Exhibit 23


          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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The Board of Directors
Gardner Denver, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 33-91088, 333-24921, 333-84397, 333-61314 and 333-116108) on Form S-8
and the registration statements (No. 333-109086 and 333-122422) on Form S-3
of Gardner Denver, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated
March 11, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the
Company as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, 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, 2004, and the related
financial statement schedule, management's assessment of the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2004, which reports appear in the December 31, 2004, annual report on
Form 10-K of the Company.

/s/ KPMG LLP


St. Louis, Missouri
March 11, 2005