Rocky Mountain Fabricare Association

Associations and Organizations

• American Fiber Manufacturers Association
• Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration
• California Cleaners Association
• California Coin Laundry Association
• Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Coin Laundry Association
• Coin Laundromat Directory
• Dry Cleaners Directory
• Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI)
• Drycleaning Institute of Australia
• European Chlorinated Solvents Association
• Hohenstein Institute
• Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance
• Illinois State Fabricare Association
• Indiana Drycleaning and Laundry Association
• International Committee of Textile Care (CINET), Europe
• International Drycleaners Congress
• International Fabricare Institute
• Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification
• International Textile and Apparel Association
• Launderers & Drycleaners Association (Singapore)
• Michigan Institute of Laundering and Drycleaning
• Mid-America Fabricare Association
• MidAtlantic Association of Cleaners
• Minnesota Cleaners Association
• National Coalition of Petroleum Drycleaners
• National Association of Institutional Linen Management
• The National Federation of Independent Business
• Neighborhood Cleaners Association
• Northeast Fabricare Association
• Ohio Cleaners Association
• Ontario Fabricare Association
• Oregon Dry Cleaners Association
• Pennsylvania and Delaware Cleaners Association
• Pacific Fabricare Institute
• Professional Wetcleaners Network
• Rocky Mountain Fabricare Association
• Saskatchewan Professional Drycleaners Association
• Soap and Detergent Association
• Southeastern Fabricare Association
• Southwest Drycleaners Association
• Textile Care Allied Trades Association
• Textile Rental Services Association
• Textile Services Association Ltd., United Kingdom
• Uniform & Textile Services Association
• WFK Research Institute for Cleaning Technology (Krefeld, Germany)
• Wisconsin Fabricare Institute

Industry Publications

Goverment Information

Excecutive Branch

• State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners, Information on state drycleaning site cleanup programs.
• Design for the Environment Garment and Textile Care Program
• Small Business Assistance Program offices: (Help with clean air standards compliance)
• EPA's Brownfields Home Page
• EPA Compliance assistance for drycleaners
  

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• OSHA statistics: Who has been inspected? What violations were found? What penalties were issued? (Hint: Use SIC Code 7216 to look up drycleaners.)
• The MSDS-Search web site bills itself as "The First Place to Look for an MSDS."
  
• US Small Business Adminstration

Legislative Branch

• International Textile Center, Texas Tech University.
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• The Small Business Survival Committee takes up the cause of small business against big government and big business on a host of issues, global warming in particular.
• Fabricare Technology Center, demonstration and training site for alternative fabric care technologies; Cleveland, Ohio.
• Better Business Bureau
• Tide laundry detergent's web page has a fairly sophisticated stain removal guide and other interesting information about clothing and laundry.
• Fabric Link has information on textile care and links to universities and trade associations concerned with textiles.
• The Business Forum. has information for small business owners.
• The Laundry Forum. Healthcare Laundry, Commercial Laundry and Drycleaning Forums.