recently completed a week-long continuing education program designed to give the team a greater understanding of finance and accounting, according to a news release.

U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) is TRSA’s 2023 Legislator of the Year, to be honored March 22 by TRSA’s Board of Directors at the Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. Balderson has a strong relationship with Economy Linen (Zanesville, OH). He is a key TRSA connection in the effort to make reusable isolation gowns and other textiles more prominent in hospital inventories under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA).

The Wisconsin Association of Textile Services (WATS), along with TRSA, recently conducted a Wisconsin Legislative Conference to build support for legislation that would allow the linen, uniform and facility services industry to be recognized as a recycler and manufacturer.  During the Capitol visits, the delegation met with targeted Wisconsin state legislators such as Sens. Devin Lemahieu and Rob Hutton, and Reps. David Murray and Dave Maxey.