please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ksb company trading name aktiengesellschaft industry mechanical engineering founded 1871 headquarters frankenthal germany key people peter buthmann werner stegm ller products pumps valves and related services for industrial applications building services water and waste water management as well as energy and mining processes revenue 2.334 8 million mio eur 2015 1 number of employees 16.196 2015 1 website ksb.com ksb aktiengesellschaft is a supplier of pumps valves and related services with headquarters in frankenthal pfalz germany . the ksb group has sales and marketing organisations manufacturing facilities and service operations on all continents . the company has more than 16 000 employees with annual consolidated sales revenue of over two billion euros . contents 1 1896 1945 2 from 1945 3 market and locations 4 references 5 external links 1896 1945 edit the mechanical engineer johannes klein received a patent in 1871 on the boiler feed apparatus he invented and founded frankenthaler maschinen & armatur fabrik klein schanzlin & becker with friedrich schanzlin and jakob becker from 1887 the company operated as an aktiengesellschaft public limited company with johannes klein at its head . 2 ksb s first subsidiary outside germany was founded in great britain in 1896 managed by jacob klein the younger brother of johannes klein . between 1924 and 1934 ksb acquired further plants in germany and set up european subsidiaries . ksb compa a sudamericana de bombas in argentina was ksb s first subsidiary in the americas and commenced operations in 1941 . key people in the company s history ksb price list from 1880 historical advertising from 1945 edit the company s first asian pacific subsidiary was set up in pakistan in 1953 . the companies of pumpen ag homburg kleinschanzlin bestenbostel bremen and amag hilpert pegnitzh tte ag nuremberg pegnitz were amalgamated into klein schanzlin & becker ag . in 1960 the ksb stiftung ksb foundation was set up with stated aims of encouraging research in the natural sciences and supporting education in technology natural science and economics . otto klein k hborth transferred a qualified majority holding of the company s share capital to the ksb stiftung ksb foundation in 1964 . ksb took over french pump manufacturer paris based pompes guinard s.a. in 1986 and acquired the world s second largest butterfly valve manufacturer paris based amri s.a. paris in 1989 . in 1988 ksb entered the slurry pumps market with the acquisition of giw industries inc. grovetown usa . in 1990 ksb consolidated the eastern german hallesche pumpenwerke gmbh as part of the overall ag . the joint venture ksb shanghai pumps co. ltd. was founded in 1994 . mil controls ltd. mala kerala india producer of ansi valves and control valves was acquired years later . in 2003 ksb took over dutch pump supplier dp industries b.v. producer of pumps made of deep drawn stainless sheet steel for building services and industrial applications . in the same year ksb acquired a majority interest in bombas itur s.a. of zarautz spain with sales in industry building services and marine applications . ksb establishes dalian ksb amri valves co. ltd. in the chinese foreign trade zone in 2004 specialising in the manufacture and assembly of butterfly valves for industrial and building services applications . one year later ksb acquired the valve business of ivc s a ind stria de v lvulas e controles a brazilian company whose products are primarily employed in the oil and gas industry in power stations paper mills and other industrial applications . in 2006 ksb received an order for valves to the value of roughly 17 million its largest valves contract . in december 2006 the 60 000th eta pump leaves the factory . in 2007 the supervisory board approves a large investment to construct of new halls and modern production and test facilities at the frankenthal and halle sites . ksb s microchem is the first centrifugal pump for handling the very small quantities in micro process engineering applications . in 2008 ksb establishes joint ventures with two asian companies . the german japanese cooperation nikkiso ksb gmbh develops and sells canned motor pumps for the european and middle eastern markets . the german chinese joint venture company shanghai electric ksb nuclear pumps and valves co. manufactures safety relevant pumps and valves for the chinese nuclear power station market . the german chinese joint venture sec ksb nuclear pumps and valves co. ltd. starts constructing a factory construction in lingang near shanghai in 2009 . 125 employees produce pumps and later valves for chinese nuclear power stations . in 2010 ksb acquired an 80 percent interest in itaco s.r.l. an italian drive specialist producer of a new kind of energy efficient motor that exceeds eu requirements for high efficiency motors . the south korean company seil seres co. ltd. manufacturer of valves for marine applications making ksb a supplier of package and system solutions in the east asian market . site in frankenthal production hall and test facility for large products at the frankenthal site site in halle saale market and locations edit within the ksb group centrifugal pumps account for around two thirds of sales revenue . these pumps as well as valves are sold to engineering contractors oems and end users or in some cases distributed via dealers . the same applies to control and monitoring systems and to package units with pumps and valves . the best developed sales market for these products is europe where ksb operates its main manufacturing facilities in germany and france . ksb ag s main plant in frankenthal is its largest in europe ahead of the production sites in pegnitz bavaria and halle saxony anhalt in germany and la roche chalais in france . the second largest market for ksb products is the region asia followed by the region americas oceania and the region middle east africa . outside europe ksb s biggest manufacturing plants are in brazil china india and the usa . ksb manufactures products and components in a total of 16 countries ; they are sold through the group s own companies or agencies in more than 100 countries . with their products the group companies serve customers in industry including the chemical and petrochemical industries customers in the energy and construction building services sectors transport equipment manufacturers and operators e.g. ships rail vehicles water and waste water utilities and mining companies . once again in 2015 the top selling markets for our products were the industrial and energy supply sectors . references edit a b 1 ksb history . retrieved 2014 07 23 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ksb company & oldid 736330756 categories german companies established in 1871pump manufacturersmanufacturing companies of germanycompanies based in rhineland palatinategerman brandshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from february 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from february 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged 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