The Los Angeles region of the CFI held its monthly chapter meeting May 29. Hosted by Coastline Cleaning and Restoration Specialists in Signal Hill, Calif., the meeting focused on a marketing opportunity to expand into mattress cleaning.

Richard Kim of Gardena, Calif.,-based Mite-Pro showed the audience of about a dozen professional carpet cleaners and restoration specialists how dust mites and their feces are a major source of allergens that often aggravate those susceptible to allergies.