Professional garment cleaning system by Winning Brands
17 Sep '07
3 min read
The combination of these three system elements with training supplied by Ontario's Solvent Free Solutions Inc has led to a string of plant conversions in North America and on cruise ships that is eliminating the need for Perc while reducing energy/carbon use, decreasing operating costs and improving customer satisfaction.
Jim Giddings of Solvent Free Solutions has seen attitudes change recently. He puts it this way; “A few years ago – the industry said that it couldn't be done. Then gradually skeptics thought that it might be possible but only for a limited number of garments."
"Now finally well informed people in the industry realize that the successfully converted sites operating under real world conditions are making skeptics sound a bit out of touch”.
Winning Brands' CEO Eric Lehner gives most of the credit to the dedicated Solvent Free Solutions team. “We've been paying our dues for several years with investment, research and perseverance."
"Now finally we can see that documented success of our customers, combined with the enhanced public interest, is a winning formula. Even skeptics have to eventually face the facts - SMART Wet Cleaning works; it's affordable; it reduces Perc pollution and is more energy efficient."
"Over a million garments have now been cleaned this way and growing rapidly. It's no longer debatable amongst those who are well informed. We are now in discussion with partners in Ireland and South Africa– where local leaders are emerging. This is only the beginning for the system's potential internationally” says Lehner.
“Perhaps one day the Perc industry will invest in the process and put their impressive resources to work in this direction. We'd be glad to help them” Lehner concludes.