Wilo Group has opened a new plant in India. Located in Kesurdi in the western part of the nation, the 94,000 square meter facility is designed for manufacturing premium pump systems tailored for efficient water management across India, the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
This newly established production site marks the 16th of its kind within Wilo’s global network. Oliver Hermes, President & CEO of the Wilo Group, said, “We’re pleased to be able to further expand the global Wilo production network with this opening. With the new site, we meet India’s increasing importance in global trade. The expansion of production capacity in India is thus in line with the group’s global ‘region-for-region’ strategy. In addition, we’re strengthening our presence in India as an attractive employer.”
Wilo is creating around 1,500 direct and indirect jobs with the opening. The site combines sustainability and innovation. Wilo only used environmentally friendly prefabricated parts for construction. Complex energy management and water treatment systems significantly minimize the plant’s CO2 emissions. The photovoltaics on the factory rooftop alone reduces CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes annually – an essential step towards becoming carbon-neutral, which Wilo aims to achieve at all its sites worldwide by 2025.
In Kesurdi, ultramodern machines and production facilities manufacture, among other things, the largest products in the Wilo portfolio: the Wilo-Vertical Turbine pumps, up to 42 meters high. They are used, for example, in drinking water supply, agriculture, and flood control. To test them, Wilo built Asia’s largest test basin at the new plant.