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.

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.

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.

Joe Greenwell joined ABS in February as a senior business consultant, according to a news release.

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.

G.A. Braun Inc., Syracuse, NY, recently announced the expansion of the company’s inside sales and project-management team.

Highlights of the March 22 Awards Dinner at TRSA’s Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, will include the presentation of the newest accolades in the annual TRSA Industry Awards series. These will honor one member company for exemplary plant operations and eight for their extensive participation in the association.