History of the company

The year 1904 saw the arrival of the first turbo machine – a steam turbine generator set with a power of 1500 kW. Since that time, the company's progress has been marked by many engineering pioneering achievements.

1782

Founding of the "Gute-Hoffnungs-Hütte"
in Sterkrade, Deutschland (GHH)

1805

Founding of Escher Wyssin hydraulic
Zurich and start of pump production

1814

Start of GHH steam engine production

1834

Founding of the Sulzer company
in Winterthur, Switzerland

1837

Founding of the steel and machinery factory
BORSIG Berlin

1857

First compressor from BORSIG

1903

First Sulzer turbocompressor

1904

First GHH steam turbine

1915

First isotherm compressor from
Sulzer with integral interstage coolers

1934

First Sulzer axial compressor

1952

First GHH screw compressor

1988

Design and development
of GHH industrial gas turbines

1991

First MOPICO compressor

1994

Establishment of Sulzer Turbo in Zurich

1996

BORSIG Berlin and GHH Sterkrade found
GHH BORSIG Turbomaschinen GmbH

2001

MAN GHH BORSIG and Sulzer Turbo found
the MAN TURBO group of companies

2004

New center for assembly and testing
of large machine sets