The NEUMAN & ESSER GROUP (NEA), founded 1830 in Aachen, Germany is a leading manufacturer of compressor solutions including NEA piston compressors and high-pressure diaphragm compressors of HOFER as well as sealing elements for oscillating and rotating systems by STASSKOL. NEA offers comprehensive services for NEA brand and 13 OEM legacies. Another main focus of NEA is the production of grinding and classifying systems. Its products serve all major applications in the Oil & Gas markets, Chemicals & Petrochemicals Industries, Food & Beverages, Renewable Energy and H2 Economy including H2 Mobility. NEA (1,300 employees) consists of three holding companies in Germany, the USA and China, four production sites in Germany as well as two in the USA and 30 engineering and service companies at 10 strategic locations around the globe. With NEA X, the experts for digitalization projects, NEA GROUP features an interdisciplinary, experienced team with a wide-ranging background in the sector that accompanies the customers’ technological transformation from the requirements analysis via implementation to support during productive operation. To position as a solution provider with upstream and downstream processes along the H2 value chain NEA GROUP founded the NEA ENERGY division. This currently comprises five companies: NEA GREEN helps customers with the decarbonization of their energy or industrial systems, and on decentralized applications. ARCANUM is a solution provider for the entire process chain from the biogas plant through biogas processing to grid feed-in, including the further processing of biomethane to green hydrogen. HYTRON is NEA’s solution provider in the fields of engineering and system integration for PEM and alkaline electrolysers as well as natural gas and ethanol reformers. Alternative Energy Driven Solutions (AE DS) is a 50% stake of NEA, developing mobility concepts based on a CO2-neutral charging and supply infrastructure.