Atlas Copco has appointed Vagner Rego as President of the Compressor Technique business area and member of Group Management, effective August 1, 2017. Vagner Rego is currently President for the service division within Compressor Technique.

"Vagner is a solid leader with international experience from several different roles," said Mats Rahmström, President and CEO of the Atlas Copco Group.

Vagner Rego joined Atlas Copco in 1996 as a trainee engineer in a service workshop in São Paulo State, Brazil. He steadily took on broader responsibilities, and in 2006 he was appointed Business Line Manager for Compressor Technique Service in Brazil. In 2010, Vagner Rego became Vice President Marketing and Sales for the Compressor Technique Service division, based in Belgium. Before he took on his current position as President for the Compressor Technique Service division in 2014, he was General Manager for Construction Technique's Customer Center in Brazil.

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