The Godrej Enterprises Group is betting ₹350 crore on India’s booming quick-commerce and warehousing sector as its ₹1,000-crore material handling business looks to scale to ₹1,500-2,000 crore over the next two years. The plan is driven by rising demand for forklifts, warehouse automation and intralogistics equipment from companies such as Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, Flipkart and Amazon, sources aware of the company’s growth plans said.
Godrej has set up a new manufacturing facility at Khalapur near Mumbai with an initial production capacity of 15,000 units annually, five times higher than the roughly 3,000-unit capacity at its earlier Vikhroli plant — with plans to eventually expand capacity to 30,000 units.
The invisible warehouse economy
While consumers largely see delivery riders and mobile apps, executives say the real operational complexity lies inside warehouses and fulfilment centres where products are constantly sorted, stacked, lifted and replenished in real time to ensure rapid order fulfilment.
“It’s very easy for us to imagine that 10-minute deliver, you just put it in the app and get it. But if you see the backend of how it happens, there is a huge supply chain continuously working,” Anil Lingayat, Executive Vice President and Business Head, Material Handling Equipment, Godrej Enterprises Group, told businessline.
