Stories Collection

  1. In April, coin laundry operators spoke out about the the business. This month, distr...
  2. Set-O-Matic allows coin laundry owners to offer customers card options without conve...
  3. "Slowly but surely" may be the theme for this year's distributors' survey....
  4. Just 50 years ago, Orlando was still a sleepy town of farmers and ranchers. A centur...
  5. Clean '05 and Orlando, Fla., are a perfect fit. The city of major attractions welcom...
  6. Plastic BagMart has developed a new bag for packing ready-to-go bundles of wash-dry-...
  7. Professional Laundry Equipment, a Continental distributorship in Houston, recently c...
  8. Entrust from Unichem Corp. is a detergent with a touch of fabric softener formulated...
  9. Neal Milch has returned to Wascomat sales and marketing after two years as vice pres...
  10. Maytag Commercial Laundry's ENERGY STaR[R]-rated, high-efficiency top-load washer is...
  11. Star Distributing, a Speed Queen and Pellerin Milnor distributor, recently celebrate...
  12. Imonex has expanded its line of coin acceptors to fit Dexter, Maytag, Speed Queen, W...
  13. "Marketing, marketing, marketing! That's all I hear about these days. Just abou...
  14. Admit it, the thought has crossed your mind more than once. If you can successfully ...
  15. Sometimes a simple act can cause complex problems. I hope sharing this experience ca...
  16. I don't care about the old saying; you actually can mix business with pleasure. The ...
  17. Enter the exhibit area at Clean '05 and look around. You'll see hundreds of booths. ...
  18. When it comes to owning and operating a coin laundry, there are a few services that ...
  19. The Dexter Co. has announced several organizational changes within its laundry opera...
  20. Clean '05 is nearly upon us. This show closely resembles the auto show in its motive...
  21. Everyone likes to take pride in their ability to put something together. It's human ...
  22. MAKING AN IMPACT When I do a profile I want the readers to learn about the ope...
  23. Card Concepts Inc. (CCI) has added Michael Seymour and Josh Otte to its staff as pro...
  24. America is definitely the land of fads. Ribbons have been hot. Now it's wrist bracel...
  25. Austin Sapp has worn many business hats. However, it was his short-term stint as a &...
  26. Pierce Commercial Laundry Distributors is holding an open house and service school M...
  27. Surprise, surprise. It's not uncommon for operators to fear the worst when it comes ...
  28. You're probably familiar with the old cliche, "You have to spend money to make ...
  29. Commercial Equipment Co. has slated its annual factory show and service school for M...
  30. Is selling the coin laundry on your things-to-do list? Do you want to make a deal by...
  31. R&B Wire Products Inc. BOOTH # 361 R&B Wire Products introduced the rev...
  32. Modern top-load washers are designed with the needs of coin laundry owners and custo...
  33. In our survey, utilities costs take "top honors" twice. The respondents na...
  34. The top loader still holds a place in many customers' hearts. It also still has a pl...
  35. Great Lakes Commercial Sales is hosting its "May is Maytag" spring service...
  36. Nearly 44 percent of Wire respondents plan on attending this year's Clean Show in Or...
  37. There is a new TV show on CBS entitled "Numb3rs." At this point in time, i...
  38. The Auto Bagger from DSPS Inc., a new, patent-pending, garment-bagging system, bags ...
  39. With tax time around the corner, people's thoughts turn to financial questions. Here...
  40. Hamilton Engineering Inc. has expanded the display floor space for its booth, #554, ...
  41. In order to give you a perspective on changes in the industry, American Coin-Op is t...
  42. Clean '05 in Orlando, Fla., June 23-26 offers a wealth of textile-care education bot...
  43. R&B Wire Products Inc. has promoted Christine Arakaki to the position of chief o...
  44. In American Coin-Op's State of the Industry survey, utilities ranks as the No. 1 exp...
  45. While it's difficult to summarize an entire survey in a few sentences, this year's S...
  46. Lakeside Laundry Equipment Co. is hosting its 14th annual open house and service sch...
  47. Sterling Equipment Co. hosted its annual tent show, complete with a "Vegas them...
  48. This month, LAURASTAR is launching a range of products using technology developed by...
  49. Star Distributing Co. Inc.'s Nashville, Tenn., office is celebrating its 10th annive...
  50. Continental Girbau's Board of Directors has named Leonard P. Kafer the company's vic...
  51. ASN Laundry Group has scheduled an open house for April 26 at the Holiday Inn Fort W...
  52. "I get no respect." That was the calling card of the late Rodney Dangerfie...
  53. Sixty percent of coin laundry operators plan on buying at least one new washer in th...
  54. In the recent American Coin-Op Beautiful competition, Kay Equipment was listed as th...
  55. We are pleased to present the 23rd annual American Coin-Op Buyer's Guide, published ...
  56. The new CB500 can and bottle vender from Independent Vendors Association (IVA) Whole...
  57. The Dexter Co. has appointed Patrick Albregts president and chief operating officer,...
  58. February 2005! Yikes! Wasn't it just yesterday that we were all walking around with ...
  59. Bock new atmospheric natural gas water heater--the 75G-8--to complement the 80G and ...
  60. When it comes to today's extra-profit centers, video games are often overlooked in c...
  61. When you think of an industry with plenty of competition, the coin laundry industry ...
  62. Coin-O-Matic, a Speed Queen distributor headquartered in Alsip, Ill., has set its se...
  63. GETTING THE WORD OUT When I received news about a recent coin laundry poll (pag...
  64. Exhibit space sales for Clean '05, to be held in Orlando, Fla., June 23-26, are movi...
  65. (In the December issue, we featured a coin laundry in Smart, Fla., that survived two...
  66. Drop-off laundry service is known as the most common extra service in the coin laund...
  67. Thanks to the CM Control microprocessor control, Continental Girbau Inc.'s complete ...
  68. The WCCH404VWW commercial, front-loading washer from G.E. Commercial Laundry has a v...
  69. Audrey Rauschkolb has joined Sterling Equipment Co. as new construction manager. ...
  70. The Pressers Edge Tensioner (P.E.T.) II pneumatically operated tensioning system fro...
  71. The A-Micro Control washer-extractor from Huebsch offers coin laundry owners increas...
  72. With Maytag[R] Commercial Laundry's Energy Star[R]-rated Neptune[R] high-efficiency,...
  73. Commercial Equipment Co. in Addison, Texas, recently celebrated 38 years as Speed Qu...
  74. Pellerin Milnor Corp. offers a variety of front-load, coin-operated washer-extractor...
  75. Marketing has nothing to do with laundry, but it has everything to do with creating ...
  76. The Dexter Co.'s newest family of high-efficiency, front-load washers, the V-Series ...
  77. It never hurts to review the material one more time before the big test. This holds ...
  78. If you're thinking about ancillary revenues as you settle into the new year, you're ...
  79. Wascomat's EXSM665E and EXSM680E front-load washers, with capacities of 65 pounds an...
  80. If you offer a successful laundry drop-off service, you may have wondered more than ...
  81. Speed Queen developed NetMaster[TM], a business-management system designed to track ...
  82. Hamilton Engineering has hired Jeff Smith to the newly created position of regional ...
  83. The Textile Care Allied Trades Association (TCATA) recently announced that speakers ...
  84. Takagi's T-H1 tankless water heater differs from its predecessors by employing a pre...
  85. I've learned a variety, of things about extra services in coin laundries throughout ...
  86. The WE rigid-mount washer-extractor from IPSO USA is designed to take the abuse of t...
  87. The Mac-Gray Corp. has announced the acquisition of the laundry facilities managemen...
  88. The WH Series indirect-fired water heater from Parker Boiler Co. is a heavy-duty pac...
  89. Today's dryers are engineered for efficiency, and whether they take the form of stac...
  90. Shirt Savers LLC's Shirt Savers[TM] aim to cure a problem that ails many coin laundr...
  91. Wascomat has established its factory service-training schedule for 2005. There are t...
  92. With a new year usually comes new technology. A vending show was recently held in Ch...
  93. The United States Mint has chosen American Changer Corp.'s line of bill changers and...
  94. Welcome to 2005, ready or not. Is there a better way to usher you into the new year ...
  95. Is your laundry operation starting to grow? Do your stores need more work? Are you t...
  96. Hamilton Engineering has shipped its 2,500th EVO 99 water heater from its production...
  97. TokensDirect, a division of Osborne Coinage Co., offers a full line of tokens, which...
  98. Registration for Clean '05 June 23-26 at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center i...
  99. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] MANY THINGS GO INTO THE COIN-OP BEAUTIFUL JUDGING. We l...
  100. In the December Viewpoint, I mentioned a Chicago operator who offered a limo service...
  101. Wat Shimizu admits to not believing in competition, yet he has been competing in the...
  102. Six Genesis[R] boilers from A.O. Smith Water Heaters, with an input range of 300,000...
  103. Quick quiz: What are the first things a customer notices when entering your coin lau...
  104. Lucky Spin Laundries LLC, owner of the national chain of SpinCycle[R] coin laundry s...
  105. The Inversand Co.'s GreensandPlus is a water treatment filter media formulated to re...
  106. If you're older, you may remember when impressionists appeared on TV variety shows. ...
  107. Vend-Rite Mfg. Co. is moving to a new facility at 6029 W. 31st St., Cicero, Ill 6080...
  108. An 18-pound washer-extractor and a 30-pound dryer were the grand prizes at ASN Laund...
  109. Paradigm Technologies Corp. has extended the functionality of its software to includ...
  110. National Fire and Indemnity Exchange (NIE) is moving to 6030 Bancroft, St. Louis, Mo...
  111. To keep installation and service issues of the nearly 2,000 EVO 99 boiler units sold...
  112. SNEAK PEEK What better time to offer a sneak peek at something than December? ...
  113. This year will be long remembered for many things, but for people living in the Sout...
  114. Sterling Equipment Co. has added Steve Ryan of Southern California Laundry Co. to it...
  115. The big national story this year, without a doubt, has been the presidential electio...
  116. SETRA SYSTEMS INC. Setra Systems Inc.'s Weighing Systems Division offers the ne...
  117. More than 100 coin laundry owners from all parts of Chicago and outlying suburbs met...
  118. Standard Change-Makers Inc. has redesigned its Rhino high-security, front-load curre...
  119. Children's rides from Kiddie Rides USA provide an excellent opportunity to earn addi...
  120. Maytag Commercial Laundry has added Cory Hunt to its staff as commercial market mana...
  121. Members of the Miller family have been involved in the business of cleaning clothes ...
  122. North Carolina laundry owner Jeff Miller attributes some of the success of his Lost ...
  123. Vend-Rite Mfg. Co. offers eight different sizes of soap vender, a laundry bag vender...
  124. Bay Tek Inc.'s merchandising game, Movie Stop, offers coin laundry customers not onl...
  125. Daniels Equipment Co. Inc. recently held a brief service in memory of those who peri...
  126. Carolina Vending Equipment distributes a wide variety of vending machines and vendin...
  127. Selecting the proper mix is a challenge. The challenge, however, doesn't necessarily...
  128. The Gacha vending system from Tomy Yujin Corp. dispenses collectible capsules contai...
  129. There are some definite cultural differences between Americans and Britons when it c...
  130. HK Laundry Equipment Inc. held the last session of its 19th annual HK service school...
  131. BH Series electric hot-water or steam boilers from Bryan Steam LLC are compact, comp...
  132. The CB500 cold drink vender from Independent Vendors Association (IVA) Wholesale Out...
  133. Let's face it, there are certain types of people you try to avoid. Car salesmen and ...
  134. Vended games from PRO Vending & Design Technologies offer high margins of up to ...
  135. After the success of Sterling Equipment Co.'s Back to School open house and sales ev...
  136. There are a variety of devices such as locks and surveillance systems that protect y...
  137. Public weight scales from Impulse Industries are excellent for coin-operated laundri...
  138. "Just remember, Mr. & Mrs. Laundry Owner, that when you open for business i...
  139. Hamilton Engineering has moved its headquarters to Livonia, Mich., to meet increased...
  140. In the September issue we focused on putting together the proper equipment mix. As y...
  141. For many years the coin laundry industry has been good to me. Hence, I feel compelle...
  142. On occasion, the publication of this marketing column generates a small spurt of pho...
  143. For those of you looking to expand your business "empire," car washing is ...
  144. Hamilton Engineering recently released an updated version of its CompSize[TM] comput...
  145. A North Carolina laundry reduces energy costs by using a wood-burning stove to prehe...
  146. Steven W. Freyler, 64, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Aug. 22. Freyler, a long-t...
  147. For customers, automatic car washes are an interesting twist to the traditional do-i...
  148. The VendMaster 240 soap vender from Vend-Rite Mfg. Co. interfaces with most debit sy...
  149. On July 6. 2004 we lost the rounder and President of Star Distributing. Although his...
  150. Continental Girbau recently partnered with three new laundry equipment distributorsh...
  151. PROS Parts and Equipment has expanded its operating hours Monday through Friday from...
  152. Correction: In the July maintenance column (page 28), there is some confusion regard...
  153. There are always going be things that look good on paper. Cashless coin laundries is...
  154. The coin-operated Total Fitness Scale from Impulse Industries Inc.'s exclusive track...
  155. A Wisconsin operator turns to commercial accounts and tanning to supplement student-...
  156. Laundry Concepts has added John Antene to its sales team. Antene has l0 years o...
  157. When you've washed your car, have you ever thought how similar the car washing busin...
  158. I've received several calls lately from people wanting to enter the Coin-Op Beautifu...
  159. Despite the public's rejection of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, one Illinois sto...
  160. Patrick Albregts has joined The Dexter Co. as vice president of laundry operations. ...
  161. While it's true the first things a customer notices when entering a laundry are the ...
  162. Cashless operations have become more prevalent in all walks of life. We see this tec...
  163. Going cashless has certain advantages. Even if your laundry isn't a cashless operati...
  164. Special rates are contracted at nine hotels for Clean '05 in Orlando June 23-26, 200...
  165. IPSO USA has added Andrew Hager to its sales team as northeast sales manager. ...
  166. MIX AND MATCH Is there ever an aspect of this business that gets easier over t...
  167. Brighton, Colo., has recently imposed a 3.75 percent sales tax on coin-operated laun...
  168. KeeWes Equipment Co. is hosting its 13th annual trade show Oct. 15-16 at the White H...
  169. Miura Boiler Inc. is the world's largest boiler manufacturer with seven manufacturin...
  170. As technological advancements continue to make huge strides in all walks of life--he...
  171. Hamilton Engineering Inc. specializes in laundry-industry water-heating and treatmen...
  172. Takagi has added the T-K1S environmentally friendly water heater to its product line...
  173. Laundry Concepts Inc., with a new location at 302 S. Stewart Ave., Addison, Ill., is...
  174. The National Combustion Co. (NATCO) natural-gas-fired Fire Coil water heater is easy...
  175. Raypak's Hi Delta[TM] Multi-Function Series boiler has been redesigned to incorporat...
  176. Westgate Software has released the newest version of its SPOT point-of-sale software...
  177. WashPro USA and Continental Girbau Inc. have scheduled a free sales seminar for Sept...
  178. The E-Finiti[TM] Cost Saver System from Weben-Jarco Inc. is designed to achieve 85 p...
  179. The RCS20MDB and RCD5MDB snack-vending machines from Raddatz Product Development Cor...
  180. New equipment. Emerging trends. Diverse customers. In today's coin laundry environme...
  181. As a coin laundry owner you have to wear many bats--maintenance expert one day, mark...
  182. Whirlpool Corp.'s David R. Whitwam, chairman and chief executive officer since 1987,...
  183. The SC 360, a coin counter and bagger from ABC Coin Inc., is designed to handle wet ...
  184. Bryan Steam LLC's F Series atmospheric, gas-fired steam and water boilers are availa...
  185. Bob Eisenberg was recently named president of Wholesale Commercial Laundry Co. N.E.,...
  186. More than 240 booths have been sold for the Drycleaning and Laundry Expo 2004 at the...
  187. Sav-A-Day Laundry Machinery, St. Louis, Mo., has slated its 47th annual open house/s...
  188. Ludell Mfg. Co.'s "mini" water heater, the Direct Contact Water Heater (DC...
  189. QuikWater Inc.'s direct-contact water heater can save up to 40 percent on monthly fu...
  190. The Pro Heat instant water heater from GH Commercial Co. is designed to help coin la...
  191. If you think customers don't pay close attention to your laundry floor, you're wrong...
  192. Wal-Mart! When hearing that name, most people think of the lowest prices, pleasant c...
  193. Bay Tek Inc.'s merchandising game, Movie Stop, offers coin laundry customers not onl...
  194. "You can't afford not to buy this new machine!" We've all heard it. That s...
  195. Allied Commercial Laundry Equipment has added Paul Estopare to its sales staff as sa...
  196. Quick Shine LLC's Zig Shine shoe-shine product is now available in a countertop disp...
  197. In the last issue I mentioned that the first things a customer observes are the ceil...
  198. Coin and bill changers have obvious benefits to customers, because no one wants to c...
  199. "You can't afford not to purchase this new front loader!" Sound familiar? ...