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): July 23, 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 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE (ITEM 12, DISCLOSURE OF RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION).

     On July 23, 2003, Gardner Denver, Inc. issued a press release
announcing the Company's earnings for the second quarter and six months
ended June 30, 2003. 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. This information, furnished under this "Item 9. Regulation FD
Disclosure," is intended to be furnished under "Item 12. Results of
Operations and Financial Condition," in accordance with SEC Release No.
33-8216.

     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 (the "Exchange Act"), or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such
information 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: July 23, 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 July 23, 2003.






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