March 18, 2016
Manufacturing
Air
Power
Leakfind, specialists in leak detection, pipe location, general plumbing and Nuflow Pipe Relining recently hired two Rand-Air (Atlas Copco Rental South Africa) machines on a three year long term rental contract for use on various sites.
March 17, 2016
Manufacturing
Air
Atlas Copco PTS 916 compressors were on rent at Tata Steel, Kalinganagar, where the project requirement was to install a 3.3 MTPA integrated steel plant in its first phase.
When uninterrupted electric power was the limitation in commissioning of st...
February 19, 2016
Nitrogen
Manufacturing
Air
Power
When biological waste processor company Organic Waste Systems (OWS), located in Ghent, Belgium, looked online for a partner to inert their biogas installations in France and Germany, Atlas Copco Rental came up. Today OWS can look back on 5 tailored r...
November 24, 2015
Manufacturing
Air
Houston, USA, December 7, 2015: Atlas Copco Rental Oil-Free air compressors create underwater buffer during implosion of pier. The San Francisco Bay being a significant ecological habitat in California, words like explosives and implosion generated ...
November 24, 2015
Mining & Drilling
Air
On October 15, 2015 the Chilean Mutual de Seguridad awarded Atlas Copco Rental for their ongoing efforts to improve workplace safety and the fact that it lead to an impressive seven years without any accidents at the Codelco Chuquicamata copper mine....
November 13, 2015
Power plants
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, November 13, 2015 – During the building of offshore wind turbines, a lot of noise is produced under water, which is harmful for marine life. To protect sea mammals a bubble curtain is placed around the site. The oil-free air needed...
November 12, 2015
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, November 12, 2015: When DuPont Singapore searched the market for oil-free compressed air in order to safeguard their polymer production, they chose to partner up with Atlas Copco Rental not only because of the fleet offering but ce...
October 21, 2015
Nitrogen
Air
Oil & Gas Midstream
Antwerp, Belgium, October 21, 2015 – A few months back CNS (Continuous Nitrogen Services Arabia Ltd) was awarded the job to start with the testing and purging of a newly built gas pipeline. For this large project CNS asked us to partner up.
October 16, 2015
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, October 16, 2015 – Atlas Copco Rental supplies equipment to Southbay Civil Engineering Ltd. This company is the main contractor for the building of a £25m quay extension at the River Tyne in the UK. Two compressors are being used t...
September 24, 2015
Power
Entertainment
Special projects
Antwerp, Belgium, September 21, 2015 – Rock in Rio, one of the biggest music festivals worldwide, sets foot again in Brazil in September 2015. The festival’s Lisbon edition in May 2014 relied on Atlas Copco Rental to power up their site. With an und...
September 23, 2015
Air
Oil & Gas Upstream
Antwerp, Belgium – September 23, 2015: A pneumatic conveying project proposed some interesting challenges that required the teamwork of Atlas Copco Rental North America Sales and Operations to develop a solutions strategy, as well as an effective ex...
September 3, 2015
Manufacturing
Air
Power
Antwerp, Belgium, September 3, 2015 – International packing and paper group Mondi relied on Rand-Air for the supply of power and air during the annual shutdown of their Richards Bay Mill, to bring in a high pressure compressor for the first time to ...
August 17, 2015
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, August 17, 2015 – Philips Lighting nv in Turnhout, Belgium, relies on low pressure oil-free air to cool down the test cabin that burns energy efficient CDM lamps.
July 2, 2015
Air
Stockholm, Sweden, July 2, 2015: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has acquired the operating assets of Mustang Services, a U.S. specialty dryer rental business that serves industries such as refineries, petroche...
June 22, 2015
Oil & Gas Downstream
Accessories
Air
Power
Antwerp, Belgium – June 22, 2015: Every few months Mourik, an international specialist in cleaning technologies for petrochemical sites, is asked to remove catalyst in a reactor of a large refinery in Antwerp (production capacity: 360.000 barrels pe...
June 12, 2015
Power plants
Air
Antwerp, Belgium – June 10, 2015: Recognized as Eskom’s most consistent and reliable power station, Koeberg is the only nuclear power station in Africa. Koeberg has a pressurized water reactor design.
June 9, 2015
Nitrogen
Steam
Air
Oil & Gas Midstream
Antwerp, Belgium – June 2015: When the Pluto Gas Plant in Western Australia asked for 23,500 cfm of supply air and Nitrogen at a purity of 95 to 97% for a large pipe testing and inerting project, Enermech immediately contacted Atlas Copco Rental Aus...
May 19, 2015
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium – May 19, 2015: Atlas Copco Rental India helps SK Engineering & Construction and three more companies with similar solution to test newly built oil caverns on potential leakages.
May 11, 2015
Oil & Gas Midstream
Nitrogen
Air
Accessories
Antwerp, Belgium – May 11, 2015: Matthew Hobden, General Manager Atlas Copco Rental Oceania, writes valuable contribution to sector magazine LNG Industry.
May 7, 2015
Entertainment
Nitrogen
Air
Antwerp, Belgium – May 7, 2015: The first snowboarding race of the season - the FIS Big Air World Cup organized by Playmaker, took place in Turkey by the Istanbul Technical University last December.
March 2, 2015
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium – March 2, 2015: Atlas Copco Rental USA supplies 6 DrillAir ™ XRVS 1300 CD7 high-pressure diesel compressors to help with the installation of high tension tendons to pull dam back together
January 27, 2015
Entertainment
Antwerp, Belgium – January 27, 2015: Atlas Copco Rental Chile had a special participation in the Dakar Rally this year with 5 off QLT M10 Lighting Towers used to light up the camp.
January 5, 2015
Manufacturing
Nitrogen
Air
Antwerp, Belgium - January 5, 2015: Atlas Copco rental to supply Nitrogen generators and related equipment for the inerting and preservation of tanks when unused.
October 23, 2014
Air
Oil & Gas Upstream
Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands – October 23, 2014: Venko Offshore is a Dutch company specialized in offshore painting and metal protection. For these applications they use Atlas Copco Rental TwinAir compressors.
October 7, 2014
Air
Antwerp, Belgium - October 7, 2014: When the Righospitalet in Copenhagen had to replace one of their stationary oil-free air compressors, the hospital needed a backup solution. To bridge the period between the breakdown and the arrival of the new co...
August 25, 2014
Oil & Gas Downstream
Air
Accessories
The BP refinery in Castellon (Spain) has two units that require regeneration on a yearly basis. And so each year BP rents from Atlas Copco Rental two PNS1250 oil-free compressors together with fuel tanks and a technician stays on site in case of eme...
July 10, 2014
Power plants
Air
Antwerp - Belgium, July 10, 2014: All over Europe, new coal-fired power plants are built to form the backbone of our electricity supply in the decades to come. To make these power plants ready for operation, they need hot and 100% oil-free compresse...
June 25, 2014
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, June 25, 2014 – Befesa GRI is an international company specializing in chemical cleaning for the petrochemical industry, power plants and thermo solar plants. To clean their newly installed steam pipe network in the Algeciras power...
May 28, 2014
Offshore equipment
Oil & Gas Upstream
Power
Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, May 28, 2014: Atlas Copco Rental, through Dutch company Heerema Fabrication Group, successfully provided the “DolWin alpha” transformer platform with temporary power.
March 28, 2014
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, March 28, 2014: The day before new year’s eve, Atlas Copco Rental Italy received a phone call from one of the biggest pharmaceutical industries in the country because one of their main air supply broke down. For a company producing...
March 19, 2014
Entertainment
Air
Paris, March 19, 2014: Thanks to Atlas Copco Rental PTS 1600 air compressor, Concorde, this legendary aircraft that many of us dreamed about, makes its last trip to the Aéroscopia museum that is under construction near Toulouse, France.
February 4, 2014
Manufacturing
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, February 4, 2014: Whenever Ineos Phenol, the world’s largest producer of phenol and acetone, is in need of temporary compressed air, Atlas Copco Rental can deliver the required equipment immediately.
January 31, 2014
Oil & Gas Upstream
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, January 31, 2014: The port of Esbjerg is the largest none container port in Denmark and home of the offshore and energy industry around the North sea. Together with one of the world’s largest oilfield services companies, Atlas Copc...
January 9, 2014
Offshore equipment
Oil & Gas Upstream
Air
Having experienced a major failure with one of two main platform air system compressors from a competing brand, BP turned to Atlas Copco to assess the failure and advise on repairs. The damages were so important that the unit had to be removed from...
December 12, 2013
Manufacturing
Air
Accessories
When BASF, a world leader in chemicals, decided to raise the bar and look beyond their satisfactory rental partner, Atlas Copco Rental emerged as a clear winner.
October 14, 2013
Power plants
Nitrogen
Wilrijk, Belgium, October 2013. Situated in Gondomar, in the north area of Portugal, Tapada do Outeiro combine cycle power station produces 15-20 percent of the country’s electrical needs. The company relies on an NG 81 generator from Atlas Copco Re...
October 2, 2013
Oil & Gas Upstream
Air
Antwerp, Belgium, 2 October 2013: TCO in Kazakhstan, one of the largest oil producers in the world, is working with 7 PTS916 units from Atlas Copco Rental. The units are used for sandblasting jobs and enable TCO to further develop one of the largest...
September 24, 2013
Power
Entertainment
Air
ANTWERP, Belgium - September 24, 2013 – A year after the Italian cruise liner capsized, the Costa Concordia has been lifted from the rocks at Giglio Island. Atlas Copco Rental Europe took part in this delicate operation by supplying air and energy o...