Industrial group Atlas Copco has completed two separate acquisitions of compressed air distributors in Canada and Belgium, aimed at bolstering its presence within the Compressor Technique business area.
In Canada, the company has acquired Trident Compressed Air, an Ontario-based distributor of compressed air solutions. The firm employs eight people and serves clients across the automotive and food and beverage industries.
Simultaneously, Atlas Copco has acquired the Belgian firm LVC Solutions, a compressed air distributor with 14 employees operating within the general industrial sector. LVC reported revenues of approximately SEK 51 million in 2025.
Both entities will be integrated into the service division within the Compressor Technique business area. The purchase prices were not disclosed.
Atlas Copco AB is one of the world's leading industrial groups. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- air and gas compressors and electrical generators (66.7%). The group also sells compressed air treatment equipment (filters, dryers, coolers, air tanks);
- construction, drilling, and demolition equipment (16.7%): pneumatic and hydraulic rock breakers, drill hammers, drilling motors, mine carts, upward boring machines, etc.;
- industrial machine tools (16.6%): grinders, punches, impact tools, drills, threaders, pneumatic assembly tools, power drivers, etc.;
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Sweden (1.4%), Europe (26.3%), Asia and Oceania (36.3%), the United States (22%), North America (3.9%), Africa and the Middle East (5.6%), and South America (4.5%).
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