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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950152-07-002937
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070402
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070402
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070402

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GORMAN RUPP CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000042682
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PUMPS & PUMPING EQUIPMENT [3561]
		IRS NUMBER:				340253990
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06747
		FILM NUMBER:		07739075

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		305 BOWMAN ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1217
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4197551011

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		305 BOWMAN STREET
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 1217
		CITY:			MANSFIELD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44901
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT<BR>
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;April&nbsp;2, 2007
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Ohio
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">1-6747
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">34-0253990</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(419)&nbsp;755-1011
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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:
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01 OTHER EVENTS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On April&nbsp;2, 2007, The Gorman-Rupp Company issued a news release announcing that its
wholly-owned subsidiary, The Gorman-Rupp International Company, has purchased controlling interest
in Wavo Pompen B.V., with facilities located in Leeuwarden and Culemborg, The Netherlands.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This news release is included as Exhibit&nbsp;99 and is being filed with this Current Report on
Form 8-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;<U>Exhibits</U>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(99)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">News Release dated April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 hereunto duly authorized.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 36pt"><B>GORMAN-RUPP EXPANDS EUROPEAN PRESENCE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 16pt">Mansfield, Ohio &#151; April&nbsp;2, 2007 &#151; The Gorman-Rupp Company (AMEX: GRC) reported that its
wholly-owned subsidiary, The Gorman-Rupp International Company, has purchased controlling
interest in Wavo Pompen B.V., a pump manufacturer with facilities located in Leeuwarden and
Culemborg, The Netherlands.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Wavo Pompen, with annual sales of approximately $5.0&nbsp;million during 2006, will continue to
offer pumping equipment, both for sale and rent, to a broad customer base including the
industrial, municipal, and construction markets in The Netherlands. Gorman-Rupp and Wavo have
had a relationship for over 20&nbsp;years and Wavo has managed Gorman-Rupp&#146;s European Distribution
Center in Leeuwarden since 2002.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Jeffrey S. Gorman, President and CEO commented, &#147;Europe has been a very good market for The
Gorman-Rupp Company, and we look forward to the benefits of expanding our international
presence and increasing our line of pump products and services offered throughout the European
community&#148;.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 26pt">David P. Emmens<BR>
Corporate Secretary<BR>
The Gorman-Rupp Company<BR>
Mansfield, Ohio, USA<BR>
Telephone (419)&nbsp;755-1477

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">For information contact Robert E. Kirkendall, Senior Vice President &#038; CFO, Telephone (419)
755-1294.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 26pt"><FONT style="font-size:8pt">The Gorman-Rupp Company designs, manufactures and sells pumps and related equipment
(pumps and motor controls) for use in water, wastewater, construction, industrial, petroleum,
original equipment, agricultural, fire protection, heating ventilating and air conditioning
(HVAC), military and other liquid handling applications.</FONT>
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