What Maximator Gmbh does

Maximator GmbH is a German manufacturer founded in 1970 and headquartered in Nordhausen, specializing in high-pressure technology, hydraulics, and pneumatics with capabilities up to 15,000 bar (217,500 psi). The company designs, produces, and distributes a portfolio spanning high-pressure pumps (M, S, G, GX, GPD series), gas boosters, air amplifiers, valves/fittings/tubing rated up to 152,000 psi, liquefied gas pumps, rebreather oxygen boosters, hydraulic units (including the Hydroline EasyX), and specialized systems for oil & gas, gas/water-assisted moulding, and hydrogen applications. Its hydrogen product line — including the HULC modular compressor (up to 1,050 bar), X-TOWER (up to 900 bar), ValvolutionX H2 valve, GFS filling systems, and the jointly developed MAX Compression 2.0 with Bosch Rexroth — is positioned to serve the planned build-out of approximately 4,000 hydrogen refueling stations worldwide by 2030.

The company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SK Group (Schmidt Kranz Group) industrial conglomerate and runs a global distribution and service network covering 64 countries, with more than 1,000 employees and 50+ service specialists across 20+ locations. Wholly-owned subsidiaries span France, Spain, Austria, Italy, the UK, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, the United States, Australia, India, Singapore, China, Japan, and South Korea, supplemented by authorized representatives in additional emerging markets such as the UAE, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa. Revenue is generated through direct hardware sales (components and ready-to-connect systems), professional services (commissioning, maintenance, operator training, spare parts), and customer testing services (Maxifes, including pressure vessel, burst pressure, autofrettage, and pressure fatigue testing), all on a quote-based B2B pricing model.

Maximator serves a horizontal mix of more than 12 industrial verticals — alternative energy/hydrogen, automotive, chemical, oil & gas, energy, fire/rescue and safety, semiconductor, plastics, food and beverage processing, life sciences, aerospace, and engineering — with hydrogen emerging as a primary strategic focus. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 certifications, is certified climate-neutral by Fokus Zukunft, and maintains collaborative partnerships with Bosch Rexroth, H2 Core Systems, and Hiperbaric to co-develop next-generation high-pressure systems. Recent strategic moves include the 2023 launch of MAX Compression 2.0 and a February 2026 EUR 250,000 cleanroom investment at Nordhausen to serve semiconductor, medical, and biotechnology customers.

Name

Maximator Gmbh

Legal name

Maximator GmbH

Website

https://maximator.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Maximator GmbH is a German manufacturer of high-pressure technology, hydraulics, and pneumatics (up to 15,000 bar) serving hydrogen, oil & gas, automotive, semiconductor, aerospace, and chemical industries. It operates globally across 64 countries with 1,000+ employees and 35,000+ products, as a subsidiary of SK Group (Schmidt Kranz Group).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

High-Pressure Industrial Equipment

NAICS

Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (332912)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro primary industry

Pump & Compressor Packages (Skids, Booster Sets) (IMAHANAG)

Keywords

• High pressure technology
• Hydraulic systems
• Pneumatic systems
• Hydrogen compression
• Industrial components

Headquarters

HQ city

Nordhausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices27 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. High Pressure Components: Sale of high-pressure pumps, valves, fittings, tubing, air amplifiers, and gas boosters. Individual components sold directly to industrial customers across multiple sectors.
2. High Pressure Systems: Ready-to-connect hydraulic units, compressor stations, booster stations, and modular gas compression systems for hydrogen and industrial applications.
3. Service and Spare Parts: Technical support, maintenance, commissioning, operator training, repair services, rental equipment, and original spare parts supply. Team of 50+ specialists at 20+ global locations.
4. Customer Testing Services (Maxifes): Pressure vessel testing, burst pressure testing, autofrettage services, and pressure fatigue testing for customer components.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Maximator GmbH manufactures and sells high-pressure components (pumps, valves, fittings, tubing, gas boosters), modular high-pressure systems, and hydrogen compression solutions (HULC, X-TOWER, GFS, MAX Compression 2.0) rated up to 15,000 bar. The portfolio is sold to industrial customers across automotive, chemical, energy, oil and gas, aerospace, semiconductor, food and beverage, life sciences, and plastics sectors, complemented by technical services including commissioning, maintenance, operator training, spare parts, customer testing (Maxifes), and rental equipment.

Product overview

Maximator GmbH is a leading manufacturer of high pressure technology, hydraulics, and pneumatics offering a comprehensive portfolio of industrial components and systems. The product range includes high-pressure pumps (M, S, G, GX, GPD series) rated up to 15,200 bar, gas boosters and air amplifiers, valves/fittings/tubing at various pressure ratings (22,500-152,000 psi), liquified gas pumps (MLGP/SLGP/GLGP series), rebreather oxygen boosters, hydraulic units (including Hydroline EasyX), and the HULC modular hydrogen compressor system (up to 1,050 bar). The company has a strong focus on hydrogen technology with products including X-TOWER modular gas compression system (up to 900 bar), GFS Hydrogen Gas Filling System, ValvolutionX ultra compact H2 valve, and comprehensive hydrogen testing systems. Supporting services include customer testing (Maxifes), rental units, and product certification. The portfolio also includes specialized solutions for oil and gas, gas/water assisted moulding, and various industrial sectors including automotive, chemical, energy, semiconductor, aerospace, and life sciences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hydroline EasyX: Pneumatically driven high-pressure hydraulics
• ValvolutionX
• X-TOWER
• HULC
• InnovationX
• GFS
• MAX Compression 2.0

Products and services

• High Pressure Pumps (M, S, G, GX, GPD, MO, MSF Series) Air-driven high-pressure pumps for water, oil, or oil-water emulsion applications across the M, S, G, GX, GPD, MO and MSF series with pressure ratings up to 10,100 bar (101,000 psi), sold to industrial customers across multiple sectors.
• Gas Boosters and Air Amplifiers (DLE, MPLV, SPLV, GPLV) Gas boosters (DLE series) and air amplifiers (MPLV, SPLV, GPLV series) for compressing gases to high pressures in industrial applications.
• ValvolutionX H2 Valve Ultra-compact air-actuated valve specifically designed for hydrogen applications, offering a pioneering breakthrough in hydrogen valve technology.
• X-TOWER Modular Gas Compression System Modular gas compression system specifically designed for hydrogen compression up to 900 bar with scalable volume flow, part of the GFS-X-Tower series.
• HULC Hydrogen Universal Linear Compressor The first modular hydrogen compressor of its kind, rated up to 1,050 bar, specially developed for compressing hydrogen in hydrogen refueling station applications including offshore use.
• GFS Hydrogen Gas Filling System Standalone GFS/GFX-series gas filling systems for small-scale hydrogen applications across hydrogen infrastructure needs.
• Hydroline EasyX High-Pressure Hydraulics New-generation pneumatically driven high-pressure hydraulic compact units up to 4,000 bar, offering modular configuration instead of bespoke engineering.
• High Pressure Homogenizer HPL6 High-pressure homogenizer for industrial applications requiring intense mixing and dispersion at high pressures, used in food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical processing.
• Liquified Gas Pumps (MLGP, SLGP, GLGP Series) Pumps designed for liquefied gas applications across the MLGP, SLGP and GLGP series for industrial gas handling requirements.
• Rebreather Oxygen Boosters (ROB 22, ROB 32D, ROB 8-37, SDLE 20) Rebreather oxygen boosters for oxygen-related applications in diving and industrial breathing apparatus.
• High-Pressure Valves, Fittings and Tubing Complete range of high-pressure valves, fittings and tubing rated from 22,500 psi up to 152,000 psi, including 2-way, 3-way, angle, straight, check and relief valves plus connection fittings.
• Oil and Gas High-Pressure Equipment High-pressure equipment and systems specifically designed for oil and gas industry applications, including valves, fittings, tubing up to 10,500 bar, hydraulic power units, and workshop test equipment.
• Gas and Water Assisted Moulding Systems Systems for gas and water assisted injection moulding including compressor stations, control modules, water-assisted systems, gasdosing stations and gas injectors for plastics processing.
• Hydrogen Testing Systems Complete range of hydrogen testing equipment including leak test stands, burst pressure test stands, proof pressure test stands and pressure cycle test stands for hydrogen component qualification.
• Maxifes Customer Testing Services Comprehensive customer testing services including pressure vessel testing, burst pressure testing, autofrettage services and pressure fatigue testing for customer components, delivered by Maximator Test LLC in Illinois and other service locations.
• High-Pressure Rental Units High-pressure rental equipment for liquids up to 4,000 bar and gases up to 2,100 bar for temporary or mobile applications.
• MAX Compression 2.0 Hydrogen Compressor Container-based hydrogen compressor with digitalized hydraulics developed jointly with Bosch Rexroth, featuring an optimized Automatic Seal Exchange System that achieves up to 5x output in the same space compared to the predecessor, with the potential to halve total costs for hydrogen operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 5x output in same space compared to predecessor with MAX Compression 2.0
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Bosch RexrothcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Joint development of MAX Compression 2.0 - container-based hydrogen compressor with digitalized hydraulics. Maximator Hydrogen and Maximator Advanced Technologies partnered with Bosch Rexroth to create hydrogen compression solution targeting 4,000 new H2 filling stations worldwide by 2030. The optimized Automatic Seal Exchange System achieves up to 5x output in same space.
• H2 Core SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative development of Hydro Hulc - modular power for green hydrogen storage up to 1,000 bar. CEO Ulf Jörgensen notes great collaboration between teams to build innovative products for greener world.
• HiperbaricsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic collaboration on hydrogen technology solutions. Director R&D Santiago Tárrago Mingo describes Maximator as collaborator rather than classic supplier, focused on customer problems and new solution development.
• SK Group (Schmidt Kranz Group)coreOthersParent company of Maximator GmbH. SK Group is an industrial technology group. Maximator is part of the Schmidt Kranz Group ecosystem.
• item (industrial technology specialist)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSupported Maximator in planning and implementation of new cleanroom facility in Nordhausen. Investment of EUR 250,000 for manufacturing capabilities in semiconductor, medicine, food, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology industries.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IDEX Corporation: IDEX Corporation is a diversified US industrial manufacturer with significant presence in fluidics, pumps, and high-pressure components through businesses like Gast Manufacturing and Viking Pump. Comparable to Maximator through overlapping fluid handling, pump, and high-pressure component product lines serving industrial and energy markets.
• Siemens Energy: Siemens Energy is a major supplier of hydrogen production, compression, and grid-scale energy infrastructure. Comparable to Maximator in hydrogen compression technology targeting utility-scale and refueling station deployments, but operating at much larger scale across full hydrogen value chain including electrolyzers and turbines.
• Parker Hannifin: Parker Hannifin is a diversified US manufacturer of motion and control technologies, including hydraulic and pneumatic valves, fittings, pumps, and high-pressure components. Overlaps with Maximator's fluid power and high-pressure equipment portfolio but operates at much larger scale across far broader end-markets.
• Bosch Rexroth: Bosch Rexroth is a global leader in hydraulics, electric drives, and factory automation. It is both a Maximator partner (co-developer of MAX Compression 2.0) and a broad incumbent that competes in industrial hydraulics, hydrogen compression components, and high-pressure systems. Comparable through overlapping technology, customer base, and hydrogen industry positioning.
• Atlas Copco: Atlas Copco is a Swedish global industrial leader in compressors, vacuum solutions, and industrial tools. It is a broad incumbent competing with Maximator's compressor and gas booster product lines, particularly in hydrogen compression, oil & gas, and general industrial applications, but at much larger scale and broader product breadth.

Direct peers

• Hydro-Pac: Hydro-Pac manufactures high-pressure air-driven liquid pumps, gas compressors, and intensifiers for industrial gas, oil & gas, and aerospace applications. Comparable to Maximator's high-pressure pump and gas compression product lines, with similar pressure ranges and customer base.
• Haskel International: Haskel is one of the closest direct peers to Maximator — a manufacturer of air-driven high-pressure pumps, gas boosters, valves, and fittings serving oil & gas, aerospace, defense, and industrial testing applications. The product portfolios, pressure ranges, and target customers substantially overlap, particularly in air-driven liquid pumps and gas boosters.
• SC Hydraulic Engineering: SC Hydraulic is a US-based manufacturer of high-pressure hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, including air-driven liquid pumps, gas boosters, and valves for industrial, aerospace, and oil & gas applications. Comparable to Maximator in core air-driven pump and gas booster technology with overlapping end-market focus.
• Hydraulics International: Hydraulics International manufactures high-pressure hydraulic and pneumatic equipment including air-driven pumps, gas boosters, and hydraulic power units. Comparable to Maximator in core product categories and target applications across aerospace, defense, oil & gas, and industrial testing.
• Bauer Compressors: Bauer Compressors is a German manufacturer of high-pressure breathing air compressors, gas boosters, and industrial high-pressure equipment. Overlaps with Maximator's gas boosters, rebreather oxygen boosters, and high-pressure industrial product lines, with shared German engineering heritage and similar industrial customer base.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries24 records

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