Nash Engineering Company

The Nash Engineering Company was founded in 1905 in Norwalk, Connecticut as a manufacturer of liquid ring vacuum pumps.

History

During the early years, NASH developed vacuum stream heating systems and vacuum sewage collection systems for many of the growing USA cities. NASH also developed vacuum pumps^[1][2] which were applied in the manufacture of pulp and paper and in the sugar industry.^[3][4][5] During the mid-20th century, NASH continued expanding into industrial markets such as paper, power, petrochemical, general industrial and food markets.^[6]

In the early 1960s Nash discontinued sales for commercial markets – vacuum steam heating and sewage collection – to concentrate on the industrial markets. Constant growth continued up to the U.S. recession in 1982. D

In 2002, Nash Engineering attracted private equity finance from Audax (Boston) and merged with Siemens to become Nash Elmo. A 2004 acquisition by Gardner Denver Inc. resulted in Gardner Denver Nash.

Publications

• Nash Engineering Company, The (1973). Nash Vacuum Pump and Compressor Packages for Service Aboard Ship. Nash Engineering Company.
• Nash Engineering Company, The (1951). Priming Centrifugal Pumps Aboard Ship: A Manual. Nash Engineering Company.
• Harold E. Adams (1937). Accurate Air Measurement by Nash Orifice Method. Nash Engineering Company.