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March 21, 2012

Tide Recruits Telenovela Star for Product Launch

CINCINNATI — Singer/actor introduces Hispanic consumers to

CINCINNATI — Tide has recruited telenovela star Jencarlos Canela to show Hispanic consumers the brand’s new Tide® Pods™, a three-chamber unit dose laundry detergent that brightens, cleans and fight stains in one.

Consumers will have the chance to meet Canela on April 3 at a Los Angeles Laundromat to get a glance at the product benefits. The singer and actor has already made some surprise visits to Miami-area laundries as part of the product launch.

“I’m very happy to represent Tide and to be able to reach my friends for the launch of this innovative product,” says Canela. “At home, we’re already using Tide Pods, the future of laundry, and I noticed that it is very easy to use because with one single ‘pac’ you can obtain in your clothes brightness, cleanness and fight stains; everything in the palm of your hand.”

Tide Pods are available at select retail outlets.

January 16, 2012

PWS-The Laundry Company Re-launches User-Friendly Parts Website

LOS ANGELES — PWS-The Laundry Company has re-launched its website, www.pwslaundry.com, enabling owners of laundry equipment to easily search a selection of more 85,000 laundry parts online.

Users can quickly find a desired part by entering a part number, model number, or part description. The site is designed to make the purchase of parts user-friendly, by including thousands of pictures, diagrams and repair manuals.

Complementing the new site is a fully staffed call center ready to answer all parts-related questions via phone, e-mail or live web chat, PWS says. Individuals specifically trained to help customers identify the proper replacement parts across all equipment manufacturers are available.

Where the previous site attracted more than 35,000 visitors a month, PWS Co-President Brad Steinberg maintains the new website should attract “at least 75,000 visitors a month within the next year.”

PWS reports that it is the nation’s largest distributor of commercial laundry equipment as well as the largest broker and developer of vended laundries.

September 9, 2011

Fall Brings Calendar Full of Open Houses, Service Schools

CHICAGO — The arrival of fall can only mean one thing for self-service laundry operators — a calendar full of opportunities to attend manufacturer and distributor special events, open houses and service schools. Here is a brief rundown of events from the AmericanCoinOp.com calendar through October—call or visit the website listed for registration information. In many cases, space is limited.

Monday — Alco Washer Center Open House, Erie, Pa.; 800-633-7153, www.alcowasher.com.

Wednesday and Thursday — BDS Laundry Systems Open House and Product Show, St. Paul, Minn.; 800-688-0020, www.bdslaundry.com.

Wednesday and Thursday — Gold Coin Laundry Equipment Founder’s Day Open House, Jamaica, N.Y.; 718-658-2646, www.goldcoinlaundry.com.

Thursday — Wholesale Commercial Laundry Co. SE Commercial Laundry Show, Atlanta; 866-544-7228, www.laundryman.com.

Friday — Dexter Service School at Western State Design, Hayward, Calif.; 800-633-7153, www.westernstatedesign.com.

Sept. 17 — PWS The Laundry Company Annual Fall Show, Los Angeles; 323-721-8832, www.pwslaundry.com.

Sept. 19 — American Dryer Corp. Coin-Store Service School, Fall River, Mass.; sepps@amdry.com.

Sept. 21 — Midwest Laundries Fall Open House & Service School, Chicago; www.midwestlaundries.com/community/special-events.html.

Oct. 3-7 — Maytag Commercial Laundry Fall Coin Service School, St. Joseph, Mich.; www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com.

Oct. 5 — Dexter Service School at Launette, Laurel, Md.; 800-229-3036, www.launette.com.

Oct. 5 — Star Distributing Open House/Service School, Nashville, Tenn.; 800-897-7570, www.stardistributing.com.

Oct. 7 — Dexter Service School at Western State Design, Cerritos, Calif.; 800-633-7153, www.westernstatedesign.com.

Oct. 8 — Western State Design Open House, Cerritos, Calif.; 800-633-7153, www.westernstatedesign.com.

Oct. 10 — Sav-A-Day Laundry Machinery 53rd Annual Open House/Sale, St. Louis; 800-489-9274, www.sav-a-day.com.

Oct. 11 — Maytag Commercial Laundry Service School at Coin & Professional Equipment Co., Phoenix; www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com.

Oct. 11 — Southeastern Laundry/Dexter Open House, Marietta, Ga.; 800-522-9274, www.selaundryequip.com.

Oct. 12 — Maytag Commercial Laundry Service School at Coin & Professional Equipment Co., Tucson, Ariz.; www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com.

Oct. 12 — SAMCO Fall Distributor Showcase and Education Conference, Fayetteville, Ga.; 800-969-7627, www.southernautomatic.com.

Oct. 13 — Laundry Concepts Open House and Service School, Addison, Ill.; 800-845-3903, www.laundryconcepts.com.

Oct. 13 — Maytag Commercial Laundry Service School at Loomis Bros., St. Louis; www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com.

Oct. 17-20 — Maytag Commercial Laundry Fall Factory Sales School, St. Joseph, Mich.; www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com.

Oct. 18 — Dexter Service School, Albany, N.Y.; www.macgray.com/october.

Oct. 19 — Dexter Service School, Milford, Conn.; www.macgray.com/october.

Oct. 20 — Dexter Service School, Waltham, Mass.; www.macgray.com/october.

Oct. 25 — Star Distributing Co. Open House, Atlanta; 800-897-7570, www.stardistributing.com.

Oct. 27 — Coin & Professional Equipment Co. Open House & Product Expo, Phoenix; 602-248-0808, www.cpec-laundry.com.

Check the AmericanCoinOp.com calendar periodically for updates. If your company has a similar event that’s upcoming but you don’t see it listed here, post it free today. Click here to get started!

June 7, 2011

Another busy day at the Clean Show...

Another busy day at the Clean Show.

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