Ingersoll Rand Inc.(IR)
HQ US20% share
Industrial compressors, blowers and flow/vacuum equipment; absorbed Gardner Denver (2020 merger).
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Industrial compressor components
Centrifugal, reciprocating, and screw compressors for air compression in both cryogenic ASU and PSA systems. Key suppliers: Atlas Copco (Sweden), Ingersoll Rand (US), Kaeser (Germany), Gardner Denver (Ingersoll Rand). Critical components include compression stages, intercoolers, lubrication systems, and moisture separators. Long lead times for large centrifugal compressor stages (12–18 months) create surge-response constraints.
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What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on industrial compressor components somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| MXMexico | 19% |
| CNChina | 13% |
| JPJapan | 10% |
| DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany) | 9% |
| INIndia | 6% |
| CACanada | 6% |
| ITItaly | 5% |
| GBUnited Kingdom | 4% |
| CHSwitzerland | 4% |
| KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea) | 3% |
| THThailand | 3% |
| TWTaiwan | 3% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
5 companies produce industrial compressor components.
Kaeser Kompressoren SE
HQ DE12% share
German maker of rotary-screw and reciprocating air compressors and compressed-air systems.
Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC
HQ US
American cryogenic turboexpander manufacturer (Santa Maria CA; Atlas Copco Gas and Process subsidiary); world's leading producer of turboexpanders for cryogenic gas processing applications including helium liquefaction, natural gas liquefaction, and air separation. Atlas Copco (Stockholm, Sweden; NYSE: ATCO) is a Swedish engineering conglomerate (founded 1873; world's leading air compressor and vacuum technology company) that acquired Mafi-Trench in 1997. Mafi-Trench's cryogenic turboexpanders convert the energy of expanding high-pressure gas into refrigeration — the thermodynamic trick that allows helium to reach liquefaction temperature (-269°C). Mafi-Trench turboexpanders operate at speeds up to 100,000 RPM on gas bearings (no contact, no lubrication required at cryogenic temperatures where oil would freeze). The same Atlas Copco that makes the air compressor at your neighborhood mechanic also makes the 100,000 RPM turbine at the heart of helium liquefaction plants serving hospital MRI machines.
Baker Hughes Company (Turbomachinery & Process Solutions)
HQ US
American oilfield services and industrial equipment company (Nasdaq: BKR, HQ Houston TX; ~$23B revenue); Turbomachinery & Process Solutions (TPS) division formerly operated as GE Oil & Gas (General Electric's oilfield equipment arm) — Baker Hughes acquired GE Oil & Gas in 2017 to form Baker Hughes GE (BHGE), later renamed Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes TPS produces turboexpanders and centrifugal compressors for LNG liquefaction, gas processing, and cryogenic helium applications under the Nuovo Pignone brand (Italian precision engineering heritage dating to 1842 in Florence). Baker Hughes/Nuovo Pignone turboexpanders compete with Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench and Cryostar for the limited number of large-scale helium liquefaction plant contracts. The same Baker Hughes that services oil and gas wells for ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco also makes the precision turbomachinery inside helium plants that supply hospital MRI systems.
Siemens Energy AG(ENR.DE)
HQ DE
Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany; Xetra: ENR; spun off from Siemens AG in September 2020; ~€35B revenue) manufactures industrial gas turbines and centrifugal compressor systems for pipeline transmission applications. Key pipeline compression products: SGT-400 (13 MW), SGT-700 (32 MW), and SGT-800 (57 MW) industrial gas turbines coupled with STC-SH and STC-GH centrifugal compressor trains. Siemens Energy serves major European, Middle Eastern, and North American pipeline operators. Russian Gazprom historically used Siemens Energy gas turbines for its mainline compression on the Nordstream and Siberian pipeline systems — the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war and turbine sanctions created a supply crisis for Gazprom compression maintenance, demonstrating the geopolitical entanglement of pipeline compressor supply chains. Primary manufacturing at Ludwigshafen, Germany and Berlin. Siemens Gamesa (renewable energy) is majority-owned by Siemens Energy.