# Atlas Copco breaks ground on North American Service Center in South Carolina

Atlas Copco has broken ground on a 355,000-square-foot North American Service Center in Lancaster County, South Carolina, for warehousing and distributing compressed air equipment, industrial tools and spare parts. Operations are expected to begin in June 2027.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2026-09-16
- Where: Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $319.0M
- Jobs: 600
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 10,000 pumps annually (initial), potential 20,000
- Products: compressed air equipment, industrial tools, portable power solutions, spare parts
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Atlas Copco](https://endata.com/companies/505.md)
- [Edwards Vacuum](https://endata.com/companies/3332.md)
- [Atlas Copco](https://endata.com/companies/505.md) (partner)
- [Strategic Capital Partners](https://endata.com/companies/14699.md) (partner)
- [DCI Development and Construction](https://endata.com/companies/14700.md) (partner)
- [Alston Construction](https://endata.com/companies/14701.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/de/news-release/2026/09/16/3363258/0/en/atlas-copco-group-breaks-ground-on-service-center-of-the-future-in-lancaster-county-south-carolina.html), 2026-09-16: "Atlas Copco Group has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art North American Service Center in Lancaster County, South Carolina."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/30/3392602/0/en/atlas-copco-group-celebrates-expansion-week-in-the-united-states.html), 2026-10-30: "Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility to expand US production of advanced dry vacuum pumps."
- [constructionreviewonline.com](https://constructionreviewonline.com/edwards-vacuum-opens-319m-new-york-factory-to-produce-semiconductor-pumps/), 2026-11-02: "The opening on October 29 marks a significant step in efforts to strengthen the domestic semiconductor equipment supply chain."
- [environmentenergyleader.com](https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/articles/45496-edwards-completes-319m-new-york-semiconductor-pump-plant), 2026-11-02: "Dry pumps hold the vacuum inside the deposition and etch tools that build chips, and until now fabs in the United States had to import them."

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