Building awareness among uniform manufacturers of the large and growing impact of uniform rental on the economy could make more of them bigger players in rental. That was a key goal of TRSA’s participation in the recent Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) Annual Convention in Reston, VA.

Many of these manufacturers attended the May event near Washington, DC, to exhibit and network with uniform distributors; any overlap with uniform service providers was incidental. Yet several acknowledged their existing business ties with rental providers who resell their garments and indicated that there could be growth for these manufacturers ...