Innovation

Innovation stories

Discover how we innovate to support a vast amount of industries around the world.

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.

Bubble curtain in southern Australia

Innovation stories

Shaping tomorrow’s district heating

Together with our partners, we enable the transition to a low-carbon society. A long-standing example is found in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. As early as the 1980s, local energy company Göteborg Energi installed a gigantic heat pump to turn wastewater into energy for district heating. 

Aerial view of Gothenburg city at dusk

Innovation stories

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.

MechaTRonic wrench

Innovation stories

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.

Symmetrical rows of transparent tubes illuminated with magenta LED lighting inside an enclosed facility.

Part of the circular economy

Did you know that your mobile phone is a veritable gold mine? Boliden Rönnskär is one the world’s leading smelters for recovery of metals. Here circuit boards are converted into pure metal which can be used in new products. The process is energy intensive, but with the assistance of Atlas Copco Group the smelter is now on the right track to reduce its energy consumption by more than 1 million kWh per year.
Boliden Rönnskär in northern Sweden is one of the world’s leading players in electronics metal recycling.

The hunt for the unknown

Deep beneath Swiss soil, hidden from the eyes of the world, lies a technical marvel of gigantic proportions.
The ATLAS and CMS detectors at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland use precision measurements to record the path, momentum and energy of released particles. The CMS detector studies particles produced in proton-proton and heavy ion collisions.

A tech that holds it together

Without bolts and joints much of what we have in our daily lives would – literally – fall apart. This vital and age-old technology is continuously being adapted and enhanced for the demands of modern industry.
Nutrunner XTB

Smart team + Smart phone = Smart product

What if industrial manufacturers could adjust the speed and energy consumption of their vacuum pumps from remote, depending on their current production flow? Meet two of the innovators behind the DZS VSD+ dry claw vacuum pump that can be controlled by a smartphone app. This market-leading technology brings cost cuttings and environmental benefits, and competitors are scrambling to catch up.
The designated VSD+ app allows the user to commission, control and monitor his vacuum pump.

Innovation stories

Explore more stories highlighting our innovations and progress in areas such as safety and ergonomics.

Employee in VR goggles demonstrating something in front of team members