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NFPA issues new standard to prevent fires and explosions during gas pipe purging
NFPA 56 (PS) Standard for Fire and Explosion Prevention During Cleaning and Purging of Flammable Gas Piping Systems, 2012 Edition, was released by the US National Fire Protection Association September 27, 2011. Drafted in response to a fatal explosion during the construction of the US Kleen Energy Power Plant in Middletown, Connecticut in 2010, the new standard prohibits the use of flammable gas as a cleaning agent for the interior of pipelines.More

Atlas Copco climbs in patents ranking
Atlas Copco has strengthened its position in a ranking of global industrial equipment manufacturers, measuring the quality of the companies’ patent portfolios. Atlas Copco is number 13 on the list, which was published on the Wall Street Journal’s web site this week, up from number 23 a year ago.More

Atlas Copco returns to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
Atlas Copco has been selected to be a new member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, which list the world’s leading sustainability-driven companies.More

Atlas Copco included on Forbes’ list of world’s most innovative companies
Atlas Copco has been named among the Top 100 most innovative companies in the world by Forbes magazine. Atlas Copco, ranked No. 67, joins innovative leaders on the list including Google Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Apple®, Starbucks® and Procter & Gamble.More

Atlas Copco certifies all its oil-free compressor technologies under new ISO 8573-1 2010 standard
Antwerp, 11 April 2011: Atlas Copco has announced that all its oil-free compressors are now certified CLASS 0with regard to oil content according to the latest edition of the ISO 8573-1 standard. Atlas Copco is the first compressor manufacturer to receive the certificates proving all of its oil-free air technologies are certified ‘CLASS 0’ for oil content according to the latest international standards.More

Atlas Copco included in FTSE4Good
Atlas Copco has achieved continued membership in the FTSE4Good index, which brings together world-leading companies in terms of environmental, social and governance practices.More

Product News: Rig-Safe Booster launched at OTC 2011 Offshore Technology Conference
Houston, TX, May 5, 2011: This week, the all new Atlas Copco Hurricane B18-62/2250 Rig-Safe Booster was launched at Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2011 in Houston, TX, USA.
It provides 2.185 cfm (62 m³/min) at 2.250 psi (155 bar) with a 350 psi (24 bar) suction pressure and is built into a DNV 2.7-1 certified 20 ft. container. No doubt this unit also has to be state-of-the-art regarding safety.More

Atlas Copco Rental attended and exhibited at the 2011 Ski County USA – Snow Making conference
Highlands Ranch, CO, April 11, 2011: Atlas Copco Rental attended and exhibited at the convention portion of the event.  Participants included approximately 250 visitors who were managers and workers representing 30 ski resorts from Colorado and New Mexico.More

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