Autobell Car Wash Inc

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AUTOBELL OPENS SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA CAR WASH LOCATION WITH LAKE WYLIE STORE
CHARLOTTE, NC (December 29, 2009) -- Autobell Car Wash Inc., headquartered here, has opened a wash at 315 Bulkhead Way in Clover, SC, the privately owned chain's 57th location. Darin Icard is the store manager. The new wash is Autobell's second in South Carolina, with an Indian Land location that opened in March 2007.This is our fifth location featuring Aqua Bio 100% reclaim water treatment system.
"We continue to look for strategic locations from which to serve this ever-expanding metro region," explained Autobell President & CEO Chuck Howard, "and this wash will make our services convenient to more South Carolina residents."

AUTOBELL OPENS THIRD METRO ATLANTA CAR WASH LOCATION WITH ACWORTH STORE
CHARLOTTE, NC (July 10, 2009) -- Autobell Car Wash Inc., headquartered here, has opened a wash at 3325 Cobb Parkway in Acworth, the privately owned chain's 56th location. Jason Torres is the store manager. The new wash is Autobell's third in the Atlanta metro area, with a Suwanee location that opened in July 2008 and a Mableton location that opened in January 2009.
"At the Acworth location, we've installed our fourth Aqua Bio 100% reclaim water treatment system companywide. With this system, enzymes actually digest and recycle the waste water," explained President & CEO Chuck Howard. "We are exploring and expanding our use of this cutting-edge car wash technology, as it facilitates our progressive stance on conserving and protecting water resources."
The Metro Atlanta locations are open from 7:30 AM until 6:30 PM Monday through Saturday and 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM on Sunday.

CHARLOTTE (November 3, 2009) - Autobell Car Wash's 2010 custom cartoon/coupon calendar, currently on sale at all Autobell locations, has won a MarCom Gold Award in the marketing/promotion/calendar category from the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals (AMCP). Autobell's custom-designed calendar has been produced for the car wash chain since 2004 by Charlotte-based Hensley Fontana Public Relations & Marketing and Zahnd & Zahnd Illustration/Design.

The MarCom Awards is an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals. Entries come from corporate marketing and communications departments, advertising agencies, public relations firms, design shops, production companies, and freelancers. The competition has grown to the largest of its kind in the world and is administered and judged by the AMCP.

Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. There were over 5,000 entries from the United States and several foreign countries in the 2009 MarCom Awards competition.

"This is quite an honor for Autobell and our affiliated agencies," said Chuck Howard, president and owner of Autobell Car Wash Inc. "Our customers have been huge fans of our calendar since its inception, and it's really gratifying to also be recognized and honored by the finest marketing and communications professionals. A lot of effort goes into producing this calendar every year to make it fresh and fun, yet useful. Our calendar is a great source of value, information, and humor for our customers and promotion for our company. It's especially exciting to win this award in consecutive years."

AUTOBELL CAR WASH OPENS THIRD UNION COUNTY WASH LOCATION WITH INDIAN TRAIL STORE
CHARLOTTE, NC (March 16, 2009) -- Autobell Car Wash Inc., headquartered here, has opened a wash at 4416 Old Monroe Road in Indian Trail, NC, in eastern Union County. Ryan Moore is the store manager. The new wash is Autobell's third Union County location, in addition to stores in Monroe and Waxhaw.

AUTOBELL CAR WASH DEBUTS 100% RECLAIM WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM IN METRO RALEIGH WITH OPENING OF SEVENTH WAKE COUNTY LOCATION
CHARLOTTE, NC (March 16, 2009) -- Autobell Car Wash Inc., headquartered here, has opened a wash at 8500 Capital Boulevard in northeast Raleigh. Jeremy Deans is the store manager. The new store is Autobell's seventh Wake County location, with four others in Raleigh, one in Garner, and one in Knightdale.
"At the Capital Boulevard location, we've installed our third Aqua Bio 100% reclaim water treatment system companywide and our first in the Raleigh area. With this system, enzymes actually digest and recycle the waste water," explained President & CEO Chuck Howard. "We are exploring and expanding our use of this cutting-edge car wash technology, as it facilitates our progressive stance on conserving and protecting water resources."

Autobell Car Wash representatives Andi McJunkin, Director of Recruiting and Community Relations (seated left); Bryan Thompson, Georgia District Manager (standing); and Carl Howard, COO and VP (seated right) sign a "Partners in Education" declaration with Michael Chanin (seated center), Assistant Principal of R. L. Osborne High School in Marietta, GA.
A collective effort by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce and the Cobb County and Marietta City Public School Systems, the "Partners in Education" program matches businesses and organizations with schools in initiatives that help students develop strong academic foundations, skills, and core values that will benefit them in life and career.

CHARLOTTE, NC (January 12, 2009) -- Autobell Car Wash Inc., headquartered here, has opened a wash at 4865 Floyd Road SW in Mableton, the privately owned chain's 53rd location. Drew Volnek is the store manager. The new wash is Autobell's second in the Atlanta metro area, with a Suwanee location that opened in July 2008.
"Metro Atlanta is a new and exciting market for us," stated Chuck Howard, Autobell President and CEO. "We are continuing to look for opportunities to conveniently serve more communities in the area."
The new wash is in a 7,000-square-foot former Dollar General store in the Mableton Crossing shopping center. A portion of the building will be used as Autobell's Georgia management training center; the company's other training center is in Charlotte. The Mableton facility also features an Aqua Bio closed-loop 100% water recycling system, in which enzymes digest and recycle wastewater.
The Mableton Autobell employs 28 and is open from 7:30 AM until 6:30 PM Monday through Saturday and 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM on Sunday.

AUTOBELL RECOGNIZED FOR YEARS OF PHILANTHROPY
CHARLOTTE, NC Autobell Car Wash Inc. was named an Outstanding Philanthropic Organization by the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Charlotte Chapter during the associations 2008 National Philanthropy Day awards, according to a company press release.

The Nov. 12 press release said the award recognizes a philanthropic corporation or organization whose programs, gifts, and charitable activities enrich the community and serve as a role model.

Autobell, the third-largest conveyor carwash chain in the nation, was recognized for several of its programs, including its Charity Car Wash program, which has raised more than $2.5 million for non-profits since the programs inception in 1998.

The chain was also lauded for its annual creek walk of Little Sugar Creek in Charlotte, in which on-the-clock Autobell employees gather to pick up debris and trash; as well as the companys employee scholarship program, which has awarded more than 220 academic scholarships to date totaling more than six figures to deserving employees.

Autobell also regularly hosts fundraisers and drives for organizations such as Make-a-Wish, the American Red Cross, and the North Carolina Wildlife Federation.

Finally, the company was also recognized for being a longtime conscientious steward of the environment, beginning its carwash water recycling efforts in the early 1970s and continuing today via investment in state-of-the-art reclaim equipment and technology.

We are very humbled and honored by this recognition, stated Chuck Howard, president and owner of Autobell Car Wash Inc., and we're thrilled that our success in the carwash business allows us to, in turn, contribute to the well-being of the communities that support us. I'm especially grateful to our employees, who help make our civic action possible and so effective.

Autobell has earned eleven awards from municipal, utility, media, conservation, and non-profit organizations for its environmental and civic activities and impact in the last eight years.

With drought conditions and a vital need for water conservation efforts upon us, I would like to inform you of what Autobell Car Wash is doing, and has always done, to proactively participate in water conservation. You may already be aware that at Autobell, we treat and filter 100% of our waste water and recycle 80%. We use and properly maintain state-of-the art equipment and technology for our water reclaim and conservation. Additionally, a professional car wash at Autobell uses a fraction of the water expended in a typical home car wash. In fact, we discourage home and parking lot car washes wherein waste water is often disposed of improperly and illegally into city storm drains, polluting our streams and rivers. Our charity car wash program has significantly reduced the number of parking lot fundraiser car washes by giving non-profit organizations an option by which they can raise needed funds while conserving water and helping protect our environment. In restricted water-use situations, Autobell complies by adjusting water volume and the ratio of recycled to fresh water used in the wash process. Since 2000, Autobell has garnered seven awards for our water conservation and environmental practices, and during the 2002 summer drought, we were summoned to several communities to educate others on our water management policies and procedures. We are in the water management business and believe that everyone should do their part, especially in times like these.