Kirloskar Group is an Indian
conglomerate, headquartered in
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
. The group exports to over 70 countries over most of
Africa
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,
Southeast Asia
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and
Europe
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. The flagship and holding company,
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) ( ) is a pump manufacturing company involved in engineering and manufacture of systems for fluid management. Established in 1888 and incorporated in 1920, KBL is the flagship company of the $2.5 billion Kirlosk ...
, established in 1888, is India's largest maker of
pumps and valves.
It was the manufacturer of India's first modern iron
plough. One of the group companies is a major component supplier for the indigenous
Arihant Nuclear Submarine program.
Products
![Kirloskar engine](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Kirloskar_engine.jpg)
The Kirloskar group of companies was one of the earliest industrial groups in the engineering industry in India. The group produces
centrifugal pump
Centrifugal pumps are used to transport fluids by the conversion of rotational kinetic energy to the hydrodynamic energy of the fluid flow. The rotational energy typically comes from an engine or electric motor. They are a sub-class of dynamic ...
s,
engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
s, compressors, screw & centrifugal chillers, lathes and electrical equipments like
electric motors
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate forc ...
,
transformer
A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer' ...
s and
generators. While
Laxmanrao Kirloskar
Laxmanrao Kashinath Kirloskar (20 June 1869 – 26 September 1956) was an Indian businessman. He was the founder of the Kirloskar Group.
Biography
Laxmanrao was born on 20 June 1869, in a Maharashtrian family in Gurlahosur, a village in Belga ...
, established the group in 1888, his son
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar played a role in the leadership of the company. The company under
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar achieved one of the highest growth rates in Indian history, with 32,401% growth of assets from 1950 to 1991.
In 1988,
Rajiv Gandhi, the then
Prime Minister of India released a
commemorative stamp
A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date such as an anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object. The ''subject'' of the commemorative stamp is usually spelled out in print, unlike defi ...
marking the Kirloskar Group's 100th anniversary.
In 1974, in cooperation with
Deutz-Fahr
Deutz-Fahr () is a German agricultural machinery manufacturer. It was established in 1968 after the acquisition of the majority of share capital in FAHR, a leading company already producing agricultural equipment in the previous century, ...
of
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, Kirloskar began manufacturing
tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most commo ...
s. They have since ceased tractor production.
The Kirloskar Group also set up India's second oldest township
Kirloskarwadi in
Maharashtra, which celebrated its centennial in 2010.
Kirloskar companies
*
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) ( ) is a pump manufacturing company involved in engineering and manufacture of systems for fluid management. Established in 1888 and incorporated in 1920, KBL is the flagship company of the $2.5 billion Kirlosk ...
Kirloskar Brothers Limited Kirloskar may refer to
*Kirloskar Group an Indian conglomerate that relates to
** Kirloskar Brothers, a pump manufacturing company
** Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited
**Toyota Kirloskar Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota, which is partly owned by Kir ...
Kirloskarvadi
Kirloskarwadi is an industrial township that developed around the Kirloskar Brothers Ltd factory in the Palus Sangli district, in Maharashtra state, India. It is the second oldest industrial township in India. On 10 March 2010, Kirloskarwadi c ...
,
Palus
Palus may refer to:
* Palus, Maharashtra, a place in India
* 24194 Paľuš, a main belt asteroid, named for Pavel Paľuš (born 1936), Slovak astronomer
* Palus tribe, or Palouse people
* ''Palus'', a grade of gladiator
See also
* Palu (dis ...
,
SPP Pumps (UK), Kirloskar Ebara Pumps
Kirloskarvadi
Kirloskarwadi is an industrial township that developed around the Kirloskar Brothers Ltd factory in the Palus Sangli district, in Maharashtra state, India. It is the second oldest industrial township in India. On 10 March 2010, Kirloskarwadi c ...
Palus
Palus may refer to:
* Palus, Maharashtra, a place in India
* 24194 Paľuš, a main belt asteroid, named for Pavel Paľuš (born 1936), Slovak astronomer
* Palus tribe, or Palouse people
* ''Palus'', a grade of gladiator
See also
* Palu (dis ...
., Braybar Pumps Ltd., (South Africa) and Kolhapur Steels Ltd.
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. Kirloskar Brothers Limited was established in 1888.
*Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL)
KOEL manufactures air-cooled and liquid-cooled
diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-ca ...
s and 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 as
biodiesel
Biodiesel is a form of diesel fuel derived from plants or animals and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is typically made by chemically reacting lipids such as animal fat ( tallow), soybean oil, or some other vegetable oil ...
, and
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...
. 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.
*
Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited
Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited (KPCL) is one of the core Kirloskar Group companies and was founded in 1958 by Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar. The company offers engineering products and is represented by offices across the globe. KPCL s ...
KPCL has four strategic business units, namely,
Air Compressor
An air compressor is a pneumatic device that converts power (using an electric motor, diesel or gasoline engine, etc.) into potential energy stored in pressurized air (i.e., compressed air). By one of several methods, an air compressor forces ...
Division (ACD),
Air Conditioning
Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C or AC, is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior environment (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling ...
and
Refrigeration
The term refrigeration refers to the process of removing heat from an enclosed space or substance for the purpose of lowering the temperature.International Dictionary of Refrigeration, http://dictionary.iifiir.org/search.phpASHRAE Terminology, ht ...
Division (ACR), Process Gas Systems Division (PGS) and
Transmission
Transmission may refer to:
Medicine, science and technology
* Power transmission
** Electric power transmission
** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power
*** Automatic transmission
*** Manual transmission
*** ...
Division (TRM).
ACD offers Air and Gas
Compressors
A compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. An air compressor is a specific type of gas compressor.
Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transp ...
from 30 to 10,000 CFM rated capacities;
Open-Type Refrigeration Compressors (50 to 500 TR), Vapor Absorption
Chiller
A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid coolant via a vapor-compression refrigeration, vapor-compression, adsorption refrigeration, or absorption refrigerator, absorption refrigeration cycles. This liquid can then be circulated th ...
s (90 to 500 TR) and Refrigeration Systems (up to 800 TR).
KPCL offers
CNG
Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of , usually in cy ...
packages with suction pressure of 0.5 to 65 bar and gas flow of 300 to 3,500 SCMH,
American Petroleum Institute
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry. It claims to represent nearly 600 corporations involved in production, refinement, distribution, and many other aspects of the pet ...
(API) gas compression packages range from 50 CFM to 6000 CFM. The company also offers
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
gearbox
Propulsion transmission is the mode of transmitting and controlling propulsion power of a machine. The term ''transmission'' properly refers to the whole drivetrain, including clutch, gearbox, prop shaft (for rear-wheel drive vehicles), differe ...
ranging from a rated capacity of up to 2.5 MW and industrial gearboxes rated up to 16 MW.
*Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited
Produces
pig iron
Pig iron, also known as crude iron, is an intermediate product of the iron industry in the production of steel which is obtained by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a high carbon content, typically 3.8–4.7%, along with silic ...
and
grey iron
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
castings for the automotive industry
*Kirloskar Chillers Private Limited
Produces
centrifugal chillers from 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 with
desuperheaters &
heat pump
A heat pump is a device that can heat a building (or part of a building) by transferring thermal energy from the outside using a refrigeration cycle. Many heat pumps can also operate in the opposite direction, cooling the building by removing h ...
s.
Established in 1995, Kirloskar Chillers is the largest chiller manufacturer in India, and the first to have its products certified under the
AHRI
The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), formed in 2008 by a merger of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA), is a North American trade association of ...
550/590 certification program. The factory at
Saswad
Saswad is a municipal council located on South-Eastern corridor of Pune district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Saswad is situated on the banks of the Karha River. Saswad is about 31 km from Pune-Central Station.
History
Saswad is a ...
, near Pune, also has the first AHRI-certified chiller test facility in India. It is also the only Indian company to manufacture centrifugal & screw chillers under one roof.
*
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM) is an Indian joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation (89%) and Kirloskar Group (11%), for the manufacture and sales of Toyota cars in India. The headquarters are located in Bidadi, Karnataka, ...
(TKML) produces
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
vehicles in India
* Mysore Kirloskar Ltd (MKL) used to produce
lathes
A lathe () is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to cre ...
including
CNC
Numerical control (also computer numerical control, and commonly called CNC) is the automated control of machining tools (such as drills, lathes, mills, grinders, routers and 3D printers) by means of a computer. A CNC machine processes a p ...
type machines which was run by
Vikram Kirloskar.
* Kirloskar Electric Company (KEC) made
electrical
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by ...
equipment like
transformer
A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer' ...
s,
generator
Generator may refer to:
* Signal generator, electronic devices that generate repeating or non-repeating electronic signals
* Electric generator, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.
* Generator (circuit theory), an eleme ...
s and 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 managers all over the country. Later on, the second branch has been opened at Pune, Maharashtra.
Achievements
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) ( ) is a pump manufacturing company involved in engineering and manufacture of systems for fluid management. Established in 1888 and incorporated in 1920, KBL is the flagship company of the $2.5 billion Kirlosk ...
created the world's largest irrigation project, which was commissioned in March 2007, the
Sardar Sarovar Dam
The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a concrete gravity dam built on the Narmada River in Navagam near the town of Kevadiya, Narmada District, in the state of Gujarat, India. The dam was constructed to provide water and electricity to four Indian state ...
project for the Gujarat Government. This was done for Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, and on 14 March 2008, commissioned the world's second largest water supply system, with the world's highest head in Andhra Pradesh. 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. 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
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 numerous countries including Egypt.
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 ...
,
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
. The company was one of the country's top ten wealth creators in 2007.
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd won the first "best of all"
Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award in 1992.
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