Drycleaning Institute of Australia

18 Oct

New Project to Survey Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry Challenges

* Dry cleaning, laundry and alterations businesses to be consulted
* Organisations participating in consultations will be asked to share their own insights and answer questions about the industry, its challenges and opportunities

4 Oct

Vale Karl Chehade

* Vale Karl Chehade
* Founder of the Karl Chehade Drycleaning group
* Industry visionary

19 Aug

Events schedule for 2024/2025

* Events schedule released for 2024/2025
* One day workshops being held in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
* Large TwinClean conference in 2026 in Sydney

24 Jul

Advertising opportunities open for TwinClean magazine

* Advertising spots now open
* Reach 900 drycleaners Australia wide
* Full, half and quarter page ads available

24 May

DIA President's statement on industry standards and risk mitigation

* Focus for next 12 months
* Increasing standards across the drycleaning industry
* June will be our "Safety and Risk Awareness" month

27 Mar

Online training for drycleaners

* Online training
* Inspection Perfection

14 Mar

Choice Energy Group Buying

Choice Energy is offering an exclusive group buy deal for DIA Members for GAS ONLY

A minimum of 40 participants is needed

Each business that sends their gas bills through can choose whether or not they wish to sign up

16 Feb

DIA IR/HR Service

* Low cost IR/HR for small business
* Included in Level or Level 3 membership
* One-off 12 month payment also available

1 Feb

Association of Wedding Gown Specialists launches Australian website

* AWGS launches Australian website
* New site offers tips about wedding gown care
* Free eBook titled "45 Mistakes Brides Make*

18 Dec '23

DIA Submission to Australian Bureau of Statistics

The DIA was recently invited by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to put forward a submission for a review of ANZSCO code 811512 - Drycleaning. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is continuing

18 Dec '23

New resource - Job opportunities

We are pleased to launch our new and improved Job Opportunities feature.

Any DIA is welcome to post a job ad on our website if they are looking for staff.

All you need to do is click on this post to be taken to the New Job Form under Resources, fill it in with as much detail as possible and hit send.

Once it is approved we will post the job ad to our website plus Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Click on the button below to be taken to the online form.

18 Dec '23

DIA Supplier - CullaChange

Rosemary Wright and the team at Cullachange have been long time supporters of the DIA and the drycleaning industry.

CullaChange is a family business that strives to refresh, revive, rectify and recycle the clothing and homewares for the public. From refreshing black clothes, to colour-matching for a wedding; covering up fading on lounges, to changing the colour of curtains for a new decor. CullaChange has decades of experience dyeing all kinds of items, and strives to tweak historical dyeing traditions and techniques to meet the dynamic needs of modern fabrics and fibres.

18 Dec '23

New resource - Social media posts

DIA members now have easy access to our catalogue of social media posts on the DIA website under Resources/Business Management/Social Media.

The posts are divided up into months and are all formatted to be used across Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.

You will also find suggested text and hashtags and you need to right click on the image to download it.

Members can click on this link to be taken to the Social media posts already available for use.