Kamaz, the largest truck manufacturer in the Russian Federation, has achieved annual energy savings of 30% in all its plants, using an advanced energy saving concept from Atlas Copco. On 28 March 2012, together with the inauguration of a new compressor room, Kamaz signed a five-year total responsibility service agreement which ensures maximum uptime of the equipment by giving full coverage of the compressed air units, including all components.

Following an evaluation of Kamaz's existing systems, Atlas Copco presented a two-stage concept involving decentralization of the compressed air supply system. In 2008 Kamaz signed the first contract with Atlas Copco. "The result was even better than expected," says Jan Kougl, General Manager, Atlas Copco Compressor Technique, Russia. "KAMAZ was able to take out of service five old centrifugal compressors with a total power consumption of 16,000 kW."

The contract for the second stage was signed in November 2010. This included 21 ZH-series centrifugal air compressors, 20 FD refrigerant dryers and several GA 250FF oil-injected screw compressors. Delivery and installation took place in March 2012.