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Atlas Copco Opens a Customer Center in Pakistan.


STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Atlas Copco Atlas Copco is a Swedish industrial company that was founded in 1873. It manufactures industrial tooling and equipment.

The Atlas Copco Group, founded already in 1873, is a global industrial group of companies headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
 (STO:ATCOA) (STO:ATCOB) has established a fully-owned customer center in Lahore, Pakistan, to grant customers direct access to products and to provide local service to rapidly developing industries in this country.

The new customer center, Atlas Copco Pakistan Private Ltd, offers Atlas Atlas, in Greek mythology
Atlas (ăt`ləs), in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus.
 Copco's ranges of tools, compressed air compressed air, air whose volume has been decreased by the application of pressure. Air is compressed by various devices, including the simple hand pump and the reciprocating, rotary, centrifugal, and axial-flow compressors.  equipment, construction and mining products, as well as related aftermarket Aftermarket

See: Secondary market.


aftermarket

See secondary market.
 activities.

Pakistan is a growing market with many infrastructure projects, such as hydropower hy·dro·pow·er  
n.
Hydroelectric power.
 plants, tunnels and quarries Quarries may refer to:
  • Quarry, a type of open-pit mine, generally associated with the extraction of stone, or sometimes fuel
  • Quarries (biblical)
, expected to be realized in the near future. Sales of compressors have experienced rapid growth over the last three years as industry has expanded, and the future looks bright for tools sales, with a major expansion predicted both for car production and general industry.

With a local customer center, Atlas Copco will be prepared for the anticipated growth. Customers will benefit from direct sales and aftermarket support, backed up by the knowledge and experience of the manufacturer, as well an improved stock availability.

"By establishing this new customer center in Pakistan we are moving substantially closer to our customers and distributors and making a commitment to further growth in this country," says Ronnie Leten, Business Area President, Atlas Copco Compressor compressor, machine that decreases the volume of air or other gas by the application of pressure. Compressor types range from the simple hand pump and the piston-equipped compressor used to inflate tires to machines that use a rotating, bladed element to achieve  Technique. Atlas Copco has been represented in Pakistan for the last 40 years through distributors. The customer center will employ around 19 people by the end of the year, creating several new jobs. It is operationally part of Compressor Technique although it represents all three of Atlas Copco's business areas.

Atlas Copco is a world leading provider of industrial productivity solutions. The products and services range from compressed air and gas equipment, generators, construction and mining equipment, industrial tools and assembly systems, to related aftermarket and rental. In close cooperation with customers and business partners, and with more than 130 years of experience, Atlas Copco innovates for superior productivity. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the Group's global reach spans more than 150 markets. In 2006, Atlas Copco had 25 900 employees and revenues of BSEK 51 (BEUR 5.6). Learn more at www.atlascopco.com.

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