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June 27, 2011
DLI Names 2011-2012 Board of Directors

LAUREL, Md. — Each year, Drycleaning & Laundry Institute’s (DLI) board of directors holds elections in two districts to ensure a fresh perspective on the institute and industry. Director terms last two years. Presidential terms last one year with the president becoming chairperson of the board at the end of that year.

This year’s DLI board of directors lineup features:

December 11, 2009
GCC Awards Iris City Cleaners Four Leaves

MT. PLEASANT, Iowa — The Green Cleaners Council (GCC) has named Iris City Cleaners & Laundering Co. in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, the state’s first fully Certified Green Cleaner, awarding it four leaves.

July 14, 2009
Senator Introduces Bill to Lower Tax Burden for Small Businesses

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has introduced a bill designed to strengthen small businesses by lowering their tax burden. The senator says that the bill will help create new jobs, since about 70% of all net new jobs come from small business.

June 9, 2008
Discovery Channel Show Featuring Dexter Laundry to Air Wednesday

FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Dexter Laundry’s T-1200 commercial washer will star in a cable television show, Factory Made, this week. The new Discovery Channel series visits factories worldwide to find out how familiar products are manufactured.

A crew of four visited Dexter’s headquarters here in March for three days of filming in Dexter Laundry’s manufacturing facility and its foundry, which produces gray and ductile iron castings, including several components in Dexter washers.

January 9, 2008
Three Plants Take Special Honors in 47th Annual Plant Design Awards

While the Grand Prize went to a production-only, central plant, the three runners-up in American Drycleaner’s 47th Annual Plant Design Awards are freestanding plants-on-premises. Each of the three Outstanding New Builds is a model of production efficiency built to suit the needs of its hometown clients.

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November 7, 2007
Barton Solvents Focuses on Recovery

DES MOINES, Iowa — Since a massive explosion and fire destroyed an Iowa warehouse, and loading dock last Monday, chemical supplier Barton Solvents is focusing on recovery.

The fire took local firefighters 11 hours to contain last week, and debris was still smoldering several days later. A preliminary review indicates that static electricity sparked an explosion of ethyl acetate, which has an extremely low flashpoint. Barton’s Valley Center, Kan., fire earlier this year is thought to have been ignited by a drycleaning solvent.

October 31, 2007
Barton Solvents Suffers Second Explosion

DES MOINES, Iowa — Barton Solvents, a supplier of drycleaning solvents and other chemicals, suffered a massive explosion and fire at its plant outside Des Moines on Monday. The explosion is the company’s second this year.

Reported at 1:15 p.m., the fire continued for several hours as 55-gallon drums and 300-gallon tanks exploded to feed the flames. Fire departments throughout the Des Moines metro area responded to the fire, but often had to keep their distance due to successive blasts. The fire was mostly contained by 10:00 p.m.