Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) is a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of specialized industrial products and equipment within six segments. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Please do not add the complete list of fortune 500 companies The list is copyrighted by Fortune which makes money by selling the content The S&P 500 is a Stock market index containing the stocks of 500 Large-Cap Corporations all of which are from the United States. Dover Corporation is based in New York, NY. The City of New York
History
Dover Corporation can trace its roots to the Automobile Rotary Lift Company, founded in 1925. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1955 Dover Corporation was created with Rotary Lift as its first division. Rotary Lift was instrumental in popularizing the modern hydraulic passenger elevator. An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another
In 1959 Dover Corp. split Rotary Lift into two separate divisions: Rotary Lift, which continued manufacturing automobile lifts, and Dover Elevator Division, which focused on passenger and freight elevators. Dover Corp. sold its elevator division to German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp in 1997. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ThyssenKrupp AG ( is a large German industrial conglomerate, with more than 200000 employees [1]
In 2007 Dover merged its four operating product identification companies into two business groups. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Datamax Pioneer and O'Neil Printer Supplies Group merged to become Datamax O'Neil Printer Supplies [2], and Markem Corporation and Imaje Group became Markem-Imaje [3].
References
- ^ Mergers and Acquisitions
- ^ Two Dover Corp. Units Merge, Yahoo! Finance, Associated Press, August 8, 2007
- ^ [1], Process Online News, November 27, 2007
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