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February 18, 2013
In Memoriam: Norvin L. Pellerin, Pellerin Milnor Corp.

KENNER, La. — Co-founder of Pellerin Milnor Corp. held 18 patents for various laundry machinery

KENNER, La. — Norvin L. Pellerin, the co-founder of laundry equipment manufacturer Pellerin Milnor Corp., died Feb. 11, the company reports.

“Norvin took pride in offering the very best to his customers, family, and friends throughout the world,” Milnor says. “He was a true visionary, who held 18 patents for various laundry machinery and pioneered top-transfer continuous batch washing. … Norvin’s design and engineering expertise, as well as his leadership, revolutionized the laundry industry.”

Pellerin won many awards, including Tulane University’s School of Engineering Alumnus of the Year in 1996, the National Association of Institutional Linen Management (now the Association for Linen Management) Hall of Fame in 1998, The Rudolph Maglin Lifetime Achievement Award for Associate Members from TRSA in 2004, and the Junior Achievement Hall of Fame Laureate in 2012.

Surviving Pellerin are his wife of 63 years, Sue; two sons, Jim Pellerin and Curtis Pellerin; two daughters, Julie Bukrey and Renee Gordon; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

November 27, 2009
Business Evaluation and Valuation (Part 2 of 2)

Richard Ehrenreich, president of Olney, Md.-based Ehrenreich & Associates, continues explaining how he evaluates drycleaning operations and places value on them, in his own words (Editor’s note: read Part 1 of this story here.). Ehrenreich has so far assessed the bussiness' strengths and weaknesses and suggested ways to improve cashflow in advance of a possible sale.

June 21, 2009
Promote Your Site to Win Customers, Golomb Says

NEW ORLEANS — Websites are an essential element of marketing today, said Daniel McCrory, director of Internet marketing for the Golomb Group, in yesterday’s Websites: If You Build It, They Will Come.

Sponsored by the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI), the Clean Show educational session urged attendees to get on the web before other operators. “If your competitors don’t have a site now, they will,” Golomb told the audience. “And you have to stay ahead of the competition.”