Blower and Compressor Manufacturer celebrates 160th anniversary

Founded in 1864 with the focus on agricultural machinery, AERZEN today is an experienced solution provider for process air and gas applications

  • August 22, 2024
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  • Blower and Compressor Manufacturer celebrates 160th anniversary
    Blower and Compressor Manufacturer celebrates 160th anniversary

The family business from Lower Saxony was founded in 1864 by the manufacturer and business graduate Wilhelm Meyer and initially focussed on the manufacture and repair of agricultural machinery and equipment. What was once purely a machine factory has long since become a global player with over 50 subsidiaries worldwide and around 2,500 employees.

A history of Innovation

In 1868, AERZEN built the first European positive displacement blower based on the Roots principle - laying the foundation for an unrivalled success story. Initially, the packages were only a by-product and were used in the company's field machines. Thanks to the wide range of applications, however, demand increased rapidly and the positive displacement blowers from AERZEN conquered the world. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, Aerzener Maschinenfabrik was considered one of the world's most efficient blower manufacturers in the mechanical engineering sector. Since then, the innovation pioneer has been shaping technological progress in blower and compressor technology with its high level of solution expertise, its keen sense of customer and market requirements and its comprehensive application expertise.

Premium technologies for all industries

The portfolio includes positive displacement blowers, rotary lobe compressors (AERZEN built the world's first rotary lobe compressor in 2010), screw compressors  and  turbo blowers  - for intake volume flows from 1 to 120,000 m³/h. They are suitable for almost all media and form the centrepieces of countless processes worldwide - be it transporting, aerating, cooling, mixing, drying or packaging.

Whether water and waste water treatment, process gas industry, chemistry and process engineering, pneumatic conveying or food industry: AERZEN knows the application-specific challenges of the individual industries inside out and supports users with bespoke engineering and sustainable high-end solutions.

"For 160 years, our technologies have been the gold standard in the industry and have driven the market forward. We lead the way in the development of innovations and shape the future of industrial process air applications. High quality standards, a deeply rooted culture of innovation, a consistent customer focus in all areas of the company and our great employees have always been crucial to our success. My special thanks therefore go to all those who have accompanied us on our journey and, with their commitment, passion and ideas, have made our claim of being the ultimate solution provider in our customers' key applications a reality," emphasises Klaus-Peter Glöckner, Managing Director of AERZEN, adding: "160 years of company history lie behind us. This is both an incentive and an obligation. 'We will remain true to our roots in the future and continue to focus on quality, innovation, flexibility, expertise, service and efficiency.