History milestones

Epiroc appoints new members of Group Management and creates a more efficient working structure. The new structure has five divisions and the presidents now report directly to the President and CEO; Helena Hedblom. The financial reporting setup remains with two segments, Equipment & Service and Tools & Attachments.

The formal decision to separate Epiroc through a Lex Asea spin-off was taken at the AGM of Atlas Copco AB

Atlas Copco announced a split of the Group to form Epiroc

Production of loaders and mining trucks was moved from Portland, Oregon, USA, to Örebro, Sweden

Ingersoll-Rand Drilling Solutions, a manufacturer of large blasthole drill rigs, was acquired

Production of surface crawlers moved from Bremen, Germany, to Örebro, Sweden.

Rock drilling tools specialist Secoroc in Fagersta, Sweden, was acquired

Rig-mounted hydraulic breaker was patented, changing the demolition industry

Manufacturing company “Växlar och Signaler” (En. “railways maintenance and repair) in Örebro, Sweden, was acquired. Örebro is today Epiroc’s largest manufacturing site

The Swedish Method was introduced, meaning that lighter and mobile equipment was used. This meant that drilling could be conducted by one man with one machine compared to the previous method that required more labor. The groundbreaking method revolutionized the drilling industry and laid the ground for the company’s international activity

First rock drill produced, soon followed by a lightweight, handheld rock drill, which was produced well into the 1930s

André Oscar Wallenberg and associates founded the company Atlas in Stockholm, Sweden, producing equipment for the Swedish railway network