| YEAR |
DISCRIPTION |
| 2000 |
Egyptions invent the shadoof |
| 200 BC |
Ctesibus invents the reciprocating pump ; Archimedean screw pump described by Archimedes |
| 1580 |
Sliding vane pump invented by Ramelli |
| 1593 |
Service invents the gear pump |
| 1650 |
Otto van Guericke invents his piston vacuum pump |
| 1674 |
Sir Samuel Morland patents the packed pluger pump |
| 1790 |
Plenty Ltd established - Thomas Simpson establishes his pump business in London |
| 1815 |
Hayward Tyler established |
| 1830 |
Screw pump invented by Revillion |
| 1834 |
Sulzer Brothers founded |
| 1840 |
Henry R Worthington invents the first direct-acting stream pump |
| 1848 |
Goulds Pumps foundes |
| 1851 |
John Gwynne patents his centrifugal pump improvements |
| 1853 |
Boremann Pumpen founded |
| 1857 |
Roper Pump Company founded |
| 1859 |
Jacob Edson invents the first reciprocating stream pump |
| 1860 |
Allweiler founded - A.S. Cameron invents the first reciprocating stream pump |
| 1862 |
Lawrence Pumps established - Philipp Hilge founded |
| 1866 |
Lederle founded |
| 1868 |
Sigma Lutin founded |
| 1871 |
KSB established, Southern Cros established in Australia - George and James Weir set up the partnership that will become the Weir Group |
| 1875 |
Hodgkin and Neuhaus, forerunner of SPP founded |
| 1877 |
Ritz Pumpenfabrik established |
| 1881 |
Halberg MA schienbau founded |
| 1883 |
Holden & Brooke founded |
| 1884 |
A W Chesterton founded |
| 1888 |
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd founded |
| 1890 |
Salmson starts making pumps in Paris |
| 1893 |
Uraca Pumpenfabric founded |
| 1894 |
Sero Pumpenfabric founded |
| 1896 |
KSB opens UK subsidiary |
| 1897 |
Worthington Pump Company and Thomos Simpson amalgamate to from Worthington Simpson Ltd. |
| 1901 |
Flygts forerunner Stenberg founded |
| 1905 |
Leistriz Company established |
| 1906 |
Stuart Turner Ltd founded |
| 1907 |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries produced its first pump |
| 1909 |
Fristam Pumpen and Ernst Vogel founded - Ingersoll Rand enters the pump business by acquiring the Cameron Steam Pump Works |
| 1910 |
Dickow Pumpen and Hitachi founded |
| 1911 |
Jeans Nielsen builds the first Viking internal gear pump, founded the Viking Pump Company |
| 1912 |
Ebara Corporation founded |
| 1916 |
Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation acquire Worthington Simpson Ltd |
| 1917 |
John Crane founded - Louis Berqeron 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 Co established |
| 1920 |
Bombas Itur Werner Pumpen and SIHI established |
| 1921 |
Labour founded |
| 1923 |
Peerless founded |
| 1924 |
Leistritz starts making screw pumps - Rheinhuette starts pump production |
| 1927 |
Edur Pumpenfabrik founded |
| 1928 |
Girdlestone Pumps founded |
| 1929 |
Pleuger pioneers the submersible turbine pump motor - Stenberg and Flygt commence their cooperation |
| 1930 |
Rene Moineau receives a dectorate for his thesis which will lead to the invention of the progressing cavity pump Ensival starts selling centrifugal pumps |
| 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 Pump Ltd formed to manufacture and distribute Moinequ's pump design in the UK |
| 1937 |
Sigmund Pump Warman International founded |
| 1940 |
Grindex founded |
| 1941 |
Britsh Pump Manufacturers Association founded |
| 1945 |
Grundfos Pumps, Caprari and Flexibox founded |
| 1946 |
Cornell Pump, Klaus Union, Totton Pumps founded |
| 1947 |
HMD Seal/Less Pumps established Hyundai founded |
| 1948 |
Stenberg Flygt AB design the first submersible drainage pump, Varisco commences pump production |
| 1949 |
HMD supplies its first production magnet-drive pump |
| 1951 |
Tsurumi and Netzsch Mohnopumpen founded |
| 1952 |
Lewa and Rovatti founded |
| 1953 |
Nikkiso established |
| 1955 |
Wilden and DMW Corporation established Borg-Warner acquires Byron Jackson |
| 1956 |
Flygt introduces the submersible sewage pump |
| 1957 |
Richter Chemie-Technik founded |
| 1959 |
ABS and Calped FOUNDED |
| 1960 |
David Brown Pump division formed |
| 1961 |
Ingersoll-Rand acquires the Aldrich Pump Company |
| 1962 |
Acromet commences operations |
| 1965 |
Warren Rupp founded Sulzer acquires majority interest in Weise & Monski |
| 1966 |
ITT acquires Jabsco |
| 1967 |
Scienco founded |
| 1968 |
Johnson Pump International founded Weir acquires Harland Engineering and ITT Corporation acquires Flygt |
| 1970 |
Weir buys Drysdate ; Ingersoll-Rand buys Sigmund Pump Ltd (GB) in Gateshead, UK |
| 1971 |
Sihi takes over Halberg Turbonsan founded |
| 1972 |
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 System (TBG) buys Peerless Pump |
| 1979 |
SPPacquires Godiva Fire pumps |
| 1981 |
Red Jacket and Hydromatic merge to form Marley Pump. Sterling Fluid Systems takes a half share in SIHI |
| 1982 |
Pump Pompes Pumpen is relaunched as World Pumps Magazine Biwater acquires W Allwin Pump |
| 1984 |
Sihi buys the canned motor programme of Bran & Lubbe |
| 1985 |
Dresser Industries acquires Worthington Simpson Ltd. |
| 1986 |
KSB acquires Pompes Guinard Pentair acquires FE Myers Goulds Pumps acquires Lowara |
| 1987 |
Weir buys Mather and Platt MAchinery Sihi France buys Schabaver |
| 1988 |
Idex Corporation founded Braithwaite acquires SPP and sells off Godiva Fire Pumps |
| 1989 |
Scanpump acquires ABS TBG acquires SPP Ltd part of Sterling Fluid Systems |
| 1990 |
Dresser Industries acquires Mono Pumps Ltd Ingersoll=Rand acquires Scienco Ltd, Watson-Marlow bought by Spirax-Sarco |
| 1991 |
Index acquires Corken;Baker Hughes acquires Geho |
| 1992 |
Ingersoll-Rand and Dresser Industries merge their pump business to form Ingersoll Dresser Pumps
Warman acquires Girdlestone Pumps ; Idex acquires Pulsafeeder and Johnson Pump (UK) Ltd ; Weir buys Floway ; BW/IP buys ACEC |
| 1993 |
United Dominion acquires Marley Pump ; Vogel acquires Ochsner, Sterling Fluid Systems acquires Labour |
| 1994 |
Weir acquires Enviro Tech Pumpsystem, Warman acquires Barrett Haentjens ; Idex acquires HAle Products ; Goulds acquires Vogel ; ITT buys Richter Chemie-Technik ; Sundstrand acquires HMD Seal/less Pumps |
| 1995 |
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 System, which buys the remaining half share in SIHI Grundfos acquires Interdab Pump Industry Analyst launched |
| 1997 |
BW/IP acquires Stork Pump's engineered pumps business ; Johnson Pumps Durco and BW/IP merge to form Flowserve ITT Industries acquires Goulds ; Index acquires Blagdon Pumps ; Textron acquires Magg Pump System ; Spirax-Sarco acquires Bredel Pentair acquires General Signal's Pump Group ; Constellation Capital acquires Imo; |
| 1998 |
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. |
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