Excel Dryer

Excel Dryer is an American manufacturer of hand dryers, based in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

Excel Dryer

Excel Dryer's logo
Founded	1963; 62 years ago (1963)
Headquarters	357 Chestnut Street East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, U.S.
Key people	Denis Gagnon (President)[1]
Website	www.exceldryer.com

Three products from Excel Dryer, including the ThinAir, Xlerator and XleratorECO

History

In the mid-1960s, they created their first hand dryer from Excel. This hand dryer was Model S/RS and was stainless steel, later it became available in White and Chrome.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, Excel Dryer released a Hands-Off model called HO-IL, HO-IW, and HO-IC for surface mounted and a year later, R76-IW, and R76-IC for recessed mounted.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, Denis Gagnon bought the company.^{[citation needed]} The company hired 3 former Rocket Scientists including Sol Aisenberg, George Freedman, and Richard Pavelle. In 2001, their first high speed hand dryer, Xlerator, was produced.^[2] In 2022, the company claims it dries hands in 8 seconds.^[3]

Excel Dryer's products have been approved for LEED v4 credits and other green building standards.^[4]

In 2015, Excel Dryer released a different hand dryer model called a ThinAir (TA-SB, or TA-ABS) and the Xlerator was modified with the New Controllers.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, Excel Dryer released a hand dryer that can be installed on top of a sink called XLERATORsync.^[5]