FEATURE


The quest for innovation


From fixing cleaning machines of the past to inventing cleaning machines of the future, we learn how Imre Killi came to reinvent floorcare technology.


The cleaning industry has always been a part of Imre Killi’s life. As the son of the founder of Killis, a leading professional cleaning product supplier, he was around the cleaning industry from an early age.


He was also always interested in engineering and how things were made. He’d take toys apart just to


put them back together again, and make


remote control boats with parts he’d found and take them to the local boating lake. So, naturally, when he turned 16 and expressed an interest in joining the Killi family business, his father saw a role for him in their service and repairs team.


From a small room above their shop in the West End of Sheffield, Imre began fixing vacuum cleaners and floor cleaning machines. Quickly he understood how each machine worked, and how the best-performing models were made. Soon he was visiting factories to be trained by manufacturers, gaining even more insight into how each product was designed and engineered.


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After working in servicing for several years, Imre’s knowledge led him to join the Killis sales team. He delivered demonstrations and heard first-hand from end users how each product met, or indeed didn’t, meet their needs. Many cleaning teams were facing the same challenges in small area cleaning, with the dirty mop and bucket first choice over heavy and impractical machines.


Driven to lead change through invention within the cleaning industry, becoming MotorScrubber’s CEO was the natural next step for Imre.


Early innovations


MotorScrubber began with the original MotorScrubber – which is now known as the M3. Combining industrial cleaning power with a compact size, it enables cleaning teams to deep clean hard-to-reach spaces with a machine three times faster than manual scrubbing.


Imre’s first venture into innovation was the evolution of M3. Listening to customer feedback, he asked: “How can we make this better?”


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