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{{Infobox company<br />
|name=Kirloskar Brothers Ltd<br />
|logo=Kirloskar Brothers Limited Logo.JPG<br />
|type=[[Public company|Public]] <br />
|foundation=1888<br />
| traded_as = {{BSE|500241}}<br/>{{NSE|KIRLOSBROS}}<br />
|location=[[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
|area_served=Worldwide<br />
|key_people=[[Sanjay Kirloskar]] ([[Chairman]] & [[Managing Director|MD]])<br />
|num_employees=~6000<br />
|revenue=[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|12px]]$700 Million [[United States dollar|USD]]<br />
|industry=[[Conglomerate (company)|Pumps]]<br />
|products=[[Pumps]]<br/>[[Foundry]]<br />
|homepage=[http://www.kirloskarpumps.com/ Kirloskar Brothers Ltd]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kirloskar Brothers Limited''' (KBL) ({{BSE|500241}} {{NSE|KIRLOSBROS}}) is a [[pump]] manufacturing company involved in engineering and manufacture of systems for fluid management. Established in 1888 and [[Incorporation (business)|incorporate]]d in 1920, KBL is the flagship company of the $2.5 billion [[Kirloskar Group]]. The market leader in fluid management, KBL provides fluid management solutions for large infrastructure projects in the areas of water supply, power plants, irrigation, oil & gas and marine & defence. The company engineers and manufactures industrial & petrochemical, agriculture & domestic pumps, valves and hydro turbines. In 2003 KBL acquired [[Pulsometer steam pump|SPP Pumps]] (UK),<ref>http://www.spppumps.com/</ref> United Kingdom and established SPP INC, Atlanta, USA, is as a wholly owned subsidiary of SPP, UK and expanded its international presence. In 2007, Kirloskar Brothers International B.V., The Netherlands and Kirloskar Brothers (Thailand) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary in Thailand were incorporated. In 2008, KBL incorporated Kirloskar Pompen B.V. which acquired [[Rodelta Pumps International|Rodelta Pumps International B.V.]] in 2015 in The Netherlands. In 2010 KBL acquired [[Braybar Pumps]], South Africa<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-05-03/news/27569275_1_kb-mining-industry-braybar-pumps|title=Kirloskar Bros buys Braybar Pumps of S Africa|date=3 May 2010|work=[[India Times]]|accessdate=18 June 2012}}</ref> and in 2012 it established a manufacturing facility in Egypt as SPP MENA. KBL has joint venture cooperation with [[Ebara Corporation|Ebara]], Japan since 1988 under Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Ltd. Kirloskar Corrocoat Private Limited is joint venture cooperation with [[Corrocoat]], UK since 2006. KBL acquired The [[Kolhapur Steel Limited]] in 2007, [[Hematic Motors]] in 2010.<br />
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==Research and development==<br />
KBL invests in resources on research and engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://xperts.kbl.co.in/ |title=Kirloskar Brothers Limited R&D website listing patents and research papers |access-date=17 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220215341/http://xperts.kbl.co.in/ |archive-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Companies/9Z4V98rv1qeHB1asG5vXhK/A-thirst-for-knowledge.html A thirst for knowledge: Alok Kirloskar]. Livemint.com. 7 March 2013.</ref> This includes [[sump pump|sump model]] studies, intake studies analysis using computational [[fluid dynamic]] techniques,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105959/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUS120791+11-Aug-2008+BW20080811 Kirloskar Brothers Utilize PTC's Pro/Engineer(R)]. Reuters. 11 August 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.terradaily.com/reports/PTC_Pro_Engineer_Used_Indian_Irrigation_Project_999.html PTC's Pro/Engineer Used Indian Irrigation Project]. Terradaily.com. August 13, 2008.</ref> surge analysis, cavitation studies, seismic analysis, vibration analysis, and transient analysis. The company has 17 patents since 2006 and presents various technical papers to [[ASME]]{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} as well as at [[Texas A&M University]] in the United States.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110318030318/http://turbolab.tamu.edu/articles/24th_international_pump_users_symposium_proceedings Kirloskar Brothers Presents research Paper at Texas A&M University; lecture 4]. turbolab.tamu.edu</ref><br />
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==Achievements==<br />
[[File:Kirloskar Brothers 2020 stampsheet of India.jpg |thumb|upright=2|A 2020 stamp sheet of India dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Kirloskar Brothers. It features the founder [[Laxmanrao Kirloskar]] and the first office of the company, located at [[Kirloskarwadi]]]]<br />
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* KBL created the world's largest irrigation project at the time (March 2007). This was the [[Narmada Project]] implemented on behalf of the [[Gujarat Government]].<ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-03-21/news/27696356_1_ramesh-mashelkar-india-awards-ceos-agendaa Kirloskar Brothers Limited awarded for creating World largest Irrigation scheme, The Sardar Sarovar Narmada Scheme]{{dead link|date=March 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''The Economics Times''. 21 March 2008</ref><br />
* Kirloskar Brothers has been closely associated with [[India's nuclear program]] and has made canned motor pumps for pumping [[heavy water]] which are deployed at [[Indian Nuclear Power Plants]].<ref>[http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=7125 Eco-friendly canned motor pumps]. projectsmonitor.com {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120907121729/http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=7125 |date=2012-09-07 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ibef.org/download/kirloskar_23oct.pdf Kirloskar pumps in nuclear and overall company details 2006]. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2020-01-31.</ref><ref>[http://www.focus-nuclear.com/pdf/TP_plant.pdf Kirloskar pumps for nuclear plants]. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2020-01-31.</ref><br />
* KBL is also the first Indian company to get [[Factory Mutual]] certification for its [[valves]].<ref>[http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3681&Itemid=2 Kirloskar Brothers FM UL certification]. Machinist.in (2011-08-30). Retrieved on 2020-01-31.</ref><br />
* Kirloskar Brothers has a presence in over 80 countries<ref>[http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/kirloskar-brothers-is-122-year-old-company/1/16480.html Kirloskar worldwide presence and history]. Businesstoday.intoday.in (2011-07-10). Retrieved on 2020-01-31.</ref><br />
* Kirloskar Brothers Ltd is one of the oldest companies in India and was the first [[engineering]] company in India to sell products under an Indian brand in the late 1880s.<ref name="bare_url">[https://books.google.com/books?id=xcbBEHHI-90C&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=kirloskar+gita+piramal&source=bl&ots=0fHrm2iOEu&sig=J2pyLl8nI-OixW4wTHK1cq6FPtM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CJtUT9ONOaHN0QXwmKDYCw&sqi=2&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kirloskar%20gita%20piramal&f=false Indian Industrialists]. Books.google.com. Retrieved on 2020-01-31.</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Margaret Herdeck |author2=Gita Piramal |title=India's Industrialists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcbBEHHI-90C&pg=PA141 |year=1985 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn=978-0-89410-415-2 |pages=141–}}</ref><br />
* Kirloskar Brothers Ltd received the [[ASME]] [[N-STAMP]] in 2012 and is the first Indian company in rotating equipment to receive this as well as amongst a few companies in the world to have this [[accreditation]]<ref>[http://www.kirloskarpumps.com/Control/Content/Pdf_718201252002PMFinancialAnalystmeetQ1-July-2012.pdf Kirloskar Brothers. Financial Analysts Meet]. kirloskarpumps.com (2012)</ref><br />
* Kirloskar Brothers Ltd is also one of the first pump companies to have an all women operated and managed manufacturing plant at [[Coimbatore]], which is the second largest metropolitan city of state [[Tamil Nadu]] in India <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035243/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-01-03/news/30584699_1_tata-cummins-plant-cummins-india-anant-talaulicar Kirloskar Brothers changing gender dynamics]. ''The Economics Times''. 3 January 2012</ref><ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/corporate-industry/kirloskar-plant-women-who-assemble-one-pump-every-20-seconds/slideshow/19416666.cms Kirloskar Brothers Ltd produces a pump every 20 seconds at it all women plant]. ''The Economics Times'' (2013-04-06). Retrieved on 2020-01-31.</ref><br />
* KBL also aided the Thai govt in the rescue operation in saving the football team that were trapped in the water filled cave of July month of 2018.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.kirloskarpumps.com Kirloskar Pumps]<br />
* [https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=KBL.NS Kirloskar Brothers Limited] on [[Yahoo! Finance]]<br />
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