A brief history of the pump industry:
Source: (World Pumps)
2000 BC | Egyptians invent the shadoof |
200 BC | Ctesibius invents the reciprocating pump; Archimedean screw pump described (but not invented) by Archimedes |
1580 | Sliding vane pump invented by Ramelli; Serviere invents the gear pump |
1650 | Otto van Guericke invents his piston vacuum pump |
1674 | Sir Samuel Morland patents the packed plunger pump |
1738 | Ural hydraulic machinery plant established |
1790 | Plenty Ltd established |
Thomas Simpson establishes his pump business in London Hayward Tyler established | |
1830 | Screw pump invented by Revillion |
1834 | Sulzer Brothers founded |
1840 | Henry R Worthington invents the first direct-acting steam pump |
1848 | Goulds Pumps founded |
1851 | John Gwynne patents his centrifugal pump improvements |
1853 | Bornemann Pumpen founded |
1856 | Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon founded |
1857 | Roper Pump Company founded |
Jacob Edson invents the diaphragm pump and founds the Edson Corporation | |
1860 | David Brown commences business as pattern maker |
Allweiler founded | |
A.S. Cameron invents the first reciprocating steam pump | |
1862 | Lawrence Pumps established; Philipp Hilge founded |
1866 | Lederle founded |
Sigma Lutin founded; Stork Pumpen founded Scanpump founded | |
1871 | KSB established; Southern Cross established in Australia |
George and James Weir set up the partnership that forms the Weir Group | |
1872 | Weise & Monski, Ochsner, Byron Jackson and Wilo founded |
1873 | G & J Weir moves to Glasgow |
1875 | Hodgkin and Neuhaus, forerunner of SPP, founded |
1877 | Ritz Pumpenfabrik established |
1878 | Steimel founded; Hodgkin and Neuhaus becomes the Pulsometer Engineering Company Ltd |
1881 | Halberg Maschinenbau founded |
1883 | Holden & Brooke founded |
A W Chesterton founded | |
1888 | Kirloskar Brothers Ltd founded |
1890 | Salmson starts making pumps in Paris; Osna Pumpen established |
1893 | Uraca Pumpenfabrik founded |
1894 | Sero Pumpenfabrik founded |
Peroni founded | |
1896 | KSB opens UK subsidiary; Dia Pumpen founded |
1897 | Wirth founded |
Worthington Pump Company and Thomas Simpson amalgamate to form Worthington Simpson Ltd | |
1901 | Flygt’s forerunner Stenberg founded |
1903 | Rateau founded |
1905 | Leistritz Company established |
1906 | Stuart Turner Ltd founded |
1907 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries produces its first pump |
1909 | Tristam Pumpen and Pumpen fabrik Ernst Vogel founded |
Ingersoll-Rand enters the pump business by acquiring the Cameron Steam Pumps Works | |
1910 | Gilbarco produces its first gasoline pump |
Dickow Pumpen and Hitachi founded | |
1911 | Jens Nielsen builds the first Viking internal gear pump, founding the Viking Pump Company |
1912 | Ebara Corporation founded; Duriron (Durco Pumps) founded |
1916 | Hazleton Pumps founded as Barrett Haentjens and Co. |
Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation acquires Worthington Simpson Ltd | |
1917 | John Crane founded; Hydraulic Institute established |
Louis Bergeron invented the concrete volute pump and founded Bergeron S.A. | |
1918 | Scanpump and CCM Sulzer founded |
1919 | Torishima Pump Mfg Co and Kawamoto Pump Mfg established |
1920 | Bombas Itur, Wernert Pumpen and SIHI established |
1921 | LaBour founded |
1922 | Midland Dairy Machines founded |
1923 | Peerless founded; Pacific Pumps founded |
1924 | Jung Pumpen established; Leistritz starts making screw pumps |
Rheinhuette starts pump production | |
1926 | Arai Pump Mfg. Co. founded |
1927 | Industrial Filter and Pump Mfg Co forerunner founded |
Edur Pumpenfabrik founded | |
1928 | Girdlestone Pumps founded |
1929 | Heishin Works, and Houttuin founded |
Pleuger pioneers the submersible turbine pump motor | |
Stenberg and Flygt commence their cooperation | |
1930 | René Moineau receives a doctorate for his thesis which will lead to the invention of the progressing cavity pump |
Ensival starts selling centrifugal pumps | |
Reda Pump Company founded | |
1931 | Imo established by Ingeström and Montelius |
VNII Gidromash research and design organization founded in Moscow | |
1932 | Sarlin Pumps founded; Bran+Luebbe founded |
1933 | Bush pump invented; Gormann-Rupp established |
1936 | Robbins & Myers acquires North American license for the Moineau progressing cavity pump |
Mono Pumps Ltd formed to manufacture and distribute Moineau’s pump design in the UK | |
1937 | Sigmund Pumps Ltd (GB) established |
1938 | Ebsray and Warman International founded |
1940 | Grindex founded; Dresser acquires Pacific Pumps |
1941 | British Pump Manufacturers Association founded |
Smedegaard Pumps founded | |
1944 | Franklin Electric founded |
1945 | Grundfos Pumps, Caprari and Flexibox founded |
1946 | Cornell Pumps, Klaus Union, Totton Pumps founded |
1947 | HMD Seal/Less Pumps established; Hyundai founded |
1948 | Abel Pumps launched; Mast Pumpen founded |
Stenberg Flygt AB designs the first submersible drainage pump; Varisco starts pump production | |
1949 | HMD supplies its first production magnet-drive pump |
1950 | Batescrew estabIished; Delasco founded |
1951 | Tsurumi and Netzsch Mohnop umpen founded |
1952 | Lewa and Rovatti founded |
1953 | Nikkiso established |
1954 | Orlita and Sta-Rite founded |
Bell & Gossett opens its Little Red Schoolhouse training facility | |
1955 | Wilden and DMW Corporation established |
Borg-Warner acquires Byron Jackson | |
1956 | Flygt introduces the submersible sewage pump |
Saer Elettropompe founded | |
1957 | Richter Chemie-Technik founded |
Centrilift founded | |
1958 | Heishin Works becomes Heishin Pump Works Co Ltd |
SSP Pumps founded | |
1959 | World Pumps is launched as Pumping |
ABS and Calpeda founded | |
1960 | David Brown Pumps division formed |
Europump established | |
1961 | Ingersoll-Rand acquires the Aldrich Pump Company |
Pulsometer Engineering joins the Booker McConnel Group, which had already acquired Sigmund Pumps | |
1962 | Acromet commences operations |
1964 | First edition of the Pumping Manual published |
1965 | Nigo’s Pumps incorporated in India; Warren Rupp founded |
Sulzer acquires majority interest in Weise & Monski | |
Pumping becomes Pumps, Pompes, Pumpen | |
1966 | Crisafulli Pump Company founded; ITT acquires Jabsco |
1967 | Scienco founded |
1968 | Johnson Pump International founded |
ITT Corporation acquires Flygt | |
1969 | Weir acquires Harland Engineering; Worthington acquires Worthington-Simpson |
1970 | Alma Pompe founded; Weir buys Drysdale; Ingersoll-Rand buys Sigmund Pumps Ltd (GB) in Gateshead, UK |
1971 | SIHI takes over Halberg; Gévelot group acquires Delasco |
Turbosan founded | |
Seepex Seeberger founded | |
1973 | Crest Pumps Ltd founded |
1976 | Worthington acquires Sier-Bath Pump Division from Gilbarco |
1977 | Ingersoll-Rand buys Western Land Roller Irrigation Pumps |
Sterling Fluid Systems (TBG) buys Peerless Pump | |
1978 | Thompsons acquires the pump manufacturing operations of Kelly & Lewis to form Thompsons, Kelly & Lewis |
1979 | Totton Pumps bought by Wolseley plc |
SPP acquires Godiva Fire Pumps | |
1981 | Red Jacket and Hydromatic merge to form Marley Pump |
Sterling Fluid Systems takes a half share in SIHI | |
1982 | Pumps, Pompes, Pumpen is relaunched as World Pumps Magazine |
Biwater acquires Wallwin Pumps | |
SPP is subject to a management buy-out | |
1984 | First Texas A&M Pump Users Symposium |
SIHI buys the canned motor programme of Bran+Luebbe | |
1985 | Dresser Industries acquires Worthington Pumps |
KSB acquires Pompes Guinard; Scanpump acquires Pumpex | |
SIHI buys the pump programme of MAN | |
Pentair acquires FE Myers; Goulds | |
Pumps acquires Lowara | |
SPP acquires Henry Sykes plc | |
1987 | Bedford Pumps launched; BW/IP formed by management buy-out of Borg-Warner’s Industrial Products subsidiary |
Weir buys Mather and Platt Machinery; SIHI France buys Schabaver; Dresser acquires Pleuger Pumps | |
1988 | KSB acquires a majority stake in Georgia Iron Works |
Scanpump acquires Pompes Lefi; Idex Corporation founded | |
Weir buys the large pumps business of WH Allen & Gwynnes from NEI; BW/IP acquires United Centrifugal Pumps | |
Braithwaite acquires SPP and sells off Godiva Fire Pumps | |
1989 | Elsevier acquires World Pumps; Scanpump acquires ABS; Pearce Pump Supply founded |
TBG acquires SPP Ltd as part of Sterling Fluid Systems | |
Dresser Industries acquires Mono Pumps Ltd; Ingersoll-Rand acquires Scienco Ltd | |
Watson-Marlow bought by Spirax-Sarco | |
1991 | Idex acquires Corken; Baker Hughes acquires Geho |
1992 | Ingersoll-Rand and Dresser Industries merge their pump businesses to form Ingersoll Dresser Pumps (IDP) |
Warman acquires Girdlestone Pumps | |
Idex acquires Pulsafeeder and Johnson Pump (UK) Ltd | |
Weir buys Floway; BW/IP buys ACEC | |
Ebara establishes state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Italy | |
1993 | United Dominion acquires Marley Pump |
Vogel acquires Ochsner | |
Sterling Fluid Systems acquires LaBour | |
1994 | Weir acquires EnviroTech Pumpsys tems |
Warman acquires Barrett Haentjens | |
Idex acquires Hale Products; | |
Goulds acquires Vogel | |
ITT buys Richter Chemie-Technik | |
Sundstrand acquires HMD Seal/less Pumps | |
1995 | Idex acquires Micropump; BW/IP acquires the Wilson-Snyder centrifugal pump business from National Oilwell |
Durametallic acquires Pacseal and then is bought by Duriron | |
1996 | Hayward Tyler sold by Sterling Fluid Systems, which buys the remaining half share in SIHI; Grundfos acquires Interdab |
Pump Industry Analyst launched | |
BW/IP acquires Stork Pumps’ engineered pumps business | |
Johnson Pumps International acquires the modular pumps business | |
Durco and BW/IP merge to form Flowserve Corp. | |
ITT Industries acquires Goulds | |
Idex acquires Blagdon Pumps | |
Textron acquires Maag Pump Systems | |
Spirax-Sarco acquires Bredel | |
Pentair acquires General Signal’s Pump Group | |
Constellation Capital acquires Imo | |
David Brown acquires Union Pump Company | |
Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon buys Wallwin Pumps from Biwater | |
Textron buys David Brown Union Pumps | |
Constellation Capital buys Allweiler; Glynwed acquires Friatec; Sundstrand acquires Ansimag and Masco; Weir buys Schabaver | |
1999 | Hayward Tyler acquires APV Industrial Pumps |
Ebara acquires Cryostar cryogenic pumps | |
Howard Anderson buys Pullen Pumps | |
Sterling Fluid Systems acquires QVF Engineering (Germany) | |
United Technologies Corp acquires Sundstrand | |
Textron buys KSB Annecy (France) | |
Weir Group acquires Warman International (including Girdle stone Pumps) | |
United Dominion Industries acquires Bran+Luebbe; Ensival merges with Moret | |
2000 | Flowserve acquires IDP |
ABS acquires CH&E Pumps (USA) | |
Cat Pumps (UK) buys Ram Pumps | |
Grundfos acquires Myson and Sarlin Pumps | |
Sulzer acquires Ahlstrom Pumps | |
Watson-Marlow Bredel acquires Alitea (Sweden) | |
Roper acquires Abel; Blackmer buys Chesterton’s System One pumps | |
Sulzer (temporarily) decides to leave the pump business; Sundyne acquires Caster (Italy) | |
2001 | SPX acquires United Dominion Industries |
Godwin Pumps of America acquires Godwin Pumps (UK) | |
Lightnin (of SPX) acquires Plenty Group | |
Metso acquires Svedala; Idex acquires Versa-Matic | |
2002 | Gorman-Rupp acquires American Machine and Tool |
Grundfos takes controlling interest in Chung Suk (Korea) | |
ITT acquires Svedala Robot (Holland) | |
Idex acquires Wrightech (USA) | |
2003 | National Oilwell acquires Mono and Corlac (Canada) |
Wilo acquires EMU | |
Weir Engineering Services acquires Allen Gwynnes pump business | |
Kirloskar acquires SPP Pumps; KSB acquires controlling share in Bombas Itur (Spain) | |
2004 | Howden pumps merge with Orbit in South Africa; Flowserve acquire Thompsons, Kelly & Lewis; Armstrong Pumps buy Holden Brooke Pullen, Baric and RMI |
Grundfos take control of Philipp Hilge | |
Dover Resources acquire Almatec | |
2005 | Grundfos takes over Tesla (Italian submersible motor maker) |
National Oilwell merges with Varco International | |
Interpump acquires Hammelmann | |
Weir acquires Pompe Gabbioneta (Italy) | |
Wilo acquires majority holding in Mather & Platt Pumps and Fire Systems (India) | |
Grundfos acquires Brisan Turbo (South Africa) | |
2006 | SPX acquires Johnson Pump |
Franklin Electric acquires Little Giant Pump | |
United Components acquire ASC Industries (USA) | |
Wilo acquires Circulating Pumps (UK) | |
South Bank UK acquires Hayward Tyler Group | |
Sulzer Pumps sells Paco to Grundfos | |
Pentair acquires Jung Pumpen (Germany) | |
Lowara buys Mercury submersible motors (Italy) | |
2007 | Sulzer’s proposed acquisition of Weir Pumps falls through |
Clyde Pumps (part of Clyde Blowers) acquires Weir Pumps | |
SPX acquires APV | |
Grundfos acquires Peerless Pump | |
Wilden Pump acquires Griswold Pump | |
Franklin Electric acquires Monarch Industries pump division (USA) | |
Weir Group acquires Multifl o Australia and SPM Flow Control (USA). | |
2008 | Weir Group acquires CH Warman Pump Group |
Franklin Electric acquires Industrias Schneider (Brazil) | |
Flowserve complete acquisition of Niigata Worthington (Japan) | |
Dover Corporation acquires Neptune Chemical Pump to join its Pump Solutions Group (Wilden, Blackmer, Griswold, Almatec) | |
Weir Group acquires Mesa Manufacturing (USA) | |
Hamilton Sunstrand acquires Marelli Pumps (Spain) | |
Clyde Blowers acquires Textron Fluid and Power division (including Maag Pump Systems and Union Pumps) | |
IDEX acquires Richter | |
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