| Gorman-Rupp Company engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of pumps and related equipment. It produces self priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellows, and oscillating pumps. The company sells its large pumps principally for use in the construction, industrial, sewage, and waste handling fields; improving low residential water pressure; pumping refined petroleum products, including the ground refueling of aircraft; agricultural applications; and fire fighting. It sells small pumps for incorporating into products, such as X-ray processing equipment; gas air conditioning equipment; office copy machines; chemical feeding, instrumentation, and ice cube making machinery; photographic processing and soft drink dispensing equipment; laser cooling applications; graphic arts equipment; and floor cleaning equipment. Gorman-Rupp markets its products in the United States and Canada through a network distributors, manufacturersÂ’ representatives, third-party distributor catalogs, and by direct sales. The company handles government sales directly, as well as exports its products through its wholly owned subsidiary. Gorman-Rupp was founded in 1933 and is based in Mansfield, Ohio. |
