Atlas Copco (STO:ATCOA) (STO:ATCOB) has established a customer center in Dakar, Senegal, to strengthen relations with customers in the construction industry and other customer segments in the region.
Initially the new customer center will offer products such as road construction equipment, portable compressors and generators, covering most countries in western and central Africa. It will also represent the Compressor Technique business area in Senegal.
"We see a great untapped potential in the region for our full range of construction equipment and look forward to this opportunity to come closer to customers," said Nico Delvaux, President of the Construction Technique business area.
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 Construction Technique business area provides construction and demolition tools, portable compressors, pumps and generators, lighting towers, and compaction and paving equipment. It offers service through a global network. Construction Technique innovates for sustainable productivity in infrastructure, civil works and road construction projects. Principal product development and manufacturing units are located in Belgium, Germany, Sweden, China and Brazil.
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Contacts:
Nico Delvaux
Business Area President, Construction Technique
+32 (0)3 401
9551
or +32 (0)47 570 1561
or
Daniel Frykholm
Media
Relations Manager
+46 (0)8 743 8060
or +46 (0)70 865 8060
