There’s no denying that it’s an exciting time to be in the carwash industry! As time becomes a bigger commodity, more and more consumers are embracing professional car wash services around the country to clean and maintain their vehicles. And with the continual innovations across the industry, carwashes are becoming more and more advanced, faster, and easier to use for the end customer. Yet, even with all of the technological innovation and adoption from more customers, this is also an extremely challenging time --- not just for the car wash industry, but for business owners everywhere. Between the pandemic, universal supply shortages, and rising costs on components, it’s easy to assume that the cards are stacked against success right now. But, these are also times that truly reward innovation and new ideas.
With more than forty years in the car wash equipment manufacturing field, we have weathered more than a few storms (and changes of ownership). Hydro-Spray’s roots as a family created and owned business still permeate every aspect of our company, from our traditional, fair business values to our intense focus on customer service and satisfaction, we do business as we have always done it; ethically, customer-minded, and ever-innovating.
Alongside the evolutions in the industry, our company’s goals adapt as well. Today, our focus is to create a strong distribution program revolving around our self-serve equipment as well as a handful of select equipment models that compliments automatic car wash applications. To do this, we absorb what our customers are asking and continuously seek to incorporate the newest technologies and innovations into our equipment. We want our equipment to perform better, last longer, and be easily maintained while also providing quality of life improvements to our end customers, including easy online purchases and full access to account histories.
At Hydro-Spray, we manufacture self-serve car wash equipment as our primary focus. We also manufacture high performing chemical delivery systems for automatic car wash applications. We also create enhanced lighting solutions and virtual voice attendants designed to guide customers through washes and help build confidence at the wash.
We strive to be industry leaders in self service delivery systems, engineering plug and play components designed to get an operator up and running in as little time as possible. And for operators with multiple sites, we have a proven record of reliable POS systems that can integrate across your entire business unit, giving you exactly what you need to build your business into something bigger.
Cliff Reed, the company president, knows more than a little about what it takes to build and maintain a successful business in the car wash industry. Working hands on as a day to day operations manager for the business, he helps guide Hydro-Spray’s direction from the ground floor. As a car wash operator himself prior to his role as president, he was unsatisfied with some of the limitations and unreliability with some of the equipment he encountered in his former role. Driven by a desire to fix what he saw was broken, Cliff continues to use a combination of his own experience and knowledge passed down by former pioneers of the industry to build equipment suitable for any need.
Hydro-Spray’s Elite line of self-serve equipment, including the Elite Pro and Elite Plus, are examples of the accumulation of knowledge and innovation present. With some of the latest technologies integrated into their engineering and bleeding edge Payment Options for self-serve bays and vacuum systems, Hydro-Spray’s offerings are designed as turn-key solutions for operators and distributors alike.
The Elite line features fully integrated plug and play designs that covers both multibay pump stand design and modular single pump and bay design. Hydro-Spray rigorously tests every unit before leaving the manufacturing facility to help minimize issues at start up. And with a focus on using high quality components for frames and hardware, lighted connectors on all solenoids, and a focus on modularity, these units are not only extremely quick to install, but built to last for years of hard operation.
Hydro-Spray is excited to get back on the road again in 2022 to show off our Elite Plus Self Serve Modular Pump Stand, alongside our other time-tested, quality equipment. To learn more about what makes us stand out and stand strong in the carwash industry, visit us at www. Hydrospray.com and keep an eye out in national trade publications for our feature advertisements. If you’re coming to ICA in Nashville, please stop in and say hi!
See you soon,
Cliff Reed
President of Hydro-Spray
TF: 800.528.5733 eXT. 301