Maintenance – Your Key to Continuous Improvement

01/19/2024

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.

New TRSA Training to Boost Maintenance Performance

09/28/2023

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. 

Incident Prevention – Investigating ‘Root Causes’

09/15/2023

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.

TRSA Website Adds Tools for Recruiting Maintenance Personnel

07/07/2023

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.

MMI Returns for its 30th Year this October

05/05/2023

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.

Lavatec Adds Garcia to its Service Team

03/24/2023

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.

Tingue Unveils New E-Commerce Site

03/10/2023

Tingue recently launched its new e-commerce website. The new site offers a comprehensive collection of replacement parts for all major industrial laundry machines including washers, dryers, ironers, feeders and folders, according to a news release.

TRSA Announces 2023 Professional-Development Opportunities 

12/02/2022

TRSA’s 2022 professional-development calendar has been published online and registrations will start opening for a range of events. Details can be found at www.trsa.org/events. Carefully crafted to appeal to senior executives as well as a broad range of plant management that includes general, maintenance, production, human resources, safety, marketing and sales, the professional-development events highlight TRSA’s commitment to strengthen, grow and promote the linen, uniform and facility services industry through the people who power it.

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