Wash Centres

Successful washing only works with premium products and direct contact with the customer. This is demonstrated by the VIP car wash salon in Rastatt

"We already built the bay according to the dimensions of the washing technology and, in addition, intentionally a good metre wider than would normally have been necessary. This prevents the splash water from reaching the side walls so easily.", explains Christian Korte, managing director of auto dealership SEAT Korte & Meyer in Langwedel-Darveden/ Germany.

"We opted for WashTec because we wanted to deliver washing quality to our customers and offer materials that are gentle on the paintwork, but effective and powerful, that conserve resources in terms of electricity and water – many components that work together in harmony just like in an orchestra."

"At first, we thought about replacing only individual gantry car washes to keep costs down", says Thomas Urbaniak, still clearly remembering springtime 2017. We are after all talking about a considerable investment. "Ultimately, we made the conscious decision to replace the entire system technology."

Werner Grobe's car wash centre helps him to stand out greatly from the competition in the local area. There is no other car wash centre like this. A facility which, unlike many other car washes, offers a wider programme selection – eight washing programmes in each case from "Quick wash" to "Premium wash" for cars and vans.

Thanks to the modular equipment, it was possible to customise the system to the Strauch's needs, his customers and the local conditions.

Anyone who nails their colours to the mast with a royal crown in their logo must know how to perfectly clean and care for vehicles – without any ifs or buts. "WASCHPALAST" (car wash palace) is more than fitting with its dark blue capital letters on the approximately twelve metres long clearly visible window front and upper edge of the wash bay, into which vehicles some dirtier than others enter at the one end and reappear about seven minutes later at the other end thoroughly cleaned and looking perfectly cared for.

German craftsmanship is also valued in other parts of the world. A new large conveyor tunnel system has now been equipped with technology from German manufacturers. The project was implemented in Canada, more precisely near Toronto.

"In the first year, we managed around 48,000 washes," said Hans-Günter Nehling, visibly proud of what had been achieved. The products of WashTec subsidiary AUWA played a significant role in the large number of washes.

"Our business is cleaning cars. For this reason, we must ensure that the entire car wash centre is clean. When I enter the car wash centre in the morning, everything must be clean. The cleaning work can start the evening before," Wilhelm Koop explains.

For the past year, the Smart LED entrance gantry in a stainless steel design has been welcoming car wash customers with "F.J. Scheuten" and inviting them to choose gold, silver and bronze washes with and without underbody washing. "My father wanted to greet his washing customers in person, so as to convey to them that there is a human behind the washing technology." explains Pia Scheuten.

The drying ensues to the highest specifications. The linear technology blower dryer with its flexible construction tracks the contours of the vehicle's surfaces exactly, the two rotating roof nozzles blow air onto the surfaces at different angles to achieve even better drying and are supported by fixed, powerful side blowers.

"When I took over the business, the SoftLine² had only been washing for a good 12 months. The performance of the modern short conveyor tunnel system convinced both customers and me from the beginning." explains Mehmet Dogan.

"I started by searching for car wash centres on the Internet, which received positive reviews from their customers, drove there and inspected a total of nearly 50 washes using this method." Alexander Uting.

It was a long-cherished dream that entrepreneur Karl-Heinz Wolf has now fulfilled in retirement - the construction of a car wash centre. The only condition was a site in a prime location.

"My name is Daniela Bachmann", says the 29-year-old Thuringian, who took over the Avia service station in Schweina in October 2013, as she starts to tell a story you wouldn't normally associate with refuelling or a car wash business.

Harald Neumann and his wife are the joint bosses of CarWashCenter Potsdam. Over a period spanning more than two decades, initially as a petrol station leaseholder and later as a car wash operator, he has experienced all the highs and lows of automatic car washing and the self-service car washing business.

In contrast to typical installations, it wasn't the bay dimensions that determined as to which and how many technology segments were installed in line in the conveyor tunnel system, but Frank Eichler himself. His ideas about which modules were necessary and what was practically achievable at the site were matched up with each other with the design support of the experienced WashTec consultants.

“To avoid long waiting times, a second pre-wash station has been installed in front of the ‘normal’ pre-wash station. For which we constantly receive good feedback”, confirm the pre-wash staff, not to mention the quality of the wash results.

First of all Steffen Röthig was thinking about which cars and how and with what they were to be cleaned and maintained. This should definitely include a conveyor tunnel system, self-service washing and vacuum cleaner bays.

Georg Huber has travelled the length and breadth of Germany, has stood in 30 conveyor tunnel systems wearing his rain gear, has spoken with all the relevant manufacturers of car washes, dissected offers, and painstakingly calculated operating costs for all the system components in Excel lists.