EFFICIENT BY DESIGN since 1946: The story of Cornell starts in 1946 when five people working at Pacific Pump Company decided to head out on their own. Having a complete service department, they became familiar with what most of the common pump failures were. Many motor failures came from pressure spikes during operation, overloading capacity and water related failures of the pump end motor bearings. With many parts in stock and facilities to fabricate the rest, Cornell would service any model of pump. Can we do better? The Cornell team asked themselves, “Can we do better?” In 1949 the “Rain-O-Flow” irrigation pumps were designed and manufactured to be irrigation specific models with features that we felt would solve many problems that we were seeing in the repair shop. Today, Cornell Pump is an industry leader in centrifugal pumps for Agriculture, Industrial, Mining, Municipal, Oil/Gas, and Rental applications. Since 1968, Cornell Pump has been part of Roper Technologies, Inc. Roper is a diversified technology company with annual revenues of $3.8 billion, providing engineered products and solutions for global niche markets, including software information networks, medical, water, energy, and transportation. Roper’s strong operating capabilities enables conversion of end-market potential into profitable growth and cash flow in order to create value for investors. Roper is a component of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000 and Russell 1000 Indexes and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ROP.