Our History
COMPEO® – future ready
BUSS has developed the new COMPEO compounder system to meet current and future plastics industry requirements. With a wide range of applications, a large operating window, high flexibility and robustness, as well as improved process stability, but also operational and operator safety, energy efficiency and reduced operating costs, COMPEO can be applied for a wide array of applications. Read more …
Launch of quantec® G3 Kneader series for PVC
Launch of KX Kneader series for anode paste

Launch of the quantec® EV Kneader series for PVC pelletizing

Launch of the MX Kneader series for cable compounds and black masterbatch

Acquisition of Buss AG by Fabrel Lotos and the BUSS management
Launch of the quantec® Kneader series for PVC

BUSS, Werner&Pfleiderer and Waeschle merge to form the COPERION group
Launch of the modular MKS series that covers the entire range of plastics

Launch of the benchtop PCS 30 lab extruder for powder coatings

Launch of the modular PCS / TCS series for Powder Coatings and Toners

BUSS is certified by ISO 9001/EN29001
Launch of the electrically heated APC series for Engineering Plastics

Foundation of Buss (Asia) Pacific Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, offering sales and service
The George Fischer group acquires the majority of BUSS shares
The BUSS LR series for foodstuffs earns the international IF award for outstanding design
Transformation of the Buss-Condux joint-venture into Buss (America) Inc., a fully owned subsidiary
Opening of a service office in China
Shipment of the first LR series Kneader for silicone compounds
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Shipment of the first electrically heated BUSS Kneader for Engineering plastics
Shipment of the first PR series Kneader in a modular design
Shipment of the first cascade design BUSS Kneader for PVC
Foundation of Yashima-Buss Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, offering sales and service
Foundation of Buss-Hamilton Ltd. in Cheadle Hulme, Great Britain, offering sales and service
Foundation of Buss-Condux Inc. in Chicago, USA, offering sales and service
Shipment of thousandth BUSS Kneader
Shipment of the first BUSS Kneader for Powder Coatings
Opening of a new laboratory and test centre
Shipment of the first lab size BUSS Kneader (PR 46) for plastics

Shipment of the first BUSS Kneader for calender feeding
Shipment of the first BUSS Kneader of the KE Series for carbon paste to the Aluminium Industry

Shipment of the first BUSS Kneader of the PR series for PVC and polystyrene
Shipment of the first BUSS Kneader for chocolate production
Opening of the first laboratory and test centre for the BUSS Kneader
Dr. Alfred Buss, a son of Walter Buss, joins the company.
BUSS starts the technical implementation of the reciprocating BUSS Kneader
Dipl.-Eng. Heinz List joins BUSS and holds the position of a technical director until 1965.

Dipl.-Eng. Heinz List, the inventor of the continuous reciprocating Kneader, licenses the global patent to BUSS (without USA/Canada)

BUSS is the first company in Switzerland to process stainless steel
The company is renamed to BUSS AG
Dipl.-Eng. Walter Buss, a son of the founder joins the company
Foundation of ‘Albert Buss & Cie for Steel Constructions’ by Carl Albert Buss




