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Tamil Nadu Laundry Association Meet

he Tamil Nadu Industrial
Laundry & Drycleaners
Association (TNILDA)
hosted its AGM recently in
TChennai, bringing together
industry leaders, business owners
and experts from the laundry
and dry-cleaning sector. The
event commenced with the lamp
lighting by Chief Guest Sudip
Sengupta, Vice President-Hotel
Green Park, Chennai; Mangala
Chandran, Editor-in-Chief, Clean
India Journal; Anup Poddar-DLAI;
founding TNILDA Executive
Committee members; Ramkumar relevance and importance of the challenges for service providers
Raja, President-TNILDA and C association in industry growth, with low market knowledge, and
Srinivasan, VP-TNILDA. requested everyone to stand united access to skilled manpower. He
Sudip Sengupta, a doyen in the in one of India’s fastest growing suggested ways to market online
textile and garment industry, shared industries. He also highlighted and offline, presenting a clear
valuable inputs on prospects in some of KILDA’s key initiatives in picture on how to handle issues
the keynote speech. Highlighting the past. arising from operational issues.
the importance of laundry for a Key sponsors and exhibitors The other speakers included
hotel, he and drew attention to the showcased laundry machinery, Lawyer Chidambaranadhan
challenges faced by them doing detergents and automation speaking on legal issues,
the job in-house. He mentioned the technologies. Molikule Pvt compliance issues faced by
industry outsourcing laundry work Ltd, Buzil Rossari, Diversey, members across verticals; tax
over a period due to shortage of Urba, Swan Chemicals, Promac consultant Rupesh on GST
trained manpower and rising costs. Technologies and Ampro Q rules and regulations, various
The president deliberated presented their latest offering in statutory compliances besides
on the industry laundry sector assisting efficiency and reducing TNILDA Joint Secretary Antony
growth, challenges faced and operational cost in laundry. Wilfred, Treasurer S Thirumoothy
the association’s efforts towards Industry veteran Venkat spoke and Executive Director Jeeva
new benchmarks. Anup Poddar about B2B market analysis, growth Gunasekaran rendering the vote of
highlighted sustainability in opportunities via strategies for thanks.
the laundry business, latest enhancing service quality and The TNILDA Meet 2025
advancements in eco-friendly optimizing costs. He provided reinforced the association’s
cleaning solutions and the scope of insights on fabric care, energy- commitment to knowledge-sharing,
the laundry/dry-cleaning industry. efficient practices, waste reduction, business growth and industry
He touched upon the importance challenges in attaining growth and development for the laundry and
of an association and its need in a areas to focus on for profitability. dry-clean sector, paving the way
growing sector. S Thirumoorthy talked on for a stronger and more sustainable
Mangala Chandran spoke about B2C business, its potential and future.
the importance of hygiene across a
range of industries like hospitality,
healthcare and workplace. She
dwelt on the importance of laundry
in these places, focussing attention
on a clean workplace becoming
a necessity rather than a luxury.
Valsan, President of the Kairali
Industrial Laundry & Drycleaners’
Association, stressed on the

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