Burckhardt Compression Holding AG (BCHN.SW)

589.00 +5.00 (+0.86%) As of 10:29AM CEST. Market open.

Burckhardt Compression Holding AG

Franz-Burckhardt-Strasse 5
Winterthur 8404
Switzerland
41 52 262 55 00
https://www.burckhardtcompression.com

Sector(s): Industrials
Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery
Full-time employees: 3,104

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Fabrice Billard	CEO & Member of Executive Board	889k	N/A	1970
Mr. Rolf Brändli	CFO, VP of Finance & Administration, Secretary and Member of Executive Board	N/A	N/A	1968
Mr. Rainer Dübi	President of Services Division & Member of Executive Board	N/A	N/A	1969
Vanessa Valentin	CHRO & Member of Executive Board	N/A	N/A	1979
Andreas Brautsch	President Systems Division & Member of Executive Board	N/A	N/A	1974
Mr. Marco Scanderbeg	Vice President of Marketing & Communications	N/A	N/A	1966

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in CHF.

Description

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 and ethylene-vinyl acetate 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 natural gas processing and transport applications; compressor systems and packages; and diaphragm compressors that are used for hydrogen fueling and trailer filling stations, as well as for the compression of small quantities of pure gas for medical and other purposes, as well as marine high-pressure compressors, which are used to handle relatively low boil-off gases rates. 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 systems used in the petrochemical, chemical, gas transport and storage, hydrogen mobility and energy, industrial gas, refinery and gas, gathering, and processing sectors. The company was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Corporate governance

Burckhardt Compression Holding AG’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 June 2024 is 4. The pillar scores are Audit: 8; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 5.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.