Evidence that TRSA members are sharing business experience on an unprecedented scale has abounded in recent weeks as Virtual Roundtables on Zoom capture a variety of […]

TRSA’s 31st Annual Maintenance Management Institute (MMI), the premier event for maintenance positions in the linen, uniform and facility services industry, is scheduled for Oct. 15-17, in Newark, NJ. MMI is dedicated to advancing the knowledge and skills of engineers, plant and general managers, and maintenance staff.

As noted in Textile Services Weekly on March 11, Shasta Linen Supply Inc., Sacramento, CA, recently acquired five electric step vans worth roughly $1 million. This change moved Shasta Linen into compliance with California’s pending commercial-vehicle regulations. It also put the company in the vanguard of independents that have embraced alt-fuel route vehicles.

Among the many challenges facing today’s linen, uniform and facility services operators, few would rate the need to upgrade their maintenance program as a top issue. But some undoubtedly should. Because without effective upkeep, companies are at risk of entering a downward spiral, according to an article in January’s Textile Services.

TRSA’s 2023 Maintenance Management Institute (MMI), the association’s educational program for advancing best practices and strategies for engineering and maintenance leaders, concluded its 2.5-day program on Sept. 29.

TRSA has partnered with TPC Training, a leader in industrial training and workforce management solutions, to offer a new online program for maintenance tech positions. This initiative will give laundry operators a way to broaden the knowledge of their maintenance crews while keeping them in the plant. 

Anytime a safety incident occurs in a plant – including ‘near misses’ – laundry operators have a moral duty, as well as a legal obligation, to investigate what happened and why. Then they must take steps to prevent the incident from recurring. That’s the essence of a forthcoming article in Textile Services magazine on how companies can uncover the root causes of safety mishaps in a laundry operation and take steps to mitigate them.

Links to blogs written by companies specializing in maintenance recruiting and management have been added to the TRSA webpage that prompts linen, uniform and facility services to rethink tactics for attracting and retaining employees. This gives members easy access to content directed to manufacturers and applicable to hiring for large-scale laundries.

TRSA’s Maintenance Management Institute (MMI), the industry’s longest-running and most-recognized maintenance management and technology development program is returning for its 30th year, this Oct. 10-12 at the Embassy Suites O’Hare in Rosemont, IL.

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.