Lumax Industries Limited (LIL) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive lighting systems for two and four-wheeler vehicles. Established in 1949 as Globe Auto Industries, the company began manufacturing in 1957 and now operates multiple facilities in Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Pune, and Sanand. LIL serves a prestigious clientele, including Telco, Ford, and Maruti, and exports to the Gulf, Africa, South-East Asia, and Europe. The company has a history of significant capacity expansions and technological advancements, notably increasing headlamps' capacity to 32.5 million units by 2000-01.
LIL has strategically expanded its operations, setting up a design center in Taiwan and multiple manufacturing units, including a state-of-the-art facility in Sanand inaugurated in 2018. The company has consistently invested in R&D and infrastructure, with significant capital expenditures across various plants from 2020 to 2022. Its strategy includes a focus on automotive electronics, as evidenced by new production lines in Bawal, Haryana, and Sanand, Gujarat, in 2022. This positions LIL as a specialized automotive lighting entity following the planned demerger of its Mirror and Filter division.
