UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT
   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


     Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 20, 2003



                            GARDNER DENVER, INC.
           (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

         DELAWARE                    1-13215                    76-0419383

(State or Other Jurisdiction of      (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)       File Number)           Identification No.)


                           1800 GARDNER EXPRESSWAY
                           QUINCY, ILLINOIS 62301
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

                               (217) 222-5400
            (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)








ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

     On October 20, 2003, Gardner Denver, Inc. issued a press release
announcing the Company's earnings for the third quarter and nine months
ended September 30, 2003, certain recent activities, and guidance as to
certain future results. A copy of this press release is furnished with this
report as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference
herein.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit
attached hereto shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall
such information or exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall
be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.




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                                 SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                        GARDNER DENVER, INC.

Date: October 20, 2003                      By:     /s/Philip R. Roth
                                               --------------------------------
                                            Philip R. Roth
                                            Vice President, Finance & CFO












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                                EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.   DESCRIPTION
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    99.1      Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated October 20, 2003.









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