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Lustra/Cleaning Systems, Inc
 
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Join us Thursday for #CARWASHMagazineLive. This week: Jimmy Branch, Owner of Speedy Car Wash, ICA Past President, and TalkCarWash moderator and Sara Ross, Chief Vitality Officer at BrainAMPED join us to talk leadership in a crisis, emotional decision making and how to stay sane in seemingly insane times.
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A.V.W. Equipment Co., Inc.
 
ICA news
 
  
For nearly 25 years, International Carwash Association has conducted research to determine consumer attitudes and behaviors around professional car washing. The findings of the 2019 edition of the study are available as an Executive Summary, as well as detailed additional purchase packages, which for the first time ever include reports and data sets customized by wash type or region.
 
Zep Vehicle Care, Inc.
 
Industry News
 
Source: Extreme Tech
Tesla’s Autopilot self-driving feature is about to stop for red lights, a most useful feature if you’re going to be full-self-driving in urban areas. It also will sense green lights but only proceed through them if the driver keeps pressure on the gas pedal – sorry, throttle pedal – after being sure there’s no other hazard such as an oncoming car turning left.
  
Source: Inc.com
Inc.'s solutions center offers expert advice on handling panicked customers, interrupted supply chains, webinars, Zoom meetings, hyper kids, and a work environment that changes by the hour.
 
Hydra-Flex Inc.
 
 
Silverstar Car Wash continues its growth in the Upper Midwest with the acquisition of Rocket Auto Wash in Sioux City, Iowa. The acquisition brings the total to six car washes Silverstar will be operating or have under construction and development in Siouxland this year.
Clean cars, especially ambulances, are imperative for effectively battling the coronavirus. Washingon, D.C., is going the extra mile to protect first responders and patients by blasting ambulances clean with top-of-the-line decontamination machines.
 
Ascentium Capital , LLC
Elektrim Motors
 
 
The preliminary plans for a Clean Express Auto Wash in Middleburg Heights, Ohio,were approved on April 8. The car wash structure will encompass 4,000 square feet and be constructed using clay-fired brick and dark wood. 
Mammoth Holdings, LLC (“Mammoth”), an Atlanta-based conveyor car wash operator, has acquired Shine On Carwash (“Shine On”), a two unit express conveyor car wash operator in Evansville, Indiana.  Shine On’s founder, Jeff Robb, made a significant equity investment in Mammoth and will have an ongoing management role with the company.
 
Coleman Hanna Carwash Systems LLC
Chemquest/Hobo Inc.
 
Leadership
 
  
Leaders managing their organizations through crisis show seven distinctive capabilities, says John A. Quelch. Call them the seven Cs. Here are the 7 Cs for coronavirus survival if you’re a manager or a leader. 
Source: Inc.com
If you have found yourself interacting with your employees from afar more often lately, it might be time to brush up on your remote leadership skills. Here are some tips from business leaders who are successfully figuring things out as they go -- while empowering their people digitally to stay engaged.
 
Clean World Distribution
OPW Vehicle Wash Solutions (PDQ & Belanger)
 
Marketing
 
  
Source: Forbes
It is no surprise to anybody that we are living in a different business climate in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. But, you may not have given your marketing expenses the attention it deserves during these troubling times. This post will help you "reset" your marketing campaigns, to help ensure they are contributing positive cash flow again.
As the coronavirus rapidly makes its way across the globe, the whole world is on high alert, scrambling to deal with the pandemic. So where does marketing fit into that picture? Well, with customers staying indoors – and presumably online – digital marketing may well be a brand’s best defense against coronavirus.
 
A & M Vending Machine Sales
Transchem Inc.
 
Supplier News
 
The DRB Systems technical support team, known to customers as the Knowledge Center, has seamlessly transitioned to remote work while still providing excellent support for its point-of-sale and other car wash technology solutions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.