USA
Operator member launderers and associate member suppliers offered positive reviews of Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA)’s annual conference. They gave especially high marks to the innovative Executive Exchange, sessions of scheduled one-on-one meetings between operators and associates to discuss future collaboration between them.
The 2016 conference attracted 225 textile services professionals, including more than 65 operators from nearly 50 companies. Participating companies in the Exchange numbered about 30 each from the operator and associate memberships.
The Exchange format allowed meetings to take place simultaneously at tables in a large conference room that otherwise would be devoted to associates’ tabletop exhibits. Operators rotated between associates’ Exchange tables for two 2-hour sessions; in total, they could meet with 12 suppliers for 15 to 20 minutes each.
Full details will appear in the November issue of LCN International.
