Pune-headquartered KEPL, a Kirloskar Brothers group company, was awarded Gold Trophies at an event organised by the Pune Chapter of Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI) at their 29th Annual Convention on Quality Concepts.

KEPL teams from CMM Inspection, Pump Machine shop and Turbine Machine shop departments presented case studies on quality improvement in the manufacturing process and shared their success stories. KEPL participated in this event with the Kaizen theme "Quality in everything" which is one of the prime values of the company.

Commenting on the prestigious QCFI award, Sunil Katare, Plant Head, KEPL, said: "We are delighted to receive Gold Trophies in three areas of our operations. It is testament of our ongoing initiatives towards quality improvement. I dedicate this honour to team work and the entire staff at KEPL. After the hat-trick at QCFI - Pune, we are ready to participate in the upcoming National Convention of QCFI that will be held in December 2014."

Established in 1982, Quality Circle Forum of India is a non-profit, non-political, national professional body that has successfully implemented Quality concepts under the Total Quality Management umbrella across several industry verticals.

Under QCFI, Indian industry has experienced a phenomenal enhancement of its work processes and productivity. QCFI represents India in the 13 nation International Committee that has been set up for organizing International conventions on Quality Concept Circle, annually.