Self Serve Carwash News Fall '19

INDUSTRY
DIRT
LSI announces
new hires and
new facility
LSI Industries Inc., a manufacturer
of outdoor and indoor
lighting and graphics for
commercial, industrial, and
multi-site retail applications,
has named Erin Nichols as its
new national accounts sales
manager. Nichols will work
with distributors to expand lighting product sales,
manage customer satisfaction, and provide the firstclass
service upon which LSI is built. In addition,
Nichols will be instrumental in creating direct relationships
with a range of national retailers, including
hypermarket, warehouse, discount, and retail-banking
formats, by leveraging the strength of LSI Industries’
diverse product offerings, and helping LSI’s customers
to be more competitive in their markets.
Prior to joining LSI Industries, Nichols achieved impressive
revenue-generation, customer-acquisition and
customer-retention metrics in account management
and business development roles for the medical and
pharmaceutical industries.
LSI has also appointed
Thomas A. Caneris as Senior
Vice President – Human
Resources and General
Counsel. Caneris brings to
LSI more than 30 years of
experience as a practicing
attorney and senior advisor
in both public and private company settings. Most
recently, he was a Senior Vice President at PharMerica
Corporation from 2007 through 2019, leading
the Human Resources Group and serving as General
Counsel. Earlier in his career, he served as Commercial
Affairs Counsel for AK Steel Corporation.
Caneris will focus on the acceleration of LSI Industries’
initiatives to retain and attract top talent and continue
efforts to deliver a customer-centric organization
and workforce that enriches skill, diversity, and satisfaction.
In addition to guiding the organization on all
aspects of human resources, he will utilize his wealth of
operational knowledge to collaborate with functional
leaders in several areas of the business, including communications,
investor relations, and government affairs.
In other LSI news, a press release announced that
the town of New Windsor, New York, will host the
company’s new facility. “Congratulations are in order
for the town of New Windsor for its approval of the
ground lease, which clears the way for a new owner to
offer quality jobs in another wise dormant commercial
space,” said Jim Clark, President and CEO. “We’re
thrilled to be close to completing this transaction.”
LSI headquarters is in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has
facilities in Ohio, Kentucky, California, New York,
North Carolina, Rhode Island and Texas.
CSI ® announces new regional
sales manager for Florida
President of Proto-Vest retires
Proto-Vest, Inc. of Glendale, Arizona, announced
the retirement of President and CEO
Christopher (Woody) McElroy. After 36 years
with the company, McElroy who holds nine
patents on car wash dryer systems.
New Proto-Vest President Jeff Reichard has
previously served as CEO and president of various
business sectors within the $15 million to
POLLS
Profits for June 2019
compared to
June 2018 have been:
HIGHER
LOWER
SAME
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Cleaning Systems, Inc. (CSI) of De Pere,
Wisconsin, announced the hiring of Victor
Buffo to the position of Lustra® Regional
Sales Manager for Florida. Victor is based in
Atlanta, Georgia, and will help support the
Southeast with emphasis on Florida. For the
past 18 years Victor was with ZEP Vehicle
Care Division as a Territory Manager, Corporate
Account Specialist and most recently was
Distributor Sales Development Manager responsible
for directly managing their distributor
network that spans the East Coast and
Eastern Canada.
Dave Krause, President and CEO of CSI,
stated in a press release, “We are excited to
welcome Victor to the Lustra Division Team.
His industry experience, breadth of roles and
responsibilities and relationship strength will
be a great contribution to the ongoing success
of our Southeast team.”
$2.5 billion annual sales range.
Simon “Buddy” Blattner will continue on as
general manager.
“Woody’s ‘Institutional Knowledge’ will be
greatly missed and we wish him all the best on
his next adventure in life,” said new Proto-Vest
President Jeff Reichard in a press release.
Same
20%
Lower
30.0%
DEPENDS
ON THE
SEASON
27%
NO
47%
Higher
50%
YES
27%
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