December 11, 2012: SPP Pumps, a subsidiary of Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL), a leading global fluid management company celebrated the Silver Jubilee of SPP Manufacturing Facility at Coleford. Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, inaugurated the SPP Manufacturing Facility in December 1987.The opening ceremony marked the completion of a ?4 million investment programme by SPP. Recently the Princess Royal returned to mark the celebration of SPP Pumps' 25 years at Coleford.

Mr Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman & Managing Director, KBL, Owen Shevlin, CEO, KBL, Alok Kirloskar, Managing Director, SPP Pumps Ltd, Dame Janet Trotter, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Gloucestershire, Councillor Sue Merrikin, Mayor of Coleford, Terry Newby, SPP Coleford site Director were the other eminent dignitaries who graced the occasion.

In the year 2003, Kirloskar Brothers Limited acquired the SPP Pumps, a leading global manufacturer of pumps, and pumping solutions provider. With over 120 years of engineering experience in the field, SPP's service extends over ten different sectors including oil and gas, water utilities, fire protection, and transformer oil pumps. From design and manufacture to testing, parts, after sales service and on-site energy savings solutions, SPP Pumps' turnkey offering is world class.

Mr Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman & Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Limited said on the occasion, "We are proud of our association with SPP Pumps. The 25th Anniversary SPP manufacturing facility at Coleford is testament to its resilience and pioneering approach and forms the solid foundation for the world pump specialist that SPP continues to be."

Growing from strength to strength, SPP's total sales have increased from ?15 million in 1987 to ?70 million in 2011 with an expanding staff topping 375 employees last year. Over the next five years, SPP is geared up for an ambitious ?9 million expansion rolling out in three phases. The massive new ?5 million TestCentre at 22m high will be the tallest building on the industrial estate, and is to house a large crane to lift huge pumps in and out of a 15m deep pit filled with over a million litres of water. The last phase will see the old offices replaced by a new, modern 3-storey building containing conference and training facilities.