Donaldson Profile
17 CVSN iNSiDER December 2009 CVSN SPONSOR PROFilE DONAlDSON Donaldson Company was founded in 1915. Having started with just one man and one invention, Donaldson Company has grown to become the leading filtration company in the world with more than $1.8 billion dollars in annual sales revenue and 10,000 employees worldwide. It's global headquarters are in Bloomington, MN, and it has two other region-al and country centers in Mexico, Belgium, Africa, Australia, Japan, Korea, India, China and Singapore. Engineering plays a strong role in Donaldson Company, as evidenced by the number of en-gineers and patents. A significant portion of gross sales is put back into research and de-velopment (R&D). Donaldson has state-of-the-art lab facilities on site and at other locations throughout the world to conduct extensive field product tests. Often partnering with our customers, Donaldson provides filtration sys-tem design as a service. Remaining involved with our products from the design stage through replacement time. Donaldson's three core strengths are:  Applied Technology  Customer Relationships  Global Presence salvatore Miscio Sales Director Today, Donaldson's participation in the air & liquid filtration markets is divided into Engine, Engine Aftermarket, Industrial Filtration Solu-tions, Special Applications, GTS and Ultrafilter: Donaldson Company prides itself on our brand recognition. Our technology has continually evolved as our customers' vehicles and equip-ment have become much more sophisticated. The customer landscape has also changed over the years, as the industry consolidates and becomes much more global. This is a key dif-ferentiating factor that has contributed to Don-aldson Company's success. The independent distributor has to ensure that they continue to diversify their companies. Ensuring that they explore into key niche mar-kets and also service vehicles will help them compete in the future. Ensuring that their employee's continue to receive quality training on all supplier brands is crucial. Donaldson Company is committed to provide this train-ing not only at the distributor level but at the end user level.