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2015

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Bubble curtain of Atlas Copco Rental protects marine life

November 3, 2015

During the building of offshore wind turbines a lot of noise is produced under water, which is harmful for submarine life.

Atlas Copco centrifugal compressors supply deep sedimentation tanks with high-pressure air

September 10, 2015

The sewage treatment plant in Putzhagen, Germany, requires large quantities of high-pressure compressed air for its exceptionally deep sedimentation tanks.

Screw compressors supply reliable, energy-efficient compression to biogas supply plant

September 8, 2015

Streicher Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG, one of the largest constructors of biogas supply plants in Germany, has installed two Atlas Copco GG 90 compressors with variable speed drive (VSD) at a plant in Geislingen.

Construction tools’ factory in Bulgaria just got smarter

July 10, 2015

After six months of preparations the Construction Tools’ factory in Ruse, Bulgaria, is now producing reversible plate compactors like never before.

Atlas Copco turned an agricultural factory and distillery into an award winning energy producer

July 2, 2015

Since 1752, the Wenning family has run a successful agricultural business and distillery.

Atlas Copco compressors supply printing shop with air for a variety of requirements

June 30, 2015

The customers of the Bähren printing shop in Mönchengladbach, Germany, expect absolute security and reliability.

New Atlas Copco compressed air concept minimizes idle time and improves the energy balance at Airbus

June 29, 2015

Eliminate idle time and minimize pressure fluctuations: These were the project objectives set out by Airbus for upgrading the central compressed air supply at its Hamburg plant. A GA 160W VSD variable-speed, oil-injected screw compressor and the ES 130 V master control system from Atlas Copco are key components in the new compressed air concept.

Atlas Copco’s GA15VSD+ compressor meets cutting-edge needs of precision machining company

June 29, 2015

Di-Spark, which specializes in the manufacturing of precise, complex machined components and sub-assemblies, relies on its Atlas Copco GA15VSD+ compressor.

Critical compressor overhaul successfully completed in nine-day maintenance marathon

June 29, 2015

Atlas Copco’s ZH compressor plays a critical role at the Solvay hydrogen peroxide factory in Póvoa de Santa Iria, Portugal.

Mass Production Specialist achieves drastic cost cut for energy with Compressor Technology from Atlas Copco

June 26, 2015

ZBG Motorentechnik GmbH & Co KG in Bruck, Germany, has managed to drastically cut its energy costs by using VSD compressors and a central controller from Atlas Copco.

Atlas Copco’s new compressor concept saves tire manufacturer around EUR 300 000 a year

June 26, 2015

At the Michelin plant in Homburg, Germany, an oil-free variable speed drive ZR air compressor from Atlas Copco is at the core of a new compressor concept that has already saved the company a six-figure sum in energy costs over the first year.

Compressor technology from Atlas Copco saves automotive supplier 70 000 kWh per annum

June 26, 2015

At Alutec in Germany, sustainability, the environment and energy efficiency are used as benchmarks for (almost) everything.

26 Dutch trams to be upgraded with Atlas Copco oil-free compressors

June 25, 2015

Atlas Copco’s Railway Competence Center will soon deliver the first of 26 SFR 5 kW oil-free compressors with integrated maintenance-free dryers, including 150 liter air tanks, to Vossloh-Kiepe in Germany, which is upgrading the BRU’s tram system in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Dairy company uses Atlas Copco oil-free, water-cooled compressors to safeguard product quality and reduce energy consumption

June 23, 2015

Dairy company DMK in Bad Bibra, Germany, processes one million liters of milk into cheese and whey concentrate every day.

Atlas Copco compressor technology delivers oil-free compressed air for PET bottle production

June 23, 2015

Schwarzwald-Sprudel in Wildberg, Germany, produces and uses its compressed air in a particularly efficient manner thanks to a compressed air station supplied by Atlas Copco.

Come fly with me

June 23, 2015

Airbus is producing a range of revolutionary long-range aircraft that are lighter and substantially more fuel efficient than anything to come before.

Vacuum pumps use one-third less energy at meat processing facility

June 22, 2015

Atlas Copco worked with the team at a large poultry processing company to develop a customized vacuum supply solution that extracts high volumes of giblets efficiently and cost effectively.

Atlas Copco oil-free screw blowers increase sewage treatment plant’s energy efficiency by 10%

June 11, 2015

Two Atlas Copco ZS 55+ oil-free screw blowers with variable speed drive (VSD) supply energy-efficient compressed air to process sewage at the treatment plant in Versmold, Germany.

Tunnel vision

June 10, 2015

A tunnel project in the Ruhr region of Germany is helping to restore a natural river system that has long been used for wastewater.

After the quake

June 10, 2015

More than 10 years after an earthquake damaged the Alaska Way Viaduct in Seattle, Washington, J. Harper Contractors removed the structure with some massive technology.

Become a lean business machine

June 2, 2015

A new Atlas Copco approach helps customers and its own operations become more productive.

Light tools for heavy tractors

June 2, 2015

When agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO needed a system to help workers handle heavy-duty tractor assembly tools, Atlas Copco delivered.

Sustainable safety

June 1, 2015

It doesn’t matter if it’s about driving a van in the frantic Indian traffic or using helmets and protective gloves in a plant. Lars Eklöf, chairing the safety council at Atlas Copco, explains why a sustainable safety attitude has to be integrated into every part of the company’s operations.

A forward position

June 1, 2015

Although Pakistan as a nation ranks as a modest No. 159 on the global soccer association FIFA’s ranking list, a Pakistani company is No. 1 when it comes to producing balls for the world’s biggest soccer leagues and cups.