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Diversifying their product line to include a variety of specialized pumps contributed to significant sales increase and growth in the post-war era. [4] In 2021, The Gorman-Rupp Company had sales of $378.3 Million and was listed by industrial database IndustrySelect as one of the largest pump manufacturers in the United States. [5] [6]
In April 1988 Braithwaite Holding Company acquired SPP (and hence Godiva Fire Pumps) for £31 million. In 1989 they put the Godiva business up for sale, [6] and later that year it was sold and merged with the US Company, Hale Products. In 1994 both were taken over by IDEX Corporation. Godiva pumps continue to be made in Warwick, England.
A jockey pump, also known as a pressure-maintenance pump, is a small pump connected to a fire suppression system near the fire pump and is intended to maintain pressure in a fire protection piping system. These pumps recover pressures lost from gradual, slow pressure declines in a system due to temperature changes, trapped air escapement, or ...
As the company grew steadily into the 1950s, its Kirby brand remained its mainstay product, with over 4,000 door-to-door sales people marketing the product in 1956. By the 1960s, the company diversified by acquiring companies including PLM Products, the Adalet Co., the Halex Die Casting Co., and the Cleveland Wood Products Co.
In 1945, a new line of high speed, lightweight aircraft pumps were introduced and in 1954, Denison, in cooperation with the U.S. Government, purchased a factory at 425 Sandusky St., Delaware, Ohio. In addition to other products, the intent was to manufacture aircraft pumps. In 1955, Bill Denison sold his business to American Brake Shoe.
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