Sulzer (manufacturer)

Sulzer Ltd. ˈzʊlt͡sɐ is a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, founded by Salomon Sulzer-Bernet in 1775 and established as Sulzer Brothers Ltd. (Gebrüder Sulzer) in 1834 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Today it is a publicly traded company with some 180 manufacturing facilities and service centers around the world. The company's shares are listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange. Sulzer is a global leader in fluid engineering and chemical processing applications. The company specializes in energy-efficient pumping, agitation, mixing, separation, purification, crystallization and polymerization technologies for fluids of all types. Sulzer provides new equipment for large infrastructure across various markets including water and wastewater, energy, chemicals, renewables and industrial processes amongst others. The service business makes up half of the company's sales. Renewable applications such as biopolymers, recycling and low-carbon solutions are a growing part of the business. In its almost 200-year history, the company has gained international recognition with inventions such as the first precision valve steam engine (1876), the Sulzer-Diesel motor (1898) and artificial hip joints (1965). Sulzer Brothers helped develop shuttleless weaving and their core business in the 1970's-1980's was loom manufacturing. Rudolf Diesel worked for Sulzer in 1879 and in 1893 Sulzer bought certain rights to diesel engines. Sulzer built their first diesel engine in 1898. The company is organized into three divisions: Flow Equipment: Pumping solutions - it produces pumps, agitators, compressors, grinders, screens and filters for water, power generation, oil and gas, hydrocarbon, paper, food, metals and fertilizer industries. Services: Full-spectrum service provider for pumps, compressors, turbines, motors and generators for Sulzer's own equipment and third party equipment operated by customers. Chemtech: mass transfer, static mixing and polymer solutions for chemicals, petrochemicals, refining and LNG.