Welcome to Sohan Singh Josh & Sons Ltd, a leading engineering company with a rich history.
We offer a full range of mechanical engineering services designed to address the complex challenges of modern industries. Our team of experienced engineers brings innovation, precision, and efficiency to every project, from initial concept through to final implementation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to deliver exceptional mechanical engineering solutions through precision, innovation, and unwavering commitment to quality. We strive to be a trusted partner to our clients, providing expert reconditioning and fabrication services that enhance performance and reliability.
Our Vision
We have been empowering industries and driving progress for over 70 years. Our diverse team of experts strive to bring together precision and commitment to quality.
Company Journey
Established in 1962 by the founding Father and our late Chairman Dr. Sohan Singh Josh who arrived in Kenya in 1947. He joined his Father Mr. Kartar Singh Mudher who was already settled in Karatina and working for the British as an ironmonger in the railways.
He however had dreams to start up his own workshop and after a brief period working as a machinist for Gailey & Roberts in Nairobi. He started Kartar Engineering Works in 1950 with his late brother Puran Singh Mudher. After working for a number of years the brothers decided to part company and so Sohan Singh Josh & Sons Ltd was established in 1962 by Dr. Josh
Dr. Josh rented a small workshop on Ukwala Road, downtown Nairobi and started initially with a few hand tools, a vice and a welding machine. Over the next ten years he managed to acquire larger machinery allowing him to take on bigger jobs as well as a variety of repair work. It was in the late 60’s that Dr. Josh decided to look into crankshaft rebuilding machinery which was not available in the country, this led him to the UK and then on to the USA where he met William R. Gleason of Gleason Engineering Industries (Texas).Mr. Gleason was the inventor of the submerged arc welding machines used specifically to rebuild worn out crankshaft journals in all types of engines. Dr. Josh seized the opportunity and ordered a machine which was to arrive in Nairobi in 1968, the first one of its kind in Africa besides South Africa, since then, the engine reconditioning business flourished.
With Success in crankshaft rebuilding opened new opportunities as the process involves other tasks like crankshaft grinding Dr. Josh expanded the reconditioning machinery by buying a brand-new crankshaft grinding machine and within five years added four others as well as a range of specialized equipment such as con-rod reconditioning machine enabling him to handle more sophisticated reconditioning jobs. He also bought an Electro Dynamic Balancer (which very accurately can help balance of different types of rotating mechanical components such as propeller shafts, crankshafts, large industrial blower fans) and a brand new in-line boring machine from AMC that very accurately and efficiently bore the engine block where the crankshaft sits, a further step in ensuring precision engineering.
Over the next twenty years more machinery was purchased from the UK and European markets to add to the existing wealth of machinery and emphasis was put on precision quality work rather than quantity, this has been the benchmark of the workshop to this day.
The company celebrated its golden anniversary in 2012, the very year Dr Josh passed away peacefully at his Parklands residence aged 87 (April) having set the solid foundations for the business. Into the new millennium, Deljinder Mudher, the first grandson of Dr Josh now runs the business as the Managing Director. He is qualified Mechanical Engineering post graduate from Brunel University (West London) and has worked as a Project Engineer with Chevron Texaco in the UK for over 8 years. With massive experience, he brings about solution-based approach with inclusivity to bring about quality service delivery.
In late 2016, CMC Nairobi decided to close down the Engineering section. This presented a great opportunity to diverge into the fabrication business which Del Mudher was willing to do. Josh Industrial Estate located at Mombasa Rd, Mavoko had two acres of vacant land where four customised built fabrication warehouses were built. Each warehouse was 600 square metres giving the company 2400 square metres to start the factory in January 2017.
Gurmail Bhamra joined as the factory manager bringing with him 30 years of fabrication experience having worked with CMC Motors.
Having gone through a very tough time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Del Mudher decided it was time to relocate the original workshop from Kamukunji to Josh Industrial Estate in Mombasa Rd. Starting November 2019, 70 machines weighing approximately 70 tonnes where carefully moved over 70 days to the new Godown in Mombasa Rd. Josh House in Kamukunji was given out to rent while the smaller workshop was left open for collection of ongoing work for six months. In July 2020, the smaller workshop was also closed thus bringing to the end 60 years S.S.Josh&Sons presence in Kamukunji. The workshop was reborn and re-opened on the 2nd 0f January 2020 in Josh Industrial Estate, along Mombasa Rd, Mavoko area.
The company celebrated 60 years in operation as an Engineering & Fabrication Business. From humble beginnings Dr. S.S.Josh, his sons and now his grandsons have maintained and built on his legacy. The company employs close to 100 fulltime employees with a turnover of 300M P.A. It has established itself in the fabrication business through Josh quality built trailers.
In a fast changing dynamic & challenging business climate, the company has evolved with the times and continues the legacy of Dr. Sohan Singh Josh
Established in 1962 by the founding Father and our late Chairman Dr. Sohan Singh Josh who arrived in Kenya in 1947. He joined his Father Mr. Kartar Singh Mudher who was already settled in Karatina and working for the British as an ironmonger in the railways.
He however had dreams to start up his own workshop and after a brief period working as a machinist for Gailey & Roberts in Nairobi. He started Kartar Engineering Works in 1950 with his late brother Puran Singh Mudher. After working for a number of years the brothers decided to part company and so Sohan Singh Josh & Sons Ltd was established in 1962 by Dr. Josh
Dr. Josh rented a small workshop on Ukwala Road, downtown Nairobi and started initially with a few hand tools, a vice and a welding machine. Over the next ten years he managed to acquire larger machinery allowing him to take on bigger jobs as well as a variety of repair work. It was in the late 60’s that Dr. Josh decided to look into crankshaft rebuilding machinery which was not available in the country, this led him to the UK and then on to the USA where he met William R. Gleason of Gleason Engineering Industries (Texas).Mr. Gleason was the inventor of the submerged arc welding machines used specifically to rebuild worn out crankshaft journals in all types of engines. Dr. Josh seized the opportunity and ordered a machine which was to arrive in Nairobi in 1968, the first one of its kind in Africa besides South Africa, since then, the engine reconditioning business flourished.
With Success in crankshaft rebuilding opened new opportunities as the process involves other tasks like crankshaft grinding Dr. Josh expanded the reconditioning machinery by buying a brand-new crankshaft grinding machine and within five years added four others as well as a range of specialized equipment such as con-rod reconditioning machine enabling him to handle more sophisticated reconditioning jobs. He also bought an Electro Dynamic Balancer (which very accurately can help balance of different types of rotating mechanical components such as propeller shafts, crankshafts, large industrial blower fans) and a brand new in-line boring machine from AMC that very accurately and efficiently bore the engine block where the crankshaft sits, a further step in ensuring precision engineering.
Over the next twenty years more machinery was purchased from the UK and European markets to add to the existing wealth of machinery and emphasis was put on precision quality work rather than quantity, this has been the benchmark of the workshop to this day.
The company celebrated its golden anniversary in 2012, the very year Dr Josh passed away peacefully at his Parklands residence aged 87 (April) having set the solid foundations for the business. Into the new millennium, Deljinder Mudher, the first grandson of Dr Josh now runs the business as the Managing Director. He is qualified Mechanical Engineering post graduate from Brunel University (West London) and has worked as a Project Engineer with Chevron Texaco in the UK for over 8 years. With massive experience, he brings about solution-based approach with inclusivity to bring about quality service delivery.
In late 2016, CMC Nairobi decided to close down the Engineering section. This presented a great opportunity to diverge into the fabrication business which Del Mudher was willing to do. Josh Industrial Estate located at Mombasa Rd, Mavoko had two acres of vacant land where four customised built fabrication warehouses were built. Each warehouse was 600 square metres giving the company 2400 square metres to start the factory in January 2017.
Gurmail Bhamra joined as the factory manager bringing with him 30 years of fabrication experience having worked with CMC Motors.
Having gone through a very tough time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Del Mudher decided it was time to relocate the original workshop from Kamukunji to Josh Industrial Estate in Mombasa Rd. Starting November 2019, 70 machines weighing approximately 70 tonnes where carefully moved over 70 days to the new Godown in Mombasa Rd. Josh House in Kamukunji was given out to rent while the smaller workshop was left open for collection of ongoing work for six months. In July 2020, the smaller workshop was also closed thus bringing to the end 60 years S.S.Josh&Sons presence in Kamukunji. The workshop was reborn and re-opened on the 2nd 0f January 2020 in Josh Industrial Estate, along Mombasa Rd, Mavoko area.
The company celebrated 60 years in operation as an Engineering & Fabrication Business. From humble beginnings Dr. S.S.Josh, his sons and now his grandsons have maintained and built on his legacy. The company employs close to 100 fulltime employees with a turnover of 300M P.A. It has established itself in the fabrication business through Josh quality built trailers.
In a fast changing dynamic & challenging business climate, the company has evolved with the times and continues the legacy of Dr. Sohan Singh Josh
