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February 7, 2013
MAC Elects 2013 Officers During Annual Meeting

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Ben Johnson, Americlean, is MidAtlantic Association of Cleaners’ new president

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The MidAtlantic Association of Cleaners (MAC) recently held its Winter Board and Annual Meetings here, approving bylaw changes to streamline board functions and electing 2013 association officers, board members and committee members.

Officers for this year include President Ben Johnson (Americlean), Vice President Jamie Albano (Albano Cleaners), Treasurer Russell Kaplan (ZIPS) and Chair Dianne Chatelain (Presto Valet).

Elected to the Board of Directors were Michael McKay (Dryclean and Shirt Salon), Maryland; Patrick Dunlap (Classicleaners), District of Columbia; Buddy Gritz (Presto Valet) and Tammy Johnson (Americlean), Virginia; Charley Young (Peter Pan Cleaners) and Telly Svingos (Victors Cleaners & Launderers), West Virginia; and Tom McAllister (Kreussler Chemical), Jack Belluscio (Caled Chemical) and James Just (R.R. Street & Co.), representing the allied trades.

Committee members for 2013 include Tom Williams (Suffolk Quality Cleaners), Sally Veach (Fresh Dry Cleaners & Laundry), James Crowder (Edmondson’s Cleaners) and Dan Criswell (Prince George Cleaners).

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:

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:

January 6, 2010
49th Annual Plant Design Awards: Merit Awards (Part 2 of 2)

Jerry’s Cleaners, Naples, Fla.

Left in charge of the business after founder G.B. Fyke’s death in 2007, Diana King and the Fyke family decided it was time to update the 4,500-square-foot plant’s workings while preserving its 1950s style.

December 16, 2009
Senators Introduce Bill to Increase Small-Business Lending, Create Jobs

WASHINGTON — United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship chair Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Ranking Member Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, have introduced legislation designed to increase access to capital for small businesses and help create jobs.

S. 2869, the “Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2009,” would increase the small-business loan limit to as high as $5.5 million and extend for a year the elimination of fees and increased guarantees set to expire under the Recovery Act.

February 3, 2009
Economic Stimulus Package Passes House with Small-Business Provisions

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s $819 billion economic-stimulus legislation passed in a surprisingly partisan vote in the House, where Republicans united in opposition with 11 conservative Democrats. The package includes a number of small-business provisions designed to make loans more affordable.

May 27, 2008
Legislators May Delay N.J. Perc Phaseout

TRENTON, N.J. — State legislators are considering delaying a proposed phaseout of perchloroethylene for two years to give operators time to convert to alternative processes. The current proposal would ban perc use in “colocated” drycleaning plants next year, and eliminate the solvent entirely by 2021.