U.S. Rep. Richard Neal talks coronavirus recovery at Excel Dryer in East Longmeadow; factory now making portable dryers for COVID fight
Hand washing is an important weapon in the fight against the novel coronavirus. But so is hand drying, the folks at Excel Dryer in East Longmeadow reminded the public and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, on Wednesday. Company CEO and president Denis Gagnon, his wife, Nancy, and their son, Excel vice president Bill Gagnon, hosted Neal for a factory tour and to show off a stand-alone hand drying unit Excel is making along with one of its material suppliers. The new unit — designed by the partner company — brings towel-free warm-air hand drying to testing sites or other locations where people fighting coronavirus need to keep their hands clean.