Atlas Copco Podcast
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140 years of achievements by one of the world’s most innovative and sustainable companies

1. The early years

“Adopted with pride and further improved” may be the best description of the origin of Atlas early pneumatic tools and machines. Atlas bought tools fo...
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2. Meeting the customer’s needs

Industrial marketing is not about signing contracts whatever the price, but about an appreciation of what is best for the customer. It is about buildi...
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3. Customer orientation

When Walter Wehtje was appointed managing director, the intention was to change Atlas Diesel from a technology-based to a market-oriented production c...
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4. The innovative Swedish Method

Atlas Diesel developed a light rock drill about the same time the swedish steel industry began developing tungsten carbide drill bits through Sandvik....
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6. Widening trade horizons

Atlas Copco’s international breakthrough was based entirely on the swedish method and all business was with the mining industry, which was sensitive t...
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8. Growth through acquisitions

Since the mid-1970s Atlas Copco, once a company concerned solely with compressed-air products, has broadened its business. through strategic acquisiti...
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9. There is always a better way

Closeness to customer´s businesses is fundamental to all thinking in the group. technical and marketing innovations, which play their part in laying a...
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