The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has released Interim Final Rules (“Final Rules”) for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) — sections 1102 and 1106 of the CARES Act. The Interim Final Rules are different from the statutory language in several important respects and state that additional guidance on the affiliation rules will be issued promptly.
For the fifth time in two weeks, TRSA hosted another well-attended COVID-19-specific webinar which provided the industry with additional support to move through the daily impact of the pandemic. The 90-minute, April 2 webinar, which drew more than 300 participants, opened with a state of the industry update from TRSA President and CEO Joseph Ricci.
Laundry managers of all levels will learn the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully and efficiently manage plant operations as participants of the TRSA’s 31st Annual Roger F. Cocivera Professional Management Institute (PMI), hosted at the University of Maryland, August 9-14.
A recent report by Reuters detailed the steps Christeyns is taking to increase its production of antibacterial gel, or hand sanitizer, at its plant in Vertou, France, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
As cancellations mount in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several hotel operators are eyeing the third and fourth quarter of 2020 to make up for lost revenue, according to a report in Hotel News Now, an online publication dedicated to the hotel and lodging industry.
Canada’s National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure, a publication by the Canadian Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness for use in times of emergency or crisis, has listed laundry services under its critical infrastructure. Critical infrastructure is defined as the processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets, and services essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians and the effective functioning of government.
In response to first responders urgent need for personal protective equipment (PPE) to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Jiangsu Sea-lion Machinery Co. Ltd. of China supplied North American affiliate Sea-lion America Co. with a shipment of PPE masks. The masks have been donated to Connecticut firemen, police, visiting nurses, and to a disabled persons group home, according to a news release.
TRSA recently closed its initial Business Pulse Survey, designed to get a snapshot of the economic activity in the various sectors of the linen, uniform and facility services industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results of the survey will be published and reported every two weeks in the Textile Services Weekly e-newsletter.
TRSA associate member Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, SC, is leveraging its materials science expertise to manufacture much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for the healthcare industry amid the current COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release.
Jim Hall, 65, longtime CEO of Northwest Health Care Linen, Bellingham, WA, passed away on March 4 after a three-year battle with Glioblastoma.