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NCDL - 2026

NCDL is India's only dedicated biennial event focused entirely on the Laundry & Drycleaning Industry, bringing together the industry's leading professionals, businesses, suppliers and innovators. Afte…

📅 Sat, 5 Sep 2026 – Sun, 6 Sep 2026 📍 Novotel Kochi Infopark, Kochi, Kerala 🎤 15 Speakers 📋 41 Sessions
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IFB Industries Limited — India's leading fabric care brand
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41
Sessions
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15
Speakers
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9
Sponsors
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Event Days

📌 About this event

NCDL is India's only dedicated biennial event focused entirely on the Laundry & Drycleaning Industry, bringing together the industry's leading professionals, businesses, suppliers and innovators.

After successful editions in Delhi, Mumbai and Goa, NCDL now comes to Kochi for the first time.

Experience Practical Workshops • Industry Awards • Live Demos • Sessions by Industry Leaders — all under one roof.

NCDL 2026 | 5–6 September | Kochi

✨ What to expect

🎯
Practical Guidance

Standards, quality and operations across the laundry industry

🤝
Industry Networking

Meet peers, suppliers and partners from across India

🏢
Supplier Showcase

Explore the latest products and solutions on the floor

📢
Live Q&A

Direct dialogue with regulators, policymakers and BIS reps

🎓
DLAI Programmes

Training, certifications and new sector initiatives

🏆
Best Practices Awards — India

Nominate and Win

Event Details

📅 Starts Sat, 5 Sep 2026
🏁 Ends Sun, 6 Sep 2026
🏷️ Type Flagship Event
👥 Audience Members & Partners
💰 Entry Paid event
📍
Novotel Kochi Infopark
Kochi, Kerala

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STANDARD · 🔒 Members

1 Day Premium Pass

₹4,499
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  • ✓Open Buffet Lunch
  • ✓India Best Practices Award Showdown
  • ✓Access to conference & Exhibition on 5th, 6th Sep 2026 (1 day)
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2 Day Premium Pass

₹5,499
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  • ✓Gala Cocktail & Dinner on 6th Sep 2026
  • ✓Open Buffet Lunch
  • ✓India Best Practices Award Showdown
  • ✓Access to conference & Exhibition on 5th, 6th Sep 2026
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1 Day Platinum Pass

₹6,999
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  • ✓Reserved Lounge Access
  • ✓Reserved VIP Seating
  • ✓Open Buffet Lunch
  • ✓India Best Practices Award Showdown
  • ✓Access to conference & Exhibition on 5th, 6th Sep 2026 (1 day)
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2 Day Platinum Pass

₹8,499
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  • ✓Reserved Lounge Access
  • ✓Reserved VIP Seating
  • ✓Gala Cocktail & Dinner on 6th Sep 2026
  • ✓Open Buffet Lunch
  • ✓India Best Practices Award Showdown
  • ✓Access to conference & Exhibition on 5th, 6th Sep 2026
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2 Day Residential Premium Pass

₹19,499
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Admits 2 Stay included
  • ✓Stay on 5th, 6th Sep 2026
  • ✓Accommodation at Novotel with Breakfast (includes Dinner)
  • ✓Gala Cocktail & Dinner on 6th Sep 2026
  • ✓Open Buffet Lunch
  • ✓India Best Practices Award Showdown
  • ✓Access to conference & Exhibition on 5th, 6th Sep 2026
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VIP · 🔒 Members

2 Day Residential Platinum Pass

₹24,499
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Admits 2 Stay included
  • ✓Stay on 5th, 6th Sep 2026
  • ✓Accommodation at Novotel with Breakfast (includes Dinner)
  • ✓Reserved Lounge Access
  • ✓Reserved VIP Seating
  • ✓Gala Cocktail & Dinner on 6th Sep 2026
  • ✓Open Buffet Lunch
  • + 2 more (see compare ↓)
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VIP · 🔒 Members

3 Day VIP Residential Platinum Pass

₹29,499
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Admits 2 Stay included
  • ✓Additional Stay on 4th Sep 2026
  • ✓Kochi Experience Tour (Laundry Industry Visit/Backwaters/Local Sightseeing) on 4th Sep 2026
  • ✓Stay on 5th, 6th Sep 2026
  • ✓Accommodation at Novotel with Breakfast (includes Dinner)
  • ✓Reserved Lounge Access
  • ✓Reserved VIP Seating
  • + 5 more (see compare ↓)
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  • ●All ticket holders must be current, active DLAI members.
  • ●Minimum 10 tickets per group; any mix of categories allowed.
  • ●Group pricing subject to availability & Events Committee approval.
  • ●One designated contact person required per group booking.
  • ●Cannot be combined with early-bird or other promotional rates.
  • ●Cancellations subject to standard event cancellation policy.
What's included
1 Day Premium Pass
₹ 4,499
2 Day Premium Pass
₹ 5,499
1 Day Platinum Pass
₹ 6,999
2 Day Platinum Pass
₹ 8,499
2 Day Residential Premium Pass
₹ 19,499
2 Day Residential Platinum Pass
₹ 24,499
3 Day VIP Residential Platinum Pass
₹ 29,499
Open Buffet Lunch ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
India Best Practices Award Showdown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Access to conference & Exhibition on 5th, 6th Sep 2026 (1 day) ✓ — ✓ — — — —
Gala Cocktail & Dinner on 6th Sep 2026 — ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Access to conference & Exhibition on 5th, 6th Sep 2026 — ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Reserved Lounge Access — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓
Reserved VIP Seating — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓
Stay on 5th, 6th Sep 2026 — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓
Accommodation at Novotel with Breakfast (includes Dinner) — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓
Additional Stay on 4th Sep 2026 — — — — — — ✓
Kochi Experience Tour (Laundry Industry Visit/Backwaters/Local Sightseeing) on 4th Sep 2026 — — — — — — ✓
Exclusive Welcome Party on 4th Sep 2026 — — — — — — ✓
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Agenda

Event Programme

All timings are indicative. Final schedule confirmed closer to the event.

10:00
Arrival of International Guests & Hotel Check-in
Arrival
11:00
Kochi City Tour
Activity
14:00 → 15:00
Lunch
📍 Lunch Area
Meal
15:00 → 18:00
Factory Visits — Exposure to Indian Laundry & Dry Cleaning Operations
Activity
18:00 → 19:00
Return to Hotel
Activity
19:00
WELCOME PARTY — Welcome Dinner & Networking
Meal
08:00
→ 09:00
Breakfast Meal / Break
📍 Breakfast area
09:00
→ 10:00
Registration & Networking Networking
10:00
→ 10:15
Opening Ceremony Cultural
📍 Exhibition Area
10:15
→ 10:35
President's Address Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Suresh Bhatia
10:35
→ 11:20
90 Days to Reliability: The System Behind Scalable Laundry Logistics Keynote
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Zulfikar Dhanse
11:25
→ 11:40
⭐ Session by IFB Title Sponsor - Slot
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 B Krishnamoorthy
11:45
→ 12:30
Brand Talks Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Munz TDT
12:35
→ 12:45
KILDA Slot Session
📍 Main Auditorium
Regional Developments, Challenges, Initiatives & Best Practices
13:00
→ 14:00
Lunch Meal / Break
📍 Lunch Area
14:15
→ 15:00
Organizing India’s laundry System through Automation Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Saabina Siraj
15:00
→ 15:15
MULA ASSOCIATION SPEECH Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Zarina Ismail
15:15
→ 16:00
AI and future of your Laundry Business Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Rachit Ahuja
16:00
→ 16:15
TNILDA Slot Session
📍 Main Auditorium
16:30
→ 17:00
INDIA PTC the very Best in just a Glance Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Peter Wennekes
17:00
→ 18:00
Pitches of Best Practices Session
📍 Main Auditorium
18:00
Closing Announcements Session
19:00
Dinner & Networking Meal / Break
08:00
→ 09:00
Tea & Breakfast Networking
📍 Foyer area/Breakfast area
09:00
→ 10:00
Networking / Coffee & Delegate Interaction Session
10:00
→ 10:30
Industry Session Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Anil Kumar
10:30
→ 10:45
Informative talk on Sustainability and International trends Sponsors - Slot
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Alexander Sietz
10:45
→ 11:30
Stain Removal Session Workshop
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Ayush Saxena
11:45
→ 12:45
Leather Cleaning Practical Session Workshop
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Ayush Saxena
13:00
→ 14:00
Lunch Meal / Break
📍 Lunch Area
14:15
→ 14:45
Best practices awards and announcement Award
📍 Main Auditorium
14:45
→ 15:30
AGM/TREASURER ADDRESS/GENERAL SECRETARY ADDRESS Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Vikash Das, Ravi Raghav
15:30
→ 16:30
Elections/Voting Session
📍 Main Auditorium
16:30
→ 17:00
Tea break Break
17:00
→ 17:30
BEST PRACTICES ANNOUNCEMENTS BY PETER Session
📍 Main Auditorium 🎤 Peter Wennekes
17:30
→ 18:00
Election Results/OFFICE BEARERS Session
📍 Main Auditorium
18:00
Official Photograph & Convention Closing Session
19:00
GALA DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT Break
07:00 → 09:00
Breakfast
📍 Foyer/Breakfast area
Meal
09:00
Hotel Check-out & Departures
Departure
09:30
Airport Transfers / Departure of International Guests
Activity
Speakers

Meet the line-up

Industry leaders, practitioners and policymakers sharing insights from the floor.

Suresh Bhatia
FEATURED
Suresh Bhatia
President
DLAI
LinkedIn ↗
Zulfikar Dhanse
FEATURED
Zulfikar Dhanse
Founder
Rising Technologies Bahrain / Phoenix Laundry
Zulfikar Dhanse is the Founder of Phoenix Laundry, a premium garment care company across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, and the Konkan coast, and leads Rising Technologies, a Bahrain-based multi-vertical group. A former investment banker, he built Phoenix on The Rising Way, an EOS-based system that turns operational chaos into disciplined 90-day execution, and speaks on building resilient, systemized service businesses.
LinkedIn ↗
B Krishnamoorthy
FEATURED
B Krishnamoorthy
Business Head - Industrial Products
IFB
LinkedIn ↗
M
FEATURED
Munz TDT
LinkedIn ↗
S
FEATURED
Speaker 6
KILDA
Saabina Siraj
FEATURED
Saabina Siraj
Director
Favone Laundromat Pvt Ltd
Saabina Siraj is the director of Favone Laundromat Private Limited based in Trivandrum, Kerala. Saabina is a second generation entrepreneur with an educational background in Engineering and MBA. Saabina is one of the co founders of the brand Fabriclean that provides dry cleaning and laundry services in Trivandrum and Dubai. She and her partner, Niaz Najeeb have recently launched a new brand called Fahosel that provides a single stop dry cleaning/ laundry solutions for all aspects including machinery, chemicals and software.
LinkedIn ↗
Zarina Ismail
FEATURED
Zarina Ismail
President
Malay Unified Laundry Association (MULA)
Rachit Ahuja
FEATURED
Rachit Ahuja
Founder & CEO
Quick Dry Cleaning Software
Rachit Ahuja is a third-generation dry cleaner, founder of Quick Dry Cleaning Software, and one of the founding forces behind the Dry Cleaners and Launderers Association of India, DLAI. His work with 5,000+ laundry and dry-cleaning stores has taken him across the industry and onto international platforms, including CINET in Amsterdam.
LinkedIn ↗
S.N. Ramkumar Raja
FEATURED
S.N. Ramkumar Raja
President
TNILDA
P
FEATURED
Peter Wennekes
President & CEO
CINET
Anil Kumar
FEATURED
Anil Kumar
Founder
NextGen
Drawing upon his experience as a laundry and dry-cleaning entrepreneur, former General Secretary of DLAI, and current business-transformation professional, the speaker presents a practical roadmap for building scalable, profitable and customer-centric fabric-care businesses. The session will explore process standardisation, customer experience, technology, people development, financial discipline, sustainability and scale—helping operators move beyond day-to-day problem-solving towards structured, measurable transformation.
LinkedIn ↗
Alexander Sietz
FEATURED
Alexander Sietz
SEITZ
Ayush Saxena
Ayush Saxena
Director
Stas Group
A Biotechnologist by qualification with 25+ years of hands-on industry experience, Ayush Saxena specializes in chemical product development, process innovation and customized industrial solutions. As part of STAS Group, a chemical manufacturing organization with 40 years of industry expertise, he works closely with businesses across India to understand complex operational challenges and deliver practical, performance-driven chemical solutions.
LinkedIn ↗
Vikash Das
FEATURED
Vikash Das
General Secretary
DLAI
LinkedIn ↗
Ravi Raghav
FEATURED
Ravi Raghav
Treasurer
DLAI
LinkedIn ↗
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Partners & Sponsors

Our sponsors

We're grateful to our sponsors and partners who make this event possible.

Title Sponsor
1 sponsor
IFB
IFB
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Co-Sponsor
1 sponsor
Seitz
Seitz
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Supporting Partner
1 sponsor
Quick Dry Cleaning
Quick Dry Cleaning
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In-Kind Sponsor
1 sponsor
STASH
STASH
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Associate Partners
4 sponsors
CINET
CINET
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KE
Kerala Launderers Association
Tamil Nadu (TNILDA)
Tamil Nadu (TNILDA)
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Punjab Dry Cleaners
Punjab Dry Cleaners
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Media Partner
1 sponsor
WO
World of Hospitality
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