By Angela Beniwal

Dave Mering compares the impact of automation on the drycleaning industry to when point-of-sale (POS) computer systerms were first introduced. Both have dramatically changed business owners' ability to impove efficiency and output. "The idea of getting that kind of database and being able to manage the database was a huge step foward for the drycleaning industy, and I think that automation is the same kind of step forward," he says.

Reprint Drycleaners News Vol. 58 No. 2 February 2009

As we celebrate our 40th Anniversary, we want to thank you for Voting Us #1 in the North Shore Region and #1 on Cape Ann (for the 7th Year in a row)!

by Richard Gaines, Staff Writer

GLOUCESTER — It will look and perform much like an ATM and drive-through bank branch, which indeed, was what the 1,600-square-foot commercial unit at Station Place was designed to accommodate. But instead of transactions in cash and checks, customers will give and receive shirts and slacks and the rest of today’s wardrobe by traditional and other means.

Reprint Gloucester Daily Times 04/06/04.

by Richard Gaines, Staff Writer

Shakespeare, as usual, spoke to and for all of us when it comes to dry cleaning. Of course, the problem with stains goes way back — someone was the first to drop a mammoth rib on a sheepskin robe, leaving a glob of grease that wouldn’t wash out and couldn’t be hidden. It stayed there, embarrassing the heck out of the cave person, giving his or her spouse ample ammunition to ridicule the slob until somebody found a natural juice that would dissolve it and return the robe to nearly new.

Reprint Gloucester Daily Times 05/20/03.

"I am 100% satisfied with the Miele Wet Cleaning System. And I can't say that about any other equipment I've purchased. I'm wet cleaning about 30-40% of my garments and I know that I have not come close to reaching the potential of this extraordinary machine. It's a true "Cadillac" of craftsmanship.