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)
August 6, 2008

Gardner Denver, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	1-13215	76-0419383
(State or Other	(Commission	(IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of	File Number)	Identification No.)
Incorporation)
1800 Gardner Expressway		62305
Quincy, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(217) 222-5400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

     o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

     On August 6, 2008, Gardner Denver, Inc. announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Best Aire, Inc. (“Best Aire”), a U.S. distributor of compressed air and gas products, serving the Ohio market through its headquarters in Millbury, Ohio, with additional distribution operations in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

  99.1 Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated August 6, 2008

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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: August 7, 2008	By:	/s/ Tracy D. Pagliara
		Tracy D. Pagliara
		Vice President, Law

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Gardner Denver, Inc. Press Release dated August 6, 2008

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