Burckhardt Compression Holding AG BCHN.SW Stock

Burckhardt Compression Holding AG manufactures and sells reciprocating compressors worldwide. The company offers Laby, a labyrinth piston compressor that compresses bone-dry, dirty, abrasive, and other gases; Laby-GI compressors for offshore vessels and installations; process gas compressors API 618 for high-pressure compression of hydrogen, hydrocarbon, and corrosive gasses; hyper compressor, a high-pressure reciprocating compressor for low-density polyethylene plants; and standard high pressure compressors that compress air, hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, argon, natural gas, and other non-corrosive gases and gas mixtures. It also provides high-speed compressors, which are used for standardized natural gas production and transport applications; compressor systems and packages; marine high-pressure compressors, which are used to handle relatively low boil-off gases rates; and diaphragm compressors that are used for small hydrogen fueling stations, as well as for the compression of small quantities of pure gas for medical and other purposes. In addition, it provides various compressor components, such as compressor valves, rings and packings, capital parts, labyrinth piston compressor components, and hyper/secondary compressor components. Further, it provides services comprising valve, spare parts logistic, revamp and upgrade, component repair, field, condition monitoring and diagnostic, technical support, and training services. The company offers compressor solutions for upstream oil and gas, marine, gas transport and storage, refinery, petrochemical/chemical, and industrial gas sectors. The company was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland.