About Trends
Trends tracks changes in the cleaning business and the people behind it. It records leadership moves such as Varun Karthikeyan taking over as Managing Director of Roots Multiclean, company milestones such as the anniversary of All Services and JohnsonDiversey becoming Diversey, and tributes to NS Rao of PCI and Rupali Sethi of Manmachine India.
Recent reporting looks at India as a base for making and exporting cleaning equipment, the manufacturing ecosystems of Kärcher and Roots in Coimbatore, the market for smart cleaning and hygiene, and cleaning robots at Ahmedabad's airport. Earlier news covers foreign waste shipped to India, Kolkata's garbage compactor stations, Central Railway's tunnel laundry and cleaning for automobile plants and refineries.
It is useful for business owners, suppliers and buyers who want to follow who is investing, launching or changing course in the sector.
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- India is Ready: The Emerging Global Base for Cleaning Business Why India is moving from importing cleaning equipment and chemicals to making and exporting them
- Smart Cleaning & Hygiene Market to Hit $15.2 billion by 2033 The IMARC forecast for the global smart cleaning and hygiene market and what is driving it
- Coimbatore Offers a Complete Ecosystem to Manufacture: Kärcher India Why Kärcher chose Coimbatore for manufacturing, localisation and supply chain
- Roots Multiclean: Creating a Strong Base for Equipment Manufacturing Varun Karthikeyan on how Roots Multiclean helped build a local supply chain
- NS Rao Remembering the Legend The life of NS Rao, founder of PCI and father of India's pest management industry
- Foreign waste dumped in India How household waste from England and the USA reached India despite the Basel Convention
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Adopts Fully Automised Cleaning Robots Ahmedabad airport's move to fully automated cleaning robots
Questions readers ask
How big will the smart cleaning and hygiene market be?
An IMARC Group study projects the global smart cleaning and hygiene market to reach USD 15.20 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 13.15% from 2025. Read the article
Who was NS Rao?
NS Rao founded PCI and is widely accepted as the father of the Indian pest management industry. Read the article
What does the Basel Convention ban?
It bans the export or shipping of hazardous waste from rich countries to poor ones. The article reports household waste from England and the USA being sent to India in violation of its norms. Read the article