In honor of our 140th anniversary, we asked some of our product managers to tell us about their favorite Atlas Copco product. We featured our first installment of this series three weeks ago; you can read it here. This week’s response comes from Tom Poot,Vice President - Business Line Manager for the U.S. Oil-free Air Division.
“My favorite Atlas Copco product has to be our Energy Recovery system. By installing an Energy Recovery system, compressed air customers benefit from huge savings on energy costs. The simple fact that you can turn 80-100% of your compressor’s energy into reusable heat is almost mind-boggling. The system is a simple, proven solution to help customers consume less energy, which in turn benefits the environment and the customer’s bottom line.”
Tom Poot joined Atlas Copco in 1998 as a project engineer. He was promoted to project leader within the same group in 2002 before serving as engineering manager, oil-free air from 2004 to 2008. Poot returned to oil-free air marketing in 2008 as the product marketing manager for Atlas Copco’s line of large Z compressors. He took on the role of business line manager for oil-free air in 2012. Poot earned a Master’s degree in electro-mechanical engineering from the University of Ghent in Belgium and a postgraduate degree in business economics from IPO Antwerp.
