Professional Carwashing & Detailing - Feb 2012
www carwash com 13 A press release included the following statement from Istobal USA President Kevin Collette We are excited to welcome the highly dedicated skilled and experienced personnel of Magic Wand to the growing Istobal USA team The addition of the industry proven Magic Wand self serve equipment touch free rollovers and conveyor product lines gives Istobal USA and its distribution partners the industrys most complete product line It is the perfect opportunity to bring Istobal technology and efficiency to the reliable hard working Magic Wand products The strategically located and modern 97000 sq ft manufacturing facilities in Bristol allow us to immediately expand our U S based manufacturing and support capabilities Istobal also stated it plans to add new hires to the existing Magic Wand staff The company also said the takeover which will be a 2 million project will include the addition of 72 jobs over the next three years IstobalUSA CEO Angel Jimenez said the incentives package and the aggressive negotiating style of area and state officials drew the company to Bristol It left us no choice It was Virginia and Bristol all the way he said Bill Daugherty the co founder of Magic Wand who will be retained as an adviser said he was relieved Weve saved my employees and given them benefits Daugherty said And we will add even more in the future We couldnt have chosen a better company to bring to Bristol Lustra Professional Car Care Products of DePere WI announced it has appointed Car Wash Products Inc based out of Middletown NY as its Eastern New York region distributor Car Wash Products is also a distributor of Oasis and Jim Coleman equipment Todd Mills president of Car Wash Products said in a statement We like to distribute for companies that are tried and true names have been in the industry for a long time that are successful and most importantly offer products we can feel comfortable backing Lustra meets every one of those requirements We are extremely pleased to now be a part of the Lustra sales team Lustra announced it has also appointed Equipt Petroleum Store as its distributor in Beirut Lebanon Issa Petroleum Trade IPT the parent company of Equipt owns and operates 30 gas stations and also supplies gasoline to over 120 locations IPT has been working to be the pioneer of inbay automatic carwashes in the nation Dr Toni Issa CEO of Issa stated in a press release The Ultraflex products give us total flexibility in our very busy operations by allowing us to control the rich scents and vivid colors Dave Wingert vice president of Lustra also stated in a press release We are very happy to have IPT and Equipt Petroleum Store distributing our products With their vast experience in the area of carwashes and robust support network we look forward to growing our businesses together in Lebanon Lustra also appointed Starwash Italia as the distributor for its Italian customer base Circle 210 Continued on next page
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