SWEDEN – Atlas Copco, a Swedish multinational industrial company, has announced a robust performance for the first quarter, surpassing expectations with a strong order intake and profit. The company predicts that demand will remain at the current level in the near term, despite certain fluctuations in specific segments. In a statement released on Wednesday, Atlas Copco highlighted the solid demand for its equipment and services, although the order intake did not reach the exceptionally high level of the previous year's comparison quarter. Despite this, the order volumes for industrial compressors remained stable, while orders for gas and process compressors showed a slight decrease from the previous year's exceptional level. The company noted an increase in the order intake for vacuum equipment for the semiconductor industry, while orders for industrial and scientific vacuum equipment experienced a decrease.