Busch Vacuum Solutions Norway is targeting the defence and security market as a strategic growth area. With decades of experience in vacuum technology and strong in-house engineering capabilities in Norway, the company sees opportunities for its technology across defence, space and dual-use applications.

Busch Vacuum Solutions Norway is part of the global Busch Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of vacuum solutions. The Norwegian operation has been established since the 1990s and has built extensive specialist expertise in sectors including oil and gas, fisheries and aquaculture, food processing, laboratories, research and development, and a wide range of industrial applications.

The company now wants to bring this expertise into new markets.

“We have identified the defence and security industry as an important strategic growth area for Busch Vacuum Solutions Norway. We also see space and space-related technologies as an increasingly important part of the wider defence and security market,” says Marianne Torbjørnsen, Sales Manager at Busch Vacuum Solutions Norway.

Complete systems engineered in Norway

A key strength of the Norwegian operation is its in-house engineering capability. Busch develops and builds complete, customised vacuum systems at its own facilities in Norway.

The company manages the entire process, from understanding the customer’s requirements and processes to concept development, engineering, design, project planning, assembly, testing and delivery of the finished system.

Busch believes this combination of specialised vacuum expertise and local engineering capabilities can be relevant for demanding defence and security applications.

“We have extensive experience from technically demanding and highly regulated industries. We now want to explore where our existing technologies and expertise can be applied or adapted to new applications within defence, security and dual-use,” says Torbjørnsen.

From industrial vacuum to ultra-high vacuum

The Norwegian organisation combines its local expertise with technology and specialist knowledge from across the global Busch Group. The addition of Pfeiffer Vacuum to the group has further strengthened its technology portfolio, particularly within high and ultra-high vacuum, vacuum measurement and leak detection.

According to the company, this opens additional opportunities in highly specialised and technologically demanding markets.

Through NORDSEC, Busch wants to connect with companies and organisations across the defence and security ecosystem, both to gain a better understanding of future technological requirements and to identify concrete opportunities for collaboration.

“The most interesting opportunities often arise when expertise from different industries and technology areas is brought together. We want to make our specialised vacuum expertise available to other NORDSEC members, whether through technical discussions, collaborative projects or the development of new solutions and applications,” says Torbjørnsen.

The ambition is to establish Busch as a relevant technology and engineering partner within defence, security, space and dual-use markets, and over time develop this into an important business area for the Norwegian operation.

About Busch Vacuum Solutions Norway

Busch Vacuum Solutions Norway AS is based in Drøbak and is part of the Busch Group. The company supplies vacuum technology and develops customised vacuum systems for a wide range of industries. Its Norwegian operation combines local engineering and systems expertise with technology and specialist knowledge from the group’s international organisation.