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Commented by Nico Popp on December 22nd, 2025 | 07:35 CET
Car wash as a source of revenue: How WashTec combines the business models of Dover and Ecolab
Car washing has traditionally been considered a conservative business - steel, brushes, and water, with no major disruptions, or so people believe. But behind the scenes, a change is taking place that requires a reassessment of the industry. WashTec, the global market leader for car washes based in Augsburg, Germany, is currently shedding its role as a pure machine manufacturer and transforming itself into an integrated high-tech service provider. To understand the potential of this metamorphosis, it is worth looking across the Atlantic. While US industrial giant Dover Corporation demonstrates how lucrative the global scaling of hardware can be, Ecolab provides the blueprint for stable, recurring revenues through chemistry and process optimization. WashTec now combines precisely these strengths - machinery, chemistry, digitalization, and service - under one roof, positioning itself for investors as the industry's overall technological optimizer. We take a look behind the scenes.
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Commented by Nico Popp on November 21st, 2025 | 07:00 CET
Revolutionary technology could transform gold mining: RZOLV Technologies, Newmont, Ecolab
Do you know what makes gold mining so dirty? Cyanide! The chemical is still used in 90% of mining projects today. However, the highly toxic chemical is increasingly coming under scrutiny from environmental authorities and critical investors. Stricter regulations and local bans, such as those in Costa Rica, Argentina, and several EU countries, are delaying or halting projects altogether. At the same time, gold prices are reaching record highs, which also increases the financial scope for alternatives. Industry experts such as Duane Nelson, CEO of RZOLV Technologies, point out that around USD 2 billion is spent annually on cyanide in the gold sector. RZOLV aims to take advantage of this and has developed a clean alternative to replace cyanide. Gold miners who want to position themselves more cleanly are likely to be interested.
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