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Process gas & CNG packages
What it is
Reciprocating and screw compressors engineered for specific gases - natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, refrigerants - and packaged with drivers, coolers, controls and safety systems. CNG packages compress gas for station dispensing
They are engineered-to-order rather than catalogue products
Impact on industries
- Realisation and margin far exceed standard air compressors, since each package is engineered for a specific gas, pressure and duty
- City gas distribution expansion creates a defined domestic pipeline for CNG compression packages
- Hydrogen and ammonia handling positions the supplier for green hydrogen infrastructure using existing compression capability
- Order flow is project-linked and lumpy, unlike the steady replacement demand of standard compressors
- Engineering-to-order consumes design capacity per order, so revenue scales with engineering headcount rather than plant capacity