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February 20, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — North American Restoration Dry Cleaners (NARD), a national group of textile restoration professionals, has welcomed three new members in expanding its national coverage.

Urban Valet Cleaners, Buffalo, N.Y., has been in the restoration business for more than 10 years and services western New York and northern Pennsylvania.

Bobby Page’s Restoration in northern Nevada has been working restoration dry cleaning for almost 50 years.

Fabricare-Restoration by Margaret’s is recognized as Southern California’s premier dry cleaning institution and as one of the nation’s top cleaning establishments, NARD says. The business recently added a separate division focusing solely on insurance restoration cleaning.

“We are one step closer to our goal of providing national coverage with the finest restoration dry cleaning professionals in the country,” says NARD President Mark Folzenlogen.

July 26, 2011

World Class Drycleaners sharing a World of Experience. This convention in Baltimore, Md., will bring together drycleaners from all over the world for four days of networking, international reports and discussions about the future prosperity of the Industry. This event will also include a visit to see the work of the world-recognized Drycleaning & Laundry Institute in Laurel, Md. For more details about IDC, visit the website www.idcgroup.org.

February 4, 2011

Aug. 4-6 China Laundry Expo. To be held at the Beijing, China International Exhibition Center. Call Echo Jee 0086 20 8327 6369 ext. 813, e-mail echo@unifair.com or visit http://www.laundryexpo.cn.

February 4, 2011

Nov. 17-19 Texcare Asia. To be held at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, China. E-mail technical@china.messefrankfurt.com or visit http://www.texcare-asia.com.

April 22, 2010

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — GreenEarth Cleaning LLC announced the launch of its new Guide to Living Green at its website, featuring a year's worth of environmentally friendly "Tips of The Day" that the company says can "help make every day Earth Day."

January 5, 2010

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — GreenEarth Cleaning LLC has signed GreenClean Tintorerias as a Master Licensor for its silicone-based drycleaning technology in Mexico.

September 8, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Detergent and consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble will team with GreenEarth Cleaning to open three Tide-branded drycleaning stores in the Kansas City metro area this month.

Testing the market for branded, “environmentally friendly” drycleaning services, P&G says it will work with an existing operator to convert two plants to the Tide Dry Cleaners flag, and build one new store. P&G plans to test various wetcleaning processes and dryclean exclusively with GreenEarth.

September 8, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Detergent and consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble will team with GreenEarth Cleaning to open three Tide-branded drycleaning stores in the Kansas City metro area this month.

Testing the market for branded, “environmentally friendly” drycleaning services, P&G says it will work with an existing operator to convert two plants to the Tide Dry Cleaners flag, and build one new store. P&G plans to test various wetcleaning processes and dryclean exclusively with GreenEarth.

September 10, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prestige Preservation LLC, an international licenser of products and processes for cleaning and preserving bridal gowns and other textile memorabilia, is targeting the Japanese market. The firm announced a multiyear agreement with Tokyo Wholesale, a division of Hokuyosha Co. Ltd.

September 5, 2007

SHANGHAI — China’s boom is creating opportunities throughout the textile-care industry. That’s why Texcare Asia is returning to Shanghai less than two years after its last successful outing in Beijing.

In China, you’ll find a booming tourism market, increasing investment in energy-efficient equipment, greater environmental awareness, a push to renovate or build hotels and hospitals, and a growing middle class that’s becoming more fashion- and hygiene-conscious.

May 29, 2007

SHANGHAI, China — Texcare Asia will be the biggest yet, show planners Messe Frankfurt Shanghai announced, due to increasing demand for drycleaning and laundry products industry in China. Scheduled for Sept. 19-21, the 2007 edition of the show will cover almost 10,000 square meters [108,000 square feet] — one-third larger than Texcare Asia 2005 in Beijing and approaching half the size of a typical Clean Show.

April 9, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The council of Illinois’ state cleanup fund, the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust (DERT), has designated GreenEarth Cleaning’s silicon-based solvent as a “green” alternative. The ruling immediately cuts state tax rates on GreenEarth at least 82%, the company says, giving it a substantial edge over perc and other solvent alternatives.