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The Textile Magazine
OctoBER 2011
Atlas Copco’s
new manufacturing
facility coming up near Pune
Atlas Copco (India)
Ltd. has already ac-
quired land at Chakan
near Pune where work
on the new factory
has started. Construc-
tion will be completed
in the second half of
2012.
The new facility will
produce stationary in-
dustrial and portable
compressors, while
Atlas Copco’s exist-
ing plant in Dapodi,
Pune, will focus on the
production of oil-free
compressors.
“The outlook for In-
dia’s economic devel-
opment remains good,
and we now have an
excellent opportu-
nity to signifcantly
increase production capacity in the
country, with a modern facility and
effcient logistics,” says Stephan
Kuhn, Business Area President, At-
las Copco Compressor Technique.
Atlas Copco, which employs
about 2,300 people in India, cur-
rently manufactures compressed
air equipment at its plant in Pune-
Dapodi, while construction and
mining equipment are manufactured
in Nasik and Hyderabad. The group
also has engineering centers located
in Pune and in Bangalore, support-
ing development of products in In-
dia and elsewhere.
In 2010, Atlas Copco India post-
ed revenue of Rs. 1,690 crores as
against the previous year’s Rs. 1,280
crores, showing an overall growth of
32 per cent.
The industrial segment develops,
manufactures and markets a wide
range of air and gas compressors, of
both rotary and reciprocating tech-
nology, oil injected and oil free, in
various powers, pressure ranges and
capacities to serve the diverse needs
Atlas Copco has decided
to set up a new com-
pressor manufactur-
ing facility near Pune
to meet an anticipated
strong growth in de-
mand in the coming
years. The investment
of about Rs. 100 crores
will also serve to broad-
en the product offering
to customers in India.
Mr. Filip Vandenberghe,
Managing Director
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