Atlas Copco inaugurates new factory in China

Stockholm, Sweden, May 19, 2006: Atlas Copco has today inaugurated a new compressor manufacturing plant in Liuzhou in Southern China. The production unit will produce oil-injected screw compressors and portable compressors, mainly of the Liutech brand for the Asian market. The new facility, which is part of the Compressor Technique business area, will organize production in a more efficient and modern way in order to address a need for increased capacity. The investment, worth more than MSEK 45 (MEUR 4.8), is not only in a production plant, but also includes a customer center and a product development facility, employing in total 273 people.