Atlas Copco receives orders for drilling rigs in India

Atlas Copco receives orders for drilling rigs in India

Stockholm, Sweden, October 21, 2010: Atlas Copco (India) Ltd.
Construction & Mining Technique has received orders for underground
drilling rigs from Leighton Contractors India Pvt. Ltd. and Navayuga
Engineering Company Limited, valued MEUR 11 (MSEK 100)

The equipment will be used to construct road tunnels for the
Srinagar-Jammu highway project in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
“We are proud to win these prestigious orders for the new road tunnel
project. They show that Indian customers have a high level of confidence
in Atlas Copco's products and trust in our service team,” says Björn
Rosengren, Business Area President of Atlas Copco Construction and
Mining Technique.
The National Highway Authority of India has awarded the highway project
to two of Atlas Copco's customers, Leighton Contractors India Pvt. Ltd.
part of Leighton Holdings - Australia's largest project development and
contracting group - and based out of Delhi, and Navayuga Engineering
Company Limited based out of Hyderabad.
The orders are booked in the third quarter, 2010. Delivery for Navayuga
Engineering Company Limited has started in September 2010 and for
Leighton Contractors India Pvt. Ltd. it is scheduled in December 2010.

For further information please contact:
Björn Rosengren, Business Area President, Construction and Mining
Technique
+46 (0)8 743 8314 or +46 (0)70 417 8502
Love Liman, Acting Media Relations Manager
+46 (0)8 743 8060 or +46 (0)73 318 8060