Company: GGG
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000042888-25-000011
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Company: GRACO INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 Industrial segment equipment is sold worldwide through specialized third-party distributors, integrators, design centers, original equipment manufacturers and material suppliers. Some products are sold directly to end users and may include design and installation to specific customer requirements. We work with material suppliers to develop or adapt our equipment for use with specialized or hard-to-handle materials. Distributors promote and sell the equipment, hold inventory, provide product application expertise and offer on-site service, technical support and integration capabilities. Integrators implement large individual installations in manufacturing plants where products and services from a number of different manufacturers are aggregated into a single system. Design centers engineer systems for their customers using our products. Original equipment manufacturers incorporate our Industrial segment products into systems and assemblies that they then supply to their customers.

Industrial 

The Industrial division makes liquid finishing and advanced fluid dispense equipment primarily for use in industrial applications.

This division’s products include liquid finishing equipment that applies liquids on metals, wood and plastics, with emphasis on solutions that provide easy integration to paint monitoring and control systems. Products include paint circulating and paint supply pumps, paint circulating advanced control systems, plural component coating proportioners, various accessories to filter, transport, agitate and regulate fluid, and spare parts such as spray tips, seals and filter screens. The Industrial division also offers a variety of applicators that use different methods of atomizing and spraying liquid materials, paint or other coatings depending on the viscosity of the fluid, the type of finish desired and the need to maximize transfer efficiency, minimize overspray and minimize the release of volatile organic compounds into the air. Manufacturers in the automotive, automotive feeder, commercial and recreational vehicle, military and utility vehicle, aerospace, farm, construction, wood and general metals industries use our liquid finishing products.

The Industrial division also manufactures equipment for industrial customers that pumps, meters, mixes and dispenses sealant, adhesive and composite materials. Advanced fluid dispense equipment includes gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators and precision dispensing solutions. This precision dispense equipment bonds, molds, seals, vacuum encapsulates and laminates parts and devices in a wide variety of industrial applications.

Powder 

The Powder division makes powder finishing products and complete powder finishing systems that coat powder on metals. These products are sold under the Gema® and SAT™ brands. Gema powder systems coat window frames, metallic furniture, automotive components and sheet metal. Primary end users of our powder finishing products include 

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manufacturers in the construction, home appliance, automotive component and custom project coater industries