Innovation Timeline

Setomatic Systems' innovation timeline
Over 50 Years of Innovation:

  • 1959 – Central Control Meters
  • 1964 – Multi-Grip Coin Vaults
  • 1967 – Security Guards for Meter Cases
  • 1969 – Resettable Lock, Multi-Grip Coin Vaults
  • 1977 – Card Technology Central Control Meters w/readers for magnetically encoded cards
  • 1984 – Drop Coin Meters w/digital display (retrofit)
  • 1987 – Drop Coin Meters w/digital display, coins/time count-down (retrofit)
  • 1989 – Drop Coin Meters w/VFD display, coins/time count-down, accountability (for OEM’s)
  • 1991 – Coin Trak – Nine function electronic accountability with infra-red (retrofit)
  • 1995 – Card Technology – ChipCash™ System for Smart Cards, Credit Cards and/or Coins; PAC Smart Card Purchase & Add Value Centers
  • 1996 – Credit Card to Smart Card Kiosk
  • 1997 – Maytag Smart Card Kits, built to the Maytag card ready specifications
  • 1998 – Laundry/Vending-Card Units; certified for Mondex (MasterCard) & Visa Cash “Smart Cards”, used in joint NY roll-out program by Mondex, VisaCash, Chase & Citi Banks
  • 1999 – First “Smart Card On-Line Units”
  • 2001 – Smart Card Systems for Self-Service Car Wash Bays and Vacuums
  • 2002 – MDB Smart Card controller for Hamilton ACW4 Auto Cashier for Automatic Carwash
  • 2003 – MDB Smart Card controller for Unitec Wash Select II for Automatic Carwash
  • 2004 – QuickPay 6000 and 9000 desktop controllers
  • 2008 – Interactive Card Purchase and Recharge System w/PIN debit, credit card and cash
  • 2009 – SpyderWash® Integrated Bluetooth Wireless Credit Card and Loyalty Card System
  • 2011 – Serial interface for Alliance Quantum Controls
  • 2013 – Exclusive Agreement with USA Technologies (Nasdaq; USAT) to partner with our SpyderWash System in the laundry market
  • 2014 – Launch of SpyderWash Elite, and partnership with Softcard, a mobile payment app owned by Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, and T-Mobile. This promotion will allow Laundry owners with our SpyderWash Elite System to offer their customers 25% off washer/dryer transactions with no cost to their operation.
  • 2016 – Spyder Loyalty Kiosk available to purchase or reload loyalty cards
  • 2017 – SpyderWash Mobile App available at both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
  • 2018 – Free Wash and Free Dry Loyalty program options for Laundromat customers
  • 2020 – New EMV Capable Card Reader Introduced
  • 2022 – New Touch Screen Kiosk Introduced with Dual Language option
  • 2022 – Officially EMV Certified for contactless and chip insert payments directly at the washer/dryer