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Kirloskar Group is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in
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and manufacturing plant in Kirloskarvadi. The group exports to over 70 countries over most of
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. The flagship and holding company, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd, established in 1888 in Kirloskarvadi, kirloskar group is India's largest maker of
pump A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes Slurry, slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic or pneumatic energy. Mechanical pumps serve in a wide range of application ...
s and valves. It was the manufacturer of India's first modern iron
plough A plough or ( US) plow (both pronounced ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden ...
. One of the group companies is a major component supplier for the Indian Arihant Nuclear Submarine program


Products

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 Energy transformation, 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 ...
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 ge ...
s, compressors, screw & centrifugal chillers, lathes and electrical equipments like
electric motors An electric motor is a 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 Laplace force i ...
,
transformer In electrical engineering, a transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple Electrical network, circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces ...
s 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 to 1991. In 1988,
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, the then
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released a
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marking the Kirloskar Group's 100th anniversary. In 1974, in cooperation with Deutz-Fahr of
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, 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 (vehicle), trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or constructio ...
s. They have since ceased tractor production. The Kirloskar Group also set up India's second oldest township Kirloskarwadi, Palus which celebrated its centennial in 2010.


Kirloskar companies

* Kirloskar Brothers Limited Kirloskarvadi Kirloskar Brothers Limited Kirloskarvadi- Palus, SPP Pumps, 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 Ebara Pumps Limited Kirloskarvadi *Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL) KOEL manufactures air-cooled and liquid-cooled
diesel engine The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which Combustion, ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to Mechanics, mechanical Compr ...
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 renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is typically made from fats. The roots of bi ...
, and
natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...
. 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. On 2 April 2025, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited was awarded a contract worth by the
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under the Make-I scheme through which 70% of the contract would be funded by the
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and the rest by the company and industry. The contract included the Project Sanction Order for the Design and Development of Medium Speed
Marine Diesel Engine Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a watercraft through water. While paddles and sails are still used on some smaller boats, most modern ships are propelled by mechanical systems consisting of an electr ...
, development of its prototype at over 50% indigenous content as well as Detailed Design for Marine Diesel Engine. *Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited KPCL has four strategic business units, namely,
Air Compressor An air compressor is a machine that takes ambient air from the surroundings and discharges it at a higher pressure. It is an application of a gas compressor and a Pneumatics, pneumatic device that energy conversion, converts mechanical power (from ...
Division (ACD),
Air Conditioning Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature, and in some cases, also controlling the humidity of internal air. Air c ...
and
Refrigeration Refrigeration is any of various types of cooling of a space, substance, or system to lower and/or maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is ejected to a place of higher temperature).IIR International Dictionary of ...
Division (ACR), Process Gas Systems Division (PGS) and
Transmission Transmission or transmit may refer to: Science and technology * Power transmission ** Electric power transmission ** Transmission (mechanical device), technology that allows controlled application of power *** Automatic transmission *** Manual tra ...
Division (TRM). ACD offers Air and Gas Compressors 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 packages with suction pressure of 0.5 to 65 bar and gas flow of 300 to 3,500 SCMH,
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(API) gas compression packages range from 50 CFM to 6000 CFM. The company also offers
wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that wind power, converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. , hundreds of thousands of list of most powerful wind turbines, large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, were generating over ...
gearbox A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device invented by Louis Renault (who founded Renault) which uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed, direction of rotation, or torque multiplication/r ...
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 good used by the iron industry in the production of steel. It is developed by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a high carbon content, typically 3.8–4.7%, along with si ...
and grey iron 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 uses electricity to transfer heat from a colder place to a warmer place. Specifically, the heat pump transfers thermal energy using a heat pump and refrigeration cycle, cooling the cool space and warming the warm s ...
s. 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 (TKML) produces
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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, threading and turning, with tools that are applied to the ...
including CNC 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 possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...
equipment like
transformer In electrical engineering, a transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple Electrical network, circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces ...
s, generators 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 students and transformed into a business school.Since inception, the bschool has been rated top in the country. Later on, they have established one more campus in pune, Maharashtra. recently the institite has been renamed to "Kirloskar Institute of Management"


Achievements

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd 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 (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
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setup in 2010. 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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