The Global Awards organised jointly by WRP and CINET, had over a 100 extraordinary nominees coming from 35 countries. Finally, about 30 companies pithed their story to 20 international jury members consisting of industry experts. “It is a very good initiative and brought several countries on one platform,” said Mohana M, Managing Editor of Clean India Journal, who was part of the jury.
The entries received and the efforts put in to profile their business during the selection process were excellent. The program had two categories, Textile Cleaning and Textile Services. The GBPA were given to:
Best Overall Award TC: Beijing Fornet Laundry Services from China. - Best Overall Award TS: Logo Tex from Hungary.
- Innovation Award TC: Laundrapp from the UK.
- Innovation Award TS: Synergy Health from the Netherlands.
- Sustainability Award TC: Fashion Cleaners from the USA.
- Sustainability Award TS: CHMS from Germany.
Special Awards for Corporate Social Responsibility were presented to:
- Orange Sky Laundry
- Esat l’Eventail “Pressing de la Sarre”
- Chetna (Dibella, Lamme, Blycolin)
- Qingdao Jieshen Xidi Co. Ltd
- BleskInCare/ Novost laundry
- Crouse’s Cleaners
- Korea Laundry Co. Ltd. (WashEnjoy)
- Prestige Cleaners
Laundry companies looking at new markets
The laundry and dry cleaning segment world over is witnessing new trends in different markets. Clean India Journal interacted with global manufacturers and suppliers at Texcare 2016, Frankfurt, to understand the changing trends and innovations in the laundry care segment.
The focal point of laundry today is on networking all processes in accordance with Industry 4.0, sustainable conversion to ‘smart laundries’, innovations for contact less laundry registration, visualizing all processes in real-time, intelligent storage systems and use of robot technology. These are some of the futuristic trends that is likely to envelope most of Europe, America and other Western parts of the world.
Today manufacturers of laundry equipment and chemicals are driven by meeting demands for energy efficient and water efficient solutions which is largely seen in almost all markets, especially growing markets. Much of these machines are suitable for Indian commercial, retail and hospitality laundry sectors. Industrial machines that traditionally require 40 gallons per wash cycle, the new range of machines take half the water.
L – R: JP Nair, MD-VIS along with Dirk Mertins-GM, Seitz; Sandeep Sood-MD, India and Alexander Seitz-MD, Seitz
Kannegiesser which had the biggest booth of almost the size of a hall, showcased the full range of industrial solutions, including robot run machines. Alliance introduced machines with higher capacity and smaller footprint besides Girbau, Lavatec, Electrolux, Dexter, Jensen, Milnor, Seitz, Christeyens, Union, Renzacci, Kreussler, Miele and other leading player displaying much advanced laundry and dry cleaning machines, laundromats, eco-friendly chemical and dispensing system and sorting and pressing solutions.
Many of the companies already having presence in India either through an agent or directly, are looking at establishing partners and distributor network. Manufacturers of laundry and dry cleaning machines, while servicing the stable European market, are looking at Africa, Asia, Far East, Middle East, Latin America and North America as potential markets for expansion. About eight Indian companies from the linen and textile end also participated in the expo.