After investing $15 million in India over the past two years, Hong Kong-based logistics and information-management firm Crown Worldwide Group plans to take its total investment in the country to $30 million over the next two years, with another $15 million earmarked for expanding its information management and workplace-services businesses as rising demand from Global Capability Centres (GCCs), hybrid-work restructuring and stricter compliance requirements under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework reshapes the market for enterprise infrastructure and data-governance solutions.
The investment reflects a broader transformation in Crown’s India strategy, from a relocation-led logistics business to a higher-value enterprise infrastructure platform spanning records management, document digitisation, workplace asset management and information-governance services.
The privately held company, which generates about $600 million in annual global revenue, is targeting more than ₹500 crore in revenue from India by 2030, up from around ₹350 crore in FY25. Executives said the India business is growing at 10–12 per cent annually, making it one of Crown’s fastest-growing markets.
India has emerged as one of Crown’s top five global markets and now contributes nearly 10 per cent of group revenue, underscoring the country’s increasing importance in the company’s Asia growth strategy.
As part of that expansion, Crown on Monday inaugurated a new facility in Coimbatore built on a 4.5-acre site. The facility has an initial capacity of more than 468,000 standard carton equivalents (SCE) and can be expanded to 720,000 SCE in a second phase through an additional 45,000 square feet.
The site will support Crown Information Management, Crown Relocations and Crown Workspace, including its Renew Centre, which focuses on refurbishing and reusing workplace assets.
“India is one of our fastest-growing markets and this new facility strengthens our ability to support clients with physical document and corporate asset storage, digitalization and information-management solutions,” Jennifer Harvey, Group CEO of Crown Worldwide Group, said in a statement.
Harvey said India is becoming increasingly important as Asian economies expand and demand rises for infrastructure partners capable of managing both physical and digital business assets. The company is repositioning itself from a records-storage provider to a broader data-governance partner, helping enterprises manage both physical and digital information across sectors such as banking, healthcare and legal services.
The company is also investing in AI-led document digitisation and workflow automation. “We invest in markets with sustained growth and India continues to stand out in that regard,” said Tze Shen Kong, Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Crown Worldwide Group. “This facility significantly strengthens our ability to serve clients operating in and out of India.”
At the same time, Crown is accelerating its sustainability-led logistics strategy in India. More than 20 per cent of its city fleet has already transitioned to electric commercial vehicles, while nearly 40 per cent of energy consumption across Indian facilities is supported by renewable-energy infrastructure.
Srinivas Krishnan, Regional Managing Director, South Asia, said India is “not just a growth market for Crown, it is increasingly central to how we are building capacity for the region.”Crown now operates in more than 13 Indian cities and has expanded specialised capabilities in records management, workplace services and fine-art logistics.
As India tightens data-governance regulations and GCC-led enterprise infrastructure demand accelerates, “Crown is positioning itself for a logistics market where growth increasingly comes not from transportation alone, but from managing information, assets and workplace infrastructure in an increasingly digitised economy.” Krishnan, Regional Managing Director, further explained.