| 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 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 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. |
