Gorman-Rupp Company (The) operates in the Pumps and pumping equipment sector. The Gorman-Rupp Company (Gorman-Rupp) designs, manufactures and globally sells pumps and related equipment (pump and motor controls) for use in water, wastewater, construction, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), military and other liquid-handling applications. The Company's product line consists of pump models ranging in size from .25 inch to 144inches and ranging in rated capacity from less than one gallon per minute to in excess of 700,000 gallons per minute. The types of pumps which the Company produces include self priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, vertical turbine line shaft, submersible, high pressure booster, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellows and oscillating. On October 1, 2010, the Company acquired the assets and certain liabilities of privately-held National Pump Company LLC. In our complete report available for purchase the company is compared to: Twin Disc, Incorporated, Colfax Corporation and RBC Bearings Incorporated.