September 04, 2024 | News
Acquittal of two Burckhardt Compression employees appealed by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland
As communicated in the ad-hoc announcement on December 13, 2023, the Criminal Chamber of the Federal Criminal Court acquitted two employees of Burckhardt Compression AG of all allegations of exploiting insider knowledge in the purchase of shares for the company’s ordinary employee stock ownership program.
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has filed an appeal dated August 26, 2024, against the acquittal. The appeal proceedings are conducted by the Higher Appeals Chamber of the Federal Criminal Court. Burckhardt Compression AG takes note of the OAG’s appeal and continues to view its employees as having acted correctly.
Further Information:
Stefan Hoher, Leiter Corporate Communications & Branding
Tel. +41 52 261 52 81; [email protected]
About Burckhardt Compression
Burckhardt Compression creates leading compression solutions for a sustainable energy future and the long-term success of its customers. With its brands Burckhardt Compression, PROGNOST, SAMR Métal Rouge and Shenyang Yuanda Compressor, the Group covers a full range of reciprocating compressor technologies and services. Founded in 1844 as an engineering workshop in Basel, Burckhardt Compression developed its first single-stage and dry-running reciprocating compressor in 1883. Since then, the Group has continually developed and reinvented itself, adapting to the developments of its key markets petrochemical/chemical industry, gas transport and storage, hydrogen mobility and energy, industrial gas, refinery, as well as gas gathering and processing.
With its headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland, Burckhardt Compression is represented on all continents with 36 subsidiaries, three manufacturing and five assembly sites worldwide.
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