Kirloskar Group
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| Type of Company | Private Conglomerate (BSE) |
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| Founded | 1888 (As Kirloskar Brothers Limited) |
| Headquarters | PUNE, Maharastra, India |
| Key people | Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman & Managing Director |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Products | Pumps Engines Compressors Valves Pig Iron Construction Transmissions Automobiles through a Joint Venture with Toyota |
| Revenue |  $2.00 Billion USD (2005) |
| Employees | ~20,000 (2004) |
| Slogan | "Enriching Life" |
| Website | www.kirloskar.com |
The Kirloskar Group (consisting of Kirloskar Brothers, Kirloskar Oil Engines, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company, Kirloskar Ebara, Aban Construction Company and SPP Pumps (UK)) is India's largest Engineering and Construction Conglomerate with sales exceeding $2 Billion. The Kirloskar Group today exports to over 70 countries and has a brand name to reckon with, especially within India and over most of Africa, South East Asia and Eastern Europe. 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.
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 1988, Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India released a commemorative postage stamp marking the Kirloskar Group's 100th anniversary.
[edit] External links
- Kirloskar Group
- Kirloskar Brothers Limited
- Kirloskar Brothers Limited, stock symbol
- Kirloskar Group postage stamp
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