🌅Good morning! Read about the new partnership between OhmCo and CarWashApp.com and how it will help car wash operators in this issue of the Car Wash Daily News email newsletter.

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Director of Journalism/Editor in Chief
Car Wash Daily News

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✂️SHORTCUTS✂️

   Editor’s Pick 👇

• Express Wash Concepts opens its ninth Clean Express Auto Wash in metro Detroit: Express Wash Concepts is celebrating the grand opening this week of its ninth Clean Express Auto Wash in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. EWC’s newest site is located at 34835 Plymouth Rd. in Livonia, Michigan, and marks the 121^st express wash location for the company across Detroit, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus and Hampton Roads. More than 25 additional sites are planned to open or break ground by the end of 2025, including four more throughout the Detroit metro area. Read more here.

   Express Hits  🎯 

• Construction is nearing completion on a new Golden Nozzle Car Wash location in Leominster, Massachusetts, with the final landscaping installation work being done by Perrone Landscaping Inc. Golden Nozzle was founded in the 1970s in Springfield, Mass., and has more than 60 locations across five states – Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Golden Nozzle has another location coming soon in Webster, Mass.

• Sonny’s Car Wash College recently unveiled a new web site that features several new upgrades to help strengthen and equip car wash teams with resources in a central location. Among the new features include a streamlined site login (which provides faster access to courses, tools and training materials); more training resources (including the latest how-to maintenance video and guides); enhanced search filters (smarter ways to search for the right classes); and discounts and special offers on the special offers page.

• Last week, the Audubon (New Jersey) Joint Land and Use Board reviewed an application for a corner property at 755 S. White Horse Pike, which has remained vacant since 2023. The application is for plans to put a new flex car wash called Flagship Carwash at the location. The site most recently houses an AT&T store. Flagship, one of several brands owned by Spotless Brands, has more than 40 locations in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC.

  👉 More updates here.

   Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• Car wash operator Loogman introduces new subscription program: Loogman, a company that offers car wash and car care services in the Netherlands, has introduced a new subscription program, giving customers unlimited access to its car wash service for a fixed monthly price. With the new Loogman Wasabonnement, customers can wash their car as often as they want using the brand’s wash program (Wasprogramma 1) at any of the company’s nine locations for €39 per month. The system uses license plate recognition to identify subscribers automatically at the car wash entrance. In addition to unlimited exterior washes, members can earn reward points when they purchase additional services such as interior cleaning or Loogman’s wiper service.

  👉 More updates here.

   What’s Coming Up  📅

• Sunshine Expo 2025: The Florida Petroleum Marketers Association’s annual event is July 28-30, 2025, at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. More info here.  

• Leadership Worth Following Growth Summit: The LWF’s Growth Summit, designed to bring together car wash professionals committed to growth, impact and authentic leadership, is Sept. 22-23, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. 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.

• ROADMAP by ICA: The International Carwash Association presents its two-day ROADMAP conference in Dallas, Texas. Day 1’s focus will be “People,” while Day 2 will be “Projections.” More info here.

• SEMO Show 2025: The Specialty Equipment Market Association’s annual automotive industry tradeshow is Nov. 4-7, 2025, at the Las Vegas (Nevada) Convention Center. Read more here.

• SCWA Convention & Expo 2026: The Southwest Car Wash Association’s annual “First Big Car Wash Show of Year” will be held Feb. 25-27, 2026, at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center. More info here.

• ICA 2026 The Car Wash Show: The International Carwash Association’s premier event is set for May 11-13, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. More info here.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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