Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited (KPCL) is one of the core Kirloskar Group companies and was founded in 1958 by

Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (28 May 1903 – 24 April 1994) was an Indian businessman who was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group. S. L. Kirloskar was the son of Laxmanrao Kirloskar, who established the Kirloskar Gro ...

. The company offers

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

products and is represented by offices across the globe. KPCL serves major sectors like Oil and Gas,

Steel Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant ty ...

Cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...

, Food and Beverage,

Railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Defense Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense industr ...

and

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. Their product range includes air compressors,

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 systems, process gas systems, vapour absorption chillers and industrial gearboxes.

History

Kirloskar Brothers Limited was founded in 1888 by Mr L. K. Kirloskar, the Kirloskar Group is one of India's oldest, multi-product, multi-location, diversified engineering conglomerate with annual sales exceeding $2.5 billion. It gave India its first iron plough, water pump, diesel engine and machine tool.. The compressor business was divested from Kirloskar Brothers Limited to form Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited (KPCL) in 1958. The Kirloskar group of companies was one of the earliest industrial groups in the engineering industry in India. The group produces pumps, engines, compressors,

lathe 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 c ...

s and electrical equipment like motors,

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 (it is the world's largest genset manufacturer). Laxmanrao Kirloskar established the group, after which his son

S. L. Kirloskar Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (28 May 1903 – 24 April 1994) was an Indian businessman who was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group. S. L. Kirloskar was the son of Laxmanrao Kirloskar, who established the Kirloskar Gro ...

became its head.

Businesses

KPCL has four

strategic business units A strategic business unit (SBU) in business strategic management, is a profit center which focuses on product offering and market segment. SBUs typically have a discrete marketing plan, analysis of competition, and marketing campaign, even though t ...

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

Air Compressor Division (ACD)

ACD is engaged in the design, manufacture, supply and erection/commissioning of a wide range of air and gas compressors. This encompasses the reciprocating and rotary (screw and centrifugal) compressors for industrial segments and defense. KPCL offers air compressors from 30 to 10,000 CFM.

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration division (ACR)

ACR division offers Reciprocating Open-Type Compressors (Cold Chain applications), Process Refrigeration Systems (Refinery and

Petrochemicals Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable sou ...

, Chemicals, Fertilizers and Marine) and Vapour Absorption Chillers (Process Cooling and Air Conditioning). ACR Equipment range from 50 to 500 TR, Vapor absorption chillers from 90 to 500 TR and Refrigeration Systems up to 800 TR.

Process Gas Systems division (PGS)

PGS provides turnkey solutions for Gas Compression Systems in the Oil and Gas Sectors. It also undertakes Operation and Maintenance contracts for

Compressed Natural Gas 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 ...

(CNG) and

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. KPCL offers CNG packages with Suction Pressure (0.5 to 65 bar) and Gas Flow (300 to 3,500 SCMH). API Gas Compression packages range from 50 CFM to 6000 CFM.

Transmission division (TRM)

TRM is engaged in the design, manufacture and supply of traction gears, railway transmissions and customized gearboxes for

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. ...

s, and industrial applications. TRM also offers refurbishment of industrial gearboxes of select applications. The wind turbine gearbox range is up to 2.5 MW and industrial gearbox is up to 16 MW.

Manufacturing facilities

Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited (KPCL) has three manufacturing units and a nationwide network of sales offices, with its headquarters in

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, 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 ...

Pune

The Pune-based unit has manufacturing and sales for the air compressor and transmission business units.

Saswad

The Saswad plant manufactures air conditioning, refrigeration, process gas systems and CNG packages.

Subsidiaries and associate companies

Kirloskar Chillers Private Limited, Pune (KCPL)

References

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