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June 21, 2009
Heads of U.S., Foreign Associations Talk About Forming ‘Global Alliance’

NEW ORLEANS — Heads of the Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA) and similar associations representing Europe, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands announced on Saturday that they have had preliminary talks about forming a “global alliance.”

The goal of such an alliance will be to work together on issues of common interest, such as the environment, says George Ferencz, vice president of TRSA. He announced the development during an informal and sparsely attended Textile Services Global Forum at Clean ’09.

February 6, 2008
If Water is No. 1 Resource, Can You Afford to Use It Just Once?

It’s estimated that U.S. commercial laundry operations consume more than 150 billion gallons of fresh water annually in processing at least 60 billion pounds of soiled linens from hospitals, hotels, correctional facilities, universities and industrial sites.

So, it just makes good business sense for laundries to consider installing systems to recycle or reuse water, but some operators in drought-ridden parts of the country are turning to this technology out of necessity.

March 1, 2007
TRSA's Tech/Plant Summit 2007 Off to Sunny Start

ATLANTA — Building upon the success of an event that has grown more popular annually, the Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA) welcomed more than 250 attendees to sunny Georgia Tech University on Tuesday, Feb. 26, to begin Tech/Plant Summit 2007.

November 2, 2006
Worker Dies in Australia Laundry Accident

MELBOURNE, Australia — A worker in the Del Brocco Laundry in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West was crushed between the rollers of a flatwork ironer last week when he somehow became caught in the machine, according to WorkSafe Victoria, which manages workplace safety in the state.

The victim is Vietnamese and came to Australia earlier this year, so investigators are trying to determine if language or inadequate instruction could've contributed to the accident.