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Kirloskar Group

Kirloskar Groupis an Indianconglomerate,headquartered inPuneand manufacturing plant inKirloskarvadi.[1]The group exports to over 70 countries over most ofAfrica,Southeast AsiaandEurope.[2]The flagship and holding company,Kirloskar Brothers Ltd,established in 1888 in Kirloskarvadi, kirloskar group is India's largest maker ofpumpsand valves.[3][4]It was the manufacturer of India's first modern ironplough.[5]One of the group companies is a major component supplier for the IndianArihant Nuclear Submarineprogram

Kirloskar Group
Company typeCorporate group
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1888;136 years ago(1888)
FounderLaxmanrao Kirloskar
HeadquartersPune,Maharashtra,India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Sanjay Kirloskar
(CMD,Kirloskar Brothers Limited)

Atul C. Kirloskar
(Chairman, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited)

Rahul C. Kirloskar
(Chairman,Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited)
Products
Number of employees
18,000
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.kirloskar

Products

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Kirloskardiesel generatorunit photographed in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Kirloskar engine driving a water pump inNamibia

The Kirloskar group of companies was one of the earliest industrial groups in the engineering industry in India. The group producescentrifugal pumps,engines,compressors, screw & centrifugal chillers, lathes and electrical equipments likeelectric motors,transformersandgenerators.WhileLaxmanrao Kirloskar,established the group in 1888, his sonShantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskarplayed a role in the leadership of the company.[6][7]The company underShantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskarachieved one of the highest growth rates in Indian history, with 32,401% growth of assets from 1950 to 1991.[8][9]

In 1988,Rajiv Gandhi,the thenPrime Minister of Indiareleased acommemorative stampmarking the Kirloskar Group's 100th anniversary.[10]

In 1974, in cooperation withDeutz-FahrofGermany,Kirloskar began manufacturingtractors.[11]They have since ceased tractor production.

The Kirloskar Group also set up India's second oldest townshipKirloskarwadi,Paluswhich celebrated its centennial in 2010.

Kirloskar companies

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Kirloskar Brothers LimitedKirloskarvadi-Palus,SPP Pumps (UK),Braybar Pumps Ltd., (South Africa) and Kolhapur Steels Ltd.[3][4]Kirloskar Brothers produces Centrifugal pumps from 0.1 kW to 26 mega-watts single pumps, pumping liquids in excess of 35,000 liters/sec thus producing some of the largest pumps by size and horsepower.[12][13]Kirloskar Brothers Limited was established in 1888.[14]

  • Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Limited Kirloskarvadi
  • Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL)

KOEL manufactures air-cooled and liquid-cooleddiesel enginesand power generating sets ranging from a power output of 2.1 kVA to 1010 kVA and solutions ranging up to 5200 kVA. KOEL manufacturing facilities are located in Kagal, Nashik and Rajkot. They also offer engines operating on alternative fuels such asbiodiesel,andnatural gas.Their generating sets are branded as KOEL Green Gensets in India and Kirloskar Green for exports. KOEL also has significant presence outside India, with local offices set up in Dubai, South Africa, Kenya and Texas.

KPCL has four strategic business units, namely,Air CompressorDivision (ACD),Air ConditioningandRefrigerationDivision (ACR), Process Gas Systems Division (PGS) andTransmissionDivision (TRM).

ACD offers Air and GasCompressorsfrom 30 to 10,000 CFM rated capacities;Open-Type Refrigeration Compressors(50 to 500 TR), Vapor AbsorptionChillers(90 to 500 TR) and Refrigeration Systems (up to 800 TR).

KPCL offersCNGpackages with suction pressure of 0.5 to 65 bar and gas flow of 300 to 3,500 SCMH,American Petroleum Institute(API) gas compression packages range from 50 CFM to 6000 CFM. The company also offerswind turbinegearboxranging from a rated capacity of up to 2.5 MW and industrial gearboxes rated up to 16 MW.[15]

  • Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited[16]

Producespig ironandgrey ironcastings for the automotive industry

  • Kirloskar Chillers Private Limited[17]

Producescentrifugal chillersfrom 250 TR to 2400 TR and air-cooled and water-cooled screw chillers from 40 TR to 550 TR for air conditioning and process cooling applications. It also offers products for hot water generation including chillers withdesuperheaters&heat pumps.

Established in 1995, Kirloskar Chillers is the largest chiller manufacturer in India,[citation needed]and the first to have its products certified under theAHRI550/590 certification program.[citation needed]The factory atSaswad,near Pune, also has the first AHRI-certified chiller test facility in India.[citation needed]It is also the only Indian company to manufacture centrifugal & screw chillers under one roof.

  • Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited(TKML) producesToyotavehicles in India
  • Mysore Kirloskar Ltd (MKL) used to producelathesincludingCNCtype machines which was run byVikram Kirloskar.
  • Kirloskar Electric Company (KEC) madeelectricalequipment liketransformers,generatorsand motors, etc. It is not part of the Kirloskar Group anymore.
  • Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) was conceived in 1991 at Harihar, Karnataka as a training institute and a knowledge hub where Kirloskar Group managers taught and learned management. In 1995, the training institute was opened to students and transformed into a business school.Since inception, the bschool has been rated top in the country. Later on, they have established one more campus in pune, Maharashtra. recently the institite has been renamed to "Kirloskar Institute of Management"
    Stamp Issued by India Post on the 100 years of the founding

Achievements

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Kirloskar Brothers Ltdcreated the world's largest irrigation project, which was commissioned in March 2007, theSardar Sarovar Damproject for the Gujarat Government. This was done for Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam,[18]and on 14 March 2008, commissioned the world's second largest water supply system, with the world's highest head in Andhra Pradesh.[citation needed]Kirloskar Brothers is associated with India's nuclear program and has made canned motor pumps for pumping heavy water which are deployed at Indian Nuclear Power Plants.[19]Kirloskar Brothers Limited is also a supplier of FM UL certified pumps along with its subsidiarySPP Pumps (UK).It was the first Indian company to get FM certification for itsvalves.[20]Kirloskar Brothers has a presence in numerous countries including Egypt.[21]

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd is also one of the first pump companies to have an all women operated and managed manufacturing plant atCoimbatore,Tamil Nadu.The company was one of the country's top ten wealth creators in 2007.[22]

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd won the first "best of all"Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awardin 1992.[23]

References

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  1. ^"Offices: Contact Us: Kirloskar Brothers Limited".kirloskarpumps.Archived fromthe originalon 5 July 2012.
  2. ^"Website reference – Global Presence (retrieved on 16-Mar-2015 16:37 IST)".Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2015.
  3. ^ab"Kirloskar Brothers supplies the largest splitcase pump in India".WorldPumps.8 March 2011.
  4. ^ab"Kirloskar Brothers commissions India's largest concrete volute pumps".WorldPumps.12 April 2011.
  5. ^"Vikram S Kirloskar, Vice Chairperson of Toyota Kirloskar Motor, passes away".Moneycontrol.30 November 2022.Retrieved30 November2022.
  6. ^"S. L. Kirloskar, 90, Industrialist in India".The New York Times.6 May 1994.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved14 April2023.
  7. ^"Video | All in the Family: Kirloskar Brothers"– via ndtv.
  8. ^Herdeck, Margaret; Piramal, Gita (10 March 1910).Indian Industrialists.Three Continents Press.ISBN9780894104152.Retrieved17 August2014.
  9. ^"Time Magazine article on Mr S.L. Kirloskar".Time.13 November 1964. Archived fromthe originalon 21 December 2007.Retrieved17 August2014.
  10. ^"Kirloskar Group postage stamp".Indianpost. 20 June 1989.Retrieved17 August2014.
  11. ^[1]Archived23 September 2006 at theWayback Machine
  12. ^"Kirloskar Brothers supplies the largest splitcase pump in India".Worldpumps. 8 March 2011.Retrieved17 August2014.
  13. ^"Kirloskar Brothers commissions India's largest concrete volute pumps".Worldpumps. 12 April 2011.Retrieved17 August2014.
  14. ^"History of the pump industry".Worldpumps.Retrieved17 August2014.
  15. ^"Pneumatic".kirloskarpneumatic.
  16. ^"Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited (KFIL) - Pig Iron and Casting Manufacturers in India".Archived fromthe originalon 4 February 2020.Retrieved30 January2019.
  17. ^"Kirloskar Chillers".kirloskarchillers.
  18. ^TNN (21 March 2008)."Kirloskar Brothers Limited awarded for creating World largest Irrigation scheme, The Sardar Sarovar Narmada Scheme".Articles.economictimes.indiatimes. Archived fromthe originalon 12 August 2011.Retrieved17 August2014.
  19. ^"CONTACT".India's first NewsPortal on Projects.Archived fromthe originalon 7 September 2012.Retrieved12 December2020.
  20. ^"Kirloskar Brothers FM UL certification".Machinist.in. 30 August 2011.Retrieved17 August2014.
  21. ^"Kirloskar worldwide presence and history".Businesstoday.intoday.in. 10 July 2011.Retrieved17 August2014.
  22. ^"India's Top 10 Wealth Creators".Us.rediff.Retrieved17 August2014.
  23. ^SHRAWAN (29 May 2013)."Annex iv: list of award winners of rajiv gandhi national quality awards"(PDF).New Delhi:Bureau of Indian Standards.Retrieved15 May2014.
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