Kalinchowk Trading Co. (KTC) is the authorized agent/exclusive dealer of Alfred Kärcher GmbH (Germany), Clariant Ltd. (Switzerland/India), Sonax (Germany) and Filmop SRL (Italy). Over the years, KTC has developed various distribution strategies to effectively market the imported products for customers in Nepal.

CLARIANT is a leading global specialty chemicals manufacturer. The company has grown out of the Sandoz Chemicals division. Clariant operates worldwide with more than 100 Group companies in five continents. It is domiciled and headquartered in Muttenz near Basel/Switzerland.

KTC has been the authorized agent of Clariant (Switzerland) Ltd. and Clariant (India) Ltd. since 1979. KTC has been importing and distributing Clariant's dyes and chemicals in the Nepalese markets. Dyes and chemicals include products such as water softeners, dispersants, leveling agents, carriers-dyeing accelerants, anti-creasing agents, after treatment chemicals, Foron dyes, Lanasyn dyes, and Sandolyn dyes. KTC, in recent years, has been able to achieve sales of Clariant products in the local market in excess of Rs. 35 million. Clients include carpet dyeing industries, textile and garment industries, leather goods manufacturer, and pashmina industries.

Visit Clariant's corporate website at www.clariant.com

KÄRCHER is the acknowledged world leader in high pressure cleaning equipment and in other diverse range of industrial cleaning machines. It manufactures the most complete and most popular line of commercial and consumer cleaning products in the world. It is based in Winnenden, Germany. KTC has been the authorized agent of Alfred Kärcher GmbH since 1993.

KTC imports and sells Kärcher brand of cleaning equipments and chemicals. KTC employs a team of experienced sales people, customer service staff and repair technicians to support Kärcher business. Additionally, KTC also maintains an inventory of spare parts for Kärcher equipments. KTC supplies Kärcher cleaning equipments and chemicals to a wide range of clients - from hotels, office building operators to construction companies and manufacturing industries. In a short span of time, KTC has been able to capture the largest market share in cleaning equipment sector and become helped Kärcher become a household name in Nepal.

To promote Kärcher equipments, especially the high pressure cleaners, KTC operates Karcher Service Station. It not only serves as a vehicle service facility that uses only Kärcher brand of cleaning equipments and chemicals but also as a demonstration venue for different equipments to entice potential customers. This firm also has vehicle repair and maintenance facility and employs a team of skilled vehicle repair technicians and mechanics.

Kärcher is one of the corporate sponsors of Panasonic Toyota F1 team.

Visit Kärcher's corporate website at www.karcher.com

SONAX is the leading brand in the international vehicle care market. The company offers solutions that respond to customer needs in the most diverse areas including "Do-It -Yourself" (DIY) products, car wash programme products, products for professional vehicle care and additional services. The DIY range contains top-quality products for cleaning and caring for paintwork, chrome and plastic parts, windscreens, upholstery, leather, cockpit and the whole car interior too. The list goes on with products for tending to wheel rims, tyres, engine parts and a comprehensive range of winter products. The programme also meets the highest demands for the care of two-wheelers. It also offers value-preserving additives and products for repairing and maintaining the core of every vehicle - the engine - in addition to the convincing solutions for maintaining and preserving external attractiveness, namely the SONAX "Formula 1 Performance" product range. In addition Sonax is successful with a high-quality range of car wash products for use in car wash stations, conveyors and self-service car-wash facilities. Sonax is headquarted in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany.

Sonax is one of the official suppliers of McLaren Mercedes F1 Team.

Visit Sonax's corporate website at www.sonax.com