UL Environment, a business division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced today the publication of the first global Product Category Rule (PCR) ...

EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Excel Dryer, Inc., creator of the high-speed, energy-efficient hand dryer category that revolutionized the industry, today announced the publication of the ...

There are no official marketshare numbers for U.S. hand dryers, and the longtime players — World, American and Excel Dryer Inc. — are private companies that don't release sales figures.

He first took the idea to World Dryer, the leading manufacturer of hand dryers at the time, but was turned down. He then turned to the smaller company, Excel, and Gagnon.

World Dryer has about $20 million in annual revenue, Rexnord said. The company has the largest installed commercial electric hand dryer product base in the world, and about 800 global distributors.