Professional garment cleaning system by Winning Brands

17 Sep '07

3 min read

Winning Brands Corporation announces that momentum is growing for the elimination of Perchloroethylene (Perc) based dry cleaning in Canada's largest city with the conversion of long established Glenforest Cleaners to SMART Wet Cleaning.

The conversion is a milestone for the city as well as the industry. Glenforest commenced the conversion August 12th and plans to re-open as a Perc free Wet Cleaner within weeks.

The Toronto Board of Health has been examining ways and means of reducing exposure of Toronto residents to Perc, a solvent used by a majority of the city's dry cleaners.

The Board of Health has been unclear about the ability of Wet Cleaning to be a substitute because of skepticism by representatives of Perc based operations.

Mr. Alex Zachos, the new owner of well known Glenforest Cleaners has chosen to pave the way forward by removing all Perc equipment from his plant at 3309 Yonge St. immediately and replacing it with the SMART Wet Cleaning System instead.

“We are not going to make our customers wait to see how their health issues will be negotiated by the Perc industry – I will give the public solvent-free professional garment care now."

The Toronto Board of Health experts can then see for themselves whether it is possible to process 'dry clean only' garments with the right Wet Cleaning system” says Zachos.

SMART Wet Cleaning is a professional garment cleaning system composed of 3 elements requiring no Perc. The elements are SMART Wet Cleaning Solutions manufactured by Winning Brands Corporation, Wet Cleaning machinery manufactured by Miele and finishing equipment manufactured by Veit.

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