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February 20, 2025
Industry veteran Paul Hansen is in the business of buying, renovating and running laundries. His most recent laundry project —…
February 11, 2025
If your dry cleaning machine is aging out and you’re on the fence about whether to invest in a new…
January 28, 2025
A new, 9,000-square-foot laundry recently opened in Rockford, Ill., bringing a high-rental, low-income area renewed vitality and customers a quicker,…
January 17, 2025
John Harris, owner of Royalty Cleaners, in Royal Oak, Mich., recently launched revenue and profits thanks to a single piece…
January 14, 2025
Jeff Sitz comes from a long line of family members invested in the dry cleaning business. He owns City Cleaners,…
January 3, 2025
As an equipment manager juggling multiple responsibilities, the last thing you need are laundry pileups. If you and your staff…
December 16, 2024
SmartWash, a new high-speed laundry in Fargo, N.D., was designed and equipped to maximize convenience, customer turnover and full- and…
December 11, 2024
Parker Brubaker, of Brubaker Linens, in Phoenix, Ariz., grew his commercial laundry business from the ground up. He started by…
December 9, 2024
Does your hotel/resort offer a beautiful and modern guest laundry? If not, you’re likely missing out on extended-stay and athletic-team…
November 26, 2024
Cleaning Protective Gear — Part 1 In 2001, the NFPA developed a set of guidelines for cleaning protective gear in…
May 17, 2022
A highly programmable wet cleaning machine is essential to properly cleaning a variety of items and fabrics. If you’ve got one on the floor, you can safely wet clean everything from delicate silk blouses and wool suits to casual wear, shirt laundry and household items — even pillows, stuffed animals and luggage. But not all wet cleaning machines are created…
April 6, 2022
Seeking new ways to bolster revenue, fabricare professionals are entering the textile restoration market in droves. In doing so, they work with homeowners and insurance companies to clean and restore household soft goods (clothing, window coverings, bedding, towels, etc.) following a flood or fire. The goal? To restore items to pre-incident condition at a fraction of the cost of replacement,…
March 30, 2022
Across the country, dry cleaning operations are facing pressure from landlords to become environmentally friendly. Oftentimes, this is because of misleading information based on the dry cleaning practices and machinery from 20 years ago. The truth of the matter is that today’s alternative solvents and machinery leave little impact on the environment and public health. Wet cleaning using water, or…
March 23, 2022
While highly programmable wet cleaning washer-extractors have been on the market for years, their partner dryers have lacked the programmability needed to dry delicate fabrics — wools, silks, linens — without resulting damage. Historically, garments were either wet cleaned and air-dried overnight, which took a lot of time and space, or dry cleaned. Thankfully, emerging dryer technology is changing all…
March 23, 2022
New technologies allow wet cleaning to significantly improve throughput production over traditional dry cleaning. This makes a strong case for the eco-friendly wet cleaning process. When comparing the costs associated with both — wet cleaning is the clear winner. The initial investment, operational costs and associated fees are thousands less. Read on to see the figures in black and white.…
