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)
                                June 1, 2005


                            Gardner Denver, Inc.
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           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


      Delaware                     1-13215                  76-0419383
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  (State or Other                (Commission              (IRS Employer
  Jurisdiction of                File Number)           Identification No.)
   Incorporation)


             1800 Gardner Expressway
                 Quincy, Illinois                             62305
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     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)


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

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ITEM 7.01         REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

     On June 1, 2005, Gardner Denver, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing that it had completed the acquisition of Bottarini
S.p.A., a leading packager of industrial air compressors located near Milan,
Italy. A copy of this press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit
99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

     The information in this Item 7.01 and the exhibits 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 (the "Securities Act") or Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.


ITEM 9.01         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)  Exhibits

Exhibit Number         Description of Exhibit

    99.1               Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated June 1, 2005
                       announcing the acquisition of Bottarini S.p.A.




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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: June 1, 2005                     By:/s/ Tracy D. Pagliara
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                                           Tracy D. Pagliara
                                           Vice President, Administration,
                                           General Counsel and Secretary



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                                EXHIBIT INDEX


     EXHIBIT NO.         DESCRIPTION
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       99.1              Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated June 1, 2005
                         announcing the acquisition of Bottarini S.p.A.







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