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CONSTRUCTION KONE Elevator India, a leading provider of elevators, escalators,
KONE ELEVATOR INDIA STRENGTHENS KARNATAKA
PRESENCE WITH EXPANDED BENGALURU BRANCH AND
SOUTH REGIONAL OFFICE

and automation solutions, has strengthened its presence in
Karnataka with the expansion of its Bengaluru Branch and South
Regional Office in Hebbal, Bengaluru.
The expanded facility serves as KONE’s Bengaluru Branch and
South Regional Office, supporting Sales, Installation, Service
and Modernization operations across Karnataka while providing continues to attract significant investments across IT,
regional leadership and operational support for KONE’s business manufacturing, healthcare and mixed-use infrastructure, driving
across South India. The office was inaugurated by Amit Gossain, sustained demand for smart, connected and sustainable vertical
Managing Director, KONE Elevator India & South Asia, and Murali mobility solutions. KONE’s expanded office supports this growth
Malayappan, Chairman and Managing Director of Shriram by providing customers with faster service, enhanced lifecycle
Properties Limited, along with other distinguished guests. support and closer collaboration.
The office supports operations across key cities including Mysuru, Speaking on the development, Amit Gossain, Managing Director,
Mandya, Kolar, Tumakuru, Chamarajanagar and other parts of KONE Elevator India & South Asia, said, “Karnataka continues to
Karnataka. It will also function as an experience centre showcasing be one of KONE’s most strategic growth markets, driven by rapid
KONE’s latest elevator solutions, digital technologies and smart urbanization, world-class technology ecosystems and increasing
People Flow®️ innovations. investments in residential, commercial and
KONE Elevator India is supporting several landmark projects across infrastructure development. The expansion
Karnataka, particularly in Bengaluru’s high-growth corridors. The of our Bengaluru Branch and South
company has partnered with leading developers and enterprises Regional Office strengthens our ability
including ITC Green Centre, IKEA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), to support customers across Karnataka
ITPL, Embassy Group, Titanium Tech Park, Sattva Group, LabZone, while providing regional leadership for our
Metro Cash & Carry, Karle Group, Sobha Group, Goyal & Co., business across South India. This investment
Shriram Properties, SNN Group, Kalyani Tech Park, SJR Group, Carl brings us even closer to our customers, enabling faster response
Zeiss, Wistron and GE HealthCare, Keya Homes, commercial, times, stronger lifecycle support and enhanced collaboration
healthcare, technology parks and mixed-use developments. across the region. Beyond serving our customers better, it reflects
Karnataka is one of India’s fastest-growing markets for premium our long-term commitment to Karnataka by creating skilled
residential developments, Global Capability Centres (GCCs), employment opportunities and contributing to the development
commercial real estate and technology parks. Bengaluru of smarter, safer and sustainable cities.”

DEEPTECH COMPANY ENLITE SECURES SECOND PATENT manage operations consistently across properties in different
THAT HELPS REDUCE COMPLEXITY IN COMMISSIONING locations, without compromising on accuracy or efficiency.
AND OPERATING INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS Gaurav Bali, Co-Founder and CEO of
Enlite, a homegrown deep-tech company building intelligent Enlite, said, “Our first patent proved the
infrastructure systems, has been granted its second Indian patent hardware could go wireless. This one proves
for an invention titled “System and Method for Cloud-Based the entire configuration process can move
Configuration of Building Management Controller(s).” The patent to the cloud too. Together, they show what
covers Enlite’s proprietary system for centrally configuring and a full-stack Indian building automation
managing building management controllers through a secure, company looks like.”
cloud-based framework. It reduces the complexity involved in Garima Bharadwaj, Co-Founder and CTO
commissioning and operating intelligent buildings. of Enlite, added, “Building automation
Configuring field devices across multiple sites remains one of the has always been a physical process, one
most time consuming and resource intensive parts of building engineer, one site, one week at a time. This
automation. Traditionally, this has required engineers on site to patent moves it into software. Configuration
configure each controller by hand, and to repeat the process from now happens from the cloud, anywhere, in
scratch whenever operational changes were needed. Enlite’s newly minutes.”
patented technology takes a cloud-native approach instead. The technology is expected to benefit commercial buildings,
Controller configurations can be created, modified, tested, and airports, hospitals, industrial facilities, educational campuses,
deployed remotely through a centralized system. By digitising this hospitality properties, and data centres, all of which rely on
process, the system shortens commissioning timelines, reduces secure, scalable, and centrally managed building systems.
manual intervention, and lets building automation projects roll With this second Indian patent, Enlite continues to build out its
out faster and at scale. The patented system also supports remote IP portfolio and its position as a company developing genuinely
maintenance, real-time synchronisation, version control, and domestic, full-stack innovation in smart infrastructure and building
reliable configuration management. This lets building operators automation.

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