Since 1959, IDC members have gathered each year to exchange ideas and learn from each other.  Conventions have been held on five continents, bringing richness to the experience for all attendees.  In addition to educational forums and seminars, the conventions also give members the opportunity to travel together before and/or after the convention to wonderful destinations.

A highlight of every convention since 1966 has been the awarding of the International Drycleaner of the Year Award to an individual who has given outstanding service on behalf of the industry.

• IDC Convention 2007 -- San Francisco, California, USA -- Information

• IDC Convention 2006 -- Bologna, Italy -- highlights

• IDC Convention 2005 -- Orlando, Florida, USA -- highlights in Members section

• IDC Convention 2004 -- Frankfurt, Germany -- highlights in Members section

• IDC Convention 2003 -- Kobe, Japan -- highlights.  

• Past IDC Convention locations

• International Drycleaner of the Year Award Recipients

Past Convention Locations    

IDC members represent 19 different countries around the world.  Each year the convention gathers members in an exciting city where they can not only renew old friendships, but learn about other cultures and see how the fabricare industry differs from nation to nation.  Members represent:  Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri-Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States and Venezuela.  

Past Convention Locations

Year	Location	Presiding Officer
1959	Tokyo, Japan	Takeo Igarashi
1960	Long Beach, California, USA	Tom Jones
1961	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Mel E. Lindstrom
1962	Long Beach, California, USA	Jack Stacey
1963	Honolulu, Hawaii	Tom Jones
1964	Mexico City, Mexico	Moses Kang
1965	Tokyo, Japan	Takeo Igarashi
1966	Portland, Oregon, USA	Robert Depper
1967	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Jack M. Wada
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	Edward A. Sloan
1969	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Gene Nordin
1970	Kyoto, Japan	Takeo Igarashi
1971	Kona, Hawaii, USA	Richard H. F. Yee
1972	Long Beach, California, USA	Steve D. Carroll
1973	Caracas, Venezuela	Thomas L. Morrill III
1974	Melbourne, Australia	Roger D. Bancroft
1974	Nairobi, Kenya	Z.K. Gakunju
1974	Stratford, England	T.B.S. Johnson
1975	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Robert J.R. Kerr
1976	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Roy T. Murakami
1977	Tokyo-Sapporo, Japan	Keiichi Igarashi
1978	Augsburg, West Germany	Rudiger Bohler
1979	Queensland, Australia	John Patrick Murray
1979	Auckland, New Zealand	Jack Taylor
1979	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Roy Murakami
1980	Anaheim, California, USA	Claude A. Bigelow
1981	Vancouver, BC, Canada	James Fletcher
1982	London, England	Gordon W. Jones
1983	Singapore	Joseph Lee Kok Han
1984	Tokyo, Japan	Tadashi Kunitomo
1985	Quebec City, Canada	Georges E. Malenfant
1986	Perth, Australia	Campbell E. Redenbach
1987	San Francisco, California, USA	Doris E. Easley
1988	Stratford, England	William H. Davidson
1989	Taipei, Taiwan	Rong-Maw Wu
1990	Augsburg, Germany	Rudiger Boehler
1991	Victoria, BC Canada	Glead Weidner
1992	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bill Pulley
1993	Melbourne, Australia	Nick Moufarrige
1994	Caracas, Venezuela	Thomas Morrill III
1995	Yokohama, Japan	Makoto Igarashi
1996	Edinburgh, Scotland	Peter Crane
1997	Orlando, Florida, USA	Ray Edwards
1998	Munich, Germany	Manfred Wentz
1999	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Tom Hopkins
2000	Canberra, Australia	Peter Hudson
2001	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Tom Gosselin
2002	London, England	Simon Murray
2003	Kobe, Japan	Nobuyasu Igarashi
2004	Frankfurt, Germany	Egon (Kai) Burchard
2005	Orlando, Florida, USA	Marcia Todd
2006	Bologna, Italy	Jack Barron

IDC International Drycleaner
of the Year Award Recipients    

A highlight of every Convention since 1966 has been the awarding of the International Drycleaner of the Year Award to an individual who has given outstanding service on behalf of the industry.  

Past recipients of this prestigious award:

Year	Recipient
1966	Takeo Igarashi, Tokyo, Japan
1967	Jack Stacey, Portland, Oregon, USA
1968	Tom Jones, Torrance, California, USA
1969	Jack Wada, Los Angeles, California, USA
1970	Kinji Tanabe, Tokyo, Japan
1971	Setsuko Yokoyama, Hilo, Hawaii, USA
1972	Edward A. Sloan, Los Angeles, California, USA
1973	T.L. Morrill, Caracas, Venezuela
1974	John P. Murray, Brisbane, Australia
1975	Gene Nordin, Burnaby, BC, Canada
1976	Moses Kang, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1977	Tadashi Kunitomo, Tokyo, Japan
1978	Makoto Igarashi, Tokyo, Japan
1979	Roger D. Bancroft, Melbourne, Australia
1980	Rudiger Bohler, Augsburg, West Germany
1981	Robert J.R. Kerr, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1982	Campbell E. Redenbach, Perth, Australia
1983	Doris E. Easley, Roseville, California, USA
1984	Julius Bruck, Arleta, California, USA
1985	Malcolm MacGregor, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1986	Robert A. Heald, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1987	Marcia Miller Todd, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
1988	Max Zimmerman, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1989	Rong-Ma Wu, Taiwan
1990	Leroy Burch, USA
1991	William W. Pulley, USA
1992	James Fletcher, Canada
1993	William H. Davidson, England
1994	Nick Moufarrige, Australia
1995	Yoshehei Nishikawa, Japan
1996	Ray Edwards, USA
1997	Egon Burchard, Koblenz, Germany
1998	Tom Hopkins, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1999	Jack Barron, USA
2000	Peter Hudson, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
2001	Tom Gosselin, Lebanon, NH, USA
2002	Simon Murray, Tonbridge, Kent, England
2003	Nobuyasu Igarashi, Japan
2004	Jim Barry, USA
2005	William Fisher, USA
2006	David Hillary, Canada