I&I cleaning chemicals are chemicals that are used for cleaning in I&I cleaning chemicals sectors, such as manufacturing, commercial offices, banks, hospitals, hotels, food processing companies & electronic equipment. Hygiene and cleanliness in Industrial & institutional sectors generally refers assessment and control of physical, chemical, biological or environmental hazards in the workplace or community that could cause injury or disease. The industries require different types of cleaners based on their specific needs. For instance, in hospitals, cleaners are required for cleaning blood, body fluids, and tissue on instruments and in the hotel industry, they are required for cleaning ovens and grills, dishwashing, among other applications which require specific type of cleaners.

Vendors who fall into this category receive high scores for most of the evaluation criteria. They have strong and established product portfolios and a very strong market presence. They provide mature and reputable data integration tools and have strong business strategies.

They are established vendors with very strong business strategies. However, they offer less products in the market. They focus on a specific type of technology related to the product.

Innovators are the vendors who have demonstrated substantial product innovations as compared to their competitors. They have very focused product portfolios. However, they do not have very strong growth strategies for their overall businesses.

The emerging players specialize in offering highly niche solutions and services. They do not have strong business strategies as compared to the established vendors. I&I CLEANING CHEMICALS MARKET, BY PRODUCT TYPE METAL CLEANERS Metal Cleaners are segmented on the basis of chemistry as aqueous cleaners and solvent based cleaners. Aqueous cleaners are the most widely used cleaners for metal cleaning with the market share of nearly 85%-87% as of 2015. Solvent based cleaners which are high in VOC content and toxicity as compared, and are banned in most of the developed countries in north America and Europe, account for remaining 13%- 15% of the metal cleaning market. GENERAL CLEANERS General cleaners includes cleaning chemicals used for floor care, hard surface care, and carpet care. They are used to clean and maintain the basic hygiene at the work place.The below table contains the final ingredient share of the genral cleaners and their split by two general cleaning segments i.e., floor care, sanitary wares, glass surfacesand carpet care.