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 Ian Stones, Tanya Palmer, Karin Biller, and Giulio Ferrarese.

Innovation stories

Innovation stories

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.
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A pile of electronics metal for recycling

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An exciting new reality

They once belonged to the realms of computer games and science fiction, but Extended Reality technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are transforming industrial processes and products.
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Futuristic factory with workers using VR headsets and AR, harmoniously blending human and smart technology for optimal productivity. generative ai

Innovation stories

VSD reduced energy usage for metal recycling

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.

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Boliden Rönnskär in northern Sweden is one of the world’s leading players in electronics metal recycling.

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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Electric car driving along windmills farm.