High and Medium Pressure Compressors

for Industrial, Offshore and Naval Applications



Sauer Compressors USA Inc. specializes in the manufacture of high pressure air & gas compressors (HPAC) for naval, offshore, commercial maritime and industrial applications.

Sauer Compressors USA Inc., located in Stevensville, MD is a subsidiary of J.P. Sauer & Sohn, headquartered in Kiel, Germany. Originally founded in 1884 under the name Wilhelm Poppe, J.P. Sauer & Sohn has been engineering high pressure piston compressors since 1930. With a reputation for reliability and life cycle product support, the company has become the global leader in high pressure compressor technology. Worldwide, Sauer Compressors USA and the Sauer Group currently supplies HPACs to:

• More than 50 Navies
• Over 190 Naval Programs
• Over 1200 Naval Ships, and
• Maintains 80% market Share Worldwide in naval applications
• Maintains 30% market Share Worldwide in commercial shipbuilding applications

Sauer Compressors USA is a primary supplier of high pressure air compressors for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. We have designed and supplied HPACs for the following shipbuilding or class retrofit programs:

• CVN (Nimitz Class Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers)
• Centralized air system

• SSN (Los Angeles Class Nuclear Fast Attack Submarines)
• Centralized air system

• LPD (Amphibious Transport Ships)
• Starting air

• FFG (Guided Missile Frigates)
• Centralized air system

• T-AKE (Dry Cargo Ammunition Vessels)
• Motion Compensation – Unrep rigging gear

• NSC (Deepwater National Security Cutter)
• Starting air

• LCS (Littoral Combat Ships)
• Starting air

• DDG 1000 (Zumwalt Class Destroyer)
• Breathing air
• Low pressure centralized system