From industrial workwear and bulk laundry to fine wetcleaning and vintage couture garment restoration, I can develop complete wash systems for your specific needs. With 100 years of sustainable wash technology chemistry, Kreussler is the global leader in advances in ecologically-friendly products and formulations.
My relationship with Kreussler stretches over twenty years with collaboration and deployment of some of the textile care industry’s greatest breakthroughs.
2000
| One of the first operators in North America to implement the Kreussler Lanadol Wetcleaning system at Madame Paulette in New York City. |
2005
| Developed, facilitated, and hosted the first-ever fashion industry Wetcleaning Educational Seminar in conjunction with Miele Professional, Kreussler Chemical, and California Edison. |
2008
| Facilitated and hosted the first-ever joint panel discussion of America’s Best Cleaners with fashion design leaders and Dr. Manfred Seiter of Kreussler Chemical Co. |
2008
| Participated in the closed field study in the United States of a new environmentally friendly dry-cleaning technology later named SolvonK4 |
| 2010 | Joined the Kreussler Technical Team as an in-house sales and support expert. |
2011
| Part of the public launch team for SystemK4 (SolvonK4) in North America overseeing the development of the western United States and Canada. Directly responsible for all distributors, government agencies, and end-client marketing and implementation planning and deployment. |
2013
| Directly responsible for the Green Business Bureau Platinum Level certification of the Kreussler Product line and business. |
2017
| Part of the launch team for the new biobased version of SystemK4, the first-ever USDA Bio Preferred Certified dry-cleaning solvent. |
2018
| Part of the founding technical team to begin to develop large-scale environmentally friendly industrial cleaning systems for SystemK4 globally in partnership with the FMB Group Spa in Bologna, Italy. |
2018
| Worked with King County Washington to develop and deploy the King County Local Hazardous Waste Management Program which provided $20,000.00 in grants to each business that removed perchloroethylene and installed a 100% wetcleaning system. |
2019
| Premiered the first-ever biobased (SystemK4) large-scale cleaning systems in Red Deere, Alberta Canada (The Coverall Shop) specifically to service heavily soiled oil industry safety coveralls and gloves. |
2019
| Worked and deployed with the State of Washington Department of Ecology to expand the King County Grant Program to the entire state of Washington with expanded grant funding options to include tensioning finishing equipment. |
2020
| Worked within the Kreussler Technical team to develop and deploy COVID-19 safe cleaning practices and drycleaning equipment decommission and recommission planning programs to increase efficiency and mitigate risk. |