The Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) and its partner regional associations will keep cleaners busy this month with numerous opportunities, including its monthly featured webinar
Next month, the DL EXPO East 2026 will take place from Oct. 16 to 18 as it comes to the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington, DC.
This October, the Southwest Drycleaners Association (SDA) will host its two-day Fall Meeting in Salt Lake City from Oct. 23 to 24.
The Coin Laundry Association (CLA) will head to Austin, TX, to host its Wash-Dry-Fold Workshop 2026 later this month.
The Textile Care Allied Trades Association (TCATA) welcomed members of the textile care industry to Asheville, NC, early last month for its 2026 Management & Educational Conference at the Omni Grove Park Inn.
One of my younger employees seems to be wearing something new every time I see her. She combines the cutest, most unique pieces — things you can’t find just anywhere.
This month, we will explore solvent flow, valves, and some of the problems associated with them in the drycleaning process.
Many shirt launderers either say the phrase above or should say it. I’m amazed at the varying levels of clean that are acceptable.
The whir of machinery, the insistent ping of the counter bell, the careful inspection of garments — the life of a drycleaning entrepreneur is a constant flurry of activity.
I have been teaching spotting and drycleaning over 50 years. At the time I was director of the New York School of Drycleaning, the spotting techniques I taught were the law of the land.
A customer was using a commercial dryer at a laundromat when the dryer door became detached and struck her in the leg. The incident appeared to be little more than a minor inconvenience.
According to this year’s Cotton Incorporated Durability Survey (research that examines consumer attitudes toward clothing longevity and garment care), the five biggest reasons consumers stop wearing clothing are:
EVI Industries, Inc. (NYSE American: EVI) announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Florida-based Sudsies, Inc.
Hallak Cleaners has received official national certification as an affiliate of America’s Best Cleaners (ABC)
Margaret’s recently announced that Chief Marketing Officer Katia Graytok has completed the prestigious Handbag Authentication master program at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.
Kaplan’s Careful Cleaners of Camp Hill, PA, has been honored with an award for 2025 Small Business Environmental Stewardship by the National Small Business Environmental Assistance Programs
Puritan Cleaners is open for business in the former Bill’s Cleaners and Paz Cleaners location at the corner of W. Cary Street and Nansemond St. in the Carytown neighborhood of Virginia
Recently, Balfurd Cleaners concluded its inaugural EmpowerWear campaign, an initiative that collected more than 500 professional garments by the June 30 campaign deadline, with an additional 100 garments collected from route customers in the days following.
Al Phillips Cleaners announced a comprehensive strategic realignment designed to both improve customer experience and address evolving market dynamics, specifically the economic pressures facing the Consumer Discretionary Sector.
The 2026 Summer Leadership Series, co-sponsored by the California Cleaners Association (CCA) and the Southwest Drycleaners Association (SDA), was held on June 26 at Cleaner’s Supply in Reno, NV.
The Xplor Spot User Conference was hosted in Salt Lake City, UT, recently. The annual conference brought together Xplor Spot users to learn about new technology, share best practices and discuss opportunities to better serve clients.
For the first time in Southern California, the California Cleaners Association (CCA) presented a hands-on spotting seminar in Spanish.
Poseidon Textile Care Systems® enhanced its EdS-Series dryer line, improving everything from durability and serviceability to performance
CINET will be hosting a Global Best Practices 2026 Award event around EXPO Detergo, scheduled from Oct. 22 to 23 later this year in Milan, Italy
Continental Laundry Solutions recently added four team members to support customer care, accounting and training initiatives
Martinizing Cleaners recently opened a newly renovated location in Aurora, CO. The business is owned by drycleaning veteran Brad Ambridge, who has more than 20 years in the Martinizing network.
Diane Kelleher, one of the original founders of Kelleher Equipment Co., Inc., of Long Beach, CA, beloved wife of John Kelleher, and mother of Kelly Kelleher of Kelleher/Casares Equipment, LLC, passed away peacefully on April 24th.
The Textile Care Allied Trades Association (TCATA) is pleased to announce that Executive Director Luci Ward Pettys has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), representing the Association Executives Council (AEC).
Seven students completed the Drycleaning and Laundry Institute’s School of Drycleaning Technology’s Introduction to Drycleaning Course, March 9–13 and seven more graduated DLI’s Advanced Drycleaning Course, March 16–27.
“Members of the generation known as Gen Z are peer-influenced, anxious, and they read your reviews,” said Beth Chapman, the featured speaker at this year’s annual meeting of the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists (AWGS).
Nearly 15,000 cleaners and their suppliers throughout the United States and around the world read Clothesline
