Atlas Copco Power Technique Names Andersson General Manager

Atlas Copco Power Technique has appointed Mikael Andersson general manager of its North America Customer Center, effective July 16.

Michael Roth

July 17, 2018

2 min read

Mikael Andersson brings a wide range of industry and institutional knowledge to his role most recently serving as vice president business control for Atlas Copcorsquos Compressor Technique Customer Center since 2009 — Mikael Andersson brings a wide range of industry and institutional knowledge to his role, most recently serving as vice president business control for Atlas Copco’s Compressor Technique Customer Center since 2009.

Atlas Copco Power Technique has appointed Mikael Andersson general manager of its North America Customer Center, effective July 16. Andersson will lead the company in growing each of its core product categories – air, power and flow – within the contractor, dealer and rental segments in the United States and Canada.

“Mikael’s leadership, analytical input and broad experience make him an excellent choice to lead Power Technique North America,” said Andrew Walker, senior executive vice president and business area president Power Technique in Antwerp, Belgium.

Andersson brings a wide range of industry and institutional knowledge to his role. Andersson most recently was vice president business control for Atlas Copco’s Compressor Technique Customer Center since 2009. During this time, Andersson oversaw many strategic growth initiatives including acquisitions, logistic enhancements and business development.

“I am looking forward to joining the professional team in the Power Technique Customer Center,” Andersson said. “We will continue to work hard to achieve our vision and be the First in Mind – First in Choice provider of onsite air, power and flow solutions for the sustainable productivity of our customers across North America.”

Andersson joined Atlas Copco in 2002 as a production controller for Atlas Copco Rick Drills AB. He holds a bachelor of science in business and economics from Orebro University in Sweden, and a bachelor of science in transport management from Gothenburg University in Sweden.

Andersson will be based in Rock Hill, S.C., the home of Atlas Copco’s 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and Power Technique North American headquarters.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.