Atlas Copco increases the presence in the Middle East

The expanded customer center, Atlas Copco Services Middle East OMC, will gather the Group’s products and services under one roof and provide a new competence center for sales and service across the United Arab Emirates.
 
“With this new customer center in Dubai we create a single point of contact for our customers. It also illustrates our long-term commitment to this region,” says Stephan Kuhn, Business Area President Atlas Copco Compressor Technique.
 
The customer center will offer compressed air, gas and process, power generation, construction and mining equipment as well as specialty rental and all related aftermarket service. It will also support offices in Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al-Khaimah.The customer center will employ approximately 40 people.
 
For further information please contact:

• Stephan Kuhn, Business Area President, Compressor Technique
  +32 (0)3 870 2938 or +32 (0)474 881 154
  
• Love Liman, Acting Media Relations Manager
  +46 (0)8 743 8060 or +46 (0)73 318 8060
  

 
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Atlas Copco is an industrial group with world-leading positions in compressors, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. The Group delivers sustainable solutions for increased customer productivity through innovative products and services. Founded 1873, the company is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 170 countries. In 2009, Atlas Copco had about 30 000 employees and revenues of BSEK 64 (BEUR 6.0).
 
Atlas Copco’s Compressor Technique business area develops, manufactures, markets, and services oil-free and oil-injected stationary air compressors, portable air compressors, gas and process compressors, turbo expanders, electric power generators, air treatment equipment and air management systems. It also offers specialty rental services. It innovates for superior productivity in applications such as manufacturing, construction, and the process industry worldwide. Principal product development and main manufacturing units are in Antwerp, Belgium.