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Compact Laundries Squeeze in Productivity

Published 07/23/2008 - 10:00 a.m. CT
Donna Laue (left) and Alice Myers hand-fold sheets for independent living residents at Kendal at Ithaca. The small OPL provides weekly linen service (sheets and towels) to 215 cottages and apartments.
ITHACA, N.Y. — The on-premise laundry at Kendal at Ithaca, a continuing care retirement community in the central Finger Lakes region of New York, is not unlike many on-premise laundries (OPL) operating today.

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Hotel Reservations to Open for 2009 Clean Show in New Orleans

Published 07/21/2008 - 10:01 a.m. CT
ATLANTA — Hotel reservations open Aug. 8 for the 2009 Clean Show, which is slated for June 18-21, 2009, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

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Survey: Most Laundries Cooled, but Fewer Managers Instruct Workers in Staying Cool on Job

Published 07/21/2008 - 10:00 a.m. CT
CHICAGO — Virtually everyone who responded to this month’s Wire survey says his or her laundry uses some form of cooling equipment for the benefit of production workers, but only a little more than half (55.2%) say they display instructional posters about avoiding heat stress and/or offer employees instruction or training in how to keep cool while on the job.

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TRSA’s Joint Committee Annual Meeting (JCAM) Offers ‘Priceless’ Opportunities

Published 07/16/2008 - 10:55 a.m. CT
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Salt Lake City will host the Joint Committee Annual Meeting (JCAM) of the Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA), a free, members-only event, next month.

Sixteen educational sessions will highlight the Aug. 4-6 meeting at the Hilton City Center, focusing primarily on three areas important to textile service operators today: safety, the environment and skilled labor.
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Launch of UTSA's Laundry Safety ESP Program Reaches 60,000 Workers

Published 07/15/2008 - 8:00 a.m. CT
WASHINGTON — The Uniform and Textile Service Association (UTSA) reports it has successfully launched the Laundry Safety ESP (Effective Solutions + Prevention) program, a safety initiative for the industrial laundry industry.
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