TRSA kickstarted its 13th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, with a three-hour workshop on March 21 designed exclusively for supplier partners to the linen, uniform and facility services industry. The workshop’s four sessions were designed to inform and educate industry suppliers about the latest supply-chain trends, sustainable practices, the importance of branding and how understanding the industry’s end users helps build relationships with operators.

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.

David Kovar, an 8th degree Black Belt who has dedicated his life to martial arts, earning Black Belt ranks in 10 unique martial-art styles will be the keynote speaker at the June 14 Leadership Summit in Oakbrook, IL. Kovar’s keynote, Cultivating a Leadership Mindset, will touch on how his martial-arts training fueled his passion for helping organizations and businesses achieve profitability and growth.

The Clean Show today announced the dates for its next show. This four-day event will take place Aug. 23-26, 2025, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

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TRSA recently hosted its Market Sector Roundtables, giving linen, uniform and facility services industry executives an opportunity to discuss challenges, opportunities and trends impacting their market sector and business. The event included breakout discussions focused on the food-and-beverage (F&B), healthcare, hospitality/hotel and industrial market sectors.

TRSA hosted its inaugural General Managers’ Virtual Roundtable on Jan. 26. Topics discussed during the hour-and-a-half virtual meeting included building middle management, maintenance and engineering staffing and employee retention.

General managers, plant and production managers, as well as others responsible for production supervision, inventory control and product quality will gather May 10-11 at the Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, MO. TRSA’s Production Summit and Plant Tours program offers two days of sharing and learning processes and management techniques that impact day-to-day operations through an agenda packed with general and breakout sessions and local plant tours.

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.

Roughly six weeks prior to TRSA’s March 22-23, 2023, Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, the association will stage the first of a series of State Legislative Conferences, starting with the Golden State this Feb. 1-2, 2023.