WHAT ’S HAPPENING 6 FABRICARE DLI’s Laundry Performance Evaluation Now Measures Non-Chlorine Bleach SHIRT LAUNDRY IS A MAJOR PART OF DRYCLEANING. The Drycleaning & Laundry Institute recently updated its Laundry Performance Evaluation (LPE) diagnostic tool to help member drycleaners improve their shirt cleaning quality. The evaluation measures a wash formula's ability to maintain whiteness, minimize fiber damage, and remove soils. It also measures the effectiveness of bleaches in the cleaning system. Since many laundry operations no longer use chlorine bleaches, DLI's Research department updated the Laundry Performance Evaluation with a pink fabric swatch stained with red wine to measure the effectiveness of non- chlorine bleaches, including hydrogen peroxide, sodium perborate, and peracetic acid. Member cleaners receive evaluation towels containing white and soiled fabric swatches to test their system's effectiveness in several categories. Cleaners run the test piece in a regular load and return it to the Institute for evaluation. After the Institute receives the processed test piece reserachers evaluate how well the system performed and offer suggestions for improving the cleaning quality. "DLI is always updating and improving its services to be more useful to its members," said Mary Scalco, DLI CEO. "This has always been a great, easy to use tool that was long overdue for an update. Now with the new bleach swatch this service will appeal to a greater number of our members." New Web Archive DLI Director Election Results FABRICARE ARTICLES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE IN THE FORM OF A NEW WEB ARCHIVE FOR MEMBERS. The site www.Fabricare.DLIonline.org will host all articles from 2018 forward. This will facilitate easier article sharing and viewing. Mem- bers will continue to receive a professionally-printed copy of the publication and be able to access an online PDF flip book or regular PDF file. The new archive is built to allow for easy searching, and each article is tagged by its parent issue. Categories will develop over time to make it easy for readers to find related articles for just about anything. DLI members in Districts Two and Six elected new Directors. District 2 Director MARK POLLOCK Signature Cleaners 1456 Ferry Rd. Doylestown, PA 18901 TheDistrictTwoDirectorrepresentsmembersinDelaware,District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. District 6 Director JAMES SHEPHERD Cleaners of Ruston 105 S. Monroe St. Ruston, LA 71270 The District Six Director represents members in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.