Gardner Denver Nash
Gardner Denver Nash was created in September 2004, when Gardner Denver acquired nash_elmo Industries, which resulted from the 2002 merger of The Nash Engineering Company, USA, and elmo vacuum technology GmbH, Germany, formerly a Siemens subsidiary. The combining of Nash, the leader in liquid ring vacuum pumps, with elmo, the leader in side channel blowers, created nash_elmo, a global leader in vacuum technology.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Pumps & Pumping
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1905
- Employees:
- 101-1000
- Turnover:
- 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 €
About Us
Today, as the Gardner Denver Nash, we provide improved global service and technical support for Nash liquid ring vacuum pumps, compressors and engineered systems, serving the chemical, petroleum, power, paper, mining, environmental, food, and wastewater treatment industries.
The Nash Division of Gardner Denver has manufacturing facilities in the China, Germany and Brazil and Engineered To Order (ETO) centers in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, USA; Singapore; Smithfield, NSW, Australia; Nuremberg, Germany and Assendelft, Netherlands. Our service centers are ISO 9001:2008 certified and can be found in North America; England, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands; Australia, Singapore and Korea; Brazil; and South Africa. We also have distribution centers in North America, Netherlands, Singapore and Brazil, which stock parts and replacement pumps.
When it is apparent that dozens of solutions to the need for a vacuum system are potentially feasible, NASH engineers utilize their expertise to search out the best alternative. We investigate with our customers the economics of valuable product recovery. We take into account such environmental considerations as disposal of unwanted process carryover. We find ways to conserve power, water, and heat energy. We evaluate system arrangements, scheduled maintenance and service life. We analyze available ratios of first cost to operating costs, so that our customers can tailor those two different types of expenditures to their company’s financial objectives. In summary what we do is to supply ENGINEERED SYSTEMS designed to solve customer problems.
Company History
In 1905 The Nash Engineering Company was founded in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA as a manufacturer of liquid ring vacuum pumps. During the early years, NASH developed vacuum stream heating systems and vacuum sewage collection systems for many of the growing USA cities. NASH also developed vacuum pumps which were applied in the manufacture of pulp and paper. During the mid-20th century, NASH continued expanding into industrial markets such as paper, power, petrochemical, general industrial and food markets.
In the early 1960’s Nash discontinued sales for commercial markets–vacuum heating and sewage collection–to concentrate on the industrial markets. Constant growth continued up to the U.S. recession in 1982. During that time, NASH increased their investment in R&D rather than cutting back as many U.S. companies had done. As a result, our sales since 1984 have been growing with the introduction of new products with superior features and benefits in the areas of efficiency, reduced water consumption, serviceability, quality, and much more.
In Europe, Siemens-Schuckert applied for the liquid ring patent in 1903 and started manufacturing liquid ring pumps as well. Under the “elmo” brand name, liquid ring pumps made by Siemens achieved an excellent reputation and became well known in many industries and applications. Siemens spun off the liquid ring pumps and compressor business in 2000 and founded elmo vacuum technology.
In 2002, Nash Engineering merged with elmo vacuum technology to become nash_elmo. A 2004 acquisition by Gardner Denver Inc. resulted in a division known as Gardner Denver Nash.
In 2012, Nash opened a new Divisional Headquarters and North American Operations Facility in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania.
For over a century, through many changes, our experience has always dramatized how much value we can offer to our customers beyond furnishing good vacuum pumps. It’s a kind of value that yields continuing rewards.