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Roscoe CEO Tapped to Lead Industry Association

Friday November 9, 2018

Roscoe CEO Tapped to Lead Industry Association

Roscoe CEO Jim Buik has long believed that quality control is built around discipline, collaboration and a shared commitment to continuous improvement and professionalism. Beyond his role as CEO, it’s an approach that Buik carries over into his role as an industry leader.

This month he steps in as 64th chairman of the TRSA, the national trade organization of the linen, uniform and facility services industry.

At Roscoe, we have deep ties to the TRSA, which has long helped to nurture industry leadership and collaboration.

Sustainability, Continuous Improvement and Leadership Development Among Priorities

Buik’s priorities for the two-year …

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Roscoe’s Work Uniform Sorting System Featured in Textile Services Magazine

Friday September 7, 2018

Roscoe's Work Uniform Sorting System Featured in Textile Services Magazine

Textile Services Magazine, a publication of the uniform industry group TRSA, takes a behind-the-scenes look at Roscoe’s new sorting system, detailing the company-wide effort behind our installation of the sleekly efficient German Kannegiesser ETECH system last year.

The story, which appears in the July/August issue, recounts the painstaking work done in preparation for the most modern sorting system in the industry, including modifications to our 100-year-old building and the dismantling of the old system – much of it done by our own team members, and all of it done without any interruption of service.

Working Nights and Weekends to

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Industry & Community Leadership: Beyond the Bottom Line

Monday April 9, 2018

Industry & Community Leadership: Beyond the Bottom Line

At Roscoe, we’ve worked hard to earn our reputation for providing high quality work uniform rentals and unmatched customer service.

But behind the scenes, we work just as hard to be a good neighbor to our community, a responsible steward of the environment and a leader to the industry.

There’s more to running a business than the bottom line. Especially when the business is one your family founded three generations back. We are building something we can be proud to leave to the next generation, and a place where our employees will be proud to work, now – and a …

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Clean Show 2017: The Roscoe Recap

Friday June 23, 2017

Clean Show 2017: The Roscoe Recap

This year’s Clean Show was the 40th and biggest yet, attracting over 12,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 5-8, 2017.

According to American Laundry News, the exhibit space was sold out to 481 vendors of all types of products for laundry and linen service providers, covering 227,006 square feet of convention center space – the largest booth space sales since the show was held in Las Vegas 10 years ago.

Six members of the Roscoe Team attended Clean Show 2017. Below are the highlights of what we saw and learned, as well as a word …

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Roscoe Goes to Washington

Friday June 9, 2017

Roscoe Goes to Washington

The following guest blog was written by Julia Buik, who recently joined Roscoe as a 4th generation Buik family member. Julia is a graduate of Marquette University’s College of Business Administration with majors in Accounting, and Operations and Supply Chain Management. Her previous work experience includes Tandem HR in Westchester, IL, as well as working as an intern for Roscoe from 2004 through 2010. Julia became a full time team member of Roscoe in November 2016.

TRSA Mission & Meeting with Congress

This spring I had the opportunity to attend the Textile Rental Service Association’s (TRSA) 2017 Leadership & Legislative …

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