Among the firsts were exclusive Pavilions for Laundry, Municipal Corporations and Spares & Parts. For the first time, equipment like centralised vacuum cleaner, dust extractor, dry ice blasting, industrial vacuum cleaner, oil mist collection, coolant recovery systems, indigenously manufactured scrubber driers, floor polishing equipment, and organic waste composter were displayed at the Show. There were also participants offering waste to energy solutions.
Healthcare institutions procuring machines for their inventory got relevant solutions to maintain hygiene in hospitals. Institutions like Fortis and Apollo sought cleaning and maintenance solutions from the right BSCs. Natural, FDI approved and eco friendly Feminine Hygiene products, Urinal Sanitizers with attributes like descaling and Air fresheners working on air movements eliminating Zero Volatile Organic Compounds were also on display. Solutions to perform façade cleaning and ceiling cleaning using tools which are user friendly and ergonomic complemented with energy and water saving parameters was offered at the Show. Visitors could acquaint themselves about waterless washroom products like Urinal Screens and Blocks with Green Seal Certification.
Exhibitors Speak
Clean India Show proved to be a common platform for networking with distributors, potential consumers and trade channels. A Ganesh, Director, Marketing Operations, Indian Subcontinent, Sealed Air said, “The focus of the show was on cleaning and sanitation business, which was relevant and attracted professionals from across industries.”
Puneet Mishra, Head-Forbes Pro Clean Technology Solutions, Eureka Forbes: “The footfall was very good. We got a good number of visitors from various sectors, including industries. The ride on scrubber displayed at our stall drew a lot of attention. Interaction with BSCs and contractors have also been fruitful.”
Vinay Ruparel, MD, Jade Consumer Products and Best Practice Washrooms: “We got good response from customers for our launch of new services for health and industrial sectors. The products and services drew attentions from food processing, healthcare, IT, industries, hospitality and FM Companies too.”
Arun Jatia, Director, Pudumjee Group: “With what has been showcased at CIS, it can be realized that more companies are bringing in environment friendly cleaning chemicals. Until recently there were just a few companies into Green Seal certified hygiene products. Global MNCs are also planning on launching Green Seal Certified products into India. This development will complement the construction of Leed Certified Green Buildings in India.”
Amongst the varied subjects related to the cleaning industry, Medical Tourism and Healthcare Accreditation drew visitor’s response marking the growing awareness levels in terms of cleaning and hygiene globally with healthcare being one of the biggest growing sectors. The industry feels that there is a need for an integrated cleaning approach across all departments of the hospitals. Infection control practices in kitchen and laundry segments were deliberated during the seminars and the show. The trend is that there are strict cost control measures followed for kitchen, laundry and housekeeping in healthcare institutions and at times quality and safety are compromised. In order to address this lacuna, wholesome solutions need to be implemented to supplement infection control efforts. This can be done by upgrading standards in hospitals through accreditation.
Selvaraj Nathan, GM, Marketing, Innovative: “We displayed our widest range of commercial and industrial cleaning machines. There was a mix of visitors from different industries for our specialised machines for the industrial sectors like industrial vacuum cleaners, flux recovery systems, dust collectors, ride on scrubber drier for industrial cleaning.”
Vivek Mata, Managing Director, Charnock Equipments Pvt Ltd: “The show has grown over the years professionally. It has lived up to the international standards. Meaningful visitors came despite cleaning being given the lowest priority in India.”
Sunil Kapoor, National Sales Manager, Karcher India: “The show was important given the growth in various sectors like hospitality, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, and pharma. There was a lot of participation from manufacturing segments.”
Manoj Pachisia, CEO, Origami Tissues: “The Show has served as a good platform for us, as we could network with industry clients including IT. About 30% of the key people we met were involved in the purchase and we also got distribution enquiries. Clients from FM, hospitality and healthcare approached us during the show.”
Prashant Sule, Managing Director, PCIES : “People from the IT segment approached us during the show and the response was good.”
Dr JPS Bakshi , Director, Global Excellence Group: “The industry has grown over the past one decade and the show has been able to generate awareness about technology, chemicals and methods.”
Christopher Blessing, MD, Caere Facility and Resource Management Company: “We are into facility management and indoor air quality solutions. Quality of the customers has been very good.”
Dr C S Kedar, Addl Chief Secretary, KUIDFC
The major issue that concerns any citizen including the government functionaries is the cleanliness of two types of premises. One is the public premises like conference rooms, halls, convention centres, hospitals and the other includes open spaces streets, parks, dump yards and water bodies which ought to be kept clean as cleanliness is the functional responsibility of urban local bodies. This has also been mandated by municipal laws. We can’t accept that marriage halls are dirty and hospitals are having unhygienic environment. It has been experienced that if the premises are kept clean, public will not dump garbage or waste on the premises.When I was the Tourism and Culture Secretary, I had a bad experience wherein people and the hospital staff from the Victoria Hospital in Bangalore used to dump garbage in front of the historical fort adjoining it. In order to dissuade the public from dumping in that area, we constructed a beautiful lawn of six feet all along the boundary of the fort. This lawn was a clean space and people got dissuaded to litter it with even a simple garbage item. Cleanliness is a cycle. Today, infrastructure has grown in magnitude. There are big halls, convention centres and hospitals. Mechanization and chemicals are going to be adopted in a big way. With public, private and NGOs becoming conscious about the usage of chemicals, the chemicals also have to be soft on the nature and people. These kind of Shows are essential to help concerned bodies to identify the right solution.
George Oommen, Managing Director, Excel Group of Companies: “We have been participating in the show since 2006. The show has been helpful in looking for quality of visitors who can be our prospective clients for our channel partners and do good business in the market. We sought association with FM companies during the show.”
This is the first of its kind show, which I have visited. It is very well organized and is a big information and knowledge sharing platform. I am looking for a common solution in terms of chemicals and disinfectants. Though material data sheet is a good source of information, direct interaction with cleaning companies adds value to it. What effect can a particular acid have on the floor, the pros and cons can be ascertained only after using it.Today, healthcare accreditation is a subject not only deliberated by hospital managements but teaching hospitals are also feeling the need. Even patients are aware about accreditation. Corporate hospitals are getting accredited faster than government hospitals.
M Anand, Manager Sales & Marketing, Lanxess India: “This is the first time we are participating in the Clean India Show. We are into raw material supplies to the formulation industry. The response was quite good and would like to associate with Clean India Show in the near future for certain segments like hospital disinfection. We met certain formulators, hospital professionals and people from Southern Railway and FM Companies.”
Pankaj Malhotra, Managing Director, Otto Waste Systems Pvt Ltd: “Our focus is to promote recycling bins. We exhibited FRP bins for paper, plastic, cans and bins for recyclable and the general waste to cater to hospitals, hotels, malls and IT companies. We have got responses from utility people and the private cleaning contractors in the hotels and IT segment.”
Ajeet A Lalwani, Country Head, TSM India Pvt Ltd: “It was a successful exhibition. We got a good number of enquiries as compared to last year Clean India Show held in Mumbai. The show has helped us in promoting our full range of cleaning products like Steam and Vacuum Cleaner, Carpet Cleaning Machine, Industrial Vacuum cleaner and Scrubber Drier.”
Jayesh Patel, National Sales Manager, Ametek Instruments India Pvt Ltd: “We participated in the show to promote Brushless Motors for continuous duty, big High Pressure Blowers for other industrial applications, Flame Proof Motor which finds application in segments like Oil and Gas, Chemicals and other hazardous areas. There was a lot of response especially from manufacturing and industry.”
G Venkat, Director, Divy Clearock Products: “We are promoting cleaning equipment, 3M floor cleaning powders and scrotch guard chemicals through the show. We got focused customers from BSCs and FM companies.”
Nitin Bhatnagar, Director, Haylide Chemicals: “We are promoting a new eco friendly laundry and a new range housekeeping range. The response in CIS Bangalore show is good. The show has created a benchmark as compared to earlier shows in terms of laundry, housekeeping, medical and facility management.”
Sachin Surie, Director, Surie Polex: “The purpose of coming to the Clean India Show is to promote our new range of products for concrete polishing. We have met contractors from the flooring industry. We have showcased concrete grinding machines HSG 500, dust collectors, diamond tools for grinding and polishing of concrete.”
Om Sabu, Director, Soma Specialities: “We have been participating in the Clean India Show since its inception and have got national and international exposure by virtue of the show. It has served as a good platform for the cleaning industry. Newer people should be exposed to newer technologies.”
Sanjay Bajaj, Director, Geekay Industrial Services: “We came to the show to introduce garbage bins and compactors ranging from 120 litres to 1100 litres in the hospitality and Food Processing industries.”
Stefano Gallerani, Area Sales Manager, Borghi Brushes: “We have participated in the show to promote machines for manufacturing brooms and brushes in India because we have seen an increase in sales and demand for such machines over the past few years.”
Pinak Gala, CEO, Clean Care Premium Products: “We were able to represent ourselves with respect to clientele during the show.”
Sanket C Gala, Director, Freudenberg Gala Household Product Private Limited: “The show has provided opportunities for dealerships from south. It has proved to be an ideal platform to increase our penetration in the southern region. We were able to network with dealers, traders and middlemen and the presence of corporates was very strong”.
Dixit Lunkar, Business Head, Impressive 9: “We provide complete range of products for housekeeping, cleaning machines like Scrubber Driers, High Speed Polishers and Single Disc Machines. We got good responses from Housekeeping segment and FM Companies.”
Dinesh Sadasivan, Executive Director & CEO, Ion Exchange Services Ltd (IESL): “Awareness for cleaning and hygiene should be generated. The show has exhibited technologies like Ion Exchange process, Membrane Treatment Processes like Reverse Osmosis, Ultra Filtration, Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and Drinking Water Treatment plant for industrial applications.”
Window and Glass Façade cleaning solutions were on display during the show supplemented by carbon composite user friendly lighter technology equipped to reach a maximum height of 60 feet. As a utility for Cleaning Service Provider, the solutions do not compromise on staff safety.
Jigar Shah, Director, Revachem: “We are building a strong presence in Bangalore with the help of Clean India Show. The idea is to make the company get a feel of the Southern markets like Kerala and Tamil Nadu. We could accomplish 80% of our objective by meeting end customers, tapping the dealer network and channel partners. We got professionals from hospitality, IT, healthcare, contract manufacturing industries and corporate.”
We are one of the oldest companies in Europe in dispensing production. We have been to the Indian market for the first time and could meet many prospective clients. The coverage in the October, November and December 2012 issue of Clean India Journal helped us, as many clients recognised us. The quality of the meeting during the show was very high and people were very refined. We now plan to work with some of them and find out the right partner for exclusive contracts.
Sapor was never in India. So for India, it is a new product. Originally it is a quite old product. It fills the link between a simple bar soap kept in a washroom table and a dispenser kept for hygienic reasons. Organizations recommend that people should not use soap bar and dispenser is a better hygiene solution. But liquid soap dispensers can leak and break; they are not long lasting and expensive. Not everybody can afford to have a liquid soap dispenser in the washroom. So for that reason people are now interested in our product. It will fulfill a lot of needs of the Indian market.
Gaurav Pathak, Director, Thoron Turnkey: “We want to promote a range of steam cleaners for hotel, hospitality, IT, high residential apartments and Steam Master Series industrial range for Food Processing, Cosmetic, Pharma, Dairies, Heavy industry and Automotive sectors. Clients from healthcare, FM, Army, Railways and manufacturing industries approached us during the show.”
Mazhr Topiwala, Director, Mazaf International: Clean India Show is a meeting point for dealers.”
Kingston Kamalesan, Managing Director, Sara Brushware Pvt Ltd: “We are company engaged in Housekeeping products for the past 35 years. We are proud to participate in the show and got a satisfactory response. We got to meet customers from retailers and housekeeping companies.”
A Thyagaraj, Managing Director, Uniclean: “It was a good platform to promote our products like semi professional high pressure washers, domestic vacuum cleaners and mosquito trap.”
Ram Balan, MD, Avon Facility Management Pvt Ltd: “We have had interesting sector of clients and end customers from CISCO, JLL, etc.”
P Prabhakar, Director, Surfactant and Allied Chemicals Pvt Ltd: “We got customers enquiring about Laundry chemicals, kitchenware chemicals, roomcare chemicals and industrial chemicals. FM companies, Engineering Companies, IT companies approached us during the show.”
Shashikamal Garg, Director, 247 Facility Services: “Response during the show was good. It was instrumental in generating good interest among professionals from housekeeping, Security, Gardening and Electromechanical Services.”
JC Rao, Operations Head, Alano Motors Pvt Ltd: “Quality customers from Housekeeping and FM sectors interacted with us.”
Hema Ratna Singh, CEO, Altek: “The show has served as a platform for showcasing our complete range of products and tools for domestic and industrial cleaning like brushes, brooms, wipers and mops. Five to ten per cent of people approached us for bulk orders and rest came for distribution and exports. The show has helped us in providing custom made products for Housekeeping, Facility Management companies, Food Industry and Spice Industry.”
Sachin More, Director, Aqua Clean Systems: “Our product dry ice blasting machine is an ideal solution for Navy, Defence, Railways, Metros and is helpful in cleaning control panels and pavement blocks. We were able to get good responses during the show from manufacturing segment.”
Manoj Mehta, Country Manager, Power Tools Division, Bosch Ltd: “The response during the show was encouraging for us and proved informative for the customers. We promoted our new range of professional high pressure washers for hospitality and FM sectors.”
S M Murali, Manager-Marketing, South-East Asia, Machines Boucherie India Pvt Ltd: “We are manufacturers of machines to produce household and industrial brushes. We are taking part in the Clean India Show to promote our machinery.”
Caitano Fernandez, Managing Director, Cam Industries Pvt Ltd, Goa: “I am associated with many housekeeping companies in Goa. We are promoting tufted mops specially treated with chemicals to attract dust from floor, which no one is manufacturing in India. We have launched it in India for the first time. The second product launched is loop mop in India. We got very good responses from distributors, traders, facility management contractors and direct companies.”
Sanjay Domadia, Director, Domadia BusCon In: “We have come to promote Diamond Pads in the show. The product helps save a lot of money in terms of not using chemicals for facility management. The product enhances the gloss levels on stone, marble, granite and concrete. It is fast catching up globally by virtue of being a low maintenance product with good finish.”
Om Prakash Gothwal, Partner, Gothwal Floor Maintenance: “We are a Delhi based company and have come to tap the southern market. We are promoting Floor polishing and treatment machines for industrial applications. We got a good response during the show.”
Gautam Kulkarni, Chief Executive, Hafi Elektra Pvt Ltd: “We are participating for the first time at CIS to tap the potential clientele and offer solutions to the customer. The show has provided us the opportunity to cater to paper industry, food industry and government sector for our range of Industrial vacuum cleaners and fume extractors.”
Chhavi Vij, Associate Director, Kibble Enterprises: “The response has been very good. We have got enquiries from dealers for distribution. Facility Management companies are interested in distributorship and products. We are launching Combi Tool for glass cleaning. People are interested in our manufacturing products. They like the quality of manufacturing done by Indian company.”
Vaishali D Panchal, Business Officer, Pigeono Control Systems: “The show gave us the platform to interact with FM companies.”
Sandeep Kadam, COO, Hygiene Products, Technocrats Security Systems Pvt Ltd: “The show provided us the opportunity to interact with dealers of hygiene products. Facility professionals from Pharma and Food Processing sectors showed interest in our products.”
Dhruv Sawhney, Proprietor, Wall2wall Property Services: “The response was good. We received enquiries from over 60 people from Housekeeping, Facility Management, Hospitality and IT companies.”
Dr Neil Williams of Loro Group: “The show was very successful. It was more than what we had expected. Even companies like Infosys were interested to know more about our waste to energy technology.”
Lalit Misra, Director, G-Feno Cleanz: “We are into R&D, manufacturing of natural based cleaning products meant for general housekeeping products like Floor cleaners, handwash, toilet bowl cleaners, glass cleaners, water based freshners. We have participated in the show to evaluate the potential of the market. We met a lot of distributors and housekeeping companies during the show.”
K K Bagri, Managing Partner, Shubh Chem: “We sought for people who are into decision making process to facilitate the purchase of our products.”
Nagaraj, Proprietor, Sadhana Enviro Engineering Services: “The company is into supplying municipal cleaning equipment for corporate and municipalities. We want to promote garbage compactors, road sweeping machines, sewer cleaning machines, fogging machines and e-toilet for public utility purposes through this show we are getting good response.”
N R Asha, Proprietrics, Asha Chemicals: “We had a lot of visitors from outside Bangalore like Jaipur, Orissa, Kolkata and Assam. We introduced two new categories of products – hospital disinfectants like sanitizers, antiseptics and veterinary sector.”
Visitors’ Feedback
“It was a very nice show. We were very happy with the kind of exhibitors that were present at the show and the equipment displayed. Yes, we did strike some good deal and are currently in the final stages of discussion and few others are midway. Attending the show has proved to be very beneficial to us. I would definitely attend your upcoming shows.”
G Seshadri, VP – Head of Manufacturing, Nilgiris Dairy Farm Pvt Ltd
“In general the show was very good. The participating exhibitors were also very good. There were mostly mechanical cleaning equipment on display. I was looking out for more of pest control solutions. Cockroach treatment and rat, control. Even though there were a few, one had to search for them. But I must say your guide, the handbook, that you gave was very excellent. Some one-on-one discussions that were arranged were also very good. I will suggest that if you could segregate the stalls according to the industry, it would be all the more useful for people like us. I was impressed by the follow-up of your staff. That was another good aspect of your show.”
Sudheer Reddy A R – Scientist-Genelon Institute of Life Science Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
“The show itself was very helpful with display of innovative machines, we also found partners for collaborative work. It would have been nice if equipment on waste management was given more focus.” As a manufacturer and innovator the seminar provided with a sense of direction on what is expected from the sector.”
K M Premnath, Administration-Cipla, Bangalore
“The show had many exhibitors related to the housekeeping sector that showcased various cleaning equipment allowing us with many choices while selecting a machine for a particular purpose.”
Rakesh Kakkar-General Manager-Crystal Facilities Management Pvt Ltd, Lucknow
“I have attended the last three shows and there are more companies and cleaning equipment showcased this time. Equally important are sewage and glass façade cleaning solution and we could benefit if these areas are focused at the Show.”
Gajendra Singh Parihar, Proprieter-Sandstone, Ahmedabad
I had a very successful three-day visit to the show that had a variety of cleaning equipment showcased and the live demos of the machines has made us induct new equipment into are fold. The exhibiters were very forthcoming to our requests and queries and the meetings set up by the Clean India Show team were beneficial. The Clean India Show team has done a fantastic job in managing the show that had immense potential for beginners as well as industry veterans. It would be really appreciated if in the future some kind of travel arrangements with respect to tie ups with taxis can be done, so as to provide the visitor with ease.”
Vishal Cholkar, Project Leader, HCL Technologies Ltd
Santosh Shivaraj Sajjan, BUS Manager,VE Commercial Vehicle Ltd (Volvo)
“The show was pretty good and a lot of cleaning equipment, heavy duty and otherwise, were on display. I was looking out for cleaning materials manufactured by Indian manufacturers which will help me clean internal parts of an engine like radiator. Though I did not find anyone offering the exact kind of solution matching my expectation, there were some who said they did deal in such but had not displayed it at their stalls. They will be contacting me soon, and I believe we will do business together. I have gathered a lot of information which will be useful to me in the future.”
Arun Kumar, Manager-Operations, Akshaya Patra Foundation
“Catering to the food service, we provide food to over a million children every day, and maintain kitchen area hygienic by using the latest cleaning technology. We as a team assessed all the solutions displayed at the Show and are in in talks with some of the companies to finalise deals. I attended the exhibition for the first time, and I found it quite good in terms of participants and the products displayed. I attended the seminars on all the three days and found them quite informative.”
