Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
Gardner Denver, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 33-91088, 333-24921, 333-84397, 333-61314 and 333-116108) on Form S-8 and the registration statements (Nos. 333-109086 and 333-122422) on Form S-3 of Gardner Denver, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated February 27, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, which reports appear in the December 31, 2006, annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.

Our report dated February 27, 2007 on the consolidated financial statements refers to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Shared-Based Payment and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.

/s/  KPMG LLP

St. Louis, Missouri

February 27, 2007