Our Journey
1888
THE BEGINNING
1900
Shivaji Metal Works was incorporated. The company was subsequently merged into Kirloskar Oil Engines in 2000 and later sold to Kirloskar Ferrous (KFIL), now being the Solapur castings division at KFIL.
1903
INDIA’S FIRST IRON PLOUGH
1904
FIRST ADVERTISEMENT
1910
FIRST FACTORY OF KIRLOSKAR
1920
LAXMANRAO KIRLOSKAR (LKK) INCORPORATED KIRLOSKAR BROTHERS LIMITED
1926
INDIA'S FIRST CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
1927
SHANTANURAO KIRLOSKAR (SLK) DREW HIS FIRST ENGINE AT 8 YEARS OLD, AND, AT AGE 24, HE MANUFACTURED INDIA’S FIRST DIESEL ENGINE
1940
INDIA'S FIRST ELECTRIC MOTOR
1941
INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE MYSORE KIRLOSKAR FACTORY
1941
INDIA'S FIRST LATHE
1946
ENGINES' COMPANY ESTABLISHED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DIESEL ENGINES
1954
SHANTANURAO KIRLOSKAR EXPORTED THE FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF DIESEL ENGINES TO GERMANY
1958
FIRST ENGINE EXPORT TO THE UK
1958
KIRLOSKAR PNEUMATIC INCORPORATED
1962
KIRLOSKAR CUMMINS INCORPORATED.CUMMINS’ ENTRY INTO INDIA IS LARGELY DUE TO ROBERT HUTHSTEINER'S CLOSE TIES WITH S.L. KIRLOSKAR. ROBERT WAS THE PRESIDENT OF CUMMINS, USA AT THE TIME AND THE PARTNERSHIP ALLOWED CUMMINS TO FURTHER THEIR GLOBAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY
1965
KIRLOSKAR PROPRIETARY LIMITED (KPL) INCORPORATED
1965
SLK WAS AWARDED THE PADMA BHUSHAN, ONE OF THE HIGHEST INDIAN CIVILIAN AWARDS, FOR HIS IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO TRADE AND INDUSTRY
1969
COMMEMORATIVE STAMP RELEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO HONOR LAXMANRAO KIRLOSKAR AS AN INDUSTRIALIST AND SOCIAL REFORMER ON HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY
1975
Suman Kirloskar, Shantanu Kirloskar, Yamutai Kirloskar, Xenia Simons Miller, J. Irwin Miller and Chandrakant Kirloskar pictured above, rolling out the 10,000th Kirloskar Cummins Engine.
1978
KIRLOSKAR INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
1985
INTRODUCED CANNED MOTOR PUMPS
1988
KIRLOSKAR CENTENARY
1991
KIRLOSKAR FERROUS INCORPORATED
1995
INDIA'S FIRST CONCRETE VOLUTE PUMP
1996
KIRLOSKAR CHILLERS ESTABLISHED AS A JOINT VENTURE WITH AMERICAN PARTNERS IS THE FIRST COMPANY IN INDIA TO MANUFACTURE CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS AND FACTORY PACKAGED SCREW CHILLERS
1998
KIRLOSKAR OIL ENGINES LARGELY DIVESTS ITS STAKE IN KIRLOSKAR CUMMINS
2003
ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE, THE THEN PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, RELEASED A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP MARKING SLK’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY
2008
KIRLOSKAR CHILLERS ACQUIRES 100% OWNERSHIP OF JOINT VENTURE
2009
KIRLOSKAR INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES ESTABLISHED, VENTURING INTO GREEN ENERGY
2015
KIRLOSKAR ENERGEN INCORPORATED
2017
