Since 2020, the cleaning industry has seen unprecedented opportunities due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and rising consumer concerns about sanitation and health. Thanks to market demand, technological innovation and policy support, the cleaning industry is gaining great momentum.
On October 20, the first standard of China’s floor scrubber industry – China Household Electrical Appliances Association Standard T/CHEAA 0018-2021 “Household and Similar Use Floor Scrubber” was officially released in Beijing. This standard aims to meet the market demand and innovation needs, focuses on new technology, industry, business models and patterns, clarifies the performance indicators of scrubbing machinery, breaks the current status quo and provides a basis for product development and quality control, which is of great significance for the popularization of the scrubbing equipment.
According to AVC data, floor scrubbers have become an important driving force in the overall market development of cleaning appliances, its market size developing from less than 100 million RMB in 2019 to 1.3 billion RMB in 2020, an drastic increase of 1,200%. In the next few years, the market scale of floor scrubbers may reach more than 100 billion RMB, which will make it the first blue ocean field in the cleaning appliance industry. In order to standardize and guide the development of this new sector, under the guidance of China Household Electrical Appliances Association and the joint promotion of Timco and other enterprises, China Household Electrical Appliances Association Standard T/CHEAA 0018-2021 “Household and Similar Use Floor Scrubber” was publicated.
Wang Lei, secretary-general of the China Household Electric Appliances Association, pointed out at the launching ceremony that the floor scrubber, as an original product, is a pioneering new product area for Chinese enterprises, which not only brings a new experience of consumption and improves the quality of life, but also promotes the development of the cleaning industry and technological progress. China Household Electric Appliances Association hopes that the release of the standard can regulate and guide floor scrubber enterprises to optimize product design, enhance consumer experience, accelerate product popularity, regulate the consumer market, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the market.