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🔦TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT🔦

El Car Wash promotes J Balvin concerts at two Florida locations

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✂️SHORTCUTS✂️

   Editor’s Picks 👇

• The Wash Tub selling 2025 Fiesta medals as fundraiser for homeless: The Wash Tub, a family-owned car wash operator based in San Antonio, Texas, is now selling its unique 2025 Fiesta medals at select locations as part of an annual fundraiser. Each year, the company partners with the art department at Alamo Heights High School to create a unique medal design, showcasing local student talent while also supporting a meaningful cause. For the second consecutive year, The Wash Tub chose Haven for Hope as the beneficiary of all Fiesta medal sales. Read more here.

   Express Hits  🎯 

• Regency RE Investment LLC has purchased five parcels of land in Auburn, Massachusetts, for $2.9 million with plans to locate a car wash facility on the site. The property is the former location of a local seafood restaurant that operated for 67 years before closing in March 2024. Regency is proposing a 4,800-square-foot car wash, which it expects to service about 375 cars per day. The proposal was approved by a 5-0 vote at a recent Auburn Planning Board meeting.

• The Big Rapids (Michigan) City Commission recently took up consideration of a resolution to approve a special use permit request from Gen 3 Investments to establish a drive-thru car wash on Perry Avenue. The city’s planning commission recently held a public hearing on the special use request and city staff received no opposition from residents and the commission recommended approval.

• General Motors recently unveiled a new reinforcement method to fix roof flex issues in its GMC Canyon, a problem that has been particularly noticeable in automated car washes. Many owners have reported a loud popping noise when the high-pressure air dryers at the end of the wash cycle apply force to the vehicle’s roof. This issue affects 2023-2025 GMC Canyon models that do not have a sunroof and were produced before Feb. 3, 2025. To resolve the issue, GM has developed a structural reinforcement system involving the installation of reinforcement panels and a longitudinal stiffening rib inside the roof.

  👉 More updates here.

   Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• The new £70m Metro depot in Gosforth includes a unique car wash: Stadler, the Swiss train manufacturer supplying a fleet of new Metros, has built a new £70m depot in Gosforth, an area in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Even Metro cars need cleaning and as part of the new facility, Stadler constructed a large “carriage wash,” which looks more like a giant car wash. The trains are misted upon entry, sprayed with water and then polished by rotating scrubbers before getting blow dried on the way out. Graffiti on trains remains a problem and Stadler keeps a team that must still complete the laborious work of removing it. But normal washing of the trains has been made much more efficient. Read more here.

   What’s Coming Up  📅

• APEC 2025: The leading conference in North America for power electronic professionals will take place March 16-20, 2025, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. More info here.

• Heartland Carwash Association 2025: The organization’s annual product and equipment show will take place March 24-26, 2025, at the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. More info here.

• Midwest Petroleum & C-Store Tradeshow 2025: With over 300 exhibitors, “M-PACT” will showcase the latest products, services and technologies April 1-3 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. More info here.

• Upper Midwest Convenience Store and Energy Convention 2025: UMCS is a collaboration between FUELING MINNESOTA and FUELIowa trade associations and held April 7-9, 2025, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. More info here.

• ICA Car Wash Show 2025: The ultimate gathering for car wash pros returns to the Las Vegas (Nevada) Convention Center April 26-28, 2025. 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.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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