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January 14, 2013
Environmental Agency Partners with Dry Cleaning Groups to Present Alternatives Summit

DENVER — Event in response “to increasing concerns over dry cleaning solvent releases”

DENVER — The Small Business Assistance Program (SBAP) at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is partnering with several dry cleaning-related organizations to present a Dry Cleaning Alternatives Summit and Trade Fair here later this winter.

The Rocky Mountain Fabricare Association, GreenEarth Cleaning, CDPHE’s Hazardous Materials Waste Management Division and the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute are partnering with the agency to present the March 9 event showcasing dry cleaning alternatives “due to increasing concerns over dry cleaning solvent releases to the environment, and related impacts on air, water and soil,” the CDPHE says.

The one-day event at the Denver Marriott Tech Center will feature presentations and panel discussions on dry cleaning alternatives from industry, allied trades and CPDHE speakers. Also, there will be an exhibitor trade fair offering a multitude of resources in dry cleaning, laundry and wet cleaning equipment supplies.

March 22, 2012
Report: Repair, Expansion of U.S. Water Infrastructure to Top $1 Trillion

DENVER — The cost of repairing and expanding U.S. drinking water infrastructure will top $1 trillion in the next 25 years

DENVER — The cost of repairing and expanding U.S. drinking water infrastructure will top $1 trillion in the next 25 years, an expense that likely will be met primarily through higher water bills and local fees, an American Water Works Association (AWWA) report asserts.

The report, Buried No Longer: Confronting America’s Water Infrastructure Challenge, analyzes many factors, including timing of water main installation and life expectancy, materials used, replacement costs and shifting demographics, the association says. Nationally, the infrastructure needs are almost evenly divided between replacement and expansion requirements.

Water systems that were built in the latter part of the 19th century and throughout much of the 20th century have, for the most part, never experienced the need for pipe replacement on a large scale, the AWWA report says. “The dawn of an era in which the assets will need to be replaced puts a growing stress on communities that will continue to increase for decades to come.”

August 4, 2011
In Memoriam: Leonard Frushtick, Leonard Automatics

DENVER, N.C. — Leonard Frushtick, founder of Leonard Automatics, died Monday at age 80, the company reports.

Frushtick started his career selling buttons to the garment manufacturing industry, and later expanded the business to include a variety of machinery.

In 1969, he moved his family to North Carolina to be closer to the garment industry and founded Leonard Automatics. As garment manufacturing began to decline in the mid-’80s, Frushtick migrated to the laundry industry. His creativity gave him the ability to develop new technologies involved with garment finishing, and has lent itself to promoting an atmosphere of creativity and innovation at Leonard Automatics that exists to this day, the company says.

Frushtick became a prolific painter after his retirement, and he and his wife, Phyllis, traveled extensively, providing a wealth of experiences for him to express on canvas.

A private memorial service for Frushtick is scheduled for Friday in Bluffton, S.C. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice Care of the Low Country, 119 Palmetto Way, Bluffton, SC 29910.

November 3, 2009
Martinizing Dry Cleaning Acquires Dry Cleaning Station

LOVELAND, Ohio — Martinizing Dry Cleaning has increased its more than 529-store global presence with the acquisition of Minneapolis-based Dry Cleaning Station.

It’s anticipated that a combination of 10 Dry Cleaning Station full-service plants will initially convert to the Martinizing brand in four markets, including Denver; Southern California; Tulsa, Okla.; and Minneapolis, with other markets to follow, according to Jerry Laesser, Martinizing’s vice president of marketing and franchise development.

February 18, 2009
Obama Signs $787 Billion Stimulus Bill

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus bill in Denver yesterday. The legislation, which combines $281 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses with more than a half-trillion dollars in government spending, is meant to reinvigorate job creation, consumer spending and public optimism.

August 4, 2008
Leonard Automatics Moves into New Building

DENVER, N.C. — Leonard Automatics has moved into a new facility in Denver, N.C., and operations are now fully under way. The new building is on 6.5 acres in a new industrial park located one mile from the company’s previous location.

“We are very pleased to be in our new location,” says Jeff Frushtick, owner and president of Leonard Automatics Inc. “The growth that is a hallmark of Leonard Automatics now has the room to take the company to even greater levels of success.”

February 19, 2008
‘Door-To-Door’ Launches Franchise Push

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — A company known as Door-To-Door Dry Cleaning is launching a franchising push that includes a nationwide series of seminars focusing on start-up and conversion opportunities.

Based in Colorado, Door-To-Door Dry Cleaning claims to be one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry and is targeting rapid expansion through franchising. The company says it will begin serving six franchisees in the Denver metro area as soon as it opens a central plant this spring.