Established in 1927 as Wilson Electric Works by the Daruvala family, Sterling & Wilson was formed in 1971 with the Shapoorji Pallonji Group taking a 51% stake in the company. Till 1997 the company was mainly focused on the Mumbai and Delhi markets providing services for the entire HV (High Voltage) & LV (Low Voltage) Electrical Systems. In the initial years, the company had been associated with several prestigious projects that included Reserve Bank of India, World Trade center, New India Assurance, NCPA etc Mr. Khurshed Daruvala joined his family business in 1997 and along with the new management team chalked out the growth plans for Sterling and Wilson.

In the initial years, the focus was to make Sterling and Wilson a national electrical contracting company. There was a large requirement from the IT sector for having contractors with a National presence as they were expanding rapidly countrywide. With developers planning a National expansion and with the retail, mall and multiplex boom in its infancy, the need for a national contractor would only grow. From one branch office in 1997 Sterling and Wilson established 17 branch offices till date to cater to its clients National needs.

Consistent and repeat orders by many key clients enabled Sterling & Wilson to become India’s leading Electrical contracting organization. Almost 65% of its order booking was coming from existing clients that include Tata Group, Raheja Group, Citibank, Dell, Intel, ICICI Bank, Indian Hotels, Wipro, Hiranandani Group, Ericsson, Bharti, PVR, Inox, etc