Clean exhibitors ready with their best
One could take a trip around the world to
visit all the manufacturers who will have new products on
display at Clean ’05, or one could take a trip around the exhibit hall
and see it all in a few hours — and have time left for a
trip around Disneyworld.
No fewer than 10 companies will have new
drycleaning machines on display when the show opens Thursday,
June 23. New finishing equipment will be on offer from several
others. Upgraded computer software for drycleaners will be
plentiful. And dozens of companies will be showing everything
needed to round out a complete, modern drycleaning
business. One company alone — Cleaners Supply —
promises a hundred new products at the show. Anyone who really
wants to see it all may have to postpone that Disney trip.
In all there will be about 500 companies
on hand, filling nearly a quarter-million square feet of
exhibit space for four days at Orlando’s Orange County
Convention Center. The biennial show encompasses all facets of
the garment care industry — coin-operated laundries,
drycleaners, uniform rental and
industrial launderers.
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There they will learn that many companies
will have drycleaning machines capable of operating with any of
several different solvents. While this type of equipment is not
new, several companies are bringing out new lines in Orlando.
They include Multimatic, Realstar, Renzacci, Sailstar and
Union.
New machines will also be coming from
Lindus, which include a touch-screen computer and new
distillation system and Firbimatic, with a new
“Classic” series and a newly designed Axial
machine.
Columbia/ILSA, long known for its
drycleaning machines, will be showing a new Feori wetcleaning
system and an automatic distribution and assembly conveyor,
along with a new hydrocarbon machine.
Satec will be breaking new ground with
its “AnyClean” machine, a combination dry-cleaning
machine, washer, wetcleaning machine and dryer in one unit.
On the finishing front, Ajax, Hoffman/New
Yorker, Clean Concepts and Forenta all say they will have new
lines and new designs on exhibit. The increasing popularity of
tensioning equipment, which made a big splash at the last Clean
Show, should be well represented in Orlando and much of the
equipment will be in operation. One company, European
Finishing, invites attendees to bring their own garments to
give the equipment a workout.
Software upgrades have become almost as
certain as death and taxes. Those who can’t live without
the latest won’t be disappointed in Orlando. All the
firms that specialize in hardware and software for drycleaners
will be on hand and there’s no better way to compare
features than by stepping up to the keyboard and visiting with
company representatives.
The exhibit hall will be open from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Those who
preregistered should have no trouble grabbing a badge and
walking right in. Those who missed the June 1 cut-off will need
to register on site and pay a $70 fee.
Need a place to stay? Most of the prime
hotel space has been reserved, but the Clean Housing Bureau,
(866) 553-7437, may be able to help.