Profile

Richard Schifauer, the Architect and the producer of high pressure air compressors. ASTRA comes from an old industrialist's family which owned a large machine-works company  founded 1854 in Klatovy -Czech Republic.

From 1945 till 1950, Richard Schifauer was concentrating himself on plane-models construction.From 1950-1962 was a successful czechoslovak Motorbike racer. The motorbikes he raced were of his own construction. From 1962 to 1964 he also ran motor boat races. From the year 1965 he dedicated himself to diving and construction of the first Czechoslovak portable high-pressure compressors. In 1989 he founded his own firm, Schifauer & Pek.

This firm produces four types of high pressure compressors at present: ASTRA ATOM, ASTRA 160, ASTRA V6000 and ASTRA V32 STATIONARY.