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2016

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Hands of master brewer with Light and dark malt in micro brewery brew pub and beer copy-space.

The Fresh Advantage at The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

December 19, 2016

OMB’s original brew, Copper, is currently the top craft beer of choice for both draft and package sales in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

More Than A Brewery—A Destination Stony Creek Brewery

December 19, 2016

At about the midpoint of Connecticut’s shoreline, on the banks of the Branford River, there is a brewery. The general locale is an old industrial area, but the brewery itself is brand new.

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Drawn and Ironed: Container Producer Makes the Cut with Help from Vacuum Pressure

December 19, 2016

Metal cans used to store and transport food trace their roots to 1795 when the French government, then led by Napoleon, offered a substantial cash prize to whoever invented a method of preserving food for the army and navy.

Architectural Materials Manufacturer Boosts Productivity Through Investment in Vacuum Technology

December 19, 2016

No man-made material has so many practical and decorative uses as glass. In its various forms, glass can be transparent, translucent or opaque.

Keeping planes in the air with compressed air on the ground

October 31, 2016

The manufacture, maintenance and repair of today’s jet aircraft involves a global network of suppliers applying some of the world’s most advanced technologies to keep commercial airliners, business jets and military aircraft flying.

Lights out manufacturing and a compressor named “Dream Girl”

October 31, 2016

People name their children and pets. Some even name their boats, cars and motorcycles. So why wouldn’t machine shop owners name the machines on their shop floor?

Fisherman statue, Gloucester, Massachusetts. In memory of Glouster's fishermen who have perished at sea.

The Gorton’s Fisherman Trusts oil-free air

October 31, 2016

Sustainability Drives Compressed Air Upgrades at Major Seafood Facility

Brazil stationary leader Tilibra reaps savings with Atlas Copco vacuum pumps

October 31, 2016

Tilibra, Brazil’s leader in stationery products that has been in the market for 80 years, started to use Atlas Copco vacuum pumps in their manufacturing plant in Bauru.

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Dairy processor cuts wastewater treatment costs with energy efficient blower technology

October 31, 2016

In 1931, brothers Israel and Max Garelick borrowed $10,000 to buy their first farm in rural Franklin, Massachusetts.

Trends in the automobile industry

August 2, 2016

The company Strojmetal Aluminium Forging s.r.o. (SAF s.r.o.) uses five compressors from Atlas Copco in its aluminum forges.

The Staropramen brewery.

The best air for the best beer

May 30, 2016

Modernizing the compressor room can be a profitable investment, since compressors are responsible for a big share of the energy bill in most industries.

Air rescue for Dominican gold mine

April 8, 2016

Atlas Copco Rental provides quick solution when unscheduled compressor maintenance poses risk to processing for Dominican gold mine.

2016 OWS inerting

A successful year of inerting with Atlas Copco Rental for company Organic Waste Systems

April 6, 2016

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.

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Pumping for semiconductor success

February 25, 2016

Thirty years ago, in the early days of the global semiconductor industry, Edwards introduced an innovation that greatly helped that industry’s manufacturers - the dry vacuum pump.

Strength in numbers as mobile power plants gain ground

February 24, 2016

In a growing number of industrial, construction and mining applications with temporary power needs, large standalone generators are being replaced with groups of smaller generators that are programmed to work in parallel with each other.

Atlas Copco Rental compressed air supports safe San Francisco Bay implosion

January 8, 2016

Atlas Copco Rental Oil-Free air compressors created an underwater buffer during the implosion of a San Francisco pier.