The Indian vending machine market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 14.9 percent during 2020-26. The rapid urbanization across the country and the development of smart cities have been increasing the demand for vending machines. The sky rocketing growth of the food & beverage industry is another key growth factor for the vending machine manufacturing industry. However, the health sector, specifically the domain of hygiene has still not been exposed to the utilization of vending machines at a sizeable scale. Moreover, educational institutions and offices necessitate the installation of sanitary napkin vending machines to eliminate the lack of proper female hygiene and ensure better menstrual health.
This is where Tendril Products comes into the picture to provide sanitary napkin vending machines loaded with quality sanitary pads of all sizes. They also offer disposal machines such as sanitary bins and sanitary napkin incinerators. Along with their array of customised service, Tendril ensures menstrual hygiene while protecting the privacy of their female demographic at the location of the installation. Their product labelled as Pinkz Sanitary Napkin Vending Machine can be installed anywhere in both rural and urban locations. Since 2018, Tendril Products has been circulating its products and services in 53 cities and villages of India benefitting over five lakh girls and women.
Quality Assurance
Tendril’s Pinkz Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines dispenses quality sanitary pads of all sizes in exchange of currency coins from Rs.1 to Rs.10, metal tokens, button for free vending, QR code for digital payments and prepaid RFID cards. Their Sanitary Napkin Incinerator with anti-pollution unit burns the used pads converting the fumes into non-toxic smoke without particles while releasing less than 1mg of ash. Tendril’s Pinkz Sanitary Bin segregates the used period products from the dry and wet waste by using oxo biodegradable liners and deodorizer.
Keeping the wide range of the user’s age groups in mind Tendril Products simplified design and customised service provides uninterrupted and a zero functional complication experience. Aarti, Co-Founder and Partner of Tendril Products adds,“I was surprised and saddened to learn that many women in the suburbs of Mumbai were clueless on the benefits and the uses of hygienic period products for menstruation and that they have and continue to suffer from major health complications due to their lack of awareness on the topic.
It was then in 2016, that I started working closely with local NGOs, doing sessions on menstrual hygiene, across small villages and locations in and around Mumbai, while simultaneously thinking of a delivery model and system that provided these women with quality, low cost, and hygienic period products easily, privately, and independently. It was through these forums and our extensive research on vending machines prompted both, Lakshman & I to start Tendril Products, a company that would manufacture vending machines to dispense sanitary pads for anyone, anytime, anywhere”.
Almost 90 percent of these Plug-and-play machines are Currently installed, serviced, And maintained at offices, Factories, malls, schools, Colleges, hostels, clinics, and Hotels, both in urban and Rural areas
Aarti Sharma further adds, “Almost 90 percent of these plug-andplay machines are currently installed, serviced, and maintained at offices, factories, malls, schools, colleges, hostels, clinics, and hotels, both in urban and rural areas. In fact, this year our vending and disposal machine line would include service access to other organic hygiene products such as tampons, cups, and diapers. In addition, we are currently discussing, with a renowned pharmaceutical company and pharmacy chain, to include the dispensing of approved Over-the-Counter medicines through vending machines, the next big revolution in the vending machine industry for India”.
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