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. While Laxmanrao Kirloskar, 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 1950–1991. In 1988, Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India released a commemorative stamp marking the Kirloskar Group's 100th anniversary. In 1974, in cooperation with Deutz-Fahr of Germany, Kirloskar began manufacturing tractors. They have since ceased tractor production. The Kirloskar Group also set up India's second oldest township Kirloskarwadi in Maharashtra, which is now a 100-year-old township in 2010.
Kirloskar companies
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Ltd, Braybar pumps Ltd, is a pump manufacturer. Kirloskar Brother produces Centrifugal pumps from 0.1 kW to 26MW with single pumps pumping liquids in excess of 35,000Liters/sec thus producing some of the largest pumps by size and horsepower. Kirloskar Brothers Limited was established in 1888.
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited
KOEL manufactures air-cooled and liquid-cooled diesel engines and generating sets ranging from a power output of 2.1 kW to 1010 kVA and solutions ranging up to 5200 kVA. They also offer engines operating on alternative fuels such as biodiesel, natural gas, biogas and straight vegetable oil. Their generating sets are branded as KOEL Green Gensets.
Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited
KPCL has four strategic business units, Air Compressor Division, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration division, Process Gas Systems division and Transmission division. ACD offers Air and Gas Compressors from 30 to 10,000 CFM. ACR offers Open-Type Refrigeration Compressors, Vapor Absorption Chillers and Refrigeration Systems up to 800 TR. KPCL offers CNG packages with Suction Pressure and Gas Flow. American Petroleum Institute Gas Compression packages range from 50 CFM to 6000 CFM. The wind turbinegearbox range is up to 2.5 MW and industrial gearbox is up to 16 MW.
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited
Produces pig iron and grey iron castings for the automotive industry
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 pumps. Established in 1995, Kirloskar Chillers is the largest chiller manufacturer in India, and the first to have its products certified under the AHRI 550/590 certification program. The factory at Saswad, 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 produces Toyota Vehicles in India
Mysore Kirloskar Ltd used to produce lathes including CNC type machines it is now under liquidation. It was run by Mr Vikram Kirloskar
Kirloskar Electric Company made electrical equipment like transformers, generators and motors, etc. It is not part of the Kirloskar Group anymore.
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies was conceived in 1991 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.
Achievements
created the world's largest irrigation project which was commissioned in March 2007 the Sardar Sarovar Dam 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. It was the first Indian company to get FM certification for its valves. 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, Tamil Nadu. 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.
