Professional Carwashing & Detailing - Feb 2012
Around the industry 8 Professional Carwashing Detailing February 2012 meeting these guidelines Mayor Gail Mitchell said Campo is not being picked on and corporations do not receive special treatment As for the colorful building the mayor said that he actually likes the bright paint job It looks better than what it was Police should get free carwashes says city official The Detroit city budget is in crisis and Councilwoman Joann Watson is suggesting that the carwashing budget gets axed altogether Watson said to get rid of the carwashing contracts and instead wash the cars in house or have professional washes wash police cars for free as they often benefit from the police departments efforts Councilmember Andre Spivey countered that the carwash contracts are only worth 1 million over a three year period and wouldnt be enough to help the budget And the biggest eNews story of 2011 was According to your votes the biggest eNews story of 2011 was the one about Autobell opening its 63rd location in Virginia The online poll which was posted on the PC D homepage gave 10 stories to choose from The other results were as follows 86 Bad tipper charged with killing carwash worker 29 Mr Clean withdraws IL plans 57 Major announcement from NASCAR Car Wash Co 0 Woman suing carwash for chemical burns 0 New Auto Spa can wash 180 cars per hour 86 CNN says detailing services increase car value 40 Autobells 63rd location opens in VA 143 Thirty carwash workers unionize in CA 29 Atlanta group kicks off carwash water campaign 171 Report Carwash industry to hit 27 billion by 2017 Last year voters choose ICA realizes success with Watersavers as the biggest story o carwash vendors and suppliers 100 percent of what is owed to them Turtle Wax revamps IL carwash Turtle Wax Car Wash announced the completion of an extensive remodeling effort at its Crystal Lake IL location A press release stated that the fullserve carwash which also offers detailing services has new state of the art equipment a new lobby area and Wi Fi service Were excited about the remodeling project and we are confident that our guests will be pleased with our new look said Jim Jarach director of Turtle Wax Car Wash Everything has been upgraded to enhance our services We will be able to process our customers vehicles in a more efficient manner saving them time and money Turtle Wax said it plans to revamp all of its Illinois locations in 2012 Man drives through carwash wall A car traveling at approximately 50 mph slammed through a carwash wall in Stayton OR on an early Saturday morning in Dec Michael Davis 40 drove through an intersection then totaled his car crashing through the outside wall of the carwash building Police Chief Rich Sebens said that Davis was arrested on an accusation of DUI and his blood alcohol level was 022 percent Carwash uses garish colors to clash with city A carwash owner in Fairview Heights MO has painted a vacant building in obnoxious colors to protest city regulations Steve Campo of Auto Spa Car Wash also owns the vacant building next door to his property Campo wants to tear the old building down to expand his parking lot and use the space for a snow cone stand Campo applied for tax increment financing money to help pay for the project then he received a long list of requirements that includes landscaping an irrigation system and expensive fencing Further Campo alleges that projects by big corporations in the city are allowed to go forward without Waste glass water filtration a fit for carwashes Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new way to use recycled glass to filter raw water and use it in carwashes Leading researcher Dr Gurdev Singh said that this filtration could be ideal for applications where the water does not need to be so pure and he cited carwashes recycling wash water as an example Also he noted that porous ceramic membranes made using the recycled glass are central to the new filtration process Singh was quoted as saying Another possible application is to collect rainwater on rooftops run it over a battery of glass ceramic membranes in the storage tanks and channel it to a tap for gardening Waste glass is usually dumped and melted at high temperatures consuming a lot of energy and emitting large amounts of carbon dioxide and other toxic gasses Court approves bankruptcy plan for Dannys A judge in Scottsdale AZ approved the reorganization plans for the carwashes restaurants gas stations and c stores owned by Dannys Family Companies The Chapter 11 plan created in August was given approval on Dec 16 and the plan also includes the personal bankruptcy of Dannys founder and CEO Daniel Danny Hendon Under the plan Hendon will be allowed to keep his Paradise Valley home but for five years he is required to hand over a monthly amount that was determined to be his disposable income Dannys has been a major employer in Arizona for over two decades but the weak economy hurt its profits Dannys restructuring has improved its profitability and long term outlook When this process began we made a commitment to our employees our creditors and our community that we would make every possible effort to weather the storm Hendon said in a written statement We have had to make some very difficult decisions over the past year and a half to honor that commitment I am especially proud that Dannys is able to pay our
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