Homegrown Johnson Lifts Pines for MNC Status

They are different. And, the play the long-haul game. They do it without much ado. For all that, they have chosen to remain a family owned. Well, Johnson Lifts Pvt Ltd is today an over Rs3000 crore company, commanding a market share in excess of 20% in the Indian organised elevator space. Moving people up and down safely day in day out is their primary focus. To be sure, that’s a 24X7 exercise for them. Selling — nay installing a lift– is one thing. But servicing them till it’s life time — that could be anywhere between 15 and 20 — years is quite an onerous task. That’s where Johnson Lifts has earned the name and reputation for. Not surprisingly, Johnson Lifts finds itself in places like the New Parliament building and the Ram Mandir Ayodhya. Today, Johnson Lifts in an important constituent of the modern infrastructure growth in India. In the emerging geo political dynamics make in India assumes greater focus. And, Johnson Lifts has already achieved a localisation over 90%. A debt free and a family owned enterprise with well spread production network and robust R&D spend is now pining to become an India multinational enterprise. With a headcount over 9000 people, the Chennai based Johnson Lifts has quietly gone on a mission mode.