Mac-Gray Launches Web Application to Link Campus Laundry Rooms to Internet

Mac-Gray Corporation, the nation's premier laundry facilities contractor and a provider of other amenities to the multi-housing industry, recently introduced LaundryView(TM). This product, initially being deployed in colleges, enables students to monitor the status of the washers and dryers in their campus laundry rooms from any device that has a Web browser.

BOSTON, MA (PRWEB) March 17, 2004 -Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC), the nation's premier laundry facilities contractor and a provider of other amenities to the multi-housing industry, and the largest provider of such services to the college and university market, recently introduced LaundryView(TM). This product, initially being deployed in colleges, enables students to monitor the status of the washers and dryers in their campus laundry rooms from any device that has a Web browser.

Mac-Gray developed the custom Web application with the help of Boston-based Pixel Bridge Inc., a web consultancy.

LaundryView(TM) is the latest product in Mac-Gray's suite of Intelligent Laundry Solutions(TM). In addition to presenting up-to-the-minute information about the laundry machines, it enables students to be notified of changes through alerts to their computers or cell phones. Each machine reports its status to LaundryView(TM) several times every minute and, from their computers, students can see if the laundry room is busy, and can ask to be notified when machines become available. Once a student has started a machine, they can ask LaundryView(TM) to remind them when the machine completes its cycle.

Bob Tuttle, Vice President of Field Operations at Mac-Gray who oversaw the project, is excited about the new applications potential. LaundryView(TM) is an ideal amenity for the university student of the 21st century," he explains. Our solution helps students address a routine but necessary task like doing laundry much more efficiently."

"Beyond the convenience to the user, LaundryView(TM) can identify machines that need service and automatically notify Mac-Gray. Additionally, by monitoring the number of cycles that a machine has actually completed, it will help us to anticipate required preventive maintenance and possible replacement of equipment," said Neil F. MacLellan, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Mac-Gray.

A demonstration version of LaundryView can be accessed at http://demo.laundryview.com/.

About Pixel Bridge Inc.

Pixel Bridge Inc is a specialty provider of Internet-centric business solutions. The firm helps clients use the Internet to improve marketing, sales, and operations by leveraging a service delivery model that combines strategy, technology, and creative expertise. Headquartered in Boston, Pixel Bridge provides solutions to small and mid-sized organizations as well as business units of Fortune 1000 companies, including Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), ITW (NYSE: ITW), and Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC). For more information contact Pixel Bridge at 617-542-5587 or visit www.pixelbridge.com.

About Mac-Gray Corporation

Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC) is the nation's premier laundry facilities contractor and a provider of other amenities to the multi-housing industry, and the largest provider of such services to the college and university market. Mac-Gray derives its revenue principally through the contracting of card- and coin-operated laundry facilities in multiple housing facilities such as apartment buildings, colleges and university residence halls, condominiums, and public housing complexes. Mac-Gray's laundry facilities business consists of approximately 35,000 multiple housing laundry rooms located in the northeastern, midwestern, and southeastern United States, and the District of Columbia. Mac-Gray also sells, services, and leases commercial laundry equipment to commercial laundromats and institutions. For more information call 1-617-492-4040 or visit www.macgray.com.

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Contacts

Mac-Gray Corporation
James Buckley
Executive Vice President
Sharon Merrill Associates, Inc.
617-542-5300
jbuckley@investorrelations.com

Pixel Bridge Inc
Edith Duncan
617- 542-5587
eduncan@pixelbridge.com