Category: Innovation

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99 Years of Hand Dryers in Bathrooms: How Hand Dryers Have Changed Restrooms for the Better

The original hand dryer called the “electric towel” was patented in 1921. Over the last 99 years, hand dryers have undergone massive innovation and creative engineering to become the ideal choice for restrooms across the world. Countless hours of research and development led to the creation of the XLERATOR® hand dryer for bathrooms in 2002 […]

First Global PCR

UL Environment Advances Hand Dryer Industry by Publishing First Global Product Category Rule (PCR)

The First Sustainable Hand Dryers By: Anna Nicholson Lasso, product manager of Environmental Product Declarations at UL Environment As a Product Manager for UL Environment (a division of Underwriters’ Laboratories) specializing in Environmental Product Declarations, I am devoted to the advancement of sustainability. And as the green movement becomes more of a norm and less […]

Hand Dryer Features Expanded and Enhanced

Excel Dryer Announces Expanded and Enhanced Product Line

Design the Best Hand Drying Solution for Any Restroom Environment At Excel Dryer, we have been manufacturing the finest American made hand dryers for more than 50 years that save time, money and the environment. We revolutionized the industry with the original, patented, high-speed, energy-efficient XLERATOR® Hand Dryer that created the high-speed hand dryer category […]

How We Built The Perfect Hand Dryer

The Perfect Hand Dryer Machine. How We Build It.

Hand Dryer Machine Excelling Beyond the Competition The word “perfect” brings to mind a few synonyms: unbeatable, flawless, best, and incomparable. Let’s focus on the last word there. Incomparable does not mean that it cannot be compared to anything else. Incomparable means that others cannot be of the same quality. That’s the case for the […]

XLERATOReco® Hand Dryer 82 US Content SEAL

XLERATOR Dryer Receives Made in USA Seal of Certification®

Hand Dryers That Are Made in the USA Excel Dryer, Inc. is proud to announce the XLERATOR line of high-speed, energy-efficient hand dryers has received the Made in USA Certified® Seal of Certification for the fourth time. This distinction is given by Made in USA Certified, Inc. ®, the leader in independent third-party assurance verification for genuine “Made […]

Hand Dryer a History of Innovation

Excel Dryer: A History of Innovation

History of a Hand Dryer XLERATOR® hand dryers debuted in 2001 and dries hands completely in 10 to 15 seconds. Not only does the XLERATOR® get the job done quickly, 3 times faster than conventional dryers, it also uses 80% less energy. It is a 95% cost savings over paper towels and eliminates their labor, […]