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New range of ZH oil-free centrifugal compressors to offer industrial process plants substantial energy savings and a wider range of flows and pressures.

Big energy savings, cost reductions, reduced carbon dioxide emissions and air quality improvement: see the difference our oil-free compressor systems make

German food company Wernsing Feinkost reduces its natural gas consumption and protects our climate with a heat recovery solution in their compressors. See how

See how ZF Wind Power in Belgium uses GA 160 VSD FF compressors and an ES control system to optimize compressed air usage of their wind power plant

Find out how our ER 900 compressor heat recovery system substantially reduces CO2 emissions and achieves exceptional energy savings at a semiconductor plant

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Read in this case story how the UK-based Muller Dairy saves in gas process heating costs thanks to their compressor set-up. The secret? Energy recovery technology

Lidergraf, a successful Portuguese graphic arts company, uses compressed air, blower and vacuum solutions to meet its demand for 100% oil-free, high-quality air to ensure the quality of its products.

Saving up to £13,000 a year and not making a single compromise on efficiency and reliability when it comes to compressed air in a mine. The secret? GA compressors

How Primayudha Mandirijaya Pt. textile factory chose Atlas Copco to avoid the risk of clogged nozzles and stained yarn, whilst maximizing productivity

How Kao Group, Japan’s largest producer of chemicals, realizes a safe and highly energy-efficient production with Atlas Copco compressed air solutions

How BSTS, a chemical manufacturer based in Thailand, takes USD10,000 off its operating costs every year by choosing ZR 75 FF oil-free air compressors

How we completed a critical ZH compressor overhaul successfully in 9 days instead of 21 at the Solvay factory in Portugal

Major Chinese aluminum plant choses energy-efficient and oil-free air compressors to reduce production costs and improve end-product quality

BIC’s manufacturing plant in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico saves 20% in energy costs by combining GA compressors, an ES central control system and AirConnect

Norwegian mining facility chooses our air compressors and dryers for reliability, life-cycle cost and energy efficiency in extremely low temperatures

Swiss chemical company EMS-Chemie saves 10% in electricity consumption and 75% in water usage with our ZH 15000 turbo compressor

Why Schwarzwald-Sprudel in Wildberg, Germany, has opted for ZD piston booster for their PET bottling line with energy recovery built-in

Cargill Turkey’s Orhangazi Factory replaces fixed speed compressors with VSD and achieves up to 35% of energy savings

Henkel’s laundry detergent production facility in Vienna, Austria, relies on variable speed drive compressors for maximum energy savings

Why the Gomelast Group in Peru relies on ZT oil-free compressors for their textile applications? High levels of air purity, lower energy costs

Farmalogica, Columbia, opts for ZT 37 FF oil-free air compressors to avoid contamination of delicate pharma products

How Siyaram Silk Mills Limited in Tarapur, Maharashtra, India, saves energy and reduces emissions with a ZT oil-free compressor and an AIRnet piping system

Absolute food safety. Advanced energy efficiency and recovery systems. Optimal reliability. All through compressors with energy recovery systems. Read how

Based in Suffolk, UK, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) replaced 2 older compressors with an efficient new H2 ZT 160 VSD – and saved £10,000 a year

Princes Gate Spring Water used oil-free ZT compressors to improve both the purity of its water and the efficiency of its process. The result: costs reduced by 35%

Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials in Mudanjiang uses the AIRnet modular piping system and choses ZT oil-free compressors for optimal performance

Leader in pharma Laboratorio Sanderson S.A in Chile installs NGP nitrogen generator to reduce costs, boost efficiency and increase independency

Kolak’s London factory needed a reliable 24/7 supply of contamination-free air to prepare snack foods for customers. Their answer was the ZT 90 FF compressor

Atlas Copco provids a highly reliable source of vital process air for Lallemand GB, the UK’s largest commercial yeast producer.

Discover a new range of air compressor dryers combining reliable, energy-efficient performance and a low maintenance requirement.

Frito Lay, an affiliate of PepsiCo Foods, reinforced its leader position in environmental awareness, achieving an average of 30% energy efficiency and lower noise levels by choosing Atlas Copco screw blower technology for its water treatment facility.

In conventional wastewater activated sludge plants, the aeration blower system accounts for up to 70 percent of the energy usage. The Atlas Copco ZS+ blowers come in a fully integrated package, including Variable Speed Drive (VSD) to precisely match the air delivery to the customer's air demand, reducing the energy bill of these continuously operating plant significantly.

Greiner Packaging’s production plant in Northern Ireland is helping a neighbouring college cut its £40,000 annual heating bill by donating waste heat from its compressors and its process cooling installation.

It was a weekend to remember for Eugene Meegan and the Whelan family as both C&L Industrial Atlas Copco BMW 1M’s came in 5th & 6th Overall, 2nd & 3rd in Class and Richard and James walking away with Galway Motor Clubs top award, the Brian Thornton Cup. But it wasn’t all plain sailing as it may seem. Eugene and Sarah struggled all day Saturday with handling problems on the rear of their newly built car. The back arm on the car being loose from the first stage until the last service of the day caused them to spin three times, two spins causing them to stall and one clipping a wall, losing almost a minute and a half throughout the entire Day 1.

30% less on the energy bill. That’s the difference Atlas Copco’s complete compressor set-up with blowers makes for Oman’s largest cement manufacturer and Middle East cement pioneer, Oman Cement Company SAOG (OCC). OCC requires air for plant and instrument air, pneumatic conveyors and for aeration in the cement silos. The equipment has to operate continuously in the toughest conditions and at ambient temperatures up to 55°C/131°F. That's why OCC relies on Atlas Copco.

The Ibbenbüren power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has lowered its energy needs with 18%, and still relies on an optimal air flow thanks to oil-free ZB VSD centrifugal blowers.

High energy savings, lower maintenance costs. That is what has convinced seawage treatment works at Müster in Germany, to work with us

Hoffmann Mineral GmbH, in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany, relies on our ZS range, delivering clean, efficient oil-free air for pneumatic conveying and air separation.

The exceptional depth of the tanks at the Putzhagen sewage treatment plant made the air blowers very expensive to run – until they were replaced by ZB VSDs

Atlas Copco ZA 6G-300 low-pressure, oil-free screw compressors provide high quality pure compressed air for the Kingdomway Groûp's nutritional supplement manufacturing facility in Hohhot, Mongolia

Whether you operate a micro-brewery or brew on a very large scale, Atlas Copco has the right compressors and nitrogen generators for your purposes.

German lead recycling plant Weser-Metall GmbH saves € 600,000 a year with a unique volume-based flow regulation and ZB oil-free VSD centrifugal air turbo blowers

ZS VSD screw blower technology hade made the Sandoz effluent treatment plant in Navi Mumbai, India, reduce their total carbon footprint with 1.5% and their energy usage with 17%. Bonus: they benefit from substantially lower noise levels too, now.

Northumbrian Water, a leading provider of water and sewerage services in the North East of England, has chosen Atlas Copco screw blower technology to help reduce energy consumption and minimise service costs at its sewage treatment works in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.

The wastewater from the Leverkusen Chempark, and its nearby households, is biologically biodegradable – but requires a constant supply of compressed air. This process is operated by Currenta and, since 2007, the aeration of the open basin has been carried out using centrifugal air blowers from Atlas Copco, which replaced the classic surface aerators.

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. As a result of the efficiency of the VSD, the plant has achieved energy savings of 10%, which means lower sewage fees for customers.

How Silverstream Technologies partners with Atlas Copco ZS-oil-free screw blowers for its innovative fuel saving air lubrication technology for ocean-going vessels. Read more in this story.

Atlas Copco has introduced two new dryer ranges, the CD 25+-260+ and the CD 25-260, that are designed to meet the strictest energy requirements. The innovative heatless desiccant dryers deliver increased efficiency and reliable continuous operation for industrial applications.

Reading time: 4 minutes<br> The BLOODHOUND SSC project makes history with its first ever test runs, during which the supersonic combined jet engine and rocket powered car is set to achieve speeds of up to 200 mph on the runway at Newquay Airport in Cornwall.

Reading time: 7 minutes<br> The challenge for equipment suppliers is that companies are now moving beyond talking about the theory behind Industry 4.0 to wanting to know how it can and will be applied in practice. To highlight this, the International Data Corporation recently published research estimating that global IoT spending will total nearly $1.4 trillion by 2021, with manufacturing predicted to be the leading industry for investment.

Reading time: 2 minutes<br> After years of testing and development, Atlas Copco launches a revolutionary new rotary drum dryer that guarantees a stable Pressure Dew Point (PDP) of -40°C, with no compressed air loss, at a very low energy cost. Offering total power consumption below 0.2 kW in all operating conditions, the MDG 450 air dryer is highly energy efficient and represents a ground-breaking new entry in the compressed air market.

Reading time: 9 minutes In this article Steve Matthews looks at the potential hazards involved in compressed air use and asks how aware is industrial management of the preventative measures that can be taken, the scope of current pressure regulations and the legal obligations of compliance. He outlines the safety responsibilities of the equipment manufacturer and all involved in the supply chain and examines whether the picture has changed from the past to mitigate any of these risk factors.

Reading time: 4 minutes<br> Spending time with the family appears to be the most important element to the festive season, second place goes to a proper Irish meal. But how did the turkey receive an award like this? And what does Atlas Copco have to do with this?

Atlas Copco Ireland has announced the appointment of Tom Van Gaal as Business Line Manager for its Compressor Technique Service Division in Ireland. In this role, he will seek to further strengthen Atlas Copco's aftermarket business.

The grand opening of the building, which is located in the heart of West Dublin’s Pharmaceutical district, took place on 26th January and was host to The Swedish Ambassador to Ireland, Her Excellency Anna Brandt, and to Market Area Director at Business Sweden, Gustaf Bergström.

Reading time: 6 minutes<br> In this article, Micheál McGuinness - Country Manager for Atlas Copco Compressor Technique in Ireland - argues that compressed air represents the next big viable opportunity for Irish manufacturers to save energy and reduce carbon emissions.

Reading time: 4 minutes <br> Atlas Copco’s revolutionary VSD+ energy-saving technology is now available for the company’s GA 75-110 kW oil-injected, rotary screw compressors, enabling manufacturing and processing companies to realise industry-leading operational savings in both medium and large-scale compressed air applications.

Air Liquide uses our oil-free centrifugal compressor ZH+ technology to produce oxygen and nitrogen. Find out why they rely on this energy-efficient and reliable solution.

Air Liquide uses our oil-free centrifugal compressor ZH+ technology to produce oxygen and nitrogen. Find out why they rely on this energy-efficient and reliable solution

Atlas Copco is expanding their compressed air product ranges with innovative products

Atlas Copco Ireland has shown companywide steady growth over the last number of years, and in order to continue this positive trend, we are expanding our local sales team in both the Equipment and Aftermarket Division.

Atlas Copco Ireland has shown companywide steady growth over the last number of years, and in order to continue this positive trend, we are expanding our local sales team in both the Equipment and Aftermarket Division.

Business as usual over the Christmas and New Year period

Stephen McCrossan recently joined Atlas Copco Ireland Ltd as a Sales Engineer for the Industrial Air range of air compressor and ancillary equipment covering the Dublin area, North Leinster and the border counties.

Want to quickly know if your air compression system is inefficient, non-compliant, losing money? Then you need airCHECK.

Th new oil-sealed rotary vane vacuum pumps, which is cooler, quieter and up to 15 % more efficient than the previous GVS range.

Severn Trent Water has chosen to install reliable and energy efficient ZS oil-free rotary screw blowers from Atlas Copco at six of its water treatment plants in the UK. This forms part of a major infrastructure refurbishment programme, including upgrades to its Rapid Gravity Filters (RGF) processes installations that require low pressure air for sand de-scouring duties.

Atlas Copco has announced the appointment of Alexander Pavlov as General Manager for its Compressor Technique business in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In this new role, Alexander will lead local operations with a clear mission to strengthen even further the market leader status of Atlas Copco Compressors across the region.

Natural Stone Surfaces, one of the UK’s leading quartz and granite worktop manufacturers, chose Atlas Copco to upgrade its essential compressed air supply and has improved its productivity and saved over £4,750 in annual energy costs as a result.

Anyone who runs a compressed air system (using oil-injected technology) needs to be aware of how to properly dispose of the condensate in a responsible manner. Here’s how you check your compressed air supply.

This is the amount of energy saved in the UK by Atlas Copco customers using VSD compressors in one year

Atlas Copco has introduced a new generation of powerful yet quiet oil-injected rotary screw workplace air compressors, which are available in 7 kW, 11 kW and 15 kW variants with flows varying from 29.5-68.7 cfm.

Knowing the status of your compressed air equipment at all times is the surest way to spot any developing problems, uncover potential energy savings and achieve maximum uptime of your compressors and your production lines.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions UK facility reports that over £11,000 savings in annual energy costs have been achieved from its new Atlas Copco GA45VSD+FF compressor installation. Read the full application story here.

Airia Compressed Air Solutions Ltd, an official premier distributor for Atlas Copco Compressors, has contributed equipment and its expertise - on a pro bono basis - to fulfil an important paint spraying application in the Rona Sailing Project.

Atlas Copco Compressors has announced the appointment of Micheál McGuinness as Country Manager for its Compressor Technique business in Ireland. In this role, he will seek to strengthen the position of Atlas Copco as a market leader in the country.

A GA90 VSD has increased production capacity and improved its energy efficiency at Kingsmoor Packaging.

Installing a new Atlas Copco ring main and variable speed driven (VSD) compressor with ancillaries is calculated to result in an annual carbon reduction of approximately 48 tonnes of CO2 for award winning magazine printing company, Buxton Press Limited - along with close to £7,500 per annum savings in compressed air energy costs.

After experiencing pressure drops that limited applications within its production facility, Quartztec Europe installed an Atlas Copco GA VSD+ compressor that has increased output, halved annual energy costs and exceeded initial savings estimates by 19%

Reading time: 5 minutes<br> A newly installed and highly innovative compressed air and on-site nitrogen generation system from Atlas Copco is providing a key driver in the Outstanding Brewing Company’s on-going commitment to enhance its product quality, productivity and growth.

Salmon producer Marine Harvest VAP (UK) Ltd has achieved annual energy savings of £21,000 after Atlas Copco updated its compressed air system with new technology. The more compact compressor has also freed up floor space to fit a new refrigeration unit for an additional kiln.

Sika Limited has virtually halved its batch transfer time after installing a centralised and remotely monitored compressed air and nitrogen system from Atlas Copco.

Salutas a German pharmaceutical production and logistics center in Barleben, switches to clean oil free air compressors. To increase quality, operational efficiency and safety

Atlas Copco has introduced several new high-flow filters and activated carbon towers that offer the highest possible standards in preventing dust and oil contamination within oil-injected air compressors and air treatment systems.

Atlas Copco Ireland welcomes its first IPPD Reverse Program candidate

An Atlas Copco oxygen generator is helping Nat-Ur-Gas Solschen produce clean methane at their biogas plant in Germany. Desulphurisation of biogas using oxygen results in a sustainable energy source for the grid. An added benefit is the reduction in operating costs through improved energy efficiency – by up to 50%. The use of a Variable Speed Compressor from Atlas Copco also allows tight control of oxygen content below the lower explosive limit, thus ensuring the safety of the plant.

James has been with Atlas Copco for over five years and recently finished in the Global Top 100 of the CTS Sales Campaign for the second time running.

In January 2018, Celestica installed an Atlas Copco GHS1300VSD+ vacuum pump, replacing older type technology. Atlas Copco Ireland’s Key Accounts Manager Eric Forde visited Celestica in Galway to speak with Facilities Coordinator Gabriel Corless and understand the benefits of the new machinery!

As part of one of our customer’s summer shutdown period, a speedy turnaround on their compressor element was essential for their oil injected 45kW compressor overhaul.

Janet Ryan: 30 Years at Atlas Copco Ireland

After commissioning an Atlas Copco GA45 VSD+ P Compressor in February to upgrade from a second hand GA45 from another supplier, Bio Marine have reduced their energy costs by 80%.

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