Atlas Copco Radio

The WARR Hyperloop team is a group of students at the technical University of Munich. They are designing and buidling a pod for the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competion. Among the companies supporting the WARR team is Leybold, a part of the Atlas Copco group. In this episode we take a closer look at their project and how students can contribute to innovation.

For centuries one of the big problems with underground mining has been the difficulty to know exactly where the people, equipment and vehicles are. Mobilaris -- a Swedish-based business that Atlas Copco / Epiroc is part owner of since mid-2017 -- is changing this. Its revolutionary software solution is opening the lid on the mines, enhancing productivity and safety. In this episode, Atlas Copco Radio interviewed Mobilaris CEO Mikael Nyström in the company's hometown of Luleå in northern Sweden.

Atlas Copco's Smart Connected Assembly is the new big thing in intelligent manufacturing. It is a network system that connects assembly tools and processes with each other in an optimal way. The result -- more productivity and lower cost for industrial customers such as automotive manufacturers. In this interview, Atlas Copco's Mathieu Legars, sales manager towards the automotive industry in the Nordic region, explains how the system works and how manufacturers benefit.

Lina Jorheden is Atlas Copco's Country Manager Eastern Africa, where she is responsible for the mining and rock excavation business in 14 countries. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the 33-year old Swede is an inspiring leader who has lifted her organization. In this interview she talks about her background and experience working in the Eastern Africa mining business, The interview was recorded in October 2015.

Back in the 1980s, married paleontologists Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich went on a big hunt for dinosaur remains in Australia. Atlas Copco decided to help out, lending them crucial excavation tools. The search was eventually successful, and a previously unknown species of a dinosaur was discovered in what was later to be named Dinosaur Cove in Victoria on Australia’s southern tip. As a gesture of thank you to the the company that lent the equipment, the dinosaur was named Atlascopcosaurus loadsi. The "loadsi" honors William Loads, Atlas Copco’s Southern Regional Manager of Australia at the time. In this interview, recorded in October 2015, Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich tell their story on how the dig came about. Enjoy!

Safety is a top priority for Atlas Copco, regardless whether it is about customers operating the machines, service technicians driving in dangerous terrain, or manufacturing employees handling heavy equipment. Safety takes many forms, and to get a specific example we talked, in December 2016, to David Bianco, Safety Manager at Atlas Copco’s manufacturing plant in Garland, Texas, USA, where large surface mining equipment is being produced. David Bianco and his colleagues have a successful approach to safety that involves encouraging everyone to truly enjoy being fully aware of safety and potential risks. Safety is about habits - and it should be fun. Enjoy, and stay safe!

Liselotte Duthu has had a long and fruitful career at Atlas Copco. Currently she oversees the Group's digitalization efforts, and previously positions have taken this Swede to China, Belgium and France. Liselotte symbolizes the journey that you can travel in Atlas Copco if you are driven, curious, eager to see the world. In this discussion from November 2016, we talked about her career but also about why she has stayed on for these decades - which, it turns out, has a lot to do with Atlas Copco's values and culture. Enjoy!