Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) ( ) is a

pump A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy. Pumps can be classified into three major groups according to the method they u ...

manufacturing company involved in engineering and manufacture of systems for fluid management. Established in 1888 and

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d in 1920, KBL is the flagship company of the $2.5 billion

Kirloskar Group Kirloskar Group is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Pune. The group exports to over 70 countries over most of Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe. The flagship and holding company, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd, established in 1888, is India's l ...

. The market leader in fluid management, KBL provides fluid management solutions for large infrastructure projects in the areas of water supply, power plants, irrigation, oil & gas and marine & defence. The company engineers and manufactures industrial & petrochemical, agriculture & domestic pumps, valves and hydro turbines. In 2003 KBL acquired SPP Pumps (UK), United Kingdom and established SPP INC, Atlanta, USA, is as a wholly owned subsidiary of SPP, UK and expanded its international presence. In 2007, Kirloskar Brothers International B.V., The Netherlands and Kirloskar Brothers (Thailand) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary in Thailand were incorporated. In 2008, KBL incorporated Kirloskar Pompen B.V. which acquired Rodelta Pumps International B.V. in 2015 in The Netherlands. In 2010 KBL acquired Braybar Pumps, South Africa and in 2012 it established a manufacturing facility in Egypt as SPP MENA. KBL has joint venture cooperation with

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, Japan since 1988 under Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Ltd. Kirloskar Corrocoat Private Limited is joint venture cooperation with Corrocoat, UK since 2006. KBL acquired The Kolhapur Steel Limited in 2007, Hematic Motors in 2010.

Research and development

KBL invests in resources on research and engineering. This includes sump model studies, intake studies analysis using computational

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techniques, surge analysis, cavitation studies, seismic analysis, vibration analysis, and transient analysis. The company has 17 patents since 2006 and presents various technical papers to

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as well as at

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in the United States.

Achievements

Kirloskar Brothers 2020 stampsheet of India

* KBL created the world's largest irrigation project at the time (March 2007). This was the Narmada Project implemented on behalf of the

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. * Kirloskar Brothers has been closely associated with India's nuclear program and has made canned motor pumps for pumping heavy water which are deployed at Indian Nuclear Power Plants. * KBL is also the first Indian company to get

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certification for its

valves A valve is a device or natural object that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are technically fittings ...

. * Kirloskar Brothers has a presence in over 80 countries * Kirloskar Brothers Ltd is one of the oldest companies in India and was the first

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company in India to sell products under an Indian brand in the late 1880s.Indian Industrialists
Books.google.com. Retrieved on 2020-01-31. * Kirloskar Brothers Ltd received the

N-STAMP in 2012 and is the first Indian company in rotating equipment to receive this as well as amongst a few companies in the world to have this

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* Kirloskar Brothers Ltd is also one of the first pump companies to have an all women operated and managed manufacturing plant at

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

, which is the second largest metropolitan city of state

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in India Kirloskar Brothers Ltd produces a pump every 20 seconds at it all women plant
''The Economics Times'' (2013-04-06). Retrieved on 2020-01-31. * KBL also aided the Thai govt in the rescue operation in saving the football team that were trapped in the water filled cave of July month of 2018.

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