Why Choose Us?
Tower Cleaners has been a Family Business Since 1978 and it is these family values that we keep at the core of our how company operates and why we strive to serve your family the best we can every single day.
Starting From the Beginning
The Stephen Family; Tony Stephen, CEO of Tower Cleaners (far right) with his wife Sassa, their 4 children and their ever growing families.
Tony and family have been striving to provide a quality service for the Calgary community for the past 46 years since they took over the Tower Cleaners brand. When asked why he believes the people of Calgary should choose to trust Tower Cleaners with their cleaning needs, Tony had this message:
“A belief and core strength in our family has always been to treat others the way that you would expect to be treated yourself. From the day that we started working as Calgary’s dry cleaner, we took this belief and do our best to apply it to every customer we meet, every employee we hire and every garment we handle. As soon as this becomes your mindset, providing top customer service, producing a quality driven service and having a strong organization becomes easy! Choose us because we respect the trust you are placing in our hands.”
Since 1978, family-owned Tower Cleaners has been delivering exceptional dry cleaning service and quality. Tower Cleaners is endorsed by leading clothing designers and retailers.
When combined with 26 locations throughout Calgary and Airdrie, plus FREE full-service pickup and delivery to your home or office, Tower Cleaners is your first choice for quality and service.
Meet the Management Team
Now a part of the extended family, the Tower Cleaners Management team work every day to deliver on the values set by Tony. With a variety of backgrounds and A LOT of combined experience, they are here to help ensure your Tower Cleaners experience is as effortless and enjoyable as possible!
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Tony Stephen
CEO
Tony Stephen has over 30 years of dry cleaning experience. Known for his entrepreneurial spirit and knack for innovation, Tony has designed one of the most automated dry cleaning plants in North America. He has been featured on the cover of Fabricare Magazine and is the only Canadian dry cleaner to be selected as one of America’s Best Cleaners. However, Tony's true passion has always been community and charity. The Tower Cleaners family's greatest achievements have been the sponsorship of rising stars in athletics and the support of various charitable organizations in their dry cleaning needs.
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Raj Manan
President
Rajesh Manan joined Tower Cleaners in 2018, coming with a wealth of business management experience, knowledge and passion. Having previously worked in the Textile Care industry in the U.K. as well as the Oil & Gas sector in Canada; Rajesh's primary focus is to oversee the day to day running of Tower Cleaners and CRDN, ensuring their performance and delivery is exceeding customer expectations.
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Tom Goldthorp
Client Relations
Tom has been with Tower Cleaners for over 22 years beginning with delivery management to our stores and route development. He now oversees the staff of all 26 stores from hiring, training, to marketing and customer relations. His operations experience at the plant helps him to train our staff on the automation of our systems and the tracking of thousands of garments daily. When he isn’t solving customers dry cleaning challenges you can find him playing or competing in any number of sports or hanging out with the grandkids.
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Laura Angulo
Executive Assistant
Laura Angulo started with Tower Cleaners in the summer of 2016 while we were assisting with the textile restoration efforts in Fort McMurray where she headed our local command centre. She is currently continuing her education at Mt. Royal University while assisting just about anywhere between Tower Cleaners and CRDN.
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Laurie Carvalho
CRDN General Manager
Laurie has been with Tower Cleaners since 2000 formerly our Plant Manager, Laurie applies over 25 years of professional cleaning experience and leadership skills as our CRDN General Manager. As well as managing the logistics, administration and production teams for our textile and electronic restoration company CRDN. Laurie can also be found sharing her cleaning expertise, tackling some of the most difficult garments with high financial or sentimental value and bringing them back to pre-loss condition.
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Dalmy Manan
Business Development Manager
Dalmy predominantly looks after our restoration contractor and insurance clients in our CRDN business and our commercial clients with Tower Cleaners. We are proud to mention Dalmy has been awarded the top CRDN Sales Professional in Canada for the last 5 years. When she isn't assisting clients with their textile restoration needs, you can find Dalmy on the soccer pitch.
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Nicky Pathammawong
Day Production Manager
Nicky has been with Tower Cleaners since 1988. She has over 25 years of professional cleaning experience and has the challenging task of leading one of the largest dry cleaning operations in Canada. She and her team of over 25 cleaners and pressers process thousands of garments a day through the Tower Cleaners main production facility! Nicky is a tough task master and keeps quality top of mind while ensuring our customers' garments are delivered on time every day to our 26 stores.
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Lilianna Pauna
Night Production Manager
Lilianna has been with Tower Cleaners since 2002 but has been in dry cleaning for over 31 years as she used to run her very own dry cleaning plant. She is the early riser of the group, running our night team production starting as early as 3am. Lilianna is a specialist in wedding gowns among other specialty garments and has a gift for getting stubborn stains out, we call her the wizard of Tower Cleaners.
This team, combined with 26 locations throughout Calgary and Airdrie, plus FREE full-service pickup and delivery to your home or office is why we at Tower Cleaners ask you to TRUST US and let us become your first choice for quality and service.
America's Best Cleaners
Tower Cleaners is Canada’s only certified Affiliate of Americas’ Best Cleaners North America‘s leading independent certification for dry cleaners.