Pall history

On November 21, 1957 Pall stock was publicly traded for the first time.

In 1958 Pall began to develop filters for use in aircraft hydraulics, applied to the landing gears of American Airlines Boeing 707s.

Through the 1960s, the business expanded, with sales of $6.7 million in 1960.

Pall Cortland was established in 1961, purchased from Trinity Equipment Company.

A merger was consummated in March of 1962 — and Pall had an international presence.

In 1964, Pall’s aerospace business — both military and commercial — fell from the radar screen, and the company began a difficult period of self-examination and renewal.

Pall Europe Limited formed in 1966.

Pall created a new sales company in 1971 to focus on the new opportunity.

The wrenching period of readjustment began in the mid-60s and stretched to 1972.

By 1973, about 60 percent of Pall’s aircraft business was fine filtration disposable filters, and aerospace sales began to show significant growth for the first time in nearly ten years.

On July 31, 1976, Pall Corporation celebrated its 30th birthday.

Sales reached $88 million in 1978.

And though the infamous event on March 28, 1979 at the nuclear power station in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was miniscule in its health consequences, it has had a profound and lasting impact on the nuclear power industry.

And in 1986, Pall Profile filters— combining extremely high-efficiency with long service life — became the market leader.

Beginning in 1987 with Pall facilities in Great Britain, he worked to bring the entire corporate universe of 40 facilities, including manufacturing plants, distribution centers and sales centers, up to ISO 9001 or 9002 standards.

According to Abraham Krasnoff, who became the company chairperson in 1989, Pall preferred to service niche markets, where manufacturing needs were very specialized and challenging.

In the capstone to an illustrious career that has yielded 108 United States patents and the respect and admiration of his profession worldwide, Doctor David B. Pall was awarded the National Medal of Technology on November 13, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush in ceremonies at the White House.

1991: By now, Pall's sales growth in Europe is at 18 percent and its growth in Asia reaches 31 percent.

In 1992, with sales of $331.6 million, the division represented almost half of Pall's sales and 60 percent of its operating expenses.

By 1993, Pall was generating about two-thirds of its revenues from foreign markets and had subsidiaries in Brazil, Spain, Germany, France, Singapore, Canada, Japan, Korea, and other nations and was considering further expansion in Japan and the rest of the Pacific Rim.

According to CEO Maurice Hardy, who replaced Krasnoff, a company must have "a multinational and, later, a global operating strategy." Hardy died of cancer in July 1994, leaving Eric Krasnoff at the helm as chairman and CEO.

Pall projected that by 1995, as much as 75 percent of its sales could be generated abroad.

In 1998, Rochem, a German filtration systems manufacturer, was added to the company's arsenal.

In 1999, Pall secured a $6 million water purification contract with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.

"Germany Mandates Blood Filtration," Membrane & Separation Technology News , October 1, 2000.

The company partnered with QIAGEN NV and Stedim SA in 2001.

Tillier, Alan, and Claire Poole, "United States Filter Sells FSG to Pall," Daily Deal , February 15, 2002.

"Filtration, Separations and Purification Company Acquires Division of Ciphergen," Biotech Business Week , December 27, 2004.

"Filtration, Separations and Purification Company Acquires Euroflow," Drug Week , February 25, 2005.

In 2008, Doctor Pall was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

On May 31, 2015, Danaher Corporation announced it would acquire Pall Corporation.