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DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.

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Year Founded & Workforce

1914-12-31

14,000 Employees

Industry

Energy & Power

Services

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DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. Overview

Company Headquarters: Minnesota, US

Founded: 1915

Workforce: ~14,000

Company Working: Donaldson Company, Inc. (Donaldson Company) is engaged in manufacturing filtration systems and replacement parts. It offers products such as filters and emission control products for heavy-duty mobile equipment, air intake systems for industrial gas turbines, in-plant air cleaning systems, and specialized filters for computer disk drives, semiconductors, and aircraft cabins. The company caters to a wide range of end-use industries, including automotive, energy, food & beverage, manufacturing, marine, mining, pharmaceuticals, power generation, and transportation. It offers its products offerings through two major segments, namely, engine product and industrial product. The industrial product segment is further sub-segmented into industrial filtration solutions, special applications, and gas turbine systems. Industrial filtration products are included under its industrial filtration solutions segment.

The company has an extensive presence across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. It has 45 manufacturing plants, of which 24 are in America, 14 are in Europe/Africa/Middle East, and seven are in Asia-Pacific. It has 23 distribution centers, of which ten are in America, three are in Europe/Africa/Middle East, and ten are in Asia-Pacific. The company has four joint ventures in Czech Republic, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and the US. It has more than 100 technical laboratories across the globe. Donaldson France SAS (France), Donaldson Korea Co., Ltd. (Korea), Donaldson Filtration (Singapore), Donaldson Europe, B.V.B.A. (Belgium), and Nippon Donaldson, Ltd. (Japan) are some of the key subsidiaries of the company.

Strategy

Donaldson Company focuses on acquisition as an inorganic strategy to increase its share in the global market. For instance, in May 2017, it acquired Hy-Pro Corporation (US), a manufacturer of filtration systems and replacement filters. The company strategizes to cater to end-use industries, such as utilities, chemical & refining, and oil & gas, to gain a larger market share and achieve financial stability.

Company Snapshot

$23,571M

Revenue

14,000

Employees

1914-12-31

Founded

Minnesota, US

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

  • Vast global presence
  • Strong brand recognition
  • Increasing investments in research and development
  • Established presence
  • Increasing investments in research & development
  • The company is a global leader in technology-led filtration products and solutions
  • Donaldson servers a range of industries and, advanced markets
  • The company has skilled workforce in around 140 locations across the globe

Weaknesses

  • Limited focus on its industrial products segment
  • Lack of focus on the industrial products segment
  • The promotion of the products left a lot to be desired. Although the company’s product is a achievement in terms of sales , however its unique selling proposition and positioning is not clearly defined that is the major weakness as compared from the competitors

Opportunities

  • Scope for strategic mergers and acquisitions
  • Significant increase in industrialization and commercialization in the market in Asia-Pacific
  • Growing industrialization and commercialization in the market in Asia-Pacific
  • Decreasing cost of transportation due to fall in the shipping prices can also bring down the cost of Donaldson’s offerings, therefore creating an opportunity to the company - either to increases its profitability or pass on the profits to the buyers to uphold the market share.
  • The lower rate of inflation bring more stability in the market, allow credit at ver less interest rate to the customers of Donaldson

Threats

  • Highly competitive market
  • Fluctuating currency exchange rates
  • Rising prices of raw materials can pose a threat to the profitability of Donaldson.
  • Growing trend toward isolationism in the American market can lead to alike reaction from other governments therefore adversely affecting the global sales.

Key Developments

DateApproachDevelopment
December 2018ExpansionDonaldson Company announced its plans to expand its manufacturing facility by increasing its air filter manufacturing capacity. This helped the company leverage its liquid filtration manufacturing capabilities in China
December 2018Product DevelopmentDonaldson Company introduced an easier way to select replacement air filters for gas turbine systems. This enabled the company to help system operators select an appropriate filter for certain operations
May 2018ExpansionDonaldson Company expanded its distribution facility in Brugge, Belgium, which serves 164 countries with 17 million units of outbound goods, annually. This expansion helped the company increase its share in the global market
June 2022Incorporation of Production UnitDonaldson India Filtration Systems Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Donaldson Company, Inc, leading global manufacturer of innovative filtration products and solutions, incorporated its new industrial air filtration facility in Pune, India.

Product Offering

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    • RadialSeal Filters
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    • Cartridge Filters
    • PowerCore Filter Packs
    • Replacement Filters
    • By Pass Lubrication Filter Market

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Wantstats' research desk profiles DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. as part of our ongoing coverage of the Energy & Power sector, drawing on public company data, filings, and market intelligence.

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