09/24/2024
Atlas Copco Group has appointed Koen Lauwers President of the Vacuum Technique business area and member of Group Management, effective January 1, 2025. Lauwers is currently President for the Semiconductor division within the same business area.
Koen Lauwers has been appointed as President of the Vacuum Technique business area.
“Koen is a passionate and respected leader, and he has a broad experience,” said Vagner Rego, President and CEO, Atlas Copco Group. “Through the years, he has delivered strong business results and created high value solutions for our customers. I am very pleased that he has agreed to take on this role.”
Lauwers, a Belgian citizen, joined Atlas Copco in 1997 and has since then built a successful career in the Group, including international assignments in the United States and Germany. In 2023, he was appointed President of the Semiconductor division and prior to this he held the same position for the Industrial Vacuum division, both within the Vacuum business area.
Lauwers holds a master’s degree in electro-mechanical engineering from the University of Leuven and an MBA from the Antwerp Management School, both in Belgium.
In 2023, Vacuum Technique had revenues of BSEK 42.8 and approximately 12,600 employees. Lauwers succeeds Geert Follens who, as previously communicated, will retire at the end of 2024.
About Atlas Copco Group
Atlas Copco Group innovates to develop products, services and solutions that are key to our customers’ success. Its four business areas offer compressed air and vacuum solutions, energy solutions, dewatering and industrial pumps, industrial power tools and assembly and machine vision solutions. In 2023, the Group had revenues of BSEK 173, and at year end about 53,000 employees. For more information, visit https://www.atlascopcogroup.com.
