The Gorman-Rupp Company designs, manufactures, and sells pumps and pump systems. Its products 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 pumps. The company's products are used in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, military, and other liquid-handling, as well as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications. The Gorman-Rupp Company markets its products through a network of distributors, manufacturers' representatives, third-party distributor catalogs, and direct sales in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio.