Atlas Copco, Stockholm, Sweden, through its affiliate Atlas Copco Austria GmbH, has acquired Hartl Anlagenbau GmbH, St. Valentin, Austria, a company that manufactures and sells mobile crushers and screeners.

With this acquisition Atlas Copco will enter the mobile crushing and screening market, which the company said will strengthen its offering in the areas of quarrying and recycling.

“The acquisition increases Atlas Copco’s participation in the customer value chain and makes us a more complete partner to our customers in these segments,” says Björn Rosengren, business area president of Atlas Copco Construction & Mining Technique.

Hartl Anlagenbau GmbH is a privately owned company that currently employs abouty 110 people. In 2009 the company’s total revenues were €21 million (US$27 million). The products are mainly distributed through a dealer network and partners. Hartl will become a product company within the Atlas Copco Surface Drilling Equipment division. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.