KRANZ was founded in 1906. Outstanding success has been obtained in developing stuffing boxes to be used in the high pressure service.

Our high pressure packing ?type K was developed and patented in 1927 in connection with the introduction of various ammonia high pressure syntheses, at a pressure range up to 1000 bar/ 14503 psi

KRANZ was the first company introducing PTFE from the United States into the European compressors market in 1958. For decades we manufactured compressor components meeting successfully both sealing and life requirements in all kind of applications up to 3500 bar/ 50763 psi.