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 of new 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.
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1902Foundation of the company in Bremen
1907Renamed into Gustav F. Gerdts KG
1951Foundation of Production Facilities TECHNOVA
1956Foundation of the first Subsidiary in France
1961Foundation of further Subsidiaries in England, Italy, Spain and Brazil
1962Gustav F. Gerdts GmbH & Co. KG
1968GESTRA KSB Vertriebsgesellschaft
1976Foundation of GESTRA Inc. in the USA
1981Conversion into GESTRA AG
1988Incorporation into the SIEBE PLC.
1994Incorporation of UNIVAM GmbH
1995Incorporation of P&W Ventil- und Regler-Service GmbH
1997Conversion into GESTRA GmbH
1999GESTRA & INVENSYS
2002Incorporation into FLOWSERVE
2004Conversion into GESTRA AG