Atlas Copco opens a customer center in Mozambique

Stockholm, Sweden, April 2, 2012: Atlas Copco has opened a new customer center in Mozambique, strengthening its presence in the country and increasing the support for local customers.

The new customer center will offer a range of products including surface mining, exploration and compressed air equipment, as well as drilling consumables and related parts and services. The customer center opens as of April and is based in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, with a branch office to the northwest in Tete.

“The new customer center opens new business opportunities for Atlas Copco in southern Africa,” says Bob Fassl, Business Area President, Atlas Copco Mining and Rock Excavation Technique. “It brings us closer to our customers, allowing us to provide them with closer support, as well as a wider product offering.”

Atlas Copco previously conducted business in Mozambique through Atlas Copco South Africa and a local distributor network.

For further information please contact:
Bob Fassl, Business Area President, Mining and Rock Excavation Technique
+46 (0)8 743 8314 or +1 469 766 6242

Daniel Frykholm, Media Relations Manager
+46 (0)8 743 8060 or +46 (0)70 865 8060

Atlas Copco is an industrial group with world-leading positions in compressors, expanders and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. With innovative products and services, Atlas Copco delivers solutions for sustainable productivity. The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 170 countries. In 2011, Atlas Copco had 37 500 employees and revenues of BSEK 81 (BEUR 9). Learn more at www.atlascopco.com.

Atlas Copco’s Mining and Rock Excavation Technique business area provides equipment for drilling and rock excavation, a complete range of related consumables and service through a global network. The business area innovates for sustainable productivity in surface and underground mining, infrastructure, civil works, well drilling and geotechnical applications. Principal product development and manufacturing units are located in Sweden, the United States, Canada, China and India.