GIVING A LIFT TO MOBILITY IN INDIA
Q Hello to you both. Thank you for taking the time to talk to us. Just to put us in the picture, can you give us some background on the origins of Gilco Global?
Gilco Global represents the philosophy and quality of Orona in India and has had a strong presence there for over six years now, providing both a quality product and quality services to its customers.
A Gilco Global was founded in 2014 out of a collaboration with the Spanish elevator group Orona. I and Gaurav were already from the construction sector through our various ventures with specialization in engineering design and project management consultancy and had been working on specialized projects from concept to commissioning in the hospital, hospitality and infrastructure sectors. Hence, we were accustomed to buying elevators and mobility solutions for our customers in the past and were well aware of the customer’s perspective and technology requirements for the market in India. As a result of our strong experience in the real estate and infrastructure sectors, Orona extended the invitation to collaborate, which we accepted by creating this company. Additionally, my father, i.e. Sh. Deepak Moudgil, who had retired as Director (Projects) with the oil and gas consultancy Engineers India Ltd, joined us after his retirement and brought with him vast leadership experience across all levels and complexities. We began the journey facing several challenges in creating the resources required to sustain marketing, sales, aftersales and back-office processes. However, the biggest challenge was raising awareness of the Orona brand, which was not known in India, although on a world level it is rated amongst the top elevator companies, has a strong network of over 250,000 solutions running in over 100 countries and is the largest complete lift production capacity in Europe. In fact, one in every 10 lifts in Europe is an Orona. The biggest USP that Gilco Global extends to
