Swedish manufacturer Atlas Copco has acquired Rockdrill Services Australia Pty. Ltd., a rock drills specialist serving the Australian mining industry.
Atlas Copco has also acquired the assets of Cate Drilling Solutions LLC, Salt Lake City, UT, which distributes and services Atlas Copco drilling equipment and components operating in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho.
Both businesses will become part of the service division in the Mining and Rock Excavation Technique business area, which will be listed as Epiroc on the stock exchange in 2018. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.