Established in 1888 and incorporated in 1920, Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) is the flagship company of the $1.2 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 2009-2010 exceeded US $ 590 Million with a market capitalization of more than US $ 650 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.

KBL is one of the world’s leaders in pump technology.

▪ KBL is one of the three manufacturers in the world who have manufactured and

  installed 200          

  KW canned motor pumps for nuclear application

▪ KBL is the first company to introduce Concrete Volute Pumps in India.

Our subsidiary company in England, SPP Pumps Limited (Acquired in 2003) is the undisputed leader in the Fire-fighting and Water Supply segments in Europe and the Middle East. They have recently launched lowest life cycle cost pumps in the UK successfully with large players like Thames Water preferring these energy efficient products. Together KBL and SPP represent the world’s largest fire fighting pump business for onshore and offshore applications.

Backward Integration

We are backward integrated to foundries and iron ore mines and offer all materials of constructions such as cast iron, alloy steels, non-ferrous metals, Duplex and Super Duplex to name a few.

Forward Integration

We are also forward integrated to water treatment, waste-water treatment, pipelines and also the civil construction required in handling EPC contracts.

This has been done through –

▪ The acquisition of Gondwana Engineers Limited (a leader in Water and Sewage

  Treatment)

▪ The acquisition of ABAN Constructions (now Kirloskar Constructions and

   Engineers Limited),

  the flagship company of the Chennai based ABAN group

▪ Kirloskar Corrocoat Limited is another subsidiary of KBL which produces glass

   flake coating thus increasing the efficiency of pumps as well as of pipes and 

   ensuring no corrosion This is a patented product developed by Corrocoat, UK .

KBL’s wide range of centrifugal pumps i.e. end suction, split case, submersible, vertical turbine, self priming, multistage etc. cater to various applications including irrigation, water supply, sewage, drainage, fire fighting, booster services, cooling towers, sugar-industries, paper industries, chemical and fertilizer plants, power generation and refinery and petrochemical sectors.

The key differentiation areas at KBL

KBL has set up a well equipped Projects Division to implement pumping projects on a single source responsibility basis, having following strengths:

▪ A wide range of products and packages manufactured under one roof

▪ Capability to design and execute techno-economic systems

▪ Efficient project management through PERT/CPM soft ware

▪ Sales and Service Network