The Gorman-Rupp Company Announces Executive Changes
April 26, 2019 at 04:00 pm IST
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The Gorman-Rupp Company announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jeffrey S. Gorman, President and CEO, to serve as Chairman of the Board. As previously announced, James C. Gorman, the Company’s long-standing Chairman, informed the Board this past January of his intention to not stand for re-election as a Director at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. James C. Gorman, son of J.C. Gorman, co-founder of the Company, leaves the Board after serving as a Director of the Company since 1946 and as Chairman since 1989. He served as the Company’s President from 1964 until 1989 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1964 until 1996 and was instrumental in the Company’s development and growth over that time. At the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of The Gorman-Rupp Company held April 25, 2019, Sonja K. McClelland was elected to the Board of Directors. Ms. McClelland, age 47, is Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Hurco Companies Inc. The Company has promoted Scott A. King to Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created position, Mr. King will be responsible for operational and financial oversight of all of Gorman-Rupp’s divisions and subsidiaries. Mr. King has been with Gorman-Rupp since 2004 and held various operational management roles, most recently serving as Vice President of Operations since March 2018.
The Gorman-Rupp Company designs, manufactures, and sells pumps and pump systems for use in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, military, and other liquid-handling applications. The Companyâs product line consists of pump models ranging in size from 1/4 to nearly 15 feet and ranging in rated capacity from less than one gallon per minute to nearly one million 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, rotary vein, and more. Its pumps have driven that range from 1/35 horsepower electric motors up to larger electric motors or internal combustion engines capable of producing several thousand horsepower. The Companyâs pumps are also utilized for dewatering purposes.
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