Family business with tradition
Customized solutions and high quality
PILLER is a medium-sized company run by the Klostermann familiy.
We are a well-known and successful manufacturer of high-power blowers and compressors for the process industry.
Providing customized solutions at a high technical level, we meet the specific needs of different sectors, e.g. refineries, chemical and petrochemical industries, industrial furnace construction, general mechanical engineering, power plants and waste water treatment. With 350 employees worldwide, and our own subsidiaries and representative offices, PILLER supplies 85 percent of its products abroad.
Our management
The management board currently consists of Christoph Böhnisch and Stephan Merkel.
Managing Director
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Christoph Böhnisch
Managing Director
Dipl.-Kfm. Stephan Merkel
Our top management
Head of Purchasing
Alexander Gerke
Head of Product Management
Thomas Groß
Head of Human Resources
Ass. jur. Simone Heidelberg
Chief Information Officer
Thomas Henzler
Head of Design
Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Philipp Kellner
Global Sales Director
Dr. rer. nat. Steffen Kuberczyk
Head of Project Management
Ulrich Kubitz
Head of Quality Management
Peter Lakemann
Head of Finance
Dipl.-Kfm. Stephan Merkel
Head of Production
Dipl. Ing. (FH) Timo Pässler
Head of Research & Development
Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Ring
Blower manufacturing in numbers
PILLER is the world's technology leader in high-power blowers and compressors. Whether employees, export share or subsidiaries – here are the most important facts and figures at a glance.
| Company | Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH | ||
| Founded | 1909 | ||
| Site | Moringen, Germany | ||
| Sector | Machine Building | ||
| Partners | Family Bernd Klostermann | ||
| Employees | 425 worldwide | ||
| Subsidiaries | Piller TSC Blower Corp., Schenectady/New York, USA | Piller SEA Pte. Ltd., Singapore | Piller Blowers & Compressors (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China |
| Joint Venture | Sunteco Limited, Korea | Piller SUR Ventiladores e Compressores Ltda., Brazil | Piller Global (India) PVT Ltd., India |
Production | Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH, Moringen, Germany | Piller Blowers Technology (Taicang) Co., Ltd., China | |
Export ratio | 85 % |
Global blower manufacturing
Our subsidiaries
We want to offer the closest possible proximity to our customers directly on-site. This is why we are present through our international subsidiaries and joint ventures: Piller TSC Blower Corp.(Schenectady/New York, USA), Piller SEA Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), Piller BC Shanghai Ltd. (China), Piller SUR Ventiladores e Compressores Ltda. (Brazil) and Piller Global (India) PVT Ltd.
The future-oriented desire of the process industry for energy-efficient processes requires an intelligent use of energy and can be seen in a growing demand for our blowers for vapor recovery – to this end, we launched the powerful joint venture Sunteco Ltd. (Korea).
Manufacturing Quality since 1909
Our blowers are a family tradition
Anton Piller manufactured his first blowers in 1909 – the foundation of a lively company history. Today, PILLER is one of the world's sought-after providers of blowers and compressors.
The history of the company began in 1909. In Hamburg, company founder and namesake Anton Piller designed and produced blowers, generators and electric motors. After ten years, the engineer left the Hanseatic city and moved the company's headquarters to Osterode am Harz. The site of today's Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH in Moringen was opened 30 years later as a branch office, and was
commenced its own path as an independent company in 1996. With newly gained independence, and the commitment of the families Englund and Klostermann, the company was able to develop into a successful global player for high-performance blowers and compressors.
2001
Nils Englund and Bernd Klostermann buy the company. Englund is Managing Director. As a result, the company underwent organizational and financial restructuring with the aim of growing profitably on a sustained basis.
2008 - today
By establishing worldwide sales offices and joint ventures, PILLER created a global sales network. Today PILLER is present in the USA, Singapore, China, South Korea, Brazil and India.
2011
Opening of the training center in Moringen; total area 700m². Our trainees will be encouraged and supported here in their occupational training. The training center also hosts internal and external training courses.
2012
PILLER expands its German location in Moringen. Construction of a three-story office building and a production hall with an area of 1,750 square meters.
2013
The company receives a new name: "Piller Industrieventilatoren GmbH" becomes "Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH".
2014
Expansion of the crane capacity up to 30 t.
2015
In the course of investment measures, construction of the new outdoor storage area in Moringen.
2015
Foundation of the production facility Piller Blowers Technology (Taicang) Co., Ltd. in China.
2016
The new administration building at PILLER headquarters in Moringen is opened.
2019
Following the retirement of Nils Englund, Christoph Böhnisch and Stephan Merkel take over the management. The new dual leadership is divided into the technical and commercial divisions. The Bernd Klostermann family remains exclusive partner.
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PILLER video – Insight into the production process
Play the video and gain an insight into our production! What workstations are there? Which high-end machines are used? How is work carried out and in which way is quality ensured?
