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Gardner company history timeline

1980

Centanni had joined Cooper Industries in 1980, as the director of its corporate planning and development group.

1987

In 1987, Cooper Industries acquired the Sutorbilt and DuroFlow blower product lines, as well as a line of industrial compressors marketed under the name Joy.

1993

To rid itself of the division, Cooper Industries formed a wholly owned subsidiary named Gardner Denver, Inc., which absorbed the assets and liabilities of the Gardner-Denver Industrial Machinery Division, effective on the last day of 1993.

1994

1994: Gardner Denver, Inc. is spun off by Cooper Industries.

1998

By the end of 1998, Gardner Denver had achieved its fourth consecutive year of double-digit sales growth, in large part derived from its acquisition campaign.

1999

Although Tamrotor was liquidated in 1999, Gardner Denver continued to operate in Finland under the name Gardner Denver OY.

2001

By the end of 2001, a five-year acquisition campaign had delivered substantial increases to the scope and size of Gardner Denver's business, promising a continuation of the campaign in the future.

2008

• Barry L. Pennypacker was named president and CEO in January 2008.

• Citing the economic downturn, Gardner Denver officials eliminated the corporate manufacturing services department from Quincy operations in September 2008.

2010

• Gardner Denver's global corporate headquarters were moved to Philadelphia starting in September 2010.

2012

• February, 2012 Pennypacker told investors the company had a record year with revenues of $2.371 billion.

2019

On July 8, 2019, Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GDI), a leading global provider of mission-critical flow control and compression equipment, announced that it has acquired Oina VV AB, for a net purchase price of approximately $10 million funded by cash on hand.

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