Returning to Toronto after last year’s session in Montreal, the Third Annual TRSA Canadian Production Summit & Plant Tours again featured presentations on the industry’s best practices, particularly as they apply to Canada. In contrast to the first two sessions, the laundries that participants visited are ultramodern, not just new or renovated.

The tours included HLS Linen Services (facility occupied only 10 months) and K-Bro Linen Systems (opened in 2017). Both plants embodied a theme that prevailed throughout the event: plant operators must continue to focus on laborsaving automation as hiring and retention of frontline employees grows more difficult or ...