The pump company’s corporate support services will remain at the Quincy facility. The Industrial Products Group’s headquarters and compressor and pump manufacturing operations, also located in Quincy, will not be affected by the move.
“Gardner Denver currently has over 6000 employees on six continents and approximately two-thirds of its annual revenues are to customers located outside of the United States. Therefore, in order to improve accessibility to global customers, the company’s foreign operations, investors and a broader pool of local professional human resources, management and the board of directors concluded that relocation to a major metropolitan area was necessary to the long-term growth of the company,” said Barry Pennypacker, president and CEO of
Gardner Denver.