At the June 2017 Clean Show, TRSA met with representatives from international textile services associations from Europe, Australia and China to outline information-sharing and cooperation. These meetings also resulted in an invitation by the China Healthcare Laundry Association to co-develop a Hygienically Clean Healthcare China initiative and present a progress report to the China Healthcare Laundry Association Conference.

In late September, TRSA Chairman David Potack, TRSA Industry Relations Director Bill Mann and I traveled to Shanghai to meet with and address attendees at the aforementioned conference. Our initial meetings with association leaders focused on forging a more cooperative relationship between ...