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American hand dryer manufacturer
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Excel Dryer
Excel Dryer's logo
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Headquarters357 Chestnut Street
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, U.S.
Key peopleDenis Gagnon (President)
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. In 2022, the company claims it dries hands in 8 seconds.

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

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.

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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