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January 9, 2013
Plant Design Awards—Grand Prize: Rainbow Cleaners (Part 2 of 2)

OXFORD, Miss. — New plant invites customers to watch all of the activity inside

OXFORD, Miss. — Herron Rowland really didn’t want to sell the corner location his Rainbow Cleaners occupied. For months he politely declined the inquiries of a real estate developer representing a major drug store chain. The chain kept looking for a suitable site in Oxford but always came back to Rainbow’s corner. Eventually, Rowland agreed to sell the property and relocate his business.

He promptly set into motion a plan to build a better plant. Having seen his business operate out of what once had been a steakhouse, Rowland was excited to take advantage of the opportunity to build new.

He invested in excess of $1 million to design and develop a 5,000-square-foot “building that’s purpose was to function as a dry cleaning operation.” That high-visibility plant, located just seven blocks from Rainbow’s previous location, earned the Grand Prize for Best Plant Design in the 52nd Annual American Drycleaner Plant Design Awards.

June 26, 2012
The Dream Dry Cleaning Plant (If Money Were No Object)

SAN FRANCISCO — What would you include in your wish list for a new or renovated plant

SAN FRANCISCO — Do you dream of a new plant? Are you tired of “making do” with what you have? What would you include in your wish list for a new or renovated plant if you were not constrained by cash or space?

Of course, that is never the actuality and there are always constraints, but let’s suspend budgetary and space limitations momentarily and dream a bit.

In addition to the obvious basics for which there exist standard checklists, a state-of-the-art dry cleaning and laundry plant would include:

RETAIL STORE FRONT

Even in industrial locations, retail plant stores can generate substantial sales volume if they are well designed, appropriately marketed, and also professionally managed.

Some considerations and components that increase the probability of success for any dry cleaning store include:

January 31, 2012
Plant Design Awards — Merit Award: Pride Cleaners & TIDE Dry Cleaners

GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Pride Cleaners turned the shell of a former ice skating rink into a bright, clean central processing plant that services its 37 stores throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. It processes around 10,000 pieces a day in season.

After the 22,000-square-foot building was cleaned out, Pride had to bring in new power, gas and water services. Every piece of equipment had to be installed, and offices were built.

The plant was laid out to best fit the workflow needed for drycleaning, laundry and alteration services. Laundry and drycleaning work is separated, and flows from the washing/drycleaning machines through the press area, down to assembly, and out to the trucks in a U-shaped design.

Among Pride’s key pieces of equipment is Fulton boilers, Unipress finishing equipment, Metalprogetti auto-sort systems, Union drycleaning machines, petroleum reclaimers, Kaeser air compressor, and a Kemco hot-water system.

June 20, 2009
Automation Options Abound on Clean Show Floor

NEW ORLEANS — Drycleaners looking to add to their plants’ automation need look no further than the Clean Show floor, as speeding up production and increasing efficiency is the focus of many exhibitor booths.

One such company, HMC Solutions, has enhanced its Fetch! Anytime Cleaning Retriever and ADAC (Automated Drycleaning Assembly Conveyor), and it’s showing these products off on the show floor.

July 14, 2008
HMC Adds Conveyor Partners

HMC Solutions announced it has reached agreements with Allied Conveyors Ltd. and Railex Corp. to produce custom overhead conveyors for its automated systems. North Little Rock, Ark.-based HMC produces Fetch! 24/7 kiosks and ADAC automated-assembly systems.

January 30, 2008
Merit Winners of The 47th Annual Plant Design Awards

Whether the plant is an established hub of the community or a vanguard of new development, each of the runners up in American Drycleaner's 47th Annual Plant Design Awards displayed improved efficiencies, outstanding aesthetics and exceptional comfort. Congratulations to the 10 Merit Award-winning plants!

Admiral Cleaners, Annapolis, Md.

March 28, 2007
Special Honors Winners Built for Speed, More

Runners-up in American Drycleaner's 46th Annual Plant Design Awards showcase production, quality and positioning

January 17, 2007
Merit Award Winners in the Spotlight (Part 2)

More exceptional plant projects from American Drycleaner's 46th Annual Plant Design Awards

Jenny K Dry Cleaners began the renovation of its small satellite location in Meridian, Conn., by replacing its counters. Soon, operators Al and Ana Marques noticed something unusual: a steady increase in new customers that was producing a storage crunch.

January 3, 2007
Merit Award Winners in the Spotlight (Part 2)

More exceptional plant projects from American Drycleaner's 46th Annual Plant Design Awards.

Jenny K Dry Cleaners began the renovation of its small satellite location in Meridian, Conn., by replacing its counters. Soon, operators Al and Ana Marques noticed something unusual: a steady increase in new customers that was producing a storage crunch.

January 3, 2007
Special Honors winners built for speed, more

Runners-up in American Drycleaner's 46th Annual Plant Design Awards showcase production, quality and positioning