Introduction

Introduction

5

2

years

operations, today a production site for water and waste water

pumps.

To strengthen activities in key markets such as China, India and

Brazil, many new companies and joint ventures were founded

from the mid-1990s. In Europe additional companies such as

DP Industries B.V. in the Netherlands joined the Group, further

expanding KSB’s portfolio of products.

Smart for the future

KSB helps customers to remain competitive with digital

solutions geared towards the future. Smart products and

services ensure greater transparency in systems and increase

their efficiency.

Through its digital factory approach, KSB is increasingly

switching its production processes to standardised and

automatic operations. Already today, additive manufacturing

enables spare parts to be rapidly produced using 3D printing

processes.

150 years of experience

KSB is one of the world’s leading suppliers of pumps, valves and

related systems. Over 15,000 employees work in production,

sales and service locations on all continents. The Group is

represented with subsidiaries in more than 40 countries.

KSB’s highly efficient and reliable products are used in

applications where fluids need to be transported or reliably shut

Inside the valves shop in

Frankenthal (around 1930)

off, for example in building services and industrial applications,

in the chemical/petrochemical industries, in water supply and

waste water treatment as well as in power plant processes and

mining.

Around the globe, over 190 service workshops and some 3500

service specialists provide inspection, maintenance and repair

services locally under the brand name KSB SupremeServ.

Innovative technology that is the fruit of KSB’s research and

development activities forms the basis for the company’s success.

Additive manufacturing enables KSB to produce complex components.