Atlas Copco Unveils Vast Facility

Atlas Copco recently announced thewide expansion of its custom designed workshop in Hemel Hempstead. The facility upgrade and expansion is part of the company’s response tothe increasing global demand in the oil and gas industry.

Taking the lead in providing sustainable productivity solutions, Atlas Copco continues to invest in the development of its custom engineering workshop to provide compressed air and nitrogen generation packages that meet customer specification and standards.

The company increased the workshop total floor area from 850m2 to 1950m2.Additionally, the production facility implemented otheron-site improvements such as a new mezzanine level and external 12m x 15m covered test area. These improvements allow the facility to accommodate all project works with varying customer and component requirements.

At the launch of the project expansion, Paul Frost, manager of Systems at Hemel Hempsteadsaid,“We are proud to be investing in this local competence centre for compressed air and gas custom packages and we can now begin to introduce LEAN working principles and the 5S system.”Backed by a dedicated team of industry experts and a 40-year history of unparalleled service, Atlas Copco’s Systems Hemel Hempstead workshop is a competitive base anda world class facility.

Similar to Atlas Copco, Worthington Compressors has fully equipped facilitiesdesigned to deliver high-precision compressor repair and rebuild services.To learn more about Worthington Compressors’ assembly center and repair facilities, visitwww.worthingtoncompressor.com/facilities.