WFI offering two-day Spot Safe seminars
in Butler, WI
The teaching team of Dennis Schmitt and
Tom Swink from Lindeman’s Cleaning have amassed over 56
years of drycleaning experience together. They hope to impart
some of that knowledge during their two-day Spot Safe seminar
scheduled for Oct. 21 & 22.
The event will take place from 8 a.m.
until 5 p.m. on both days at the Herb Fitzgerald Company in
Butler, WI.
The all-inclusive spotting seminar will
cover a wide range of topics, including: spotting board
techniques and maintenance; fabrics, buttons, construction and
limits; chemicals — dry side, spot removal on an
assortment of materials; burn testing; pH testing; spot removal
from various materials; and a review of fabrics stains and
chemicals.
Lunch will be provided for attendees on
both days.
Those who need hotel accommodations can
call the nearby Baymont Inn at 5442 North Lover’s Lane
(close to I-45 and Silver Spring). Recently, the room rates
were posted as $69.99 per night for single occupancy and $75.99
per night for double occupancy.
To make reservations, contact the hotel
at (414) 535-1300.
For more information or to register for
the Spot Safe seminar, call the WFI office at (414) 529-4707.
CLA sessions on coin laundry come to
Chicago
The Coin
Laundry Association will
be in Chicago this November as part of its ongoing seminar
series covering coin laundry basics for both beginners and
veterans.
The seminars will be held at the
DoubleTree Hotel located at 5460 North River Road in Rosemont.
A room rate of $119 is available to those who call (800)
222-8733 prior to Oct. 13.
On Friday, Nov. 4, the association will
host its laundry management portion of the conference, starting
at 10 a.m.
Industry experts who will speak include
CLA president and CEO Brian Wallace, CLA executive vice
president Michael Sokolowski, Clay Pedersen of Business
Consultants International, and Bob Eisenberg, chairman of
CLA’s board.
Among the topics are: “Creating the
Ideal Customer Experience”; “What’s Your
Laundry Worth?”; “Strategic Business
Analysis”; “Marketing on a Budget”; and
“The Equipment Equation: When and How to
Upgrade.”
Saturday sessions will be aimed toward
newcomers to the industry. Friday’s speakers will return
to discuss coin laundry basics, including: “Evaluating an
Investment in Coin Laundry”; “A Day in the Life of
a Laundry Owner”; “Finding the Right Location for
Your Laundry”; “Buying a Laundry vs. Building
New”; and an “Ask the Experts” panel will top
off the schedule.
Registration is $179 per member for those
who sign up prior to Oct. 14; non-members pay $229 each before
that date. Otherwise, registrants pay $229 per member and $279
per non-member.
For more information, call (877) CLA-IDEA
or visit www.coinlaundry.org.
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