Author: Kenney Slatten

Kenney Slatten Training Company is a Dry Cleaning and Laundry Consulting Firm Specializing in Environmental Training and Certification. Kenney Slatten Training Company, or KSTC, is based in Texas with offices in Arizona and California. Kenney Slatten is a certified instructor/trainer for the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI), is actively involved in the San Diego Drycleaners Association, the California Cleaners Association, is an Allied Trade board member of DLI, the Executive Director of Western States Drycleaners & Launderers Association, a member of the International Drycleaners Congress, and a columnist for American Drycleaner and Western Cleaner and Launderer magazines. The Kenney Slatten Training Company provides the only complete environmental training and inspection process. Started in 1987, Kenny became the first instructor for California E.P.A, OSHA, and state regulations. Kenney publishes a 36 point plant requirement every year in trade publications which is his guide for plant training and certification. We are the only company that provides dry cleaning and laundry specific environmental training. Kenney Slatten is a third generation drycleaner/laundryman from Houston, Texas. His company, KSTC, can teach you the skills you need to have a successful plant. His wagon is found all over the country parked under a tree just waiting for the next call to come to your plant. He can be reached at (800) 429-3990; e-mail: kslatten@aol.com or go to: www. kstraining.com.

First Impressions Tell The Story

First Impressions Tell The Story October 6, 2017 Kenney Slatten 0 Comments

By the time this article reaches print for October, things will start cooling off and we will (should) return to warmer and hopefully better attire at the counter. It has always slayed me how anyone who owns a drycleaning and laundry plant could expect a customer to be proud of the fact that they spend […]

Quotes Of A Lifetime

Quotes Of A Lifetime September 12, 2017 Kenney Slatten 0 Comments

I often enjoy quoting some of our industry’s past giants. These industry greats are largely gone from us but fondly remembered. Icon’s like Stan Caplin of Baltimore, Maryland; Ray Collucci of Mamaroneck, New York and Stan Golomb of Willowbrook, Illinois. DLI instructors, mentors and fans will all remember gentile Ken Faig of Maryland and others […]

A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place

Cleanliness August 28, 2017 Kenney Slatten 0 Comments

I remember this title as a phrase from my Grandfather and Father when something was missing from the plant in the way of tools. Part of that mantra was also to have a clean and orderly drycleaning and laundry plant. Another phrase often repeated, “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” I’m not sure just where that […]