Developed in 19th-century England, the first mechanized clothes dryers were perforated barrels that rotated over flames. Today’s appliances are not so very different, at least in principle, with ...

But despite their small share of the market, gas dryers fill a regional and economic niche that can’t be blown off like lint.

By the time I hired a technician to install the washer and dryer and found out that the dryer was defective, it was more than 48 hours and Home Depot would not switch it for a functional one for me.

This month, the company installed and commissioned a 25-ton, 10-foot-long critical point dryer at its recently christened manufacturing facility in Waltham, MA. This installation makes AeroShield one ...