News & Views

• Losing market share to causal wear?
• New fire code for cleaning plants OK'd
• The perfect solvent? Still looking
• Campbell, Pulos elected to IFI board
• School's out -- except in Silver Spring
• IFI sets fall examination dates
• Miele donates wetcleaning washer and dryer to IFI
• IFI to survey members on key issues
• Seattle company enters dot-com derby
• IFI, AATCC studying new cleaning methods
• TCATA honors members, installs White as president at convention
• ViewPoints
How to help your industry -- and yourself: Bill Bogus
There's more to profit than productivity: Bill Bohannon
• Letters to the Editor
Fisher answers Micell assertions
• Editorial: Can perc get off the "suspect" list?
• Editorial: Help the industry to help itself

Around the US

• Midatlantic
• Golf tournament will raise money for Special Olympics of York Co.
• Maryland environmental fund open for business
• Midwest
• IDEM's 5-star program recognizes three cleaners
• MILD announces summer schedule
• MCA, Gov. Ventura support changes to clean-up fund legislation
• Scalco to speak for MCA
• Northeast
• Professional fabricare of casual wear: NCA-I launches poster campaign
• NEFA offers upcoming seminars on boiler license renewal
• NCA-I initiates lawsuit against DEC concerning NYS's "stand alone" issue
• South Central
• Zellers' seminars hit Texas
• New SDA officers announced
• South
• SEFA pleased with results of Atlanta show
• West
• Kick-off meeting for SCCLA proves successful
• CCA adds Bishop, Moen to trade show

Columns

• Stan Caplan: The lot system vs the day system
• Ray Colucci: Why do people clean their clothes?
• Dan Eisen: Don't be flummoxed by flocking
• Stan Golomb: Evaluating drop store performance
• Frank Kollman: A few words of advice about sex
• Frank Lucenta: Avoid creases when pressing sleeves
• Dennis McCrory: A check-up by the telephone doctor
• Alan Robson: Basic management procedures

People

Keeping their Sox white

• Shell, Spincycle launch delivery service
• Thermopatch names Fudge
• New VPs at Package Supply
• Business Women honor Adco
• Miele Names Rogers
• Ziegler appointed by Girbau

Information Central

• I.D. systems catalog
• Stain removal textbook
• Gas, oil or dual-fired boilers
• GreenEarth solvent machine
• Leveling agent for hydrocarbon
• Portable cooler
• Water-cooled ozone generator
• On-line guide to stain removal
• Trial kit has samples of 10 wetcleaning products
• Compressed air drains