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EDITORIAL

Catch-22: While subscription models on
cleaning equipment offer flexibility, they
often lead to reduced service levels as
principal employers slash equipment costs
from SLAs, leaving businesses with a choice
between high upfront costs or compromised
service quality.

he third quarter is always a a strong demand for machines at competitive
hectic time for businesses. Teams prices, digitization has gained momentum, and
are focused on closing out the automation is gradually increasing.
year’s targets, budgeting for the In contrast, the laundry service segment,
Tnext, strategizing future goals, which is booming, is becoming increasingly
and celebrating successes. At Clean India cost-sensitive, leading to inconsistent equipment
Journal, our editorial team has been hard at purchasing patterns. Faced with a wide range
work capturing industry trends, understanding of brands and price points, laundry operators
market demands, analyzing growth patterns, and
engaging with key players to develop the focus are either directly procuring branded machines
story for this November issue. This story will from international manufacturers or opting for
provide valuable insights into the global cleaning unbranded or cheaper local alternatives.
and laundry industry, as India continues to be a Finally, we would like to thank Tony
sought-after destination for manufacturers. Chazhoor, MD-IP Cleaning India Pvt. Ltd (A
Over the past two decades, there has been a Tennant Company), for organizing the Indian
consistent effort to see a growing demand for delegation’s visit to the Tennant headquarters
mechanization, and more recently, automation in Minneapolis, USA. It was a memorable
and digitization. Interestingly, the focus is experience filled with lots of learning and
now on increased demand for digitization fun too.
and, to some extent, automation. However, Happy Networking at the Clean India Show
there remains a limited supply of customized from November 21 to 23.
solutions.
The services segment, which accounts for
60-70% of cleaning equipment consumption in
India, is experiencing the highest demand for
outsourced facility management. While there’s Mohana M

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