Kirloskar Group
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The Kirloskar Group is India's largest Engineering and Construction Conglomerate with sales exceeding $3.5 billion. The Kirloskar Group today exports to over 70 countries, especially within India
and over most of Africa
, South East Asia and Europe
. It is headed by Mr Sanjay Kirloskar
. The flagship & holding company, Kirloskar Brothers Limited
established in 1888, is India's largest maker of Pumps and Valves and also undertakes construction projects through its subsidiary Aban Construction. It is headed by Mr Sanjay Kirloskar
.
, transformer
s and generators (it is the worlds largest genset manufacturer). While Laxmanrao Kirloskar
established the group, his son S. L. Kirloskar
played a major role in its rapid growth.
S. L. Kirloskar
was a man who transformed his vision into a promising and thinking reality, of application of appropriate technology, customer satisfaction and dauntless integrity. SLK was a global thinker who had the courage and the confidence in his own country even in the pre-independence era.
He often said, "Economic preparedness is as vital as military preparedness." He always looked at India as a part of the rest of the world and struggled to make India globally competitive - that was his spirit of patriotism.
He created an empire that enjoyed one of the highest growth rates in Indian history, a staggering 32,401% growth of assets from 1950-1991.
In 1974, in cooperation with Deutz-Fahr of Germany
, Kirloskar began manufacturing tractors. They have since ceased tractor production.
In 1988, Rajiv Gandhi
, the then Prime Minister of India
, released a commemorative postage stamp
marking the Kirloskar Group's 100th anniversary.
The Kirloskar Group also set up India's second oldest township Kirloskarwadi
in Maharashtra
, which is now a 100-year-old township in 2010.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and over most of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, South East Asia and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It is headed by Mr Sanjay Kirloskar
Sanjay Kirloskar
Sanjay Kirloskar is the chairman and managing director of Kirloskar Brothers Limited, the flagship & holding company of the $3.5 Billion Kirloskar Group....
. The flagship & holding company, Kirloskar Brothers Limited
Kirloskar Brothers Limited
Kirloskar Brothers Limited is one of the world's largest pump manufacturers, and the world's only pump company that completes turnkey projects including civil works...
established in 1888, is India's largest maker of Pumps and Valves and also undertakes construction projects through its subsidiary Aban Construction. It is headed by Mr Sanjay Kirloskar
Sanjay Kirloskar
Sanjay Kirloskar is the chairman and managing director of Kirloskar Brothers Limited, the flagship & holding company of the $3.5 Billion Kirloskar Group....
.
Products
The Kirloskar group of companies was one of the earliest industrial groups which made a mark in the engineering industry in India. The group produces pumps, engines, compressors, lathes and electrical equipments like motorsElectric motor
An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to generate force...
, transformer
Transformer
A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors—the transformer's coils. A varying current in the first or primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core and thus a varying magnetic field...
s and generators (it is the worlds largest genset manufacturer). While Laxmanrao Kirloskar
Laxmanrao Kirloskar
Laxmanrao Kashinath Kirloskar was an Indian businessman. He was the founder of the Kirloskar Group.In 1888, he set up his first venture - a small bicycle repair shop at Belgaum...
established the group, his son S. L. Kirloskar
S. L. Kirloskar
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian businessman of Maharashtrian Karade Brahmin family. He was instrumental behind the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group....
played a major role in its rapid growth.
S. L. Kirloskar
S. L. Kirloskar
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian businessman of Maharashtrian Karade Brahmin family. He was instrumental behind the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group....
was a man who transformed his vision into a promising and thinking reality, of application of appropriate technology, customer satisfaction and dauntless integrity. SLK was a global thinker who had the courage and the confidence in his own country even in the pre-independence era.
He often said, "Economic preparedness is as vital as military preparedness." He always looked at India as a part of the rest of the world and struggled to make India globally competitive - that was his spirit of patriotism.
He created an empire that enjoyed one of the highest growth rates in Indian history, a staggering 32,401% growth of assets from 1950-1991.
In 1974, in cooperation with Deutz-Fahr of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Kirloskar began manufacturing tractors. They have since ceased tractor production.
In 1988, Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
, the then Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of India
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
, released a commemorative postage stamp
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
marking the Kirloskar Group's 100th anniversary.
The Kirloskar Group also set up India's second oldest township Kirloskarwadi
Kirloskarwadi
Kirloskarwadi is an industrial township based around the Kirloskar Brothers factory in the Sangli district, in Maharashtra state, India. It is the second oldest industrial township in India...
in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, which is now a 100-year-old township in 2010.
Other Kirloskar companies
- Toyota Kirloskar Motors Ltd ( TKML ) produces Toyota Vehicles in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. - Mysore Kirloskar ( MK ) produced lathes including CNC types.
- Kirloskar Electric Company ( KEC ) made electrical equipments like transformerTransformerA transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors—the transformer's coils. A varying current in the first or primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core and thus a varying magnetic field...
s, generatorGeneratorGenerator may refer to:* Electrical generator* Engine-generator, an electrical generator, but with its own engine.* Generator , any of several closely related usages in mathematics.Computing:...
s and motors, etc. It is not part of the Kirloskar Group anymore.
External links
- Kirloskar Brothers Limited
- Kirloskar Brothers Europe B.V
- SPP Pumps
- Kirloskar Brothers No. 18 in BusinessWeek's ranking of Asia's Hot Growth Companies
- Sanjay Kirloskar and Alok Kirloskar on NDTV Profit
- Kirloskar Brothers Limited, stock symbol
- India's Top 10 Wealth Creators
- Kirloskar Group sees highest Return On Net Worth in 05-06
- Time Magazine article on Mr S.L. Kirloskar
- Kirloskar is the world's largest Genset business
- Kirloskar to pump up European play
- Kirloskar Group postage stamp