Industry Newsline

WLR Automotive Group Inc. has announced official groundbreaking on the company’s newest location, the Frederick, MD Auto Spa Express, on July 19. This new location is slated to open in Spring 2019 and marks the company's 20th... »

Seattle, WA-based Brown Bear Car Wash celebrated its 61st anniversary August 23 with a record-breaking 32,789 free washes at 26 tunnel wash locations across the Puget Sound area. The total surpasses the previous one-day record of... »

Mister Car Wash has announced the promotion of three regional managers with expanded responsibilities in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado, effective August 8, 2018.

Eric Medrano, previously regional development manager for New... »

Founded in 2004 by Mike Mountz, then owner and CEO of Cloister Wash & Lube, Grace for Vets is a program that honors veterans and service personnel with free car washes on Veterans Day. This event has grown from one company,... »

Motor City Wash Works held its 10th annual Open House and Charity Auction to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital this past August. The event enabled a record-setting $252,000 donation for St. Jude. This compares to the $102,000... »

The International Carwash Association has the following events planned over the next few months:

Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 — Car Wash Show Australia

The first Car Wash Show Australia as part of the new partnership between the ICA and... »

Mister Car Wash continues to grow in Grand Rapids, MI with the acquisition of three express Joymar Car Wash locations. The acquisition gives Mister Car Wash a total of 15 express locations in the Grand Rapids market.

With this... »

On behalf of the Spring Hill community, Sudsy’s Car Wash presented a check to the Spring Hill Police and Fire departments on August 16 for $17,000. The funds were raised during Sudsy’s two-day grand re-opening in Spring Hill, TN... »

On Saturday, August 11, H2WOW CARWASH helped raise $1,255 for the Chatfield High School Marching Band. The wash donated 50 percent of car wash sales during the fundraiser to the group, while band members and volunteers sold... »

Seattle-based Brown Bear Car Wash turns 61 on Thursday, August 23 and is celebrating by offering free “Beary Clean” car washes to customers from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 26 tunnel wash locations. Last year’s one-day event logged a... »

HYDRA-FLEX AGAIN ON THE INC. 5000Hydra-Flex Inc., manufacturer of innovative fluid handling equipment, is listed at No. 2972 on Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 5000, a ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. This... »

MacNeil Wash Systems presented its 2017 top distributor awards at its annual distributor meeting, April 25, 2018 in Las Vegas. For the third consecutive year, Complete Car Wash of Alabama was recognized as the top... »

The Southeastern Car Wash Association has announced the cancellation of its 2018 American Carwash Expo, which was scheduled for September 17-19 in Birmingham, AL. Due to major water damage at the Sheraton Birmingham the entire... »

AUTEC Car Wash Systems is celebrating its 37th birthday. Tom Hobby founded the company on August 1, 1981 when driveway washing was commonplace. Starting a business that was counting on changing a public mindset was risky. Back... »

In a press release, ISTOBAL, the Spanish provider of car wash and car care solutions for the automotive industry, reveals that it saves almost 2 million liters (440,000 gallons) of water per year on each of its rollovers thanks... »