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New-Plant or Renovation Project Entries Sought in 52nd Annual Plant Design Awards

CHICAGO — Making dry cleaning customers look good sometimes isn't enough...

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65 Years of Dedicated Service

Bruce Beggs | August 27, 2012

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rochester is probably best known for being the home of...

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All Night Long at Milt & Edie’s (Part 2 of 2)

Ian P. Murphy | July 18, 2012

BURBANK, Calif. — When Milt Chortkoff retired from dry cleaning in 1983,...

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All Night Long at Milt & Edie’s (Part 1 of 2)

Ian P. Murphy | July 17, 2012

BURBANK, Calif. — When Milt Chortkoff retired from dry cleaning in 1983,...

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Rather Switch Than Fight? (Part 2 of 2)

Ian P. Murphy | June 13, 2012

CHICAGO — In February, after 14 years of study, the U.S. Environmental...

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Rather Switch Than Fight? (Part 1 of 2)

Ian P. Murphy | June 12, 2012

CHICAGO — In February, after 14 years of study, the U.S. Environmental...

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Perc Proclamation (Part 2 of 2)

Bruce Beggs | April 11, 2012

WASHINGTON — When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted...

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Perc Proclamation (Part 1 of 2)

Bruce Beggs | April 9, 2012

WASHINGTON — When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted...

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Plant Design Awards — Merit Award: Pride Cleaners & TIDE Dry Cleaners

Bruce Beggs | January 31, 2012

GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Pride Cleaners turned the shell of a former ice...

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Plant Design Awards — Special Honors, Outstanding New Build: Yale Cleaners

Bruce Beggs | January 26, 2012

TULSA, Okla. — Abundant landscaping surrounds the upscale, contemporary...

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Plant Design Awards — Special Honors, Outstanding Renovation: Kite’s Custom Cleaners

Bruce Beggs | January 24, 2012

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kite’s opened the stand-alone plant in 2003 after...

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Plant Design Awards — Special Honors, Outstanding Plant-on-Premises: Zengeler Cleaners, Long Grove, Ill.

Bruce Beggs | January 18, 2012

LONG GROVE, Ill. — Family-owned Zengeler Cleaners chose to build its...

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Plant Design Awards — Special Honors, Outstanding Reconstruction: Tower Cleaners, Calgary, Alberta

Bruce Beggs | January 17, 2012

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Tower Cleaners transformed a 16,000-square-...

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Plant Design Awards — Grand Prize: Margaret’s Cleaners (Part 2 of 2)

Bruce Beggs | January 11, 2012

SAN DIEGO — Margaret’s Cleaners’ 22,000-square-foot plant, formerly an...

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Plant Design Awards — Grand Prize: Margaret’s Cleaners (Part 1 of 2)

Bruce Beggs | January 10, 2012

SAN DIEGO — Margaret’s Cleaners’ 22,000-square-foot plant, formerly an...

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Four Fall Styles That Will Have Dry Cleaners Fit to Be Tied — Part 4: Geometric

Ian P. Murphy | November 13, 2011

CHICAGO — Runways in the world’s fashion capitals came alive for 2011’s...

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Four Fall Styles That Will Have Dry Cleaners Fit to Be Tied — Part 3: Baroque

Ian P. Murphy | November 8, 2011

CHICAGO — Runways in the world’s fashion capitals came alive for 2011’s...

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Four Fall Styles That Will Have Dry Cleaners Fit to Be Tied — Part 2: Mix & Match

Ian P. Murphy | November 6, 2011

CHICAGO — Runways in the world’s fashion capitals came alive for 2011’s...

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Four Fall Styles That Will Have Dry Cleaners Fit to Be Tied — Part 1: Scales

Ian P. Murphy | November 3, 2011

CHICAGO — Runways in the world’s fashion capitals came alive for 2011’s...

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Complying with Environmental Marketing Guides

Bruce Beggs | September 1, 2011

CHICAGO — When promoting your business’ “green” practices, be mindful...

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Eminently Emerald (Part 1 of 2)

Bruce Beggs | August 30, 2011

CHICAGO — Not so long ago, when you looked up “green” in the dictionary...

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A Real-Life Horror Story (Part 2 of 2)

Irving L. Blackman | July 20, 2011

CHICAGO — By any definition, Joe was a “success,” and so was his...

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A Real-Life Horror Story (Part 1 of 2)

Irving L. Blackman | July 19, 2011

CHICAGO — By any definition, Joe was a “success,” and so was his...

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Clean Show Report: Enthusiastic

Bruce Beggs | June 30, 2011

LAS VEGAS — The story after Clean ’09 in New Orleans was that while...

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To Your Credit, Part 2

Mark E. Battersby | May 24, 2011

Provisions in the Small Business Jobs Act may soon ease the Great...