Founded in 1956 by Wilbur Horlander.  Nu Yale Cleaners started out as a coin laundry service as in home laundry machines were not readily available at the time. Horlander later bought Yale Cleanersand renamed the business Nu Yale Cleaners, expanding into offering dry cleaning services.  As business grew, the main headquarters was moved to a 16,000 sq. ft. facility located at 2940 Holmans lane in Jeffersonville, IN.

 

In the 1970's, brothers Gary, Michael, and later Bill Maloney entered the business. As Nu Yale grew and expanded into large garment manufacturer re-work and stone washing blue jeans for major brands, the main headquarters re located to its current 50,000 sq. ft. facility located at 6300 E. Hwy 62 in Jeffersonville, IN.  By early 2000’s much of the stone washing denim business had moved to lower cost countries and Nu Yale had to refocus and diversify its operations. 

 

Currently, brothers Gary, Michael, and Bill Maloney have grown Nu Yale Cleaners into large diversified garment cleaning and textile restoration company. Nu Yale Cleaners is seen as one stop shop for dry cleaning services built on the value of high quality and service. With 11 store locations and free pick up/delivery, Nu Yale is the only cleaners in Kentuckiana selected as one of America’s Best Cleaners. Nu Yale Cleaners is one of the few cleaners that have the skills and capabilities in house to clean special items like wedding gowns, leather, suede, shoe repair, alterations, drapes, etc. Nu Yale’s CRDN division owns a franchise territory covering a 200 mile radius from So. IN to Evansville, most of Kentucky, and greater Cincinnati, OH.  The CRDN division provides garment cleaning and restoration services to customers with smoke, fire, water damages primarily in the home.   Nu Yale also does large garment manufacturer pre wash/re-work for brands such as Guess, Carhartt, Ann Taylor, etc. and has a laundry service for the Ft. Knox basic training recruits to save them the hassle of laundry during their limited downtime.