Life & Times in The Industry: Personal Memories from Those Who Were There

I came to Atlanta after working at Philco. We had a life savings of $10,...

Timeline: 1950s & 1960s

Ian P. Murphy | April 10, 2009

1950sThe postwar economic boom spreads into drycleaning, ushering in its...

Life & Times in The Industry: Personal Memories from Those Who Were There

The idea of metal press pads was one Morris Rosenthal had while in the...

Timeline: 1930s & 1940s

Ian P. Murphy | April 3, 2009

1930s[NP][/NP]The magazine launches in the depths of the Great...

Life & Times in The Industry: Personal Memories from Those Who Were There

Hobbs, N.M., in 1932 was like nothing I had ever seen: A dirty, no-...

What It Means To Be Green

Ian P. Murphy | March 11, 2009

With concerns about fuel prices, global warming and other issues, more...

48th Annual Plant Design Awards: Special Honors Winners

Ian P. Murphy | January 23, 2009

Outstanding Central Plant: DC Center Cleaners, Woodside, N.Y. Operator...

Plant Design Awards Grand Prize Winner: D.O. Summers Cleaners

Ian P. Murphy | January 21, 2009

Representing the third of four generations of Goldbergs to operate the...

Carolina Conversion

Hannah Miller | January 2, 2009

SOUTHPORT, N.C. — When Bill and Linda May, proprietors of River Run...

Styles of The Season

Ian P. Murphy | December 24, 2008

Haute couture runways in Milan, New York and Paris reveal the challenges...

No Solvent Is Safe from Scrutiny

Kenney Slatten | September 17, 2008

When it comes to environmental issues, logic doesn’t always prevail. And...

Texcare International: Global Perspective

Ian P. Murphy | April 23, 2008

After four years, Texcare returns next month with what could be a bigger...

Getting The Drop

Howard Scott | February 27, 2008

With affluent customers and 24/7 automation, a tiny location in a...

Merit Winners of The 47th Annual Plant Design Awards

Ian P. Murphy | January 30, 2008

Whether the plant is an established hub of the community or a vanguard...

Three Plants Take Special Honors in 47th Annual Plant Design Awards

Ian P. Murphy | January 9, 2008

While the Grand Prize went to a production-only, central plant, the three...

Urban Renewal: Inside The Winner of Best Plant Design

Ian P. Murphy | January 6, 2008

NEW YORK — After years of searching in one of the highest-priced real...

Water, Fire And Flood

Haley Jorgensen | January 1, 2008

Drycleaners are emerging as a niche for industrial laundry-equipment...

Fashion on The Fringe

Ian P. Murphy | December 4, 2007

When it comes to hard-to-process clothing, you can hardly beat the...

A Tour of Haute Couture

America’s Best Cleaners (ABC), a certification organization for high-end...

Are You in Hot Water?

James (Jim) F. Wainwright | November 1, 2007

An inspector’s report I once read described a drycleaner’s boiler room...

Audit Your Energy Use

Lloyd Manning | November 1, 2007

According to the business-statistics firm BizStats, the cost of...

Joining in Jersey

Everett Childers | November 1, 2007

If you missed TexCare 2007 in New Jersey, you missed one of the best...

Storming Shanghai

Bruce Beggs | November 1, 2007

Texcare Asia 2007—the largest industry show in the Far East—welcomed...

What Happens in Vegas... Is Up To You

Ian P. Murphy | April 4, 2007

America's desert getaway lets visitors decide. LAS VEGAS, Nev. — "What...

Special Honors Winners Built for Speed, More

Ian P. Murphy | March 28, 2007

Runners-up in American Drycleaner's 46th Annual Plant Design Awards...