Kirloskar Brothers

Kirloskar Brothers
Many of you may have never heard the name of Kirloskar Brothers. Let me give you brief Information about this Indian Business group.
Here is a Kirloskar Brothers Journey -
- 1888: The Beginning
- 1903: India’s First Iron Plough
- 1920: Incorporation – Kirloskar Brothers Limited
- 1926: India’s First Diesel engine
         : India’s first Centrifugal Pump
- 1940: India’s First Electric Motor India’s first Lathe – Mysore Kirloskar Limited & Kirloskar electric Limited
- 1954: India’s first Reciprocating Compressor
- 1958: Technical Agreement for large pumps
- 1960: Technical agreement for vertical turret lath2007es
- 1966: Manufacture of hermetic Compressors
- 1973: Large Scale Exports to Europe
- 1983: Joint Design of Pumps with a French Corp
- 1988: Centenary Year Portable Fire – Fighting Pumps. India’s First Canned Motor Pump. Joint Venture for process Pumps
- 1991: Collaboration for Submersible Pumps
- 1993: Joint Venture for Hermetic Compressors
- 1995: India’s First Concrete Volute Pump
- 1998: Tech. Agreement for Small Hydel Turbines
- 2001: Introduction of Pressed Stainless Steel Pumps
- 2003: Acquisition of SPP, UK
- 2006: JV with Corrocoat, UK
- 2006: Copeland sold out to Copeland Corp, USA
- 2006: Acquisition of Aban Construction Pvt Lts, Chennai
- 2007: Acquisition of Gondwana Engineers Pvt. Lts
- 2007: Acquisition of Kolhapur Steel Limited
- 2007: Kirloskar Brothers International B.V., International – Investment Company Abroad
About Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) -
Established in 1888 and incorporated in 1920, Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) is the flagship company of the $2.2 billion Kirloskar group. The core businesses of KBL are large infrastructure projects (Water Supply, Power Plants, and Irrigation), Project and Engineered Pumps, Industrial Pumps, Agriculture and Domestic Pumps, Valves and Hydro turbines.
KBL Sales in 2008-2009 exceeded US $ 500 Million with a market capitalization of more than US $ 300 million .
KBL is India’s largest manufacturer and exporter of pumps and also the largest infrastructure pumping project contractor in Asia. To its credit KBL has created the world’s largest pumping scheme which will irrigate more than two million hectares of land and supply water to 4620 towns and villages in the state of Gujarat in India (Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Scheme). KBL also commissioned a water pumping scheme called The Devadula Scheme in Warangal a town in Andhra Pradesh with the world’s second highest head, supplying water to 4 drought prone socio-economically backward districts which will bring about a green revolution there.