News & Views

• IFI, NCA expand their web sites
• Suit questions environmental surcharges
• Looking for exemplary cleaners, IFI sponsors best-dressed contest
• As "big guns" take aim at the drycleaning industry, Inc. magazine takes notice
• CNT issues new wetcleaning report
• State clean-up programs charted on SCRD web site
• Variety of courses on offer at IFI
• US Textile jobs continue long slide
• IFI lists topics for Clean programs
• 127 cleaners pass IFI certifications tests
• TCATA offers scholarships
• EDITORIAL:If you don't dress up, who will?
• EDITORIAL: Getting a fair price in the right way
• Help with "sizing" up a situation
• Don't be "myth-led" about marketing
• Checking out on-line cash management

Around the US

• MidAtlantic
• Prisoners' complaint: Poisoned by perc
• Seminars at Sea will set sail for Hawaiian Islands in Nov.
• Midwest
• IFI's Fisher to speak at upcoming WFI convention
• Schwass training opportunities will be available in Feb.
• Childers teaching classes in Indiana
• Minnesota cleaners work on survival skills
• P2 loan program helps cleaner
• Northeast
• Two cleaners face heavy fines for environmental violations
• NY cleaners have opportunity to voice concerns on Feb. 6
• Lobbyist designated for NEFA
• Southwest
• Allsbrooks to teach course at Texas school
• CLA will hold Spring 2001 Workshop in Las Vegas
• South
• Childers resigns SEFA post
• SEFA plans for busy spring of educational opportunities
• West
• Prop 65 signs do little to help public health, report says

Columns

• Stan Caplan: Getting control of your quality
• Ray Colucci: The successful keep working at it
• Don Desrosiers: Evaluating your shirt quality
• Dan Eisen: So you want to be a wetcleaner?
• Stan Golomb: Times are getting tough. Are you?
• Frank Kollman: Time for a labor relations audit
• Frank Lucenta: Spray finishing antique leathers
• Dennis McCrory: Problem employees are your problem
• Alan Robson: .Have a weekly cash flow check-up

People

• Multimatic promotes Medlin
• Loomis joins Weber
• Springfest at Aldrich
• PROS opens office in New York
• GreenEarth honors NC cleaner
• Cleaner's Supply acquires Balako
• IFI school gains accreditation
• Relocated Bergparma hires Bigansky
• Seitz announces appointments

Information Central

• Wedding gown chests
• New features on cleaning machine
• Guide to textile service companies
• Liquid prefinish sizing
• New line of hand cleaners
• Boiler help
• Product brochure in Korean
• GreenEarth certification
• New distribution for DF-2000
• Plastic storage boxes