# Atlas Copco to split into two listed companies

Atlas Copco intends to split into two listed companies, one focused on industrial customers and the other on mining and civil engineering customers, with the mining group to be spun off to shareholders.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-01-16
- Where: Sickla, Sweden, Sweden
- Status: announced
- Products: compressors, vacuum technique, industrial power tools, mining and construction tools
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Atlas Copco](https://endata.com/companies/505.md)

## Sources

- [inddist.com](https://www.inddist.com/mergers-acquisitions/news/13773430/atlas-copco-splitting-into-two-companies), 2017-01-17: "Atlas Copco intends to split into two listed companies, one focused on industrial customers and the other focused on mining/civil engineering customers."

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