Bé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 27, 1993 Cleaner approach makes them leaders Their family has been in the laundry business for more ihan a century. But the very same tradi- tion that gave John and Bryon Heighington roots in the industry has also kept them looking to the future, John and Bryon have built their own local network of coin- laundry, dry-cleaning and com- mercial supply services with Spotless Cleaners, Richards Cleaners, and Superior Linen Supply. “We've got a good foothold in the northwest,” John agrees. But, he adds, securing that posi- tion takes a combination of old- fashioned hard work and the fore- sight to bring in new technology — technology like the computer- ized dry-cleaning system at Spotless, for example. “It puts us ahead of the game for the next five years,” he says, “We're setting the pace in the industry.” The closed-loop system he refers to sends no toxic cmissions into the atmosphere, and thanks to a special recycling filter, uses only 10 per cent of the solvent normally needed for effective. dry-cleaning. | The end result, John says, is that both your, dothing and the _ environment are: left: virtually pristine. “It takes us far beyond the current environmental regula- tions,” John explains. “We meet . the highest, ost Stringent stan- dards in the world.” - That’s the same farsighted approach John and Bryon take to all their business ventures. ““In the last two years, we’ve spent roughly $180,000 to update the equipment,” Bryon says, ~*It’s been a major focus.” He says the machines at beth Richards and Superior Linen have been replaced with new energy- .efficient fixtures .that usc less water: for washing and less ‘fuel for drying. “In the commeércial end, we’ve even installed pumps to meter the exact amount of 1 detergent needed, so there’s nO exceas poing intd thé’ system.” Such technology is a far cry from the family’s 1875 industry Bryon’s great-grandfather joined the British Royal Navy and found himself working in the ship’s laundry. 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