- Business
- WPIL Limited WPIL Limited engages in the design, development, manufacture, erection, commissioning, and servicing of pumps and pumping systems for industrial, municipal, irrigation, power, mining, and offshore applications. The company offers vertical turbine, mixed flow, and axial flow pumps; concrete and metallic volutes and turbine pumps; split case, multistage, end suction, and solid handling pumps; wet and dry motor pumps; non-clog and vertical multistage pumps; submersible pumps for sewage, dewatering, and drainage; horizontal centrifugal pumps; inclined wet pit pumps; submerged centrifugal pumps; inline vertical pumps; and gate pumps, along with pump spare parts, accessories, and turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction services including water supply systems, sewage and wastewater treatment plants, irrigation systems, firefighting systems, and project management consultancy. Incorporated in 1952 and headquartered in Kolkata, India, WPIL Limited operates manufacturing facilities across 12 locations in India and internationally through group companies in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, South Africa, Zambia, Australia, and Thailand, with sales spanning India and the rest of the world. Recent expansions include the January 2025 acquisition by its European subsidiary Gruppo Aturia SpA of 100% of MISA S.R.L. in Italy to enhance large pumping stations, hydro turbine solutions, and turnkey projects in Europe and the Middle East-North Africa region; the acquisition by South African subsidiary APE Pumps Pty Limited of 100% of Eigenbau Proprietary Limited for water and wastewater contracting synergies in Southern Africa; and a February 2025 agreement by WPIL SA to acquire 55% of Paterson Candy International (SA) for advanced wastewater treatment capabilities in Johannesburg.