City Lifts India Celebrates 40 Years of Lifting India’s Vertical Mobility

City Lifts India Limited, India’s leading elevators, escalators, auto walks, and car parking solutions manufacturing company, recently marked its 40th Foundation Day, commemorating four decades of delivering reliable, innovative, and safe vertical and horizontal mobility solutions across India. The Company announced its next–phase growth roadmap and campaign #LiftingTheCities during the event.


Since its inception in 1985 by entrepreneur Late Mr V. Rajagopalan with an objective to address the country's expanding vertical and horizontal transit needs, over the last forty years, the company has grown into a trusted name with a pan-India presence and a reputation for excellence. The company’s core mission—ensuring customer satisfaction through continuous innovation and prompt service—remains as relevant today as it was at its start.

Navin Rajagopalan, Director, City Lifts India Limited, remarked, “Reaching our 40th Foundation Day is a proud and humbling moment, as we are successfully taking our Founder’s vision ahead. For four decades, City Lifts India has remained steadfast in delivering safe, reliable, and technologically advanced vertical mobility solutions. This achievement reflects not just our organizational strength, but the sheer mission, dedication, and trust of our entire team, partners, and customers. As we look ahead to the next phase, we remain committed to expanding our footprint across geographies and micro-markets of India, enriching customer experiences through innovation, and fostering an environment of safety, quality, and shared success.”

Highlights from Four Decades of Excellence:

• Technology Leadership: Pioneered advanced solutions such as gearless traction systems, MRL (Machine-Room-Less) configurations, and intelligent Destination Dispatch Systems to enhance energy efficiency, passenger experience, and space optimization.
• Safety as a Priority: Embedded comprehensive safety features in all products—from emergency brakes and backup power systems to behavior-oriented safety training for employees—reinforcing City Lift’s commitment to rider and workplace safety.
• Quality Assurance: Leveraged premium materials, stringent in-house quality control, and industry-standard testing protocols across every stage—from procurement to installation—to elevate reliability and durability.
• Strategic Alliances: Partnered with global technology leaders such as KOYO (China), Nidec, and Samjung Tech to integrate leading-edge elevator and parking technologies into its offerings.
• Forward-Looking Growth Strategy: Targets significant revenue doubling and deepened market penetration via expansion into Tier II and III cities, enhanced after-sales services with AI/IoT-driven predictive maintenance, and robust employee training initiatives.

As City Lifts India Ltd. embarks on its fifth decade, it has plans to scale up its escalators and elevators portfolios by introducing state-of-the-art, modern and hi-tech equipment with IoT capabilities. The Company is also eying mega infrastructure projects like Metro Stations, Airports, etc for its elevators and auto walks solutions. Already a trusted name across the developers’ fraternity, City Lifts India is expanding its developers’ sales network for its elevators.

Said Rajagopalan, “We are scaling new heights—expanding geographic reach, elevating customer support, embracing cutting-edge technologies and deepening workforce development. The company’s steadfast dedication to excellence positions it well to remain a leader in India’s vertical mobility industry.”