subject: Pressure Cleaners - A Current Look At The State Of The Industry [print this page] Author: Jevon Clark Author: Jevon Clark
Pressure cleaners, sometimes also referred to as waterblasters, high pressure water cleaners, steam cleaners (in relation to hot water pressure cleaners), is an area of technology which has been dominated by the Italians with a strong manufacturing industry supporting this product category. Ten to fifteen years ago, around 60 manufacturers of pressure cleaners existed in Italy which is disproportionately much higher than any other country in the world. Only recently, China has begun manufacturing and now have many manufacturing bases cloning pressure cleaners based on cleaners from Italy. Whilst the entry of China into the pressure cleaner market has been very quick, the quality of the manufacturing process as well as the materials used are not the same as used in Italy. In the area of pressure cleaners, China have made large inroads into the market of petrol powered pressure cleaners by cloning mostly Honda motors. With manufacturing costs more attractive than anywhere else, the machines in various sizes and performance ranges have made a high performing pressure cleaner a very affordable option to the small electric pressure cleaners which cannot match the performance of the gasoline/petrol units. The Chinese market has produced a number of small electric cold water pressure cleaners with varying levels of success in relation to reliability but the foray into Hot Water pressure cleaners has been much more limited. The hot water pressure cleaner which heats its own water within the unit, is a much more complicated unit than the much simpler, less complex cold water pressure cleaner. Once quality control improves and the quality of steel is also improved, the Chinese machines will make very fast inroads into the Commercial/Industrial market of Hot Water Pressure Cleaners. The pressure cleaner industry worldwide is not as collectively organised compared to the motor car industry, leaving very little statistical data in relation to market share or joint manufacturing research and development.The larger companies are concerned about sharing technologies and sales figures, therefore have no immediate want for an all encompassing body. The other stumbling block with obtaining statistics from companies is that not of them rely on the same markets.Some focus solely on the small domestic markets with electric cleaners, others on the industrial markets with large petrol machines while the main companies manufacture machines for all types of markets. Small electric pressure cleaners dominate the market share in Australia based on sales numbers. This could also be similar around the world, although as noted above, there are no statistical evidence to prove this.About the Author:
