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Published 01/06/2010 - 9:38 a.m. CT
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| Jerry’s midcentury plant |
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Jerry’s Cleaners, Naples, Fla.
Left in charge of the business after founder G.B. Fyke’s death in 2007, Diana King and the Fyke family decided it was time to update the 4,500-square-foot plant’s workings while preserving its 1950s style.
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Published 01/01/2010 - 10:00 a.m. CT
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| Aladdin’s new front end |
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Aladdin Cleaners, Amherst, N.Y.
Celebrating its 70th year in business, Aladdin Cleaners launched a renovation of its call office and spruced up its production capabilities, too. Staying up-to-date is not unusual for Aladdin’s operators, the Schneider family — ongoing improvements to their single location have taken Plant Design Awards in the past.
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Published 12/30/2009 - 9:31 a.m. CT
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| Vans drive right through CRDN’s new plant. |
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Outstanding Production Facility: CRDN of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev.
Located in an industrial park eight miles from Glitter Gulch, CRDN’s 8,300-square-foot plant is built to handle restoration work throughout the region quickly and efficiently. And the spotless new plant does just that, with room to grow.
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Published 12/22/2009 - 10:00 a.m. CT
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| The exterior of Bibbentucker’s new plant looks much the same as its predecessor, which was destroyed by fire. |
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DALLAS — The Grand Prize Winner in American Drycleaner's 49th Annual Plant Design Awards is a Bibbentuckers plant in Dallas that was rebuilt on the spot after burning nearly to the ground. While the disaster disrupted service temporarily, the operators were able to keep their customers and employees happy in the eight months the plant took to rebuild, while almost doubling the busy location’s production capabilities.
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Published 09/16/2009 - 8:56 a.m. CT
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| DryClean Direct’s Huron St. store in Chicago. |
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Saturated with drycleaners of every shape and size, the Chicago market can be tough for a new operation to crack. Going up against the hundreds of Mom-and-Pop shops, chain stores and couture cleaners can seem like an impossible task.
But with focused market positioning and a strong brand, a new operation can still carve out a niche for itself. Now two years old, DryClean Direct has done just that with a green-hued value proposition that’s designed to appeal to urban consumers.
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