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History of WPIL Ltd

WPIL Limited (formerly known as Worthington Pump India Limited) was incorporated in 1952. In view of disinvestment of their stake and termination of Technology License Agreement with Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Co., USA, Company name was changed to WPIL Limited from 17 September, 1996. The Company is engaged in the in the business of providing fluid handling solutions - from supply of pumps to turnkey project execution. It supplies a comprehensive range of pumps to the Industrial, municipal, irrigation and power sector. The Company also has a strong project division which undertakes water management contracts in the above sectors. Initially, it started construction contracts related to water supply and irrigation. It has two manufacturing facilities, situated at Panihati in Kolkata and Ghazi ...abad in U.P. The mother plant is situated at Panihati which caters to manufacturing needs of large Vertical Turbine Pumps. Ghaziabad plant manufactures Submersible Pumps and Castings in its Foundry. WPIL capitalized on India's rapid growth and large infrastructure projects by expanding into large engineered pumps, including those above 3 MW. They supplied vertical cooling water pumps for supercritical power plants, concrete volute pumps for seawater cooling, and ultra-large pumps for river-linking projects. Energy efficient Induction furnace to replace existing Cupola furnaces were commissioned in Jan'2012. The Company commissioned India's largest metallic CW Pumps for 2x700 MW Rajpura Power Plant and exported Sea Water pumps in super duplex steel in 2014. It commissioned projects in MPGCL, Malwa and Satpura Power Plants and Avantha Korba site. The Engineered Pump Division at Nagpur was operational in 2015. The Ash Slurry Handling Pumps in thermal power plants were commissioned in 2015. The Pranahita Chevalla Lift Irrigation projects in Telengana were commissioned in 2016. The Company acquired Gruppo Aturia, a mid-sized Italian group of Pump Companies during 2016. In Foundry 1 Ton Induction furnace was commissioned & Steel castings production started in 2016. During the year 2017, the International business was restructured with the merger of Gruppo Aturia and WPIL Europe for operational efficiency. Singapore subsidiary was renamed as Aturia International to align it with International operations of the Company. Fresh capital was injected into Aturia International by the promoters to meet the equity requirements of its subsidiaries especially Mathers U.K. In 2019, the Company acquired the Oil& Gas business of Finder Pompe and the United Pumps Australia. It commissioned 2 two important schemes in the irrigation sector, large 30MW pump turbines at Package 20 of Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation Scheme and Pressurized Irrigation Scheme at Chambal, Madhya Pradesh in 2023. The Company commissioned DIBRUGARH water supply scheme in 2024. Similarly, the remaining Package 9 of KALESWARAM lift Irrigation scheme also commissioned in FY24. The Company made progress in International Project Division with the acquisition of Eigenabu, Misa and PCI in FY 2025. New brownfield facilities launched for Engineered to order pumps (ETO) in the irrigation and power sector in FY 2025.