Navigating Change in the Textile Care Industry

Randy Bartsch, chair of both Ecotex Healthcare Linen Services and TRSA’s Board of Directors, shares valuable insights into the evolution of healthcare linen services, the challenges of workforce scarcity and the impact of technology on operations.

Laundry Operations and Workplace Violence

A May shooting at an industrial laundry that killed two workers and wounded three others brings the possibility of workplace violence back into focus. Carol Dodgen of Dodgen Security Consulting and Jay Juffre from ImageFIRST discuss warning signs, training, prevention and more.

We’re Heading for Recession! Now What Do I Do?

Bryan Cutsinger, assistant professor of economics at Angelo State University in Texas, and Mike Knowles, COO of Superior Linen Service in Oklahoma, talk the economy, the possibility of recession and ways to ride out the downturn.

Human Resources Challenges

Events of the past three years have changed workplace dynamics along with employee attitudes and expectations. Human resource managers Annette Jones from Huebsch Services and Katie Rowland from Plymate Inc. talk challenges and solutions in laundry HR today.

Laundry Facility Fire Safety

Bill Sullivan, fire protection engineer for the City of Madison Fire Department in Wisconsin, and Markus Tarin, CEO of MoviTHERM, an innovator in fire detection technology, based in Irvine, California, talk about steps to take in the event of a fire along with detection/prevention ideas.

Today’s Textiles

Duane Houvener, national sales manager for American Dawn, provides insider discussion about modern textiles and how performance and processability have been improved.