Linen, Uniform & Facility Services Podcast - Interviews & Insights by TRSA

Episode 87 – What's Next for Healthcare Laundry?

What will define the next era of healthcare laundry and textile services? In this episode, recorded live from TRSA's 15th Annual Healthcare Conference in San Diego, indus

Episode 86 – The Future of Laundry Operations: How Technology is Reshaping the Industry

Mads Andresen, the chief innovation officer for JENSEN-GROUP, discusses how robotics, artificial intelligence and data analytics are transforming linen, uniform and facil

Episode 85 – EMI Perspectives: Sergio Peña

What is the true value of leadership development? In this episode of the Linen, Uniform & Facility Services Podcast, we sit down with Sergio Peña, district manager at Ros

Episode 84 – EMI Perspectives: Laura Waldman

In this episode of the Linen, Uniform & Facility Services Podcast, Laura Waldman, vice president, Superior Linen Service, Tulsa, OK, shares how TRSA's Executive Managemen

Episode 83 – Market Trends and M&A Moves

Andrew Wittmann, senior research analyst, Robert W. Baird & Co., gives an update on economic trends in the linen, uniform and facility services industry, including an ove

Episode 82 – From Linens to Logistics: GPOs and Healthcare Partnerships

Liz Remillong, vice president of strategic alliances at CORE Linen Services; and Stephanie Gregg, senior consulting director, indirect spend, at Vizient, share their thou

Episode 81 – Executive Perspectives: Healthcare Trends

At the 14th Annual Healthcare Conference in Boston, TRSA Chair Randy Bartsch, the executive chair of Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service, moderated a panel discussion featuri

Episode 80 – A Look Ahead: 2026 Annual Conference & CEO Summit

TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci, TRSA Chair Randy Bartsch from Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service and TRSA Vice Chair PJ Dempsey from Dempsey Uniform and Linen Supply give

Episode 79 – Clean Show Innovations

A group of industry veterans that also serve as TRSA's Hygienically Clean Auditors discuss the highlights from the Clean Show floor, including automation, digitalization

Episode 78 – Live from Clean: TRSA Launches RSR Training

Currie Gilbert and Caleb Gilmer from Performance Matters discuss the need for route service representative (RSR) training in the linen, uniform and facility services indu

Episode 77 – Artificial Intelligence

Larry Erickson, the chief technology officer at Kannegiesser North America, discusses breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), the importance of collecting data and

Episode 76 – Texas Levels the Playing Field

Fresh off a major legislative victory in Texas, TRSA's Vice President of Government Relations Kevin Schwalb joins the podcast to discuss the economic benefits of reclassi

Episode 75 – Elevating the Industry: Q&A with Randy Bartsch

TRSA Chair Randy Bartsch, Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service, Vancouver, British Columbia, discusses his goals for the association and the industry during his two-year term

Episode 74 – Laundry Automation

Silje Mari Sunde, project manager at Nor Tekstil, the market leader in Norway with 26 facilities and more than 1,300 employees, discusses how the company has increased au

Episode 73 – Annual Conference Preview

TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci gives an overview of the 112th Annual Conference agenda, including several inspiring speakers, a plethora of networking opportunities fo

Episode 72 – The Trump Administration, Tariffs and More

John Harwood, an award-winning journalist known for his impartial analysis of U.S. elections, politics and the presidency, recently gave a keynote address at TRSA's 15th

Episode 71 – GR: 2024 Review and a Look Ahead to 2025

TRSA's Vice President of Government Relations Kevin Schwalb gives an update on the latest news impacting the linen, uniform and facility services industry from Washington

Episode 70 – The Wash Meets TRSA

Zach Ostendorf, host of the industry podcast The Wash and a videographer for Clean & Simple Marketing/CITY Laundering, interviews TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci while

Episode 69 – Enhancing Safety: Fire Safety Survey

Charles Edelman, the corporate safety director at Unitex Healthcare Laundry Services in Elmsford, NY, and the chair of TRSA's Safety Committee, discusses the results of T

Episode 68 – PFAS: Update from the EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials Brian D'Amico and Matt Klasen join the podcast to give an overview of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the