GESTRA History
OVER 100 YEARS OF GESTRA
HEADING FOR THE FUTURE
The industrial age had just started when Gustav Friedrich Gerdts founded his
enterprise on Oct. 29, 1902. He started as a young unknown person without any financial
resources, but he had a lot ofnew ideas.
Gustav Friedrich Gerdts decided that the aims of his new company
must be:
> Optimisation of steam and energy saving in industry
> Increase of operational reliability
> Efficient condensate discharge
Aims which enjoy highest priority even today, over 100 years later.
1902 - Foundation of the company in Bremen
1907 - Renamed into Gustav F. Gerdts KG
1951 - Foundation of Production Facilities TECHNOVA
1956 - Foundation of the first Subsidiary in France
1961 - Foundation of further Subsidiaries in England, Italy, Spain and
Brazil
1962 - Gustav F. Gerdts GmbH & Co. KG
1968 - GESTRA KSB Vertriebsgesellschaft
1976 - Foundation of GESTRA Inc. in the USA
1983 - Conversion into GESTRA AG
1988 - Incorporation into the SIEBE PLC.
1994 - Incorporation of UNIVAM GmbH
1995 - Incorporation of P&W Ventil- und Regler-Service GmbH
1997 - Conversion into GESTRA GmbH
1999 - GESTRA & INVENSYS plc.
2002 - Incorporation into FLOWSERVE
2004 - Conversion into GESTRA AG
