Editorial

With the growing use of smart phones, tablets and other hand-held devices, Atlas Copco is now taking full advantage of app technology to give its customers quick and easy access to information.

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Atlas Copco Services Middle East is unique in its rental equipment offering. Not only does the company run its own fleet of mainly oil-free air compressors and high pressure boosters, it also has access to the Atlas Copco Rental equipment worldwide. This ensures specialist equipment, purpose developed for applications within the oil and gas sector, is readily available throughout the Middle East.

Stockholm, Sweden, January 25, 2012: Atlas Copco has been ranked the world’s tenth most sustainable company in the annual Global 100 list, presented today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Atlas Copco is the highest ranked industrial company.

Stockholm, Sweden, December 15, 2011: Atlas Copco North America LLC has agreed to acquire Houston Service Industries, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of low-pressure blowers and vacuum pumps. The company has a strong domestic position in equipment for the wastewater treatment and industrial process sectors, offering sales synergies with Atlas Copco’s existing products in these market segments.

Stockholm, Sweden, December 16, 2011: Atlas Copco AB has agreed to acquire the underground business of GIA Industri AB from Vätterledens Verkstad AB. With the acquisition, Atlas Copco broadens its offering with products including electric mine trucks, utility vehicles and ventilation systems.

Atlas Copco has introduced a unique series of extreme duty pedestal boom systems for secondary rock breaking in mines and open pits.

Narrow drifts with low roofs and extensive tramming adds up to a tough environment for miners as well as equipment. The new single-boom drill rig from Atlas Copco can take it in its stride – and provide added comfort for operators.

Drilling noise is a major source of irritation, not only for drill rig operators and others on the worksite but also to people living in the area and passers-by. Now the noise generated by drilling has been reduced to a new low level thanks to Atlas Copco’s latest drill rig silence kit.

The SmartROC D65 surface drill rig from Atlas Copco has been upgraded to enable direct communication with the rig’s control system. This includes transferring drill plans to the rig and receiving drilling data log files.

One of the smallest radio controlled drill rigs in the Atlas Copco range has now become one of the most versatile thanks to an innovative rollover feed system.