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🔦TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT🔦

Is the Texas car wash market approaching saturation point?

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✂️SHORTCUTS✂️

  Editor’s Picks 👇

• Car wash denied sewer access in Chino, California: A request from the applicant of a proposed PrimeWash Express Car Wash in Chino Hills, California, to connect to the City of Chino’s sewer system was rejected by the Chino’s city council last week when no council members made a motion to approve the hookup. PrimeWash received approval from the Chino Hills Planning Commission last year to build and asked the City of Chino if it would allow a connection to its sewer line because it is only 200 feet away, while the sewer line in Chino Hills is 1,200 feet away. Read more here.

  Express Hits  🎯 

• Ferrara-Buist Companies, a design-assist-build construction firm, is partnering with architect KW Designs to build a new car wash in Summerville, S.C. The Wash Wizard location on Bacons Bridge Road will be the company’s second in Summerville and third overall (the other is in Ladson, S.C.). The Wash Wizard sites feature a 26-foot wide and 180-foot-long tunnel that incorporates a themed car wash experience and colorful LED light show.

• Whistle Express Car Wash recently announced the results of its successful fundraising campaign for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Whistle raised $34,648 to benefit 27 local children’s hospitals across the Midwest and Southeast. The fundraising campaign ran from Sept. 16 to Dec. 3 in 2024 and included $14,000 raised through onsite events at grand openings and local wash activations hosted in collaboration with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

  👉 More updates here.

  Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• Proposal for South Holland hand car wash denied: The South Holland District Council recently rejected a proposal by Spalding Storage Containers to build a hand car wash on an industrial estate in Pinchbeck, a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. A report on the proposal cited potential traffic congestion (including stopped cars on the adjacent street), lack of staff parking, waiting space and waiting room for customers.

• Car wash worker assaulted in Leeds: A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault of a worker at The Car Wash in Leeds, a city in West Yorkshire, England. A worker at the car wash suffered minor burns to his face after being sprayed with wheel cleaner at around on Saturday afternoon. Officers were alerted to incident by staff who a man had entered the premises and started spraying the containments of the bottle.

  👉 More updates here.

  What’s Coming Up  📅

• AHR Expo: More than 1,800 HVACR exhibitors are expected at the AHR Expo Feb. 10-12, 2025, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. More info here.

• Southwest Car Wash Association: The organization will hold its annual convention and expo Feb. 26-28, 2025, at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center. More info here.

• Convenience U CARWACS Show 2025: The Convenience U CARWACS Show – Canada’s largest convenience, gas and car wash industry event – is set for March 4-5, 2025, at the International Centre Hall 5 in Mississauga, Ontario. More info here.  

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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