With so much laundry automation technology emanating from Europe and more than two years since the last Clean Show, Texcare International show stakeholders see greater value for North Americans to travel to this exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, this Nov. 6-9. In a July 11 TRSA webinar, major exhibitors and show manager/owner Messe Frankfurt will explain the benefits of attending, with the next Clean not taking place until third-quarter 2025, a three-year gap.

TRSA recently announced the setting for its 111th Annual Conference & Exchange. Scheduled for Sept. 24-26, at the esteemed Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., the conference is set to be an exceptional event, gathering nearly 200 of the world’s most prominent leaders, including CEOs, senior executives and top-level managers.

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TRSA’s Next-Generation Executives Network recently held a virtual roundtable to discuss artificial intelligence (AI), and how linen, uniform and facility services executives can use this technology to enhance their business processes.

Celebrating nearly 60 years of excellence, TRSA’s Ehrlich-Stempler Executive Management Institute (EMI) will once again bring together industry leaders to the Washington, DC, area this August. Attendees will benefit from unparalleled educational, networking and professional-development opportunities specifically tailored for the linen, uniform and facility services industry.

TRSA held the second in its series of new Regional Production Summit and Plant Tour events, featuring a uniform design aimed at making a quality program more accessible to all members by bringing it to a central location within their region. The second program was held in collaboration with WATS on May 1-2 in Milwaukee.

TRSA member virtual networking is in high season. Two events occurred March 5 and 7, with the Production Network Virtual Open Forum and Women in Textile Services Virtual Roundtable, respectively. On March 12, the Human Resources and Safety Networks will conduct a roundtable of their own.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) will host a virtual public workshop this upcoming Monday and Tuesday, March 4-5, to examine opportunities to increase the use of reusable healthcare textiles (HCTs) for personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare settings. Please log on to the NASEM workshop to help provide accurate information to policymakers, and counter potentially inaccurate or unfounded claims by presenters and attendees.

For the first time, Messe Frankfurt is organizing a Texcare Forum in Casablanca, Morocco, thus opening a door to the booming region of North Africa. The forum also will serve as a prelude to Texcare International, scheduled for Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in November 2024.

TRSA recently announced a new panel for its West Coast Regional Production Summit & Plant Tours scheduled to take place on Jan. 24-25, 2024, at The Palms Casino Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas. The General and Production Manager Panel will close out the first day of the summit.