News & Views

• IFI does 'consumer report' on home drycleaning kits
• Last chance for Barton bill this year
• A 12% drop in 1999 continues long decline in U.S. cleaners' perc demand
• Colorado cleaner runs for Congress
• Designer to pay $20,000 in care label case
• A setback for OSHA ergonomics plan
• Aug. 15 is deadline to sign up for certification
• Australia to host Dream Clean 2000
• Obituary: Cort Antonson
• Safety-Kleen files for bankruptcy
• Green light from GreenEarth for Realstar
• Editorial: Time for some real pollution reduction
• Editorial: Reversing the casual trend
• Make it happen before it happens to you
• Spend a little time, save lots of trouble
• Avoid The Killer Curve
• It's always time for tax planning

Around the US

• Midatlantic
• Exhibitor space is selling fast for PDCA Expo 2000 show in Sept.
• MAC hosts interactive workshops on driving routes
• Convention plans for WV cleaners
• Midwest
• MILD convention set for July 28-30
• Chicago 2000 promises wide variety of educational sessions
• IDLA makes convention, cruise plans
• Summer meeting for OCA set for July 14-16 in Mt. Sterling, OH
• Northeast
• NCA-I backs certification legislation in NY
• NCA-I board elects Yudelson as president
• CLA Convention 2000 rolls into Boston from Sept. 8-10
• NEFA hosts annual golf tournament on July 20
• South Central
• LMDLA names Ferguson as new executive director
• Hazardous waste workshops offered by TNRCC in TX
• Royaltone sets next class for Sept. 14-15
• South
• Alabama DERF Act passed in May; "Sunset" provision calls for $1 million
• SEFA unveils new insurance program
• West
• It's "Back to the Beach" for CCA's Aug. 25-27 convention

Columns

• Stan Caplan: Rynex: An alternative solvent
• Ray Colucci: Remembering the "good" old days
• Don Desrosiers: Why bother replacing buttons?
• Dan Eisen: Made of metal: Handle with care
• Stan Golomb: Building a profitable delivery route
• Frank Kollman: How employees prove discrimination
• Frank Lucenta: Brush up those suede garments!
• Dennis McCrory: How to really satisfy customers
• Alan Robson: Rekindle the flame, restore the fun

People

• IFI promotes Scalco; names new finance VP
• McCrory joins forces with Golomb Group
• Consultants group elects Rechnitz
• Ecolab buys Perfect Starch rights
• New quarters for Clean Concepts
• Micell names CFO
• Fabritec posts for Erdman, Tamblyn
• Multimatic expands parts department
• Wolf to chair NIE board
• Thermopatch acquires Natmar line

Information Central

• Computer thermal paper rolls
• Video and manual on finishing
• New warranty terms for washer-extractors
• Cleaner compressed air
• Wetcleaning for leather trims
• Stainless steel laundry pins
• Cash drawer for collar coins
• Water heater and boiler
• Starch cooker for small laundries
• Catalog and guide for solid detergents
• Packaging catalog