Alsco Uniforms, Salt Lake City, recently announced that 38 of its branches providing linen and uniform laundry services and other products to healthcare, food safety and hospitality facilities have been certified Hygienically Clean.

Fifteen TRSA member operators have been honored with the association’s 2024 Fleet Graphics Award. The accolade acknowledges them for how their chosen images and text reflect their companies’ key attributes as linen, uniform and facility services providers. These qualities could include sustainability, hygiene, service timeliness, textile durability … whatever qualities of the organization the company seeks to portray.

At Alsco Uniforms’ recent Managers Meeting in Maui, the company announced a donation of $50,000 to the Hawai’i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund. This philanthropic initiative will provide vital financial resources for both immediate and long-term recovery efforts in the wake of the destructive Maui wildfires that occurred in August 2023.

With costs rising and lingering supply-chain headaches, fleet operators with linen, uniform and facility services companies across North America are taking a hard look at phasing out leasing in favor of company-owned fleet vehicles, according to recent interviews conducted by TRSA editorial staff.

Alsco Uniforms, Salt Lake City, recently announced the continuation of its partnership with the Utah Jazz as the official uniform and linen sponsor of the Delta Center and Zions Bank Basketball Campus, according to a news release.

Alsco Uniforms, Salt Lake City, announced today several updates to its executive leadership team, including a pair of promotions and the retirement of a longtime executive for the company’s North American Division.

Amid regulatory pressures in states such as Massachusetts to divert ragged-out textiles – particularly cotton-polyester garments – from landfills, Alsco Uniforms – Australia is partnering with an Aussie firm that’s pioneered a process that breaks out polyester for reuse in plastic products. What’s more, cellulose from the cotton serves as a component for a hydromulch that’s sprayed on areas cleared of plant life for building projects in order to grow new vegetation.

TRSA’s Executive Management Institute (EMI) held its 58th yearly commencement on Aug. 10, with 14 rising industry leaders graduating after completing the final segment of a four-year educational program for members of the linen, uniform and facility services industry.

Managing the fleet operations of linen, uniform and facility services companies comes with challenges that can generate stress and sleeplessness for fleet managers and other executives. Textile Services Weekly heard a lot about the difficulties confronting these managers during a panel discussion at the TRSA Fleet Summit in Baltimore.

Paul Rasband, M&A/supply chain director for Alsco Uniforms, oversees these and other issues for the company’s international headquarters in Salt Lake City. Textile Services Weekly recently interviewed Rasband – along with other industry experts – on supply-chain trends in the COVID-19 era as background for an upcoming article on this topic. The following are excerpts from our recent discussion with Rasband on the shifting supply-chain scene he sees in today’s markets for linen, uniform and facility services operators.