Excel Dryer
Founded1963 (1963)
Headquarters357 Chestnut Street
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts,
U.S.
Key people
Denis Gagnon (President)[1]
Websitewww.exceldryer.com
Three products from Excel Dryer, including the ThinAir, Xlerator and XleratorECO

Excel Dryer is an American manufacturer of hand dryers, based in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

History

In the mid-1960s, they created their first hand dryer from Excel. This hand dryer was Model S/RS and was stainless steel, later it became available in White and Chrome.

In 1989, Excel Dryer released a Hands-Off model called HO-IL, HO-IW, and HO-IC for surface mounted and a year later, R76-IW, and R76-IC for recessed mounted.

In 1997, Denis Gagnon bought the company. The company hired 3 former Rocket Scientists including Sol Aisenberg, George Freedman, and Richard Pavelle. In 2001, their first high speed hand dryer, Xlerator, was produced.[2] In 2022, the company claims it dries hands in 8 seconds.[3]

Excel Dryer's products have been approved for LEED v4 credits and other green building standards.[4]

In 2015, Excel Dryer released a different hand dryer model called a ThinAir (TA-SB, or TA-ABS) and the Xlerator was modified with the New Controllers.

In 2018, Excel Dryer released a hand dryer that can be installed on top of a sink called XLERATORsync.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Founder Biography - The man behind the machine". www.exceldryer.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ↑ NPR Staff (4 February 2013). "How One Company Reinvented The Hand Dryer". Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Jackman, EmilyAnn (March 22, 2022). "Hand dryers vs. paper towels: Company disputes TikTok user's claims warning against hand dryers". pennlive. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Next Generation Green Restroom Design v2 | U.S. Green Building Council". www.usgbc.org. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Stone, Julia (2018-09-14). "This Integrated Sink System is the Future of Green Restroom Design - gb&d". gb&d magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-28.


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