verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message kirloskar brothers ltd type private industry pumps founded 1888 headquarters pune maharashtra india area served worldwide key people sanjay kirloskar chairman & md j.r.sapre whole time director products pumps foundry revenue 700 million usd 2011 number of employees 5200 2012 website kirloskar brothers ltd kirloskar brothers limited kbl is a pump manufacturing company involved in engineering and manufacture of systems for fluid management . established in 1888 and incorporated 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 spp pumps uk 1 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 b.v. in 2015 in the netherlands . in 2010 kbl acquired braybar pumps south africa and in 2012 it established a manufacturing facility in egypt as spp mena . kbl has joint venture cooperation with 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 . kbl acquired braybar pumps south africa in 2010 . 2 contents 1 research and development 2 achievements 3 references 4 external links research and development edit kbl invests in resources on research and engineering . 3 4 this includes sump model studies intake studies analysis using computational fluid dynamic techniques 5 6 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 as well as at texas a & m university in the united states . 7 achievements edit 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 . 8 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 . 9 10 11 kbl is also the first indian company to get fm certification for its valves . 12 kirloskar brothers has a presence in over 80 countries 13 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 . 14 15 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 16 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 17 18 references edit http www.spppumps.com kirloskar bros buys braybar pumps of s africa . india times . 3 may 2010 . retrieved 18 june 2012 . kirloskar brothers limited r & d website listing patents and research papers kirloskar on knowledge management systems in the wall street journal kirloskar brothers utilize ptc s pro engineer r kbl and ptc do cfd modelling kirloskar brothers presents research paper at texas a & m university ; lecture 4 kirloskar brothers limited awarded for creating world largest irrigation scheme the sardar sarovar narmada scheme kirloskar only company in india producing eco friendly canned motor pumps kirloskar pumps in nuclear and overall company details 2006 kirloskar pumps for nuclear plants kirloskar brothers fm ul certification kirloskar worldwide presence and history name bare url indian industrialists india s industrialists margaret herdeck gita piramal google books 1 kirloskar brothers changing gender dynamics kirloskar brothers ltd produces a pump every 20 seconds at it all women plant external links edit kirloskar pumps kirloskar brothers limited on yahoo finance retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kirloskar brothers & oldid 742993931 categories companies listed on the bombay stock exchangeeconomy of punecompanies established in 1888companies based in punepump manufacturerscompanies listed on the national stock exchange of indiahidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2016all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 03 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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