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| Founded | 1963 |
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| Headquarters | 357 Chestnut Street East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, |
Key people | Denis Gagnon (President) [1] |
| Website | www |
Excel Dryer is an American manufacturer of hand dryers, based in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
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.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ]
In 1997, Denis Gagnon bought the company.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ]
In 2018, Excel Dryer released a hand dryer that can be installed on top of a sink called XLERATORsync. [5]
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