India’s no 1 playground brand joins hands with Europe’s leading brands

–Koochie Play, Galopin, Play Planet join hands to make the biggest consortium of playground equipment manufacturers in the world

– Pooling in of 50 years of experience and highest product and safety standards for India & Exports

New Delhi; 19^th November, 2016: Koochie Play Systems, India’s leading playground equipment manufacturer, today announced its tie-up with two of Europe’s leading manufacturers – Galopin of Spain and Play Planet, Portugal to form a consortium that will make the highest quality playground equipments for the now discerning Indians.

Koochie Play Systems have collaborated with Galopin, Spain and Play Planet, Portugal to bring the best European designed products along-with best quality and safety to Indian markets. The three giants in the space of designing, manufacturing and installing of children’s playground equipment and outdoor fitness announced their collaboration at a glittering event at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Among others it was attended by Mr. Carlos Jimenez, Chief Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Spain in India, Dr. Anil Safaya, a very distinguished ENT Surgeon and Mr. Minesh Parikh, India’s foremost landscape architect & product designer. The event was also graced by several dignitaries including leading architects, real estate developers of North India and socialites.

Roben Dass, Chairman & MD of Koochie Play Systems said “In bigger cities we usually feel that the children’s play areas are shrinking and it eventually affects their mental as well as physical development. Therefore, it becomes necessary for these children to indulge in outdoor physical activities, apart from that in the school. Now we bring in together our cumulative expertise of producing the safest and best playground equipments to India which will help in enticing the parents and the children alike to use these facilities. We are sure that this new collaboration will help us further strengthen the design domain without losing on the highest standards of safety and quality.”

Koochie Play Systems are the manufacturers and providers of world class outdoor playground equipment that meets all international standards in terms of quality, design and safety. It is the only brand in the Indian Sub Continent to have its products tested and certified by the prestigious quality standard certifiers. Koochie’s playground and outdoor fitness systems are a revolutionary concept that creates state of the art playground, outdoor fitness equipment & safety flooring tiles manufactured to meet all international standards in terms of design, aesthetics and product durability and most importantly child safety.

“Galopin as a brand has since invested heavily in terms of time and money to invent and produce world class outdoor playground equipment that has resulted today in our being the world market leaders. Galopin has for the past few years been looking for an ideal partner to enter India and after many months of due diligence we have found our ideal partner in Koochie Play who are the market leaders here. This joint venture will now allow our brands to offer over 40 years of combined experience and we hope together, to bring a revolution in this industry in India.” says Mr Jorge Morillio, CEO, Galopin Playgrounds, Spain.

The origin of Galopín goes back to more than 30 years, in Spain, where the first altruistic and self-managed community play space was built. Galopin found, through its observation of public-space use, that the quality of design directly impacts community well-being and social cohesiveness.

“Our combined resources in technology, manufacturing processes, product design, research & development, project design, local logistics and service band widths that span across India, will add great value to any customer that will use our products in their projects.  We as a team now, look forward to a new leap of knowledge and experience in the vast markets of India.”  Milva Maggioni, CEO & Project Director, Play Planet Design & Build, Portugal

The Play Planet Design & Build Co. – Furniture, Construction & Landscaping is the fruit of the union of experts with over 18 years of experience in designing and remodelling spaces and in particular designing game spaces, their construction and maintenance for recreation and children fitness.