Kirloskar brothers subsidiaries

Kirloskar Group

Indian conglomerate

Kirloskar Group is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Pune and manufacturing plant in Kirloskarvadi.[1] The group exports to over 70 countries over most of Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe.[2] The flagship and holding company, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd, established in in Kirloskarvadi, kirloskar group is India's largest maker of pumps and valves.[3][4] It was the manufacturer of India's first modern iron plough.[5] One of the group companies is a major component supplier for the Indian Arihant Nuclear Submarine program

Products

The Kirloskar group of companies was one of the earliest industrial groups in the engineering industry in India.

The group produces centrifugal pumps, engines, compressors, screw & centrifugal chillers, lathes and electrical equipments like electric motors, transformers and generators.

Kirloskar oil engines Eco-friendly canned motor pumps. The road on which he started the shop, is today named as Kirloskar Road. This was done for Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, [ 18 ] and on 14 March , commissioned the world's second largest water supply system, with the world's highest head in Andhra Pradesh. References [ edit ].

While Laxmanrao Kirloskar, established the group in , his son Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar played a role in the leadership of the company.[6][7] The company under Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar achieved one of the highest growth rates in Indian history, with 32,% growth of assets from to [8][9]

In , Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India released a commemorative stamp marking the Kirloskar Group's th anniversary.[10]

In , in cooperation with Deutz-Fahr of Germany, Kirloskar began manufacturing tractors.[11] They have since ceased tractor production.

The Kirloskar Group also set up India's second oldest township Kirloskarwadi, Palus which celebrated its centennial in

Kirloskar companies

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

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

KOEL manufactures air-cooled and liquid-cooled diesel engines and power generating sets ranging from a power output of &#;kVA to kVA and solutions ranging up to kVA.

KOEL manufacturing facilities are located in Kagal, Nashik and Rajkot. They also offer engines operating on alternative fuels such as biodiesel, and natural gas.

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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 Compressor Division (ACD), Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Division (ACR), Process Gas Systems Division (PGS) and Transmission Division (TRM).

ACD offers Air and Gas Compressors from 30 to 10, CFM rated capacities; Open-Type Refrigeration Compressors (50 to TR), Vapor Absorption Chillers (90 to TR) and Refrigeration Systems (up to TR).

KPCL offers CNG packages with suction pressure of to 65 bar and gas flow of to 3, SCMH, American Petroleum Institute (API) gas compression packages range from 50 CFM to CFM.

The company also offers wind turbinegearbox ranging from a rated capacity of up to MW and industrial gearboxes rated up to 16 MW.[15]

Produces pig iron and grey iron castings for the automotive industry

Produces centrifugal chillers from TR to TR and air-cooled and water-cooled screw chillers from 40 TR to TR for air conditioning and process cooling applications.

It also offers products for hot water generation including chillers with desuperheaters & heat pumps.

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Established in , Kirloskar Chillers is the largest chiller manufacturer in India,[citation needed] and the first to have its products certified under the AHRI / certification program.[citation needed] The factory at Saswad, 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) produces Toyota vehicles in India
  • Mysore Kirloskar Ltd (MKL) used to produce lathes including CNC type machines which was run by Vikram Kirloskar.
  • Kirloskar Electric Company (KEC) made electrical equipment like transformers, generators and motors, etc. It is not part of the Kirloskar Group anymore.
  • Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) was conceived in at Harihar, Karnataka as a training institute and a knowledge hub where Kirloskar Group managers taught and learned management.

    In , the training institute was opened to students and transformed into a business inception, the bschool has been rated top in the country. Later on, they have established one more campus in pune, Maharashtra.

    Kirloskar brothers biography Unfortunately, he had to quit after 2 years as he was found to be partially color-blind. Biography [ edit ]. Archived from the original on 21 December Acquisitions [ edit ].

    recently the institite has been renamed to "Kirloskar Institute of Management"

Achievements

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd created the world's largest irrigation project, which was commissioned in March , the Sardar Sarovar Dam project for the Gujarat Government. This was done for Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam,[18] and on 14 March , 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 subsidiary SPP Pumps (UK).

It was the first Indian company to get FM certification for its valves.[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 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

The company was one of the country's top ten wealth creators in [22]

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd won the first "best of all" Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award in [23]

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