Graco Inc. is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of fluid-handling equipment and systems. Since inception in 1926, the company 
has pioneered technology and equipment for a wide variety of fluid handling applications. By the end of the current decade, by solidifying its position in the existing markets and entering new ones, the company would cross the $1 billion-mark in sales. This would be in sync with its basic mission of ‘service to people through profitable growth’.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Graco sales are categorized by three business segments: Industrial Products, Contractor Equipment and Lubrication Equipment. It sells its products in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific. The products are primarily sold through approximately 30,000 distributors worldwide.
The Graco success is based on its unwavering commitment to technical excellence, world-class manufacturing and superior customer service. Working closely with specialized distributors, Graco offers products that set quality standard. Its ongoing investment in fluid management and control will continue to provide innovative solutions to a diverse global market.
The company’s industrial segment designs and markets equipment for liquid finishing, process, sanitary, sealants, adhesives, composites, protective coatings and foam markets. In this segment, Graco’s liquid finishing and process equipment are supplied to manufacturers who transfer fluids such as paints and chemicals, while its pumps move fluids from drums and tanks through its proportioning equipment to its spray guns and dispensers.
The contractor segment designs and markets sprayers used to apply paint, architectural coatings and texture materials, as well as sprayers for pressure cleaning. Within the lubrication segment, Graco designs and markets equipment to transfer, meter and dispense lubricants and petroleum products with a full line of pumps, meters, hose reels, controls and centralized lubrication products. This segment caters to a wide range of applications and is typically supplied to automotive service centres, oil change facilities, governments and municipalities, manufacturing companies, mines and other heavy industries. As a leader in the lubrication equipment market for more than eight decades, the company products are valued by customers for their industry-leading quality and technology.
Graco also offers a wide range of finishing solutions for all types of wood, metal and plastic applications, which find very good use in the 
automotive space. Its applicators, pumps, packages and plural component equipment improve productivity, reduce paint usage costs, lower emissions and provide consistently better finishes.
Graco has its presence in the Indian market through the India Liasoning Office of Graco Hongkong Ltd. The company has made significant progress in India since its entry and is keen on stepping up operations further.
Applications of Graco’s finishing equipment
* Automotive
* Automotive Feeder
* Truck/Bus / RV
* Military and Utility Vehicles
* Aerospace
* Farm and Construction
* Wood
* General Metal