USA
Tommy’s Express plans four new car washes in Mid-Michigan
Tommy’s Express is planning no less than four new car washes in Mid-Michigan. The fast expanding American carwash brand has already begun construction work on…
USA
The RipTide buys MILES Auto Spa
The RipTide Car Wash, has recently acquired MILES Auto Spa, a prominent Franklin, Tennessee-based car wash chain.
Germany / The Netherlands
Cross-border car washing
In a week where Europe will choose a new parliament, ProMedia visited a transnational car wash. Perfect Carwash operates both in The Netherlands and in…
Belgium
Why neutral is important
A woman got trapped in her vehicle at a car wash in Belgium after she forgot to put her vehicle in neutral. She speeded forward…
Finland
The ‘fastest tunnel of Scandinavia’ is opening soon
Pesukunkku translates as Car Wash King. From next month on, the expanding Finnish company claims to have the fastest express car wash tunnel in Scandinavia.…
alaska
Conveyor washing is coming to Alaska
Interesting long read this week in an Alaskan newspaper about the recent developments in and around Anchorage when it comes to car washing. At the…
Germany
German TV-program tests tunnel and gantry wash
It’s the old question again: which car wash gives the best result? A gantry car wash or an express tunnel wash? The populair German consumer…
USA
Further growth Blue Falls Car Wash
Cleveland-based Blue Falls Car Wash By Conrad’s will soon grow to nine locations. Later this month it will open a soft touch car wash on…
The Netherlands
Speeding car wrecks havoc in Dutch car wash tunnel
The owner of a Dutch car wash got the scare of his life last week when a customer literally raced through his tunnel car wash,…
Belgium
IMO opens new car wash in Belgium
Car wash company IMO celebrated the opening of their new car wash in Beringen, last week. It’s the first IMO in Belgium which offers the…
SAFETY
“I almost died in the carwash”
When Beau Stottlemyer recently drove his big truck through a tunnel car wash in Colorado, a loud bang suddenly sounded. Seconds later, his windshield was…
Autobrite brings an express tunnel to Las Vegas
AutoBrite will install a mini-express tunnel at The Car Wash Show in Las Vegas. According to the American car wash builders, it’s perfect for smaller…
The Lithuanian adventure of Ace Car Wash SystemsÂ
Dutch company Ace Car Wash Systems is currently putting the finishing touches on two big installations in Lithuania. In the capital Vilnius, an express tunnel…
ZIPS grows in Minnesota
ZIPS Car Wash is expanding in Minnesota, with two new locations in Grand Rapids and Baxter. According to the American car wash company, both locations…
Park mode versus handbrakes: trouble in the car wash
The end of the manual parking brake has a direct impact on car wash operations. Ever so often, you see agitated drivers at the entrance…
Furnawash, why daylight in a car wash tunnel matters
An ultramodern car wash has recently opened in the Belgian town of Veurne: Furnawash. In addition to a 50-meter-long and bright tunnel, you will also…
Take 5 celebrates 8 renovated car washes in Ohio
Take 5 Car Wash has opened eight renovated locations in the American state of Ohio. One of them is the largest car wash tunnel in…
New Tunnel of LUV in Las Vegas
After rebranding all of its Las Vegas locations in September, LUV recently added another car wash tunnel to it’s roster. Their seventh ‘Tunnel of Luv‘…
Splash plans to open seven new tunnels in 2023
Connecticut-based Splash Car Wash, plans to open seven new express washes in the Northeast next year. The tunnels will appear in Milford and Derby, Connecticut;…
ScrubaDub opens flagship car wash in Massachusetts
US car wash company ScrubaDub recently opened a new flagship store in Framingham, Massachusetts. The car wash tunnel was previously run by the Clean Machine…