In my role with International Carwash Association I get to tell the great stories that are happening in this industry. Lucky for me, there’s no shortage of great stories to share.

The one that’s top of mind for me right now is the tremendous success of The Car Wash Show in Las Vegas at the end of April. For the third consecutive year, we’re sharing numbers and experiences from The Show that place it as the best show the industry has experienced in more than a decade.

We nearly hit 8,800 attendees at this year’s show, with some 25 percent of attendees purchasing All Access Passes to take advantage of our best-in-class education. Couple that with more than 400 exhibiting companies and 160,000 square feet of show floor, and you have an experience like nothing else.

Successful editions of The Car Wash Show mean the economy is favorable for the industry. And right now, people in the industry are full of positive energy and are looking to connect with peers in an experience that ICA is uniquely positioned to deliver.

Building on the success of the most recent Show, we are now gearing up for Car Wash Show Australia this fall as part of our new partnership with the Australian Carwash Association. This continues our efforts to provide more opportunities for the car wash community to come together for the betterment of both individual businesses and the industry. We are dedicated to providing excellent opportunities for learning, networking and commerce.

You can read more about Car Wash Show Australia and our partnership in this issue of the Magazine.

You can also relive The Car Wash Show 2018 in words and pictures. We’ve included a full recap of this issue of the Magazine.

Also in this issue of CAR WASH Magazine, we highlight our Emerging Leaders Scholarship winners from this year, along with a number of car wash industry profiles, as we explore what it means to be a leader in today’s world. And don’t miss special stories on the anniversaries of Mike’s Carwash and CAT Pumps.

As always, if there are areas of interest that you’d like to see covered in the Magazine, don’t hesitate to let us know by shooting me an email at mdewolf@carwash.org.

Likewise, if you haven’t had your wash featured in an issue of CAR WASH Magazine, we want to hear your stories so we can share them with the entire car wash community.

I look forward to hearing from you or seeing you at one of our upcoming events.