Dry-cleaning US startup Pressbox acquired by Procter & Gamble

Lockers at Pressbox Cleaners, a tech-based dry cleaning pickup and delivery service, in Chicago, Ill. on Monday, July 2, 2018. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

CHICAGO: The dry-cleaning startup Pressbox is being acquired by consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, the companies announced July 3. 

Pressbox, launched in Chicago in 2013 by University of Notre Dame graduates Vijen Patel and Drew McKenna, allows customers to drop off their dirty laundry at any time in one of the company's lockers, mainly located in high-rise apartment buildings and offices. Customers can use the Pressbox app to track their laundry as it's taken for cleaning and are notified when it is ready for pickup.