Drycleaners are emerging as a niche for industrial laundry-equipment manufacturers and distributors, since a growing percentage of items funneled through progressive plants are now wetcleaned — often with superior results.
The industry is searching for safer cleaning alternatives, having been hammered by environmental regulations on the use of perchloroethylene, rising insurance premiums and increasing labor costs, says Mike (Stucky) Szczotka of Eagle Star Equipment in Troy, Mich.
