# Atlas Copco to invest EUR 15 million per year in smart factory in Wilrijk

Atlas Copco will invest EUR 15 million per year to turn its Wilrijk, Flanders compressor factory, its largest site with 2,900 employees, into a smart factory. An additional EUR 10 million, including EUR 2 million from the Flanders government, will fund staff training.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-06-17
- Where: Wilrijk, Flanders, Belgium
- Value: $16.8M (15.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: compressors
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com](https://invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/en/news/atlas-copco-sweden-invests-smart-factory-flanders), 2020-06-17: "Headquartered in Stockholm (Sweden), industrial company Atlas Copco has announced that it will be channeling EUR 15 million per year into the transformation of its factory in Wilrijk (Flanders)."

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