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Graco Inc.

An American maker of fluid-handling equipment, from paint sprayers and texture sprayers for professional painters and DIYers to pumps, lubrication systems, and powder-coating gear for factories. It was founded in Minneapolis in 1926, when parking-lot attendant Russell Gray grew frustrated that manual grease guns froze in cold winters, so he invented an air-powered one. Its name is a shortening of its original "Gray Company," and it now serves dozens of countries through distributors.