Weiss joins FRSTeam
Arthur Weiss has joined Fabric Restoration Service Team, a national franchise specializing in restoration drycleaning for the insurance
industry.
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Weiss has trained many drycleaners in this specialty and will play an
instrumental role in building FRSTeam by Love Cleaners and sharing his
knowledge with all members in the FRSTeam network.
“I am excited to be in a position to bring the industry in which I have dedicated
my career to an even a higher level through the country’s premier network of restoration drycleaning specialists,” Weiss said.
As a third generation in a family of drycleaners, tailors and clothing
designers, Weiss took charge of the family business in 1971 at the age of 17.
When a customer of the family’s retail drycleaning store suffered a severe fire, Weiss took an interest in
developing methods to restore clothing and other textiles damaged by fire,
smoke, water and other perils in a time when there was no expertise in this
field.
He became one of the first drycleaners to transition from a retail business
doing restoration as an additional service to a restoration drycleaner with a
separate business and facility solely dedicated for this purpose.
Over the years he has developed, innovated and implemented methods for
inventorying, deodorizing and processing textiles back to pre-loss condition.
Weiss has served as a board member for several associations of drycleaners and
textile restoration specialists, has been a columnist for industry trade
publications, and was appointed as an advisory committee member to the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection by Governor Corzine.
FRSTeam is an international franchise serving the needs of the insurance
industry in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom by providing
fabric restoration services for wardrobes and textiles damaged by fire, water,
sewage, and mold.
FRSTeam has more than 20 years experience in restoration drycleaning. More
information is available by calling the company at (866) 374-3778 or visiting
the web site, www.frsteam.com.
Natural Cleaners gets venture capital
Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital and small business finance firm,
has announced a $1.9 million investment in Natural Cleaners Colorado LLC.
Advantage Capital's investment, made in connection with Colorado's Certified
Capital Company (CAPCO) program, will be used to form two new cleaning
operations in Grand Junction and Steamboat, with possible future expansion to
other locations throughout the state. A centralized plant in each location will
service a number of drop stores providing maximum neighborhood coverage and
customer convenience.
Natural Cleaners began operations in 2005 in Avon, CO. The company uses various
drycleaning and wetcleaning processes, including liquid carbon dioxide and
GreenEarth cleaning.
“The use of traditional chemicals in this industry is being scrutinized by
concerned regulators, therefore it is critical for drycleaning operations to
find alternative cleaning methods,” said Donald Oswald, Natural Cleaners’ founder and general manager.
Advantage Capital Partners (www.advantagecap.com) focuses on investing in
promising companies in connection with federal, state and local economic
development efforts.
The CAPCO program is a state economic development tool designed to strengthen
state economies by stimulating the flow of investment capital to local small
businesses, creating jobs and increasing state tax revenues.
Under a CAPCO program, insurance companies are encouraged to invest in certified
capital companies. The state allows the insurance companies to claim tax
credits for qualified investments in CAPCO funds.
Diamond Chemical adds two to staff
Diamond Chemical has announced two staff additions. Dan Beaton will be in charge of selling and
servicing laundry accounts in the New England area and Bill Carboneri will be
in charge of drycleaning and wetcleaning in the New York/New Jersey
metropolitan area.
Beaton has more than 25 years of laundry industry experience as a chemical
technical representative in the commercial and institutional laundry industry.
Carboneri has more than 30 years of chemical industry experience as a technical
specialist in drycleaning and wetcleaning technology.
Both are knowledgeable in the areas of washing technology, laundry processing
equipment, production techniques and washing technology.
Diamond Chemical of East Rutherford, NJ, is a developer, manufacturer and
supplier of products, systems and services to meet the needs of textile rental,
institutional and hospitality laundries.
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