INTERNATIONAL
CINET cooperated with 35 co-host associations around the world, around 20 country coordinators and close to 100 volunteers to get the Cinet World Congress and Global Best Practices Awards 2024 off the ground. The event was staged during Texcare 2024, in Frankfurt, Germany.
According to the organisers, 500 participants and visitors registered for the event, and around 10,000 online followers witnessed the Congress programme over two days.
Participants were inspired to meet and interact with fellow professionals which was extremely effective. In-depth discussions resulted in a wide variety of new understandings and business cards were exchanged with both dinners well attended by almost 300 people.
Round Table Talks followed six key topics, including dynamic marketing directions; overviews of the latest technologies with a short- and longer-term perspective; clear conclusions on sustainable/circular solutions; services models designed for B-2-B and B-2-C client demands, and; human resource management issues.
FULL ROOM: Alexander Seitz, Seitz Company, led a seminar at the Cinet World Congress
The 20 country coordinators produced Country Reports to provide insights in the market characteristics/trends in Professional Textile Care (PTC) business developments. More than 40 representatives were introduced and welcomed by Cinet CEO, Peter Wennekes and IDC secretary general, Chris Tebbs. Speakers from all parts of the world shared their insights and Cinet’s international partner suppliers provided their vision on future innovations.
The crowning moment of the event was the presentation of the Global Best Practices Awards 2024 held at a flag ceremony where the country winners received the Country Award from Peter Wennekes, CEO of Cinet and Chris Tebbs of the IDC.
Winners of the different categories were:
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• Au Chee Cheong of I-WASH Laundry, Singapore, Sustainability Award 2024
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• Mohd Hafizul bin Razali of LONDRI, Indonesia, Innovation Award 2024,
• Dino Kantzavelos of TSC Wetclean, Canada, Sustainability Award 2024
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• Beijing Fornet Laundry, China, Overall Award 2024
• Jad Halaoui of Washmen Laundry LCC, UAE, Innovation Award 2024,
• Maurits Tiethoff and Ruben van Pelt of DOBBI, The Netherlands, Sustainability Award 2024
In the money
The much-anticipated Growth Hacker Award worth €20,000 went to George Tsaknakis, Tsaknakis Carpet Cleaning. The criteria evaluated on the characteristics of New Business and market potential to enlarge the market for PTC Cleaning. After careful consideration, the jury decided to provide the award to Tsaknakis Carpet Cleaning.
The Lifetime Award 24 was presented to TP Chan of Laundry Network Singapore.
The documents, videos, presentations and reports from the two-day event are available upon request via the Cinet website
