Innovation

Welcoming new ideas and challenging the status quo are key to our innovation. It leads to continuous refinements – as well as great leaps forward. This approach has proven a success factor over our more than 150 years in business.

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How we make a difference

As a technology leader, we have an important role to play in the creation of a better tomorrow. To stay innovative, we continuously invest in new expertise and ideas. We collaborate and co-create with other leading actors and challenge ourselves to think big. This way, we future-proof our customers while driving technology forward.

Innovation and continuous improvement are top priorities in all parts of our organization and deeply embedded into our culture.

Vagner Rego,

President and CEO

Here's the thing

What is behind the things that make society work? From satellites in orbit to popcorn machines, our innovative technologies power the world in ways you might never notice. 

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TechTalks Podcast

TechTalks is our podcast about technology that transforms the future. Our host Linda Ekwall, Employer Branding and Internal Communications Manager, invites expert guests from across the Atlas Copco Group to share their perspectives and discuss what is to come.
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TechTalks podcast host Linda Ekwall with her guests Isabelle De Wolf, Rodolfo Reimberg, Ben Levine, and Craig Ranalli.

Innovation stories

Bubble curtain protects marine life

With the rise in offshore construction projects, protecting the marine environment becomes increasingly important. One example can be found in southern Australia.
Read about the bubble curtain
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Energy reuse fuels food innovation

Despite its cool climate, Iceland provides fertile ground for innovation. One example can be found in an industrial park just outside Reykjavik, where tech startup VAXA Technologies is developing an innovative, low-carbon food production system.
Read about VAXA Technologies
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Innovation at every turn

What happens when you combine a strong focus on customer needs, the restless creativity of innovation and a commitment to engineering excellence? Well, you might end up with an award-winning tool that raises the bar for high-quality, ergonomic design.
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Explore our virtual showroom

Dive into our virtual world to explore innovative technologies that are shaping the future. You will learn about their history and the role they play in the transformation to a low-carbon society. You will also see how our solutions are essential in this transformation across industries.

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See our innovations at work

Our technologies are key to a wide range of industries and applications. Many of them are essential to everyday life and to the research that will shape the future. Here are just a few examples of our innovations at work.

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About us

Group Awards

Meet our awarded innovators, who truly reflect our innovative spirit.

Meet our award winners
Atlas Copco Awards 2023 ceremony

Careers

People Podcast

A deep dive into different areas within people management.

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Sustainability

Sustainability

We strive to bring value to both all our stakeholders and society as a whole.

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