Excel Dryer is an American manufacturer of hand dryers, based in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The company manufactures its dryers in the United States with most parts coming from U.S. suppliers.[2]
History
The company was originally founded in 1963, and built hand dryers from its factory in East Longmeadow.
In 1997, Denis Gagnon bought the company that he said "made products nobody liked".[3] The company hired four scientists, three out of MIT, Sol Aisenberg, George Freedman, and Richard Pavelle to help them develop a new high speed hand dryer.
In 2001 the company launched their first high speed hand dryer, known as the Xlerator.[4] In 2022, the company claimed that its machines could dry hands in just eight seconds compared to previous models that took 35-40 seconds.[5]
Excel Dryer's products have been approved for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4 credits in the United States and other green building standards.[6][7]
In 2015, Excel Dryer released a different hand dryer model called the ThinAir (TA-SB, or TA-ABS) and the Xlerator was modified with the New Controllers.[8]
In 2018, Excel Dryer released a hand dryer that could be installed on top of a sink called XLERATORsync.[9]
References
- Founder Biography — The man behind the machine www.exceldryer.com, retrieved 15 September 2016^
- Small US Company Moves to Make All-American Hand Dryer Voice of America News, December 19, 2019^
- Why Is It So Hard To Make A 100 Percent American Hand Dryer? NPR, February 5, 2013^
- How One Company Reinvented The Hand Dryer NPR, 4 February 2013, retrieved 27 March 2016^
- EmilyAnn Jackman. Hand dryers vs. paper towels: Company disputes TikTok user's claims warning against hand dryers pennlive, March 22, 2022, retrieved April 21, 2022^
- Next Generation Green Restroom Design v2 www.usgbc.org, retrieved 15 September 2016^
- Excel Dryer Wins Two Sustainability Awards Clean Link, February 25, 2025^
- Excel Dryer in East Longmeadow plans 2023 debut of Xlerator hand dryer Mass Live, March 11, 2022^
- Julia Stone. This Integrated Sink System is the Future of Green Restroom Design - gb&d gb&d magazine, 2018-09-14, retrieved 2021-03-28^