🌅Good morning! Learn how the Canadian Carwash Association has helped empower its members to be successful for 65 years in this issue of the Car Wash Daily News email newsletter.

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Jim Utter
Director of Journalism/Editor in Chief
CW Daily News

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🔦TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT🔦

Canadian Carwash Association celebrates 65 years helping members ‘stay ahead’

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   Editor’s Picks 👇

• Washlink to partner with NXT Wash in strategic alliance: Two Motor City Wash Works subsidiaries – Washlink LLC and NXT Wash – are forming a strategic partnership to better serve more customers. NXT Wash is a web-based point-of-sale software company while Washlink offers specialized controls for all makes of tunnel car wash equipment. Washlink will now incorporate NXT’s POS technology into their Motor Control Center and Car Wash Controller product offerings. Washlink will also sell and commission transitioning sites to alleviate the demand for the advanced, high-performance point-of-sale system. Read more here.

   Express Hits  🎯 

• Charlotte, N.C.-based Autobell Car Wash recently opened its third location in Summerville, S.C. Autobell debuted in the greater Charleston, S.C., market in 2016 and now has six washes there. The Summerville wash is the first to feature a new Autobell design based on the modular concept, allowing the company to utilize pre-engineered components to conform to future sites. Family-owned Autobell, celebrating 56 years in business next month, currently operates 91 sites in five states.

• Mighty Shine Express Car Wash recently held a grand opening for its new location in MacArthur, West Virginia. This is the company’s second location in Raleigh County with the other in Beckley, W.V., which has been in operation nearly six years. The new car wash features a tunnel soft-touch but a touch-free as well. Vacuums are free with purchase, and monthly memberships are available.

• Terrible’s, a Las Vegas-headquartered company, is planning a 15,840-square-foot retail hub – including car wash – at the southeast corner of North Porter and West Bowlin roads in Maricopa, Arizona. The new gas station would be built on a 3.55-acre lot which is currently zoned for neighborhood commercial use. The design incorporates two expansive fuel canopies, each featuring five double-sided pumps, an 800-foot car wash and 6,284 square foot convenience store.

  👉 More updates here.

   Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• Haverfordwest builders’ yard to be turned into hand car wash: Pembrokeshire County planners have given the go-ahead for permission of a resident to use part of a builders’ yard/lorry park in Haverfordwest as a car wash facility, along with an associated waiting area/store and drainage mitigation system. Works were undertaken at the site back in 2019 when the entrance gates into the site and the flanking walls were removed to carry out bridge improvements on the adjoining railway network. The updated plans call for a one-way system with vehicular entry and exit off the existing access at Merlins Bridge.

  👉 More updates here.

   What’s Coming Up  📅

• ICA Car Wash Show 2025: The International Carwash Association’s ultimate gathering for car wash pros returns to the Las Vegas (Nevada) Convention Center April 26-28, 2025. More info here.

• 12th Women in Carwash Conference: The biannual conference’s second event of the year is set for Jun 8-10, 2025, at The Charter Hotel in Seattle, Washington. More info here.

• Southwest Fuel & Convenience Expo 2025: The premier event for fuel, food and convenience retailers in the Southwest United States is set for June 9-11, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. More info here.

• Car Wash Show Europe 2025: The leading car wash trade fair in Europe takes place Sept. 24-25, 2025, at EXPO Greater Amsterdam in the Netherlands. More info here.

• Northeast Regional Carwash Convention 2025: The NRCC, scheduled for Oct. 6-8, 2025, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, includes educational seminars, keynote speakers, and a large trade show. More info here.

• NACS Show 2025: The National Association of Convenience Stores trade show, scheduled for Oct. 14-17, 2025, Chicago, Illinois, brings together convenience and fuel retailing industry professionals for learning, buying and selling and networking. More info here.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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