American Drycleaner - February 2024

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— Ben Combs, owner of Judi’s Cleaners Citrus Heights, California

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FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

Pre-Inspection Making Connections

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Classified Ads / Ad Index

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Buyer’s Guide Manufacturers & Providers

With customer desires and demands in a constant state of evolution, dry cleaners may need to offer new services or revamp those they current offer. If this is the case, or you just need partners to help keep you moving forward, you’ll find what you need in our 2024 Buyer’s Guide.

Get the contact information for the manufacturers and providers you need to keep your business humming. In this section of the 2024 Buyer’s Guide, you’ll find updated information for the companies that you’ll need throughout the coming year.

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Steps to Cut Workforce Turnover at Your Company

With a tight labor market, owners of drycleaning companies can’t afford to let valuable employees slip through their fingers.

What are the reasons behind the lack of workers, and what are some ways to keep them once hired? Read on to find out.

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Good luck!

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PRE-INSPECTION

Making Connections Most small- to mid-sized businesses today have had to adapt to changing conditions far more often than they’ve had to in the past. Adaptability is turning out to be one of the attributes successful businesses need most to make it in a rapidly evolving marketplace.

Part of that adaptation for your business might have been offering new services to your clients to meet their demands or their own changing situations. And, to do that, you may need more — or different—tools than you’ve used in the past. Or, perhaps your own supplier has pivoted (or left the field) and you need to replace their services with another.

Our 2024 Buyer’s Guide is designed to give you the answers Dave Davis you need to make sure your business stays relevant to your customers and allows you to build for the future. And, while this guide has been updated for the new year, we also keep a listing on our website, www.americandrycleaner. com.

While the Buyer’s Guide takes up the bulk of this month’s issue, we have included a feature that will be of interest to dry cleaners who are having trouble finding enough people they can trust to smoothly operate their business (which is a category, I’m assuming, that most dry cleaners currently fall into).

In “Steps to Cut Workforce Turnover at Your Company,” Dick Finnegan of CSuite Analytics not only gives advice on keeping the valuable workers you have, but provides insight into why labor issues have gotten to the point we’re at today. Hint: There actually are fewer workers available compared to job openings.

It’s been a crazy few years, and your business might not look anything like what it did in the past. There’s one thing the same, however: It’s your business. By making sure you’re serving your customers in the way they need, you become a part of their lives. And, in that way, American Drycleaner wants to become — and stay — a part of your life. Let’s take on the future with optimism and the drive to make things happen in 2024!

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES

2024

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Advertising & Marketing Services

Ascend Consulting Group BeCreative360 Brightleaf for Drycleaners Cleaner Business Systems Free Ready Wraps GreenEarth Cleaning Iowa Techniques The Marketing Shop Mayfield Group Advertising Bureau National Cleaners Association The Route Pros Spector Textile Products Tuchman Advisory Group

Air Compressors

Air Compressor Sales Inc. Frankford Machinery Inc. Ingersoll-Rand Co. Jenny Products Kaeser Compressors Maxi Companies Quincy Compressor R.W. Martin & Sons Inc. Saylor-Beall

Air Conditioning & Spot Cooling

American Chillers & Cooling Tower Systems Inc. Bessamaire Sales, Inc. Colmac Industries Inc. Commercial Coils Inc. Crane Pumps & Systems Essick Air Products Flexaust Frankford Machinery Inc. MovinCool Mustang Enterprises Port-A-Cool Quietaire Schaefer Ventilation Spot Coolers Unico

Air Monitoring Equipment Draeger, Inc. Newhouse Specialty Nextteq LLC Sensidyne

Air Vacuum Units

Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

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Alterations & Sewing Supplies

Arch Sewing Machine Co. Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Covers Etc. Ideal Fastener Corp.

B&G Lieberman Lucas Products Corp.

Newhouse Specialty Quality Zipper & Supply Seickel & Sons Singer Sewing Co. Waterbury Button Co.

Apps

CleanCloud Comca Systems Inc. Fabricare Systems LLC (Fabricare Manager) Renzacci SPOT Business Systems Starchup

Assembly Systems

Global Business Systems Iowa Techniques Metalprogetti Garment Management Systems (QuickSort) Railex Corp.

SPOT Business Systems White Conveyors

Associations

America’s Best Cleaners Association of Wedding Gown Specialists (AWGS) Drycleaning & Laundry Institute Mid-Atlantic Association of Cleaners National Cleaners Association Southwest Drycleaners Association Textile Care Allied Trades Association

Automated Garment Delivery Systems Metalprogetti Garment Management Systems (QuickSort) White Conveyors

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Bagging Equipment B&G Lieberman Luetzow Industries R.W. Martin & Sons Metalprogetti Railex Corp.

Sankosha USA

Bags, Locker

The Green Garmento

Bags, Nets

Air World Carolina Textile Products Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Covers Etc. Epsilon Plastics The Green Garmento HBD Inc. Industrial Equipment & Supplies B&G Lieberman Luetzow Industries Mainetti USA R&B Wire Products Sigma/Southeastern Plastics Spector Textile Products

Bags, Wash & Fold Delivery The Green Garmento

Bar-Code Equipment, Systems

Cleaner Business Systems Computype Dajisoft EzProducts International Inc. Fabricare Systems LLC Iowa Techniques SMRT Systems SPOT Business Systems Stahls’ Hotronix Thermopatch

Baskets, Bins & Carts

Covers Etc. Epsilon Plastics HBD Inc. B&G Lieberman Luetzow Industries Newhouse Specialty R&B Wire Products Royal Basket Trucks Sigma/Southeastern Plastics Techstar Plastics

Blind-Cleaning Machines

Morantz Ultrasonics Omegasonics OnSite Fabricare

Boiler Controls EZ Timers

Boiler Treatments

Bryan Steam ChemBrite Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Cleaver-Brooks General Boiler Co. Kemco Systems Kleerwite Chemical Newhouse Specialty Paradigm Labs, Inc. Pariser Industries R.R. Street & Co. Inc.

Boilers & Related Equipment A.E.C./Ally Equipment Bryan Steam Cleaver-Brooks Columbia Boiler Co. Crane Pumps & Systems Desert Boilers & Controls DLT Electric EZ Timers Fulton Boiler Works General Boiler Co. Hoffman/New Yorker Hurst Boiler & Welding Imesa USA Kemco Systems Lattner Boiler Mfg. Co. B&G Lieberman Maxi Companies Miura America Co. Ltd. MTH Pumps Mustang Enterprises Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Parker Boiler Co. R.W. Martin & Sons Inc. Reliable Corp.

Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

Safety & Environmental Compliance Consultants Seickel & Sons Topog-E Gasket Trevil America Williams & Davis Boilers

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Hi-Steam/European Finishing

Business Appraisals, Brokerage, Sales

AAA Venture Business Brokers Ltd. Banks & Associates Ehrenreich & Associates R.W. Martin & Sons Inc. Patriot Business Advisors Small Business America,

Business Funding Services Redstone Funding/Payment Solutions All Things Dry Cleaning Comet Cleaners Ehrenreich & Associates Martinizing Dry Cleaning Royaltone Co.

Carpet & Furniture Cleaning Systems Leather Master OnSite Fabricare

Coils

Commercial Coils Inc. R.W. Martin & Sons PROS Parts Realstar USA Union Drycleaning Products

Coin-Op Equipment

Alliance Laundry Systems American Dryer Corp. (ADC) Continental Girbau West Girbau North America Dexter Laundry Forenta LP Huebsch Maxi Companies Milnor Laundry Systems Mountain Electronics Renzacci Speed Queen Whirlpool Commercial Laundry

Collar Clips, Stays Collarite Co. Lang Innovations B&G Lieberman Million Dollar Collar

Computer Systems, Software, POS

Cleaner Business Systems Cleanez Technologies Comca Systems Inc. Compassmax (Maineline Computer Systems) Computer Connections Computer Systems Intl. (CSI) Dajisoft EzProducts International Inc. Fabricare Systems LLC (Fabricare Manager) Global Business Systems iDryclean by Personal Touch Systems ITC ScanQ SMRT Systems SPOT Business Systems Starchup Thermopatch Western DC Computer

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AAA Venture Business Appraisals, Brokerage, Sales America’s Best Cleaners Ascend Consulting Group Associated Environmental Banks & Associates John Barry & Associates Careful Consulting Services Drycleaning & Laundry Institute Ehrenreich & Associates EnviroForensics GreenEarth Cleaning Haralson Consulting Kelleher/Casares Equipment Kemron Environmental Services Kleerwite Chemical The Marketing Shop Maverick Drycleaners Mayfield Group Advertising Bureau Methods for Management Ontario Fabricare Association The Route Pros Safety & Environmental Compliance Consultants SPOT Business Systems Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Tailwind Systems Tuchman Advisory Group JC Zellers Training & Consulting

Conveyors

A.E.C./Ally Equipment Colmac Industries Inc. Forenta LP Iowa Techniques Leonard Automatics Metalprogetti Mustang Enterprises Garment Management Systems (QuickSort) Railex Corp.

Sankosha USA Speed Check Conveyor Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

White Conveyors

Cooling Towers

Amcot Cooling Tower Corp.

American Chillers & Cooling Tower Systems Inc. Crane Pumps & Systems Magicool RSD Cooling Towers

Counter Sale Items

California Counters Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply The Green Garmento Kleerwite Chemical B&G Lieberman

Curtain-Cleaning Machines Morantz Ultrasonics

Drapery Equipment, Supplies & Services Bane-Clene Corp.

Forenta LP Hoffman/New Yorker Luetzow Industries Newhouse Specialty Omegasonics OnSite Fabricare Reliable Corp.

Drop Boxes

Iowa Techniques Metalprogetti

White Conveyors

Dry Cleaner Sales

Patriot Business Advisors Small Business America

Drycleaning Chemicals

Ah! Products, Inc. A.L. Wilson Chemical Co. Inc. Albatross USA Big D Industries ChemBrite Fabritec International Indy Hanger and Supply Kleerwite Chemical Kreussler Leather Technologies Inc. Olin Corporation Paradigm Labs, Inc. Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. SAFECHEM Sanitone Seitz Inc. Stamford R.R. Street & Co. Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

Drycleaning Dryers

Columbia/ILSA Realstar USA Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Union Drycleaning Products

Drycleaning Machines, Alternative

A.E.C./Ally Equipment Columbia/ILSA Consorzio Unimatic Cool Clean Technologies EnviroTech International Firbimatic GreenEarth Cleaning Kelleher/Casares Equipment Mustang Enterprises New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Permac Parts Depot Realstar USA Renzacci Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Union Drycleaning Products Yamamoto

Drycleaning Machines, Hydrocarbon

A.E.C./Ally Equipment Columbia/ILSA Consorzio Unimatic Donini International Firbimatic Forenta LP Italclean Multimatic Corp.

Mustang Enterprises New England Dependable Equipment Inc. New York Machinery (Unisec) Permac Parts Depot Realstar USA Renzacci Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Union Drycleaning Products Yamamoto

Drycleaning Machines, Perchloroethylene A.E.C./Ally Equipment Columbia/ILSA Consorzio Unimatic Donini International Firbimatic

Forenta LP Italclean Multimatic Corp.

Mustang Enterprises Olin Corporation Realstar USA Renzacci Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Union Drycleaning Products Yamamoto

Drying Cabinets, Racks ADC Iowa Techniques Seickel & Sons UniMac

Duct Systems

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Business Opportunities

Consultants

Bahnson Inc. Flexaust

Dyeing Services, Supplies Royaltone Co. True Color Fabric Dyeing

Education & Training

Drycleaning & Laundry Institute National Cleaners Association Tuchman Advisory Group

Environmental Compliance Counsel

Associated Environmental Drycleaning & Laundry Institute Ehrenreich & Associates Environmental Strategies & Applications Inc. GreenEarth Cleaning Kemron Environmental Services Safety & Environmental Compliance Consultants

Environmental Compliance Equipment, Retrofits Associated Environmental Coreprobe International Safety & Environmental Compliance Consultants

Environmental Site Investigation, Remediation

Associated Environmental Coreprobe International EnviroForensics Environmental Strategies & Applications Inc. Farallon Consulting, LLC Kemron Environmental Services Veolia ES Technical Solutions

Equipment Leasing & Financing

AmeriCapital Banks & Associates Dexter Financial Services Eastern Funding Emerson Capital Corp.

R.W. Martin & Sons Inc. Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Filter Powder

GreenEarth Cleaning Kelleher/Casares Equipment Seitz Inc. R.R. Street & Co. Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

Filters

Firbimatic Kleen-Rite Inc. Lint-All

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Permac Parts Depot PROS Parts Realstar USA R.R. Street & Co. Inc. Union Drycleaning Products

ImageFIRST Leather Technologies Inc. Martinizing Dry Cleaning Procter & Gamble

Finishing Equipment

Arrow Fabricare Services Colorex Chemical Co. Leather Master Luetzow Industries Midwest Trim Royaltone Co. Sunshine Leather Care Ernest Winzer Cleaners

A.E.C./Ally Equipment Colmac Industries Inc. Consorzio Unimatic Continental Girbau West Forenta LP Fujistar Shirt Systems Girbau North America Haralson Consulting Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Imesa USA Itsumi USA Leonard Automatics B&G Lieberman R.W. Martin & Sons Inc. Maxi Companies Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Permac Parts Depot Pony USA/NYM Poseidon Textile Care Systems Reliable Corp.

Renzacci Sankosha USA Seickel & Sons Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America Unipress Corp.

Fire Suppression

Firetrace International

Form-Finisher Bags Cleaner’s Supply Covers Etc. B&G Lieberman Sankosha USA Seickel & Sons Zellermayer Corp.

Form Finishers

Fur Service, Supplies

Garment Analysis

Drycleaning & Laundry Institute National Cleaners Association

Garment Bags

Carolina Textile Products Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Epsilon Plastics Foster-Stephens Inc. The Green Garmento HBD Inc. B&G Lieberman Luetzow Industries National Gown Cleaners LLC Sigma/Southeastern Plastics Spector Textile Products

Garment Racks, Rails

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Covers Etc. Iowa Techniques Leonard Automatics B&G Lieberman R&B Wire Products Railex Corp.

Speed Check Conveyor Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

White Conveyors

Hanger Dolly

EzProducts International Inc.

Forenta LP Fujistar Shirt Systems Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Imesa USA Leonard Automatics Maxi Companies Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Permac Parts Depot Sankosha USA Seickel & Sons Trevil America Unipress Corp.

Hanger Guards, Capes, Covers

Formalwear, Wholesale

EzProducts International Inc. Industrial Equipment & Supplies Indy Hanger and Supply M&B Hangers Mainetti USA Maruso USA United Wire Hanger

Sarno & Son Thomas & Sons

Forms, Invoices

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply

Franchises, Licenses

All Things Dry Cleaning Association of Wedding Gown Specialists (AWGS) Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network Comet Cleaners FRSTeam The Huntington Group

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Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Free Ready Wraps HBD Inc. M&B Hangers Maruso USA SNA Manufacturing United Wire Hanger

Hanger Holders B&G Lieberman

Hangers

Hazardous-Waste Services

EnviroForensics Environmental Strategies & Applications, Inc. Kemron Environmental Services National Waste Clean Safety-Kleen Systems Veolia ES Technical Solutions

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Heat-Seal Machines, Supplies

Computype EZProducts International B&G Lieberman Stahls’ Hotronix Thermopatch

Identification Systems

Cleaner Business Systems EZProducts International Thermopatch

Injection Systems

Pariser Industries Sanitone R.R. Street & Co. Inc. U.N.X. Inc.

Insurance

Drycleaning & Laundry Institute Heffernan Insurance Brokers National Cleaners Association NIE Insurance

Ironing Boards, Tables

Arch Sewing Machine Co. Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Forenta LP Fujistar Shirt Systems Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Iowa Techniques Leonard Automatics B&G Lieberman Maxi Companies Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Permac Parts Depot Pony USA/NYM Reliable Corp.

Seickel & Sons Trevil America

Irons, Iron Shoes

Arch Sewing Machine Co. Cleaner’s Supply Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Covers Etc. Fabritec International Forenta LP Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Iowa Techniques B&G Lieberman Maxi Companies Miele Professional Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Newhouse Specialty Permac Parts Depot Pony USA/NYM PROS Parts Reliable Corp.

Seickel & Sons Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America

Laundry Chemicals

Ah! Products, Inc. Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Ecolab Textile Care Fabritec International Faultless Starch Co. Industrial Equipment & Supplies Kleerwite Chemical Leather Technologies Inc. Paradigm Labs, Inc. Pariser Industries Royaltone Co.

SAFECHEM Seitz Inc. U.N.X. Inc.

Laundry Equipment

ADC A.E.C./Ally Equipment Alliance Laundry Systems B&C Technologies Colmac Industries Inc. Consorzio Unimatic Continental Girbau West Dexter Laundry Donini International EDRO Corp.

Forenta LP Girbau North America Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Huebsch Imesa USA Italclean Jiffy Steamer Kelleher/Casares Equipment Kemco Systems R.W. Martin & Sons Maxi Companies Maytag Commercial Laundry Metro Drycleaning & Laundry Equipment LLC Milnor Laundry Systems Mustang Enterprises New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Paradigm Labs, Inc. Poseidon Textile Care Systems R&B Wire Products Renzacci Speed Queen Trevil America UNX, Inc. UniMac Whirlpool Commercial Laundry Yamamoto

Lint Bags

Lint-All PROS Parts

Lint Cleaning Fans R.W. Martin & Sons SonicAire Inc.

Lint Filters Lint-All

Lint, Pill Removers

ADC Air World Pads and Covers Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Fulton Boiler Works B&G Lieberman Newhouse Specialty Pepin Manufacturing Realstar USA Steiner-Atlantic, LLC Union Drycleaning Products Universal Sewing Supply, Inc.

Management Coaching Haralson Consulting

Marking Equipment & Supplies

California Counters Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply EzProducts International Inc. B&G Lieberman Metalprogetti Newhouse Specialty Thermopatch

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Leonard Automatics Railex Corp.

Speed Check Conveyor White Conveyors

Monorail Systems

Speed Check Conveyor White Conveyors

Odor Control

Ozone Units

Aquawing Ozone Laundry Systems ArtiClean Ozone Systems ClearWater Tech Iowa Techniques Renzacci SPA Sonozaire

Packaging Products

American-Newlong, Inc. Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Collarite Co. Des-L Industries Foster-Stephens Inc. The Green Garmento Kleen-Rite Inc. Luetzow Industries Mainetti USA Maruso USA Nichols Paper Products Plas-Ties Sigma/Southeastern Plastics United Wire Hanger

Parts, New & Rebuilt

ADC Air World B&C Technologies Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Colmac Industries Inc. Continental Girbau West EZ Timers Fulton Boiler Works Girbau North America Hi-Steam/European Finishing R.W. Martin & Sons Maxi Companies Multimatic Corp.

New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Newhouse Specialty Permac Parts Depot PROS Parts Realstar USA Seickel & Sons Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Union Drycleaning Products

Piece-Counting Sys. Kleen-Rite Inc. WesVic Systems

Pillow Cleaning Systems, Services & Supplies Harris Pillow Supply Luetzow Industries

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John Barry & Associates Imesa USA R.W. Martin & Sons Inc. Trevil America

Poly Packaging

Industrial Equipment & Supplies Indy Hanger and Supply Luetzow Industries Sigma/Southeastern Plastics

Press Pads & Covers

Advance Cover Texas Air World Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Covers Etc. Forenta LP Industrial Equipment & Supplies Lab Test Products, Inc. B&G Lieberman Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Newhouse Specialty Permac Parts Depot PROS Parts Sankosha USA Seickel & Sons Zellermayer Corp.

Press Plates

Air World Covers Etc. Forenta LP Lab Test Products, Inc. B&G Lieberman PROS Parts Seickel & Sons Zellermayer Corp.

Presses

Colmac Industries Inc. Forenta LP Fujistar Shirt Systems Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Lang Innovations Leonard Automatics Maxi Companies Mustang Enterprises Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Permac Parts Depot Pony USA/NYM Reliable Corp.

Sankosha USA Seickel & Sons Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America Unipress Corp.

Production Flow, Tracking Haralson Consulting WesVic Systems

Puff Irons

Forenta LP Hoffman/New Yorker Maxi Companies Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Seickel & Sons Unipress Corp.

Universal Sewing Supply, Inc.

Pumps

Amcot Cooling Tower Corp.

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply

Crane Pumps & Systems DLT Electric Fulton Boiler Works Kemco Systems MTH Pumps New England Dependable Equipment Inc. PROS Parts Realstar USA Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

Seickel & Sons Union Drycleaning Products

Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Permac Parts Depot Pony USA/NYM Sankosha USA Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America Unipress Corp.

Restoration Equipment & Services

B&G Lieberman My Shoe Hospital Royaltone Co.

Continental Girbau West Evans Garment Restoration FRSTeam Girbau North America Haralson Consulting Imesa USA Leonard Automatics Morantz Ultrasonics Poseidon Textile Care Systems Trevil America

Reusable Garment Bags Carolina Textile Products Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Foster-Stephens Inc. The Green Garmento HBD Inc. B&G Lieberman Luetzow Industries Spector Textile Products

RFID Tags, Chips

Barcodes, Inc. Datamars R.W. Martin & Sons Inc. SMRT Systems US Bobae Marketing (BÖWE Textile Cleaning)

Rope Ties

B&G Lieberman EzProducts International Inc.

Scales, Scale Carts Iowa Techniques Newhouse Specialty R&B Wire Products Techstar Plastics Inc.

Security/Surveillance Systems

Active Vision Global Business Systems

Separator Water Eliminators Kleen-Rite Inc.

Separator Water Misters EZ Timers Kleen-Rite Inc.

Sewing Machines

Arch Sewing Machine Co. B&G Lieberman Reliable Corp.

Singer Sewing Co.

Shirt Finishing, Electric

Hi-Steam/European Finishing

Shirt Finishing Equipment

Forenta LP Fujistar Shirt Systems Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Imesa USA Leonard Automatics Maxi Companies

Shoe Cleaning, Repair & Supplies

Signs & Graphics

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Ah! Products, Inc. Big D Industries Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Kleerwite Chemical Neuhaus Chemical Products Newhouse Specialty Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. Seitz Inc. Sonozaire R.R. Street & Co. Inc. Vaportek Wausau Chemical Corp.

Plant Design & Layout Services

Cleaner’s Supply Mayfield Group Advertising Bureau

Sizing & Starch

Ah! Products, Inc. ChemBrite Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Ecolab Textile Care Fabritec International Faultless Starch Co. Paradigm Labs, Inc. Royaltone Co. U.N.X. Inc.

Sleeve Forms

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Newhouse Specialty

Social Media Management Services, Marketing Outreach BeCreative360 GreenEarth Cleaning The Green Garmento

Solvents, Alternative

Chevron Phillips Cool Clean Technologies EnviroTech International Fabritec International GreenEarth Cleaning R.R. Street & Co. Inc.

Solvents, Hydrocarbon Chevron Phillips R.R. Street & Co. Inc.

Solvents, Perchloroethylene Fabritec International Olin Corporation Veolia ES Technical Solutions

Special Services

Arrow Fabricare Services Evans Garment Restoration Leonard Automatics Memories Gown Preservation UNX, Inc. Wedding Gown Preservation Co. Ernest Winzer Cleaners

Specialty Chemicals

Ah! Products, Inc. A.L. Wilson Chemical Co. Inc. ChemBrite Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Colorex Chemical Co. Ecolab Textile Care Fabritec International Faultless Starch Co. GreenEarth Cleaning Indy Hanger and Supply Kleerwite Chemical Kreussler Leather Technologies Inc. Neuhaus Chemical Products Paradigm Labs, Inc.

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Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. Seitz Inc. R.R. Street & Co. Inc. U.N.X. Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Spotting Boards

Albatross USA Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Forenta LP Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Imesa USA Leonard Automatics B&G Lieberman Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Permac Parts Depot Seickel & Sons Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America Unipress Corp.

Spotting Chemicals

A.L. Wilson Chemical Co. Inc. Albatross USA Cambridge Diagnostic Products ChemBrite Cleaners Chemical Corp.

EnviroTech International Fabritec International Faultless Starch Co. Indy Hanger and Supply Kleerwite Chemical Kreussler Leather Technologies Inc. B&G Lieberman Neuhaus Chemical Products Newhouse Specialty Paradigm Labs, Inc. Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. Seitz Inc. R.R. Street & Co. Inc. U.N.X. Inc. Wausau Chemical Corp.

Spotting Guns, Tools

Albatross USA Arch Sewing Machine Co. Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Hi-Steam/European Finishing B&G Lieberman Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Newhouse Specialty PROS Parts Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Steam Cabinets, Tunnels Colmac Industries Inc. Hoffman/New Yorker Leonard Automatics Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Seickel & Sons Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America

Steam Testing Systems EZ Timers

Steam Traps

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Fulton Boiler Works Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Newhouse Specialty PROS Parts

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Realstar USA Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Union Drycleaning Products Universal Sewing Supply, Inc.

Stills

Columbia/ILSA Consorzio Unimatic Firbimatic Multimatic Corp.

PROS Parts Realstar USA Renzacci Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Union Drycleaning Products

Trade Show Management

Store Fixtures, Counters, Cabinets

Up-Air Finishing Boards

California Counters Quality Fabricators

Suede & Leather Services Arrow Fabricare Services Kleerwite Chemical Leather Master Leather Technologies Inc. Midwest Trim B&G Lieberman Paradigm Labs, Inc. Sunshine Leather Care Ernest Winzer Cleaners

Suede & Leather Supplies Colorex Chemical Co. Kleerwite Chemical Leather Technologies Inc. Paradigm Labs, Inc. Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. Suede Products Sunshine Leather Care

Tagging Systems

Cleaner Business Systems Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Dajisoft EzProducts International Inc. Iowa Techniques B&G Lieberman Stahls’ Hotronix Thermopatch

Tags, Pins & Staples

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply B&G Lieberman Prym Consumer USA Thermopatch

Teflon Hose

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Flexaust Hi-Steam/European Finishing B&G Lieberman Newhouse Specialty PROS Parts Realstar USA Union Drycleaning Products Universal Sewing Supply, Inc.

Tensioning Finishing Equipment

Forenta LP Fujistar Shirt Systems Hi-Steam/European Finishing Hoffman/New Yorker Leonard Automatics B&G Lieberman Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply Permac Parts Depot

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Sankosha USA Seickel & Sons Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America Unipress Corp.

Messe Frankfurt Inc.

Tubing, Heat Seal

Sigma/Southeastern Plastics

Turn-Key Plants

Comet Cleaners Forenta LP Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Forenta LP Fujistar Shirt Systems Hi-Steam/European Finishing Equipment Corp.

Leonard Automatics B&G Lieberman Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America

Valves, Gaskets

Firbimatic Fulton Boiler Works New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Newhouse Specialty Permac Parts Depot PROS Parts Realstar USA Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Topog-E Gasket Union Drycleaning Products

Vans & Trucks

Freightliner Custom Chassis Utilimaster Corp.

Wastewater Treatment Kemco Systems

Water Chillers

Amcot Cooling Tower American Chillers & Cooling Tower Systems Crane Pumps & Systems Forenta LP Kleen-Rite Inc. KR Products Rite-Temp Water Chillers Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Water Heaters, Accessories A.E.C./Ally Equipment Cleaver-Brooks Colmac Industries Inc. Crane Pumps & Systems Fulton Boiler Works General Boiler Co. Hamilton Engineering Co., Inc. Iowa Techniques Kemco Systems R.W. Martin & Sons Maxi Companies Mustang Enterprises NATCO Parker Boiler Co. Takagi USA

Water Softeners

Fulton Boiler Works General Boiler Co. Hamilton Engineering Co., Inc. Kemco Systems R.W. Martin & Sons Maxi Companies Pariser Industries Parker Boiler Co. U.N.X. Inc.

Weaving & Reweaving Without-A-Trace

Website Hosting & Development

BeCreative360 Brightleaf for Drycleaners Mayfield Group Advertising Bureau

Wedding Gown Preservation, Supplies Arrow Fabricare Services Association of Wedding Gown Specialists (AWGS) Foster-Stephens Inc. Heritage Garment Preservation Jiffy Steamer Kleerwite Chemical Leather Master Luetzow Industries Memories Gown Preservation National Gown Cleaners LLC Prestige Preservation Sunshine Leather Care Thomas & Sons Wedding Gown Preservation Co. Ernest Winzer Cleaners

Wetcleaning Machines

B&C Technologies Columbia/ILSA Consorzio Unimatic Continental Girbau West Esporta Wash Systems Firbimatic Girbau North America Imesa USA Miele Professional New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Poseidon Textile Care Systems Realstar USA Renzacci Steiner-Atlantic Corp.

Trevil America UniMac Union Drycleaning Products

Wetcleaning Supplies

Ah! Products, Inc. Cleaners Chemical Corp.

Cleaner’s Supply Colorex Chemical Co. Esporta Wash Systems Fabritec International Faultless Starch Co. Haralson Consulting Imesa USA Industrial Equipment & Supplies Kleerwite Chemical Leather Technologies Inc. New England Dependable Equipment Inc. Pariser Industries Royaltone Co. Sanitone Seitz Inc. Suede Products Trevil America U.N.X. Inc.

Z Racks

Iowa Techniques Quality Fabricators

Zippers

Ideal Fastener Corp.

B&G Lieberman Midwest Trim Quality Zipper & Supply

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A.E.C./Ally Equipment

635 Wellington St. Saginaw, MI 48604 Contact: John Mikaelian Phone: 989-753-4764

sales@allyequipment.com

A&B Equipment & Sons

sales@ab-equipment.com 🌐 www.ab-equipment.com

AAA Venture Business Brokers Ltd. 111 Kristin Cir. #2 Schaumburg, IL 60195 Phone: 847-867-0050

john@venturebus.com

🌐 www.aaaventurebusinessbrokers.

com

Active Vision

731 Union Pkwy.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 Phone: 631-585-0088

web-sales@active-vision.com 🌐 www.active-vision.com

ADC

88 Currant Rd. Fall River, MA 02720 Phone: 269-923-3000 🌐 www.adclaundry.com

Advance Cover Texas 4751 Gulf Fwy. Houston, TX 77023 Phone: 713-923-5299

advancecover4751@yahoo.com

6657 S. State St., #7 Murray, UT 84107 Phone: 801-255-9647

🌐 www.allyequipment.com

Ah! Products, Inc.

5251 W. 73rd St., Ste. F Minneapolis, MN 55439 Phone: 952-230-7960

tiffany@productsbyah.com 🌐 www.productsbyah.com

Air Compressor Sales Inc.

PO Box 26099 Macon, GA 31221 Toll Free: 800-342-6016

sales@aircompsales.com 🌐 www.aircompsales.com

Air World Pads and Covers

126 Christie Ave. Mahwah, NJ 07430 Phone: 201-831-0700

info@airworldpads.com 🌐 www.airworldpads.com

A.L. Wilson Chemical Co. Inc.

PO Box 207 Kearny, NJ 07032 Contact: Fred Schwarzmann Toll Free: 800-526-1188

help@alwilson.com 🌐 www.alwilson.com

Albatross USA

36-41 36th St. P.O. Box 6446 Long Island City, NY 11106 Phone: 718-392-6272

sales@albachem.com 🌐 albachem.com

All Things Dry Cleaning 485 Columbian St. South Weymouth, MA 02190 Contact: Robert Devaney Toll Free: 800-335-0567

rdevaney@

allthingsdrycleaning.com

🌐 www.drycleaning.net

Alliance Laundry Systems

Shepard St. (PO Box 990) Ripon, WI 54971 Phone: 920-748-3121 Toll Free: 800-553-5120 🌐 www.alliancelaundry.com

Ally Equipment Company 6657 S. State St., #7 Murray, UT 81407 Phone: 801-255-9646

sales@allyequipment.com 🌐 www.allyequipment.com

Amcot Cooling Tower Corp.

350 N. Ponderosa Ave. Ontario, CA 91761 Toll Free: 800-444-8693

sales@amcot.com

American Chillers & Cooling Tower Systems Inc. 105 Columbia Ave. West Columbia, SC 29170 Contact: Ken Schaafsma Phone: 803-822-3860

sales@amchiller.com 🌐 www.amchiller.com

AmeriCapital

23522 57th Ave. SE Woodinville, WA 98072 Toll Free: 877-678-0061

edb@americapital.net 🌐 americapital.com

America’s Best Cleaners Contacts: Chris White Phone: 415-857-2378

info@americasbest cleaners.com

🌐 www.americasbest

cleaners.com

American-Newlong, Inc.

5310 S. Harding St. Indianapolis, IN 46217 Phone: 317-787-9421

bshannon@american-newlong.com 🌐 www.american-newlong.com

Aquawing Ozone Laundry Systems

45 Priscilla Ln. Auburn, NH 03032 Toll Free: 888-296-4777

brett@aquawingozone.com 🌐 www.aquawingozone.com

🌐 www.amcot.com

www.americandrycleaner.com

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Arch Sewing Machine Co.

417 N. 8th St., Ste. 203 Philadelphia, PA 19123 Phone: 215-627-1768

info@archsewing.com 🌐 www.archsewing.com

Arrow Fabricare Services 3838 Troost Ave. Kansas City, MO 64109 Toll Free: 800-54-ARROW

susie@arrow-care.com

MANUFACTURERS & PROVIDERS

🌐 www.arrowleathercare.com

ArtiClean Ozone Systems 129 Fieldview Dr. P.O. Box 455 Versailles, KY 40383 Toll Free: 800-292-5070

info@articlean.com 🌐 www.articlean.com

Ascend Consulting Group 2190 Washington St., Ste. 1102 San Francisco, CA 94109 Phone: 415.577.6544

DianaVollmer@

AscendConsultingGroup.net 🌐 www.AscendConsultingGroup.net

Associated Environmental Services

40701 Woodward Ave., Ste. 50 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 Contact: Nicholas G. Maloof Phone: 248-203-9898

ngm@associated

environmental.net 🌐 www.associated environmental.net

Association of Wedding Gown Specialists (AWGS) 454 Old Cellar Rd. Orange, CT 06477 Contact: Sally Conant Phone: 203-283-0750 Toll Free: 800-501-5005

info@weddinggownspecialists.com 🌐 www.weddinggownspecialists.com

B

🌐 www.banks-assoc.com

Barcodes, Inc.

200 W. Monroe St. Chicago, IL 60606 Toll Free: 833-299-1686

pfinn@barcodesinc.com 🌐 www.barcodesinc.com

John Barry & Associates

3020 Newport Blvd.

Newport Beach, CA 92663 Contact: Ted Barry Phone: 949-675-3551

ted.barry@jbateam.com 🌐 www.jbateam.com

BeCreative360

4506 E La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92807 Contact: Dave Troemel Phone: 949-270-1609

dave@becreative360.com

sales@bandctech.com 🌐 www.bandctech.com

Bahnson Inc.

4731 Commercial Park Ct. Clemmons, NC 27012 Phone: 336-760-3111

Phone: 843-334-6443 eric@rosstextilesinc.com 🌐 www.carolinatexpro.com

Chevron Phillips

10001 Six Pines Dr. The Woodlands, TX 77380 Toll Free: 800-231-1212

info@coit.com 🌐 www.coit.com

Collarite/South Bay Packaging

13208 Estrella Ave., Ste. G Gardenia, CA 90248 Phone: 707-938-8090

rsalfi@vom.com

Columbia Boiler Co.

1625 S. Congress Ave, Ste. 400 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Contact: John Buni Phone: 415-212-5626

:boilersales@columbiaboiler.com

Big Ass Fans

2348 Innovation Dr. Lexington, KY 40511 Toll Free: 833-987-0149

info@bigassfans.com 🌐 www.bigassfans.com

Big D Industries

5620 SW 29th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73148 Toll Free: 800-654-4752

mike@bigdind.com 🌐 www.bigdind.com

Brightleaf for Drycleaners PO Box 785 Lakebay, WA 98349 Contact: Tim Heitzman Mobile: 253-549-6437

services@brightleafweb.com

CL Solutions

msaul@cl-solutions.com CleanCloud

john@cleancloud.com

PO Box 72 Colville, WA 99114 Contact: Jeff Hughes Toll Free: 800-926-5622 🌐 www.colmacind.com

390 Old Reading Pike Pottstown, PA 19464 Phone: 610-323-2700

🌐 www.columbiaboiler.com

🌐 www.cleancloudapp.com

Columbia/ILSA Machines Corp.

414 Gateway Blvd.

Burnsville, MN 55337 Toll Free: 800-406-9649

columbia@goclean.us

Cleaner Business Systems (Shah Corp.)

sales@cleanerbusiness.com

231 Edison Ave. West Babylon, NY 11704 Contact: Stephen Langiulli Toll Free: 800-446-5634 🌐 www.columbiailsa.com

🌐 www.cleanerbusiness.com

Comca Systems Inc.

7644 Bella Verde Way Delray Beach, FL 33446 Toll Free: 866-307-0700

info@comcasystems.com

Cleaners Chemical Corp.

sales@cleanerschemical.com 🌐 cleanerschemicalcorp.com

3143 Pine Shadow Dr. Land O’ Lakes, FL 34639 Phone: 813-996-5922 🌐 www.comcasystems.com

Bryan Steam

Cleaner’s Supply

Comet Cleaners Franchise Group

inquiry@bryansteam.com

customerservice@

comments@cometcleaners.com

783 N. Chili Ave. Peru, IN 46970 Phone: 765-473-6651

🌐 www.bryanboilers.com

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California Counters

sales@calcounters.com

Cambridge Diagnostic Products

bane@baneclene.com

Banks & Associates

🌐 www.stainrx.com

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P.O. Box 622 Bethune, SC 29009

897 Hinckley Rd. Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: 650-540-7014 Toll Free: 800-367-2648

🌐 www.cl-solutions.com

6880 NW 17th Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 Toll Free: 800-525-6262

brooks@banks-assoc.com

Carolina Textile Products

corporate-partnerships

Coit Services Inc.

🌐 www.bessamaire.com

🌐 www.calcounters.com

40 Heritage Park Cir. North Little Rock, AR 72116 Phone: 501-804-8410

chelsky@sympatico.ca

support@cobblersdirect.com

🌐 www.cobblersdirect.com/

sales@colmacind.com

buydirect@bessamaire.com

Bane-Clene Corp.

🌐 www.baneclene.com

120 Promenade Cir. #910 Thornhill, ON L4J 7W9 Contact: Sidney Chelsky Phone: 905-881-5906

1869 E. Aurora Rd. Twinsburg, OH 44087 Toll Free: 800-321-5992

12006 Regentview Ave., Unit H Downey, CA 90241 Toll Free: 800-286-4442

3940 N. Keystone Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46205 Phone: 317-546-5448 Toll Free: 800-428-9512

Careful Consulting Services

2621 Ridgepoint Dr., Ste. 120 Austin, TX 78754 Phone: 512-798-4432

1775 Mentor Ave., Ste. 705 Norwood, OH 45212 Contact: John Buni Phone: 513-284-5940

🌐 www.becreative360.com

Bessamaire Sales Inc.

cjohnson@bahnson.com 🌐 www.bahnson.com

🌐 www.fabricare.org

Colmac Industries Inc.

drycleaners

17740 Ashley Dr. Panama City, FL 32413 Contact: Al Adcock Phone: 850-249-2222

canadianfabricare@fabricare.org

Cobblers Direct

by My Shoe Hospital

🌐 www.cpchem.com

🌐 www.brightleafweb.com/

B&C Technologies

Contact: Sidney Chelsky Phone: 416-573-1929

info@stainrx.com

Canadian Fabricare Association

120 Promenade Cir., #910 Thornhill, ON L4J 7W9

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1059 Powers Rd. Conklin, NY 13748 Toll Free: 800-388-5410

cleanersupply.com 🌐 www.cleanersupply.com

Cleanez Technologies

21218 St. Andrews Blvd., #321 Boca Raton, FL 33433 Toll Free: 800-253-2634

info@cleanez.com 🌐 www.cleanez.com

406 W. Division St. Arlington, TX 76011 Toll Free: 888-461-3555 🌐 www.cometcleaners.com

Commercial Coils Inc. 213 Chesterfield Industrial Blvd.

Chesterfield, MO 63005 Toll Free: 800-532-2645

rob@comcoil.com 🌐 www.comcoil.com

ClearWater Tech LLC

Computer Connections

sales@cwtozone.com

sales@wincleaners.com

850 Capitolio Way San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Toll Free: 800-262-0203 🌐 www.cwtozone.com

Cleaver-Brooks

221 Law St. Thomasville, GA 31792 Toll Free: 800-250-5883

info@cleaver-brooks.com 🌐 www.cleaver-brooks.com

1908 Springdale Rd. Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 Toll Free: 800-684-6650 🌐 www.wincleaners.com

Computer Systems International (CSI)

9350 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 203 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Toll Free: 888-836-7274

sales@computersystemsint.com 🌐 www.computersystemsint.com

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2285 County Rd. C West St. Paul, MN 55113 Phone: 651-633-0633

contactus@computype.com 🌐 www.computype.com

Continental Girbau West (serving Southern California) 9830 Alburtis Ave. Santa Fe Springs CA 90670 Contact: Tod Sorensen Toll Free: 866-950-2449

tsorensen@cg-west.com 🌐 cg-west.com

(serving Arizona & New Mexico) 500 S 52nd St., Ste. 302 Tempe, AZ 58281 Contact: Tod Sorensen Toll Free: 866-950-2449

tsorensen@cg-west.com 🌐 cg-west.com

Consorzio Unimatic

Via R. Morandi, 13 06012 Citta di Castello, Italy Phone: 39-075-852-1264

info@consorziounimatic.it 🌐 www.consorziounimatic.it

Cool Clean Technologies 3711 Kennebec Dr., Ste. 100 Eagan, MN 55122 Toll-Free: 866-262-9274

sales@coolclean.com 🌐 www.coolclean.com

Coreprobe International 5075 Walnut Grove Ave. San Gabriel CA 91776 Phone: 626-309-9932 Toll Free: 855-400-3959

stewart@coreprobe.com 🌐 www.coreprobe.com

Covers Etc.

925 W. Harris Rd. Arlington, TX 76001 Toll Free: 800-451-6593

jr@coversetc.com

🌐 www.coversetc.com

Crane Pumps & Systems

420 Third St. Piqua, OH 45356 Phone: 937-778-8947

cranepumps@cranepumps.com 🌐 www.cranepumps.com

CRDN – Textile, Electronics, & Art Restoration

2060 Coolidge Hwy. Berkley, MI 48072 Toll Free: 800-520-2736

🌐 www.datamars.com

Des-L Industries

421 N. Midland Ave. Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 Phone: 201-343-3330

sales@lecoplastics.com 🌐 www.des-l.com

Desert Boilers & Controls

305 W. Saint Louis Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 Phone: 702-631-7780 🌐 www.desertboilers.com

Dexter Financial Services

🌐 www.dajisoft.com

Datamars

345 W. Cummings Park Woburn, MA 01801 Phone: 781-281-2216

dadams@

emersoncapitalcorp.com 🌐 www.emersoncapitalcorp.com

info@enviroforensics.com

Dexter Laundry

2211 W. Grimes Ave. Fairfield, IA 52556 Toll Free: 800-524-2954 🌐 www.dexter.com

Diamond Chemical Company

Union Ave. & DuBois St. East Rutherford, NJ 07073 Toll Free: 800-654-7627 🌐 diamondchem.com

DLT Electric

202 W. Main St. Plano, IL 60545 Phone: 815-666-4655

sales@dltelectric.com 🌐 www.dltelectric.com

Donini International Via Adelaide Ristori, 9 40127 Bologna, Italy Phone: 39-351-994-2562

825 North Capitol Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Toll Free: 866-888-7911

🌐 www.enviroforensics.com

Environmental Strategies & Applications Inc.

🌐 www.dlionline.org

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Eastern Funding

info@easternfunding.com 🌐 www.easternfunding.com

360 N. Wabasha St. St. Paul, MN 55102 Toll Free: 800-352-5326

institutionalorders@ecolab.com 🌐 www.ecolab.com

EDRO Corp.

P.O. Box 308 East Berlin, CT 06023 Phone: 860-828-0311

sales@edrocorp.com d.burnham@edrocorp.com

www.americandrycleaner.com

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8145 Holton Dr., Ste. 110 Florence, KY 41042 Contact: Jeff Jordan Toll Free: 800-543-0406

jeffjordan@fabritec.com 🌐 www.fabritec.com

Farallon Consulting, LLC 975 5th Ave. NW Issaquah, WA 98027 Phone: 425-295-0800

jportele@farallonconsulting.com 🌐 www.farallonconsulting.com

Faultless Starch Co. 1025 W. 8th St. Kansas City, MO 64101 Toll Free: 800-821-5565

lpginfo@faultless.com 🌐 www.faultless.com

info@firbimaticusa.com

EnviroTech International 1800 N. 25th Ave. Melrose Park, IL 60160 Phone: 708-343-6641

sales@envirotechint.com 🌐 www.envirotechint.com

Epsilon Plastics

3100 E. Harcourt St. Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221 Toll Free: 800-710-5080

info@sigmaplastics.comm

🌐 www.sigmaplasticsgroup.com

Esporta Wash Systems

Essick Air Products

techline@dlionline.org

🌐 www.fabricaresystems.com

Fabritec International

🌐 www.askesa.com

info@askesa.com

Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) 14700 Sweitzer Ln. Laurel, MD 20707 Contact: Jon Meijer Phone: 301-622-1900 Toll Free: 800-638-2627

fabricaresales@spotpos.com

Firbimatic

sales@donini.com 🌐 www.donini.com

Woodstock, GA 30189 Phone: 770-966-9323

495 Union Ave., Ste. 1D Middlesex, NJ 08846 Phone: 732-469-8888

502-3320 Richter St. Kelowna, BC V1W 4V5 Toll Free: 800-881-7781

D

dcpesales@dajisoft.com

1030 Forest Ave. Glencoe, IL 60022 Contact: Douglas Adams Phone: 847-242-0229

dexterfinancial.com 🌐 www.dexterfinancial.com

customerservice@

Ecolab

4152 Meridian St. #105-117 Bellingham, WA 98226 Toll Free: 888-325-4763

ehrenassoc@gmail.com

Emerson Capital Corp.

EnviroForensics

contactus@crdn.com

Dajisoft (Dryclean PRO)

16917 MacDuff Ave. Olney, MD 20832 Contact: Richard Ehrenreich, CED, SBA, F-CBI Phone: 301-924-9247

775 Kacena Rd. Hiawatha, IA 52233 Toll Free: 800-926-8230

213 W. 35th St. New York, NY 10001 Toll Free: 877-819-1764

🌐 www.crdn.com

Ehrenreich & Associates - Cleaner Broker Network

sales@esporta.ca 🌐 www.esporta.ca

5800 Murray St. Little Rock, AR 72209 Toll Free: 800-643-8341

info@essickair.com 🌐 www.essickair.com

EzProducts International Inc.

612 N. Florida Ave. Wauchula, FL 33873 Contact: Diane Rue Toll Free: 877-906-1818

diane@ezpi.us 🌐 www.ezpi.us

EZ Timers

9781 Shadymill Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 Contact: Bruce Grossman Phone: 702-376-6693

1900 Meredith Park Dr. McDonough, GA 30253 Toll Free: 800-220-0630 🌐 www.firbimaticusa.com

Firetrace International 8435 N. 90th St., Ste. 2 Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Phone: 480-645-9650 info@firetrace.com 🌐 www.firetrace.com

Flexaust

1510 Armstrong Rd. Warsaw, IN 46580 Toll Free: 800-343-0428

sales@flexaust.com 🌐 www.flexaust.com

Forenta LP

PO Box 607 185 Cold Creek Dr. Morristown, TN 37814 Contact: Ruth Laico Phone: 423-586-5370

ruth@forentausa.com 🌐 www.forentausa.com

Foster-Stephens Inc.

1555 Greenleaf Ave. Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Contact: Kevin Paz Toll Free: 800-279-8269

info@foster-stephens.com

🌐 www.foster-stephens.com/whole-

sale-clients/

Frankford Machinery Inc. 4500 Torresdale Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19124 Phone: 215-289-3434

info@frankfordonline.com 🌐 www.frankfordonline.com

bruce@eztimers.com

Free Ready Wraps

F

info@freereadywraps.com

🌐 www.eztimers.com

Fabricare Systems, LLC (Fabricare Manager) 2295 Towne Lake Pkwy., Ste. 116-286

MANUFACTURERS & PROVIDERS

Continental Girbau West

textile-id@datamars.com

616 Foster Rd. Smithville, TN 37166 Toll Free: 800-549-7192

🌐 www.freereadywraps.com

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp.

552 Hyatt St.

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Gaffney, SC 29341 Toll Free: 800-385-4357

fcccservice@daimler.com

🌐 www.freightlinerchassis.com

FRSTeam

3201B Investment Blvd.

Hayward, CA 94545 Phone: 510-723-1000

info@frsteam.com 🌐 www.frsteam.com

MANUFACTURERS & PROVIDERS

Fujistar Shirt Systems 12955 Arroyo St. Sylmar, CA 91342 Toll Free: 800-842-9661

H

Hurst Boiler & Welding

221 Armstrong Blvd.

Three Rivers, MI 49093 Toll Free: 800-968-5530

info@hurstboiler.com

Hamilton Engineering Co. Inc.

HECsales@hamiltonengineering. com 🌐 www.hamiltonengineering.com

Haralson Consulting

fujistar200@cs.com

529 John Gatlin Rd. Bonneau, SC 29431 Contact: Sandra Haralson Phone: 843-813-3106

Fulton Boiler Works

🌐 www.sandraharalson.com

🌐 www.fujistar.net

972 Centerville Rd. Pulaski, NY 13142 Phone: 315-298-5121 🌐 www.fulton.com

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Garment Management Systems (QuickSort)

3200 S. Shackleford Rd., Ste. 10 Little Rock, AR 72205 Contact: Brett McLeod Phone: 501-420-1682

info@garmentmanagement.com 🌐 www.garmentmanagement.com

General Boiler Co.

1546 E. Adams Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90011 Phone: 323-233-1005

info@generalboiler.com 🌐 www.generalboiler.com

Girbau North America 2500 State Rd. 44 Oshkosh, WI 54904 Contact: Joel Jorgensen Toll Free: 800-256-1073

jjorgensen@gnalaundry.com 🌐 gnalaundry.com

Global Business Systems 1001 N. Old Rand Rd., Ste. 105 Wauconda, IL 60084 Phone: 847-526-1999 Toll Free: 800-717-2507

info@smart4me.com 🌐 www.smart4me.com

The Green Garmento 9667 Owensmouth Ave. Chatsworth, CA 91311 Phone: 323-512-2600

help@thegreengarmento.com 🌐 www.thegreengarmento.com

GreenEarth Cleaning 51 W. 135th St. Kansas City, MO 64145 Contact: Tim Maxwell Toll Free: 877-926-0895

tmaxwell@greenearthcleaning.com 🌐 www.greenearthcleaning.com

Gulf States Dry Clean Company

sandra@sandraharalson.com

Harris Pillow Supply 5 Parker Dr. Beaufort, SC 29906 Contact: Patrick Harris Phone: 843-846-8196 Toll Free: 800-845-8240

sales@harrispillow.com 🌐 www.harrispillow.com

HBD Inc.

3901 Riverdale Rd. Greensboro, NC 27406 Toll Free: 800-403-2247

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iDryclean by Personal Touch Systems Mesquite, NV 89027 Toll Free: 800-950-6767

sales@idryclean.com 🌐 www.idryclean.com

Ideal Fastener Corp.

603 W. Industry Dr. Oxford, NC 27565 Phone: 919-693-3115

itsumiusa@yahoo.com 🌐 www.itsumiusa.com

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Jenny Products

850 N. Pleasant Ave. Somerset, PA 15501 Phone: 814-445-3400

🌐 www.jennyproductsinc.com

Jiffy Steamer

PO Box 869 Union City, TN 38281 Toll Free: 800-525-4339

jsinfo@jiffysteamer.com 🌐 www.jiffysteamer.com

🌐 www.idealfastener.com

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900 E. Eighth Ave., Ste. 200 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Toll Free: 800-932-7472

PO Box 946 Fredericksburg, VA 22404 Toll Free: 877-788-1829

nc@idealfastener.com

ImageFIRST

info@imagefirst.com 🌐 www.imagefirst.com

Imesa USA

Kaeser Compressors

info.us@kaeser.com 🌐 us.kaeser.com

Kelleher/Caesars Equipment

PO Box 2329 Livingston, NJ 07039 Contact: Stuart Ilkowitz Toll Free: 877-873-8451

1350 Carlback Ave. Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: 925-934-8500

Industrial Equipment & Supplies

Kemco Systems

🌐 www.getdrycleansupplies.com

info@Kemcosystems.com

Heffeman Insurance Brokers

briano@heffins.com 🌐 www.heffins.com

Heritage Garment Preservation

15852 FM 2493 Tyler, TX 75703 Toll Free: 866-268-4696

gowncare@heritagegown.com 🌐 www.heritagegown.com

Hi-Steam/European Finishing Equipment Corp.

1 County Rd., Unit A-10 Secaucus, NJ 07094 Contact: Yuriko Tanabe Toll Free: 888-460-9292

sales@histeam.com 🌐 www.histeam.com

Hoffman/New Yorker 46 Clinton Pl. Hackensack, NJ 07601 Phone: 570-928-8155

info@hoffman-ny.com

🌐 www.hoffman-newyorker.com

Huebsch (Alliance Laundry Systems)

Shepard St. (PO Box 990) Ripon, WI 54971 Toll Free: 800-553-5120 🌐 www.huebsch.com

The Huntington Company

🌐 www.gulfstatesdryclean.com

🌐 www.thinkhuntington.com

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Norcorss, GA 33093 Contact: Paul Kim Phone: 201-786-6276

🌐 www.hbdinc.com

cclark@hbdinc.com

12647 Memorial Dr. Houston, TX 77024 Phone: 713-984-8867 Toll Free: 800-289-4756

harish@gslaundry.com

100 Boilermaker Ln. Coolidge, GA 31738 Contact: Jeff Hurst Toll Free: 877-99-HURST

2060 Coolidge Hwy. Berkley, MI 48072 Toll Free: 248-246-7878

ContactUs@thinkhuntington.com

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imesausa@aol.com

2201 N.W. 7th Ave. Miami, FL 33127 Toll Free: 305-324-0410

Indy Hanger and Supply 1440 Brookville Way. Indianapolis, IN 46239 Phone: 317-215-5988

sales@indyhanger.com 🌐 www.indyhanger.com

Ingersoll-Rand Co. 131 W. Diversey Ave. Elmhurst, IL 60126 Phone: 630-332-5533

🌐 www.ingersollrandproducts.com

Iowa Techniques

524 Tradesman Park Dr. Hutto, TX 78634 Contact: Matt Kool

info@iowatechniques.com 🌐 www.iowatechniques.com

Italclean

9901 Paramount Blvd., Ste. 140 Downey, CA 90240 Phone: 562-422-1257

jhk@kelleherequipment.com

🌐 www.kelleherequipment.com

11500 47th St. North Clearwater, FL 33762 Toll Free: 800-633-7055 🌐 www.kemcosystems.com

Kemron Environmental Services

1359-A Ellsworth Industrial Blvd.

Atlanta, GA 30318 Phone: 404-636-0928 🌐 www.kemron.com

Kleen-Rite Inc.

4444 Gustine Ave. St. Louis, MO 63116 Phone: 314-353-1712

kri@kleen-rite.com

🌐 www.kleen-rite.com

Kleerwite Chemical 8600 Melwood Ln. Richmond, VA 23229 Contact: Bill Carli Toll Free: 877-553-3794

info@kleerwite.com

Via Ossola 7 San Giorgio di Piano Bologna, Italy 40016 Contact: Eugenio Boni Phone: 39-051-663-0468

KR Products

🌐 www.italclean.com

sales@krproductsinc.com

italclean@italclean.com

ITC

🌐 www.kleerwite.com

4 Industrial Dr. Pacific, MO 63069 Phone: 314-353-1712

🌐 www.krproductsinc.com

79-37 Cooper Ave. Glendale, NY 11385 Phone: 718-326-8888

Kreussler

🌐 www.infoserveusa.com

office-tampa@kreussler.com

tech@infoserveusa.com

6103 Johns Rd., Ste. 7 Tampa, FL 33634 Phone: 813-884-1499

Itsumi USA

🌐 www.kreussler.com

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1105 Davis Ave. South Milwaukee, WI 53172 Contact: Ryan Luetzow Toll Free: 800-558-6055

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Lab Test Products, Inc.

M&B Hangers

8575 Parkway Dr. Leeds, AL 35094 Toll Free: 800-227-0436

luetzow.poly@gmail.com

201 Pond Ave., Ste. 2 Middlesex, NJ 08846 Phone: 732-529-6915

staff@mbhangers.com

🌐 www.luetzowind.com

🌐 www.mbhangers.com

Lyons Restores

info@labtestproducts.com 🌐 www.labtestproducts.com

Lang Innovations

1750 Transport Ave. Memphis, TN 38116 Toll Free: 888-653-8267

Magicool

🌐 lyonsrestores.com

denis@ahner-industrial.com

2001 E. Perkins Ave. Sandusky, OH 44870 Phone: 419-626-6641

info@lyonsrestores.com

🌐 www.ahner-industrial.com

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2680 Pine Rd. Poolville, TX 76487 Contact: Brian Lang Phone: 817-901-8891

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brian@langinnovate.com 🌐 www.collarcone.com

Lattner Boiler Manufacturing Co. 1411 9th St. SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Contact: Steven Junge Toll Free: 800-345-1527

sales@lattner.com

🌐 www.lattnerboiler.com

Laundrylux

461 Doughty Blvd.

Inwood, NY 11096 Toll Free: 800-645-2204

THE ONLY

tmurati@laundryluxdistribution.com 🌐 www.laundrylux.com

Leather Master

303 Republic Ave. Joliet, IL 60435 Contact: John Conway Toll Free: 800-240-0107

ONE SHOT - ONE STEP SYSTEM

🌐 www.suedecleaners.com

Leather Technologies Inc. 1010 Richards Rd. Hartland, WI 53029 Phone: 262-567-9627

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Leonard Automatics PO Box 501 Denver, NC 28037 Contact: Jeff Frushtick Toll Free: 800-483-9316

jfrushtick@leonardautomatics.com 🌐 www.leonardautomatics.com

B&G Lieberman Co. 2420 Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203 Toll Free: 800-438-0346

bgl@bglieberman.com 🌐 www.bglieberman.com

Lint-All Inc.

P.O. Box 723 Crown Point, IN 46307 Toll Free: 800-568-5468

THE SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR: WET-CLEANING, DRYCLEANING, & WASH/FOLD

info@lintbags.com 🌐 www.lintbags.com

Lucas Products Corp.

1101 Pelee St. Toledo, OH 43607

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Toll Free: 877-582-2765 sales@lucasproducts.com 🌐 www.lucasproducts.com

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Mainetti USA

200 Connell Dr., Ste. 3100 Berklely Heights, NJ 07922 Phone: 201-215-2900

info.usa@mainetti.com 🌐 www.mainetti.com

The Marketing Shop 6784 Stanhope Way Indianapolis, IN 46254 Phone: 317-387-9277

🌐 www.themarketingshopusa.com

MANUFACTURERS & PROVIDERS

R.W. Martin & Sons

4675 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240 Toll Free: 800-635-4363

info@rwmartin.com

7 www.rwmartin.com Maruso USA

2450 S. Sequoia Dr. Compton, CA 90220 Phone: 310-328-3870

taka-nagase@marusousa.com 🌐 www.marusousa.com

Maverick Drycleaners 1951 N. Ohio Ave. Wichita, KS 67214 Phone: 316-650-9242 Contact: Dave Coyle

clientsupport

@maverickdrycleaners.com

🌐 www.maverickdrycleaners.com

Maxi Companies

4317 E. Genesee St. Dewitt, NY 13214 Phone: 315-446-2180

info@maxico.com 🌐 www.maxico.com

Mayfield Group Advertising Bureau

27100 Richmond Rd., Unit 11 Solon, OH 44139 Toll Free: 800-382-7704 🌐 www.mayfieldgroup.com

Maytag Commercial Laundry 2901 Lakeshore Dr. St. Joseph, MI 49085 Toll Free: 800-662-3587 🌐 www.maytagcommercial

laundry.com

Memories Gown Preservation

5747 Glenmont Dr. Houston, TX 77081 Toll Free: 866-492-4696

gowns@tdc-edittx.com

🌐 www.gownspreservations.com

Messe Frankfurt Inc. 3200 Windy Hill Rd. SE, Ste. 500 West Atlanta, GA 30339 Phone: 678-732-2416

greg.jira@usa.messefrankfurt.com 🌐 www.usa.messefrankfurt.com 🌐 www.cleanshow.com

Metalprogetti

8 E. Sunnyslope Ln. Phoenix, AZ 85020 Phone: 602-944-2923

sales@metalprogetti.com 🌐 www.metalprogetti.com

Methods for Management 5007 Leavenworth St.

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Omaha, NE 68106 Contact: Courtney Wolf Phone: 402-690-0066

Long Beach CA 90810

🌐 www.mfmi.com

MTH Pumps

cwolf@mfmi.com

Metro Drycleaning & Laundry Equipment LLC 78 Academy St. Patchogue, NY 11772 Phone: 516-931-1951

🌐 www.metrodrycleaningandlaun-

dryequipment.com

Mid-Atlantic Assn. of Cleaners (MAC)

14700 Sweitzer Ln. Laurel, MD 20724 Contact: Peter Blake Phone: 617-791-0128 Toll Free: 800-235-8360

peteblke@aol.com

🌐 www.macassociation.org

Midwest Trim

4535 N. 25th Ave. Schiller Park, IL 60176 Toll Free: 800-222-8746 Contact: Allan Kass

akass@midwest-trim.com

Toll Free: 800-264-9573 info@movincool.com 🌐 www.movincool.com

Tampa, FL 33634 Phone: 813-249-5888 Toll Free: 877-312-2333

info@nextteq.com 🌐 www.nextteq.com

401 W. Main St. Plano, IL 60545 Phone: 630-552-4115

New England Dependable Equipment Inc.

🌐 www.mthpumps.com

mchae@dependableusa.com

sales@mthpumps.com

Multimatic Corp.

225 West St. Berlin, MA 01503 Phone: 781-891-5676

🌐 www.dependableusa.com

162 Veterans Dr. Northvale, NJ 07647 Contact: Ron Velli Phone: 201-767-9660

New York Machinery (Unisec)

🌐 www.multimatic-usa.com

info@unisecusa.com

multdc@aol.com

Mustang Enterprises 1238 W. Laurel San Antonio, TX 78201 Toll Free: 866-734-3644

info@mustangenterprises.com 🌐 www.mustangenterprises.com

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609 Chancellor Ave. Irvington, NJ 07111 Phone: 973-375-1111 🌐 www.unisecusa.com

Newhouse Specialty Co.

2681 Halladay St. Santa Ana, CA 92705 Contact: Daniel Borrero Toll Free: 877-435-3859

sales@newhouseco.com 🌐 www.newhouseco.com

🌐 www.midwest-trim.com

Naomoto Corp./Apparel Machinery & Supply

NIE Insurance

9 Independence Way Princeton, NJ 08540 Toll Free: 866-781-5053

info@apparelmachinery.com

Cobb@nieinsurance.com

Miele Professional

prosales@mieleusa.com 🌐 www.mieleusa.com/p/

Million Dollar Collar PO Box 794 Grafton, WI 53024 Phone: 310-741-1110

steve@farinax.com

🌐 www.milliondollarcollar.com

Milnor Laundry Systems

1836 E. Ontario St. Philadelphia, PA 19134 Toll Free: 800-523-3331

🌐 www.apparelmachinery.com

National Cleaners Association (NCA)

2218 Broadway, Frnt 2 New York, NY 10024 Contact: Ann Hargrove Phone: 212-967-3002 Toll Free: 800-888-1622

info@nca-i.com 🌐 www.nca-i.com

700 Jackson St. PO Box 400 Kenner, LA 70063 Contact: Ricky Munch Phone: 504-467-9591

National Combustion Co. (NATCO)

🌐 www.milnor.com

🌐 www.nationalcombustion.com

rmunch@milnor.com

Miura America Co. Ltd. 120 Sylvan Ave., Ste. 204 Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Contact: David Vrana Phone: 201-592-1260

104-11 180th St. Jamaica, NY 11433 Toll Free: 888-OK-NATCO

sales@nationalcombustion.com

National Gown Cleaners & Archival Products

6030 Bancroft Ave. St. Louis, MO 63109 Contact: Anne Cobb Toll Free: 800-325-9522 🌐 www.nieinsurance.com

Nichols Paper Products N8995 Pine St. Nichols WI 54152 Phone: 920-833-6895 Toll Free: 800-558-8010

sales@nicholspaper.com 🌐 www.nicholspaper.com

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Olin Corporation

190 Carondelet Plaza, Ste. 1530 Clayton, MO 63105 Contact: Kyle Haas Toll Free: 844-238-3445

khaas@olin.com 🌐 www.olin.com

Omegasonics

us.northeast@miuraz.com

625 E. McGlincey Ln., Ste. D Campbell, CA 95008 Phone: 408-371-3174 Contact: Christine Morrissey

330 E. Easy St., Ste. A Simi Valley, CA 93065 Toll Free: 888-989-5560

Morantz Ultrasonics

🌐 www.nationalgown.com

OnSite Fabricare, A ServeCo North America Company

🌐 www.miuraboiler.com

9984 Gantry Rd. Philadelphia, PA 19115 Contact: Lisa Morantz Phone: 215-969-0266

info@ultrasonicmachines.com 🌐 www.ultrasonicmachines.com

Mountain Electronics

621 Micaville Loop, Ste. 300 Burnsville, NC 28714 Phone: 828-675-9200

info@mountainelectronics.com 🌐 mountainelectronics.com

MovinCool (DENSO Products and Services Americas) 3900 Via Oro Ave.

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info@nationalgown.com

National Waste Clean 304 Pulaski St. South Plainfield, NJ 07080 Toll Free: 800-329-0025

info@nationalwasteclean.com 🌐 www.nationalwasteclean.com

Neuhaus Chemical Products Inc.

8600 Melwood Ln. Richmond, VA 23229 Contact: Bill Carli Toll Free: 877-553-3794

omegasonics@omegasonics.com 🌐 www.omegasonics.com

1950 Leness Ln. Crest Hill, IL 60403 Contact: Jeff Berkowitz Phone: 815-577-9797

info@onsitefabricare.com 🌐 www.onsitefabricare.com

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Paradigm Labs, Inc.

🌐 www.jinxink.com

7 Roberts Rd. Pine Grove, PA 17963 Toll Free: 888-933-4554

8406 Benjamin Rd., Ste. J

🌐 www.paradigmlabs.us

info@kleerwite.com

Nextteq LLC

orders@paradigmlabs.us

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info@pariser.net

1630 91st Ave. NE, #107 Blaine, MN 55449 Toll Free: 800-359-0628

91 Michigan Ave. Paterson, NJ 07503 Phone: 973-569-9090

PROS Parts

🌐 www.pariserchem.com

barryv@prosparts.com

Parker Boiler Co.

🌐 www.prosparts.com

5930 Bandini Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90040 Contact: Michael Leeming Phone: 323-727-9800

Prym Consumer USA PO Box 5028 Spartanburg, SC 29304 Contact: Stephen Voyles Toll Free: 800-845-4948

sales@parkerboiler.com 🌐 www.parkerboiler.com

🌐 www.prymconsumerusa.com

4387 Swamp Rd., #255 Doylestown, PA 18902 Contact: Liliane Tietjen Phone: 267-391-7642

Quality Fabricators

3240 Heritage Dr. NW, Ste. B Kennesaw, GA 30144 Toll Free: 877-637-3712

chris@zracks.com 🌐 www.zracks.com

Quality Zipper & Supply

308 2nd Ave. N., Ste. 201 Grand Forks, ND 58203 Toll Free: 800-245-9515

qualityzip@aol.com

🌐 www.qualityzipper.com

MANUFACTURERS & PROVIDERS

liz.hollenback@prym.com

Patriot Business Advisors

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Pariser Industries

tietjen@patriotbusinessadvisors.com 🌐 www.patriotbusinessadvisors.com

Pepin Manufacturing

1875 Hwy. 61 South South Lake City, MN 55041 Phone: 651-345-5655 Toll Free: 800-291-6505

jake@pepinmfg.com

1918-2024

🌐 www.pepinmfg.com

Permac Parts Depot

272-B Unionville-Indian Trail Rd. Indian Trail, NC 28079 Contact: Bill Morgal Toll Free: 800-287-0870

bill@permac.com

🌐 www.permac.com

Plas-Ties, Co.

14272 Chambers Rd. Tustin CA 92780 Phone: 714-542-4487 Toll Free: 800-854-0137

info@plasties.com

🌐 www.plasties.com

Pony USA/NYM

609 Chancellor Ave. Irvington, NJ 07111 Toll Free: 800-816-2243

infousa@pony-usa.com 🌐 www.pony-usa.com

Portacool

711 FM 2468 Center, TX 75935 Toll Free: 800-695-2942

info@port-a-cool.com 🌐 www.port-a-cool.com

Poseidon Textile Care Systems

2500 State Rd. 44 Oshkosh, WI 54904 Contact: Joel Jorgensen Toll Free: 800-256-1073

poseidon@gnalaundry.com 🌐 poseidontextilecare.com

Prestige Preservation 4854 Mary Ingles Hwy. Cold Spring, KY 41076 Toll Free: 800-232-0792

jeff@prestigepreservation.com

🌐 www.prestigepreservation.com

Procter & Gamble

1 P&G Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 Phone: 513-983-1100 Toll Free: 800-692-0132

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Quietaire

505 N. Hutcheson Houston, TX 77003 Phone: 713-228-9421

info@quietaire.com 🌐 www.quietaire.com

Quincy Compressor 701 N. Dobson Ave. Bay Minette, AL 36507 Phone: 251-937-5900

rotary@

MANUFACTURERS & PROVIDERS

quincycompressor.com 🌐 www.quincycompressor.com

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R&B Wire Products

2902 W. Garry Santa Ana, CA 92705 Toll Free: 800-634-0555

sales@rbwire.com 🌐 www.rbwire.com

Railex Corp.

15 Ralph Ave. Coplague, NY 11726 Phone: 718-845-5454

railex@railexcorp.com

The Route Pros

7 NW 72nd St., Ste. 100 Kansas City, MO 64118 Phone: 816-739-2066

routeprosjames@gmail.com 🌐 www.theroutepro.com

Royal Basket Trucks 201 Badger Pkwy.

Darien, WI 53114 Toll Free: 800-426-6447

sales@royal-basket.com 🌐 www.royal-basket.com

Royaltone Co.

3800 Durazno Ave. El Paso, TX 79905 Phone: 915-533-8217 Toll Free: 800-331-5506

Royaltone@royaltone.com 🌐 www.royaltone.com

RSD Cooling Towers 26021 Atlantic Ocean Dr. Lake Forest, CA 92602 Toll Free: 800-773-5359

towers@rsd.net

🌐 www.rsdcoolingtowers.com

Realstar USA

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info@realstarusa.com

Tersteegenstr. 25 40474 Duesseldorf, Germany Contact: Sophie Demicoli Phone: +44 211 4389-300

🌐 www.railexcorp.com

1900 Meredith Park Dr. McDonough, GA 30253 Contact: Tom Medlin Toll Free: 888-822-7827 🌐 www.realstarusa.com

Redstone Funding/ Payment Solutions 10406 Lake Rd. Houston, TX 77070 Toll Free: 800-311-1225

SAFECHEM

service@safechem.com 🌐 safechem.com

Safety & Environmental Compliance Consultants

redstonefunding@redstone-corp.

N16821 N Lake Ln. Pembine, WI 54156 Phone: 708-334-7322

🌐 www.redstonepaymentsolutions.

🌐 www.complyhere.com

com

com

Reliable Corporation 100 Wingold Ave., Unit 5 Toronto, ON M6B 4K7 Toll Free: 800-268-1649

info@reliablecorporation.com 🌐 www.reliablecorporation.com

Rema Dri-Vac Corp.

1363 Seaview Ave. Bridgepoint, CT 06607 Contact: Barry Gunderson Phone: 203-847-2464

info@remadrivac.com 🌐 www.remadrivac.com

Renzacci SPA

Via R. Morandi, #13 Cittá di Castello, Italy 06012 Contact: Marco Niccolini Phone: 39-075-862-961

renzacci@renzacci.it 🌐 www.renzacci.it

Rite-Temp Water Chillers 1704 S 1st St. P.O. Box 1275 Rogers, AR 72757 Toll Free: 800-462-3120

BChaffee@RiteTemp.com 🌐 www.ritetemp.com

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hwdp@aol.com

Safety-Kleen Systems

1651 N. Glenville Dr., Ste. 210 Richardson, TX 75081 Toll Free: 800-323-5040

ngibson@cesservice.com 🌐 www.safety-kleen.com

Sanitone, A Division of Fabritec International 8145 Holton Dr., Ste. 110 Florence, KY 41042 Contact: Jeff Jordan Toll Free: 800-543-0406

solutions@fabritec.com 🌐 www.sanitone.com

Sankosha USA

1901 Landmeier Rd. Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Contacts: Wesley Nelson Toll Free: 888-427-9120

info@sankosha-inc.com 🌐 www.sankosha-inc.com

Sarno & Son

401 S. Washington Ave. Scranton, PA 18505 Toll Free: 800-233-1404 🌐 www.tuxedobysarno.com

Saylor-Beall

400 N. Kibbee St.

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St. Johns MI 48879 Phone: 989-224-2371 Toll Free: 800-394-7644

sales@saylor-beall.com 🌐 www.saylor-beall.com

ScanQ

180 Prospect Pl. Alpharetta, GA 30005 Contact: Bahman Matlogh Toll Free: 866-722-6701

info@scanq.com 🌐 www.scanq.com

Schaefer Ventilation P.O. Box 460 Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Toll Free: 800-641-6996

sales@pinnacleclimate.com

🌐 www.schaeferventilation.com

Seickel & Sons

201 Pond Ave. Middlesex, NJ 08846 Toll Free: 800-388-5044

sales@seickel.com 🌐 www.seickel.com

Seitz Inc.

5101 Tampa West Blvd., Ste. 300 Tampa, FL 33634 Contact: Kurt Wickiser Phone: 813-886-2700

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Steps to Cut Workforce Turnover at Your Company Where are the workers, and what does the future hold?

By Dave Davis, Editor

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efore small- to mid-sized companies can solve their labor issues, they must uncover the reasons behind the issues. By understanding the roots of the causes, owners of drycleaning companies can put the right solutions into place to ease this challenging element of operating a business.

This was Dick Finnegan’s message in his webinar, “Five Turnover-Cutting Steps You’re Not Doing Today,” hosted by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). Finnegan, the CEO of C-Suite Analytics, has worked to solve turnover for organizations as diverse as African gold mines, the CIA, and multinational corporations in China, as well as companies in the United States.

WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?

Finnegan presented data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed how many people voluntarily quit their job, starting with 2009 as the country was pulling out of 2008’s Great Recession. About 16% of workers quit their jobs that year, and that number started a steady climb.

“The more the economy grew, the more people quit,” Finnegan says. “We got to a high point in 2019 at 28%.

The economists said, ‘This can’t get any higher. If it does, it’ll really hurt the economy.’”

And then, the pandemic struck.

In 2020, the percentage of people who voluntarily quit their jobs dipped to just under 25%, “but then it took off

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“First, the birth rate has declined since 1955,” Finnegan says. To keep the population rate level, data shows that the replacement rate is about 2.1 births, meaning that every woman needs to give birth to 2.1 children.

After the end of World War II, the U.S. birth rate sky-

rocketed, giving the world the baby boomer generation. At its height during the late 1950s, the birth rate reached an average of almost four births per woman. That number started to dip in the mid-1960s.

“In 1972, we dipped below the replacement rate,” he continues. “We touched it again around 1990, and again around 2000. We might have stepped over it for one or two years around 2009. But for the most part, for the last 51 years, we’ve been below the replacement rate. We just don’t have enough babies to keep up and continue to pump the engine of our economy.”

The view of the workplace by different generations has also been a factor in the shifting labor market.

“The baby boomers stayed with their companies an average of eight years, three months,” Finnegan says, pointing to data from a CareerBuilder survey from 2022.

“Gen X, five years, two months; millennials, two years, nine months; and Gen Z, two years, three months.”

Conventional wisdom may be that the younger generation can’t keep job-hopping as they start to build families, take on mortgages, and other life events take place. That, Finnegan says, is wrong: “Because there are so many

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again,” Finnegan says, with the high point being 35% in 2021 before dipping to just above 30% in 2022.

The second factor of the labor shortage comes when looking at Bureau data that focused on U.S. job openings.

At the peak, there were approximately 11 million jobs open in the country in 2022. It fell slightly to 9.6 million as of May 2023, but that is still more than double the 4.1 million openings listed in 2013.

The third element is the amount of people currently in the workforce.

“The big punchline here is from Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, who said we lost three and a half million workers since the beginning of the pandemic, and nothing could have predicted we would have we lost them,” he says. “This is the key thing — it’s not just that we have so many more jobs; we have so many fewer workers.”

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job openings, they can keep hopping, and they are.”

It’s also an error to keep thinking of millennials and Gen Z as “kids,” Finnegan said. “Today, Gen Z and millennials comprise 51% of the workforce. But by 2025, they will comprise 75% of the U.S. workforce. They’re not kids anymore.”

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While the declining birth rate and changing loyalty patterns have been tracked for years, the pandemic threw up a lot of surprises when it comes to the labor market.

“COVID brought on things we couldn’t have predicted,” Finnegan says. “Over 2 million people retired early between March and December 2020. These were people not in the Census Bureau’s projections to retire, who just said, ‘I’m not going to do it. I’m done.’ Then, we lost over a million people to COVID, and more than 250,000 of them were working age, between 18 and 64.”

The third factor, Finnegan says, was a wild card. Just after 2020, the number of business licenses people applied for spiked, and has remained far above pre-pandemic levels.

“This is when people said, ‘I’m not going to do the corporate thing anymore. I’m out,’” he says, and people started to shift to self-employment. “They say, ‘Well, I used to be a programmer, but I’m never going back because I have my own schedule. I don’t have to have a boss.’”

THE NEW NORMAL

So, will the labor market ever get back to “normal”?

Finnegan believes that employers need to reset their expectations, because the current reality is now normal.

“Let me tell you three predictions,” he says. “The Wall Street Journal found that 22 out of 52 economists said that this is never going to get better. Time magazine said, ‘You know those young workers who job-hop all the time? They have so many more jobs to jump up to now, plus, they have so many opportunities to become entrepreneurs.’”

The last prediction hinges on Census Bureau data that suggests 2030 is the first year that 51% of the additions to ages 18 to 64 will be immigrants to the U.S., “and that percentage will increase for as far out as they can see,” he says. “If we can’t figure out immigration, we can’t maintain our leading status as the world’s best economy.”

Given this tightening labor market, it’s more important that ever for employers to hang on to their valuable employees. To accomplish this, Finnegan believes that management, rather than HR, has to take an active hand in employee retention.

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Finnegan says this gives leaders information they can use immediately, rather than the data they get from exit interviews, when it’s too late to keep that employee.

Other benefits are that it puts the focus on individual employees, including top performers, rather than the company’s workforce at large, and it puts supervisors in the solution seat, rather than the HR department.

The Stay Interview consists of five questions: 1. When you travel to work each day, what things do you look forward to?

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4. When was the last time you thought about leaving our team? What prompted it?

5. What can I do to make your experience at work better for you?

“If we know the answers to questions 1 and 3, we know how to make you happy,” Finnegan says. “You just taught us, so we can give you more of that.”

Question No. 2 is important, Finnegan says, because while not everybody wants a career, learning is universal.

“We train managers how to build learning plans if somebody says, ‘I’m bored, but I don’t know what I want to learn,’” he says. “You say, ‘Come back in three days — I’ll develop some ideas and you develop some, too,’ because this is the low-hanging fruit on building trust.”

Question No. 4 can lead to valuable insights. “Notice this starts with ‘When,’ not ‘Have you,’” Finnegan says, “because everybody has, so don’t be afraid to tell us.”

Questions 3 and 4 are coupled so that the employee can make the argument in their own head to stay. “We need these employees to discover and announce to themselves why they stay,” he says, “so they can then compare what they just heard themselves say to why they might leave.”

Question No. 5 is simply asking for instructions from the employee: “Make me a better boss for you.”

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The class-action suit includes millions of U.S. businesses that accepted Visa and/or Mastercard credit or debit cards between Jan. 1, 2004, and Jan. 25, 2019, and who did not previously opt-out.

Claim forms started to be mailed out last month to class members by the U.S. Postal Service.

“This is an historic antitrust class-action settlement that provides some relief for U.S. merchants after years of paying allegedly inflated Visa and Mastercard interchange fees,” says K. Craig Wildfang, of Robins Kaplan LLP, co-counsel on the litigation alongside Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Berger Montague PC. “The case has been winding its way through the court system for nearly 20 years. Now we look forward to helping class members with the claims process and getting the benefits of the settlement into their hands,” says Alexandra Bernay, partner at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP. On March 15, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously upheld the district court’s order giving final approval to the $5.54 billion settlement on behalf of U.S. merchants in the “In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation” class action lawsuit.

The case relates to claims that merchants allegedly paid excessive fees to accept Visa and Mastercard cards.

The suit alleged that Visa and Mastercard and their member banks acted in violation of the antitrust laws.

Full details are available on the settlement website, www.PaymentCardSettlement.com, where class members may also file a claim for their share of the settlement based on their estimated Visa and/or Mastercard interchange fees and other factors during the class period.

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In Memoriam: Roger McMillan, Colmac Industries Retired longtime leader of company dies at 81

SPOKANE, Wash. — Roger Kenneth McMillan, the former leader of Colmac Industries and Colmac Coil Manufacturing, died on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. He was 81.

McMillan started at Colmac Industries — the company founded by his father, Jerry McMillan — in McMillan 1969 after earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1966 and then serving two years in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as a 2nd and 1st Lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps.

McMillan began his time at the company, located in Colville, Washington, working in engineering and product development. He was in this position until his father passed away in 1974, at which time he stepped in to run the company until 2002 and then retired in 2005. During his leadership, the company spawned a second business, Colmac Coil Manufacturing.

McMillan was preceded in death by his parents Jerry McMillan and Gwen McMillan, and is survived by his wife of 59 years, Dee McMillan. He is also survived by his sister Carol and her family; sons Scott and Brian; grandchildren Savannah, Darby, Harrison, and Rosalie; great-grandson Carter; and great-granddaughter Aspen Jade.

A celebration of life was held at Colville Community Church in Colville, Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024.

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“Professional drycleaning and laundry operators from all over the world contribute to the betterment of our industry every day,” says DLI CEO Mary Scalco. “Our goal with the Hall of Fame is to recognize contributions made by any professional in our industry who has made a positive impact and honor them as examples for other members of the industry. All cleaning professionals, regardless of membership, are welcome to nominate industry professionals they see as inspirational for this award.”

Inaugural inductees into DLI’s Hall of Fame include past recipients of DLI’s Diamond Achievement Award, a group that includes: • Barney Deden • Stan Golomb • Chris Edwards

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To be eligible for nomination, candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of experience working in the drycleaning and laundry industry. The selection process will involve a two-stage voting process by DLI’s Hall of Fame committee.

Recipients of the Hall of Fame Award will be recognized at state or national events as well as in industry publications, DLI says in its statement.

For more information about the DLI Hall of Fame Award and to make a nomination, visit DLI’s official Hall of Fame page at DLIonline.org/HoF.

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WRINKLE IN TIME

New Customers, Welcome Wagons and Expanding Horizons 10 YEARS AGO. Bringing in New Customers — Attracting new customers was the major 2014 business priority of the majority of drycleaners, according to the American Drycleaner Your Views survey, with 39.1% putting it at the top of their list. Other top priorities included “raising prices and/or cutting cost” (21.7%), “exploring extra services or new opportunities” (10.9%), “adding/updating equipment” (5.4%) and “sprucing up their stores” (5.4%).

When looking back at their 2013 performance, 55.4% of cleaners said their businesses met “some” of their goals, while 27.2% “did not meet” its goals.

Only 6.5% reported meeting “all” their goals.

25 YEARS AGO. Rolling out the Welcome Wagon — Welcome Wagon and Getting to Know You, two marketers targeting new homeowners, joined forces — and dry cleaners were thought to be among the first businesses to benefit. Welcome Wagon worked with more than 65,000 merchants nationwide, and more than 750 of them were dry cleaners. “It’s important that dry cleaners reach out to new homeowners,” said Welcome Wagon President Joel Zychick.

“When families move to a new community, they tend to pick dry cleaners and stick with them for as long as they live there.”

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people’s choices in clothing were changing, said Robert Blanchard, director of the marketing division of the American Textile Industry. “People may have to start buying clothing on the basis of what is functional rather than fashionable,” he predicted. “With less choice in fabrics and colors, they may have to concentrate on the basics for their wardrobes.”

While firms such as Du Pont and Celanese agreed that new fabrics that could be made without a petroleum base were unlikely to be developed for a few years, they continued to pour money into research.

85 YEARS AGO. Expanding His Horizons — In Wisconsin, American Drycleaner reported, the bravest man is Albert Miller. He worked

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in the drycleaning department of Model Laundry in Fond du Lac and decided he ought to know something about sewing. Miller went to the Fond du Lac Vocational School and enrolled in a sewing class. Of the 30 students in the class, Miller was the only man. At first, Miller said, he was a little self-conscious and would catch the women looking up from their work every so often to watch him thread a needle or take a tuck.

He became quite nonchalant about his place, however, and proved his skill by fashioning a skirt out of an old pair of trousers. Miller reported that still turned his back when one of the women went behind a portable screen to have a fitting.

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