EX-23.1 5 exh23-1.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FRIM

Exhibit 23.1

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors

Gardner Denver, Inc.:

 

We consent to the use of our reports dated February 27, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Gardner Denver, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the registration statement.

 

Our report dated February 27, 2007 on the consolidated financial statements refers to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

St. Louis, Missouri

May 9, 2007