Sparkling Clean ‘07
By Susan Capparelle

Las Vegas, home of glitz and entertainment is once again home for The Clean Show. While days will mostly be filled with catching up with industry peers, there’s plenty of ways to spend a few hours after the convention.

The best part is, you don’t even have to leave the strip to enjoy most of these attractions.

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Trade Show Time Management: It’s Not Really Impossible
By Vince Thompson

The Clean Show can be one of the most effective tools for networking and information gathering in our industry. However, many of us find that every time we go to a trade show, we wind up getting side tracked with conversation about a new item or unique strategy. Then before you know it the show is over and it's time to head home. When this happens, many of us board the plane home feeling that we have not reached the goals we have set for ourselves of gathering necessary information and / or, meeting with specific individuals. This can leave anyone feeling unproductive.

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Antiquities Display Celebrates Clean Show’s 30 Years

The textile care industry has come a long way over the past 30 years. Evidence of some of the changes will be visible at the Clean ‘07, which celebrates the show’s 30th anniversary June 11-14 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

A special feature of the 2007 trade show will be an Antiquities Area located in one of the restaurants on the exhibit floor. At least 25 of the show’s exhibiting companies are loaning photos and equipment dating back 30 years and beyond for the display. Attendees can see washers, ironers, extractors and more from as far back as 1914. International Fabricare Institute, one of the Clean Show sponsors, will also participate in the display in celebration of its 100th anniversary.

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Shipshape At Woodbourne Prison
By Susan Capparelle

Woodbourne, NY – She may have to supervise 23 felons incarcerated for crimes ranging from drug dealing to rape and murder, but Sandy Baum likes her job.

Baum is the laundry supervisor at Woodbourne prison; a medium security facility situated 90 miles north of New York City in the Catskills. "You have to earn their respect and then it's OK," she says.

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