Atlas Copco Opens $40M Voorheesville Compressor Plant Expansion

Atlas Copco Voorheesville is now operating a larger plant: Atlas Copco Comptec has opened a $40 million expansion at its compressor factory in Voorheesville, Albany County, New York, adding a 63,000 square foot production addition built to assemble the largest machines the company makes in the United States (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance; Advance Albany County Alliance).

The company held the inauguration on October 26, 2026, and said the new space is fully operational and already in use (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance). Albany County and the Advance Albany County Alliance marked the opening with a ribbon cutting and put the project cost at $40 million, a figure the company itself did not state (Advance Albany County Alliance). The Voorheesville project was one of three U.S. openings Atlas Copco celebrated during what it called Expansion Week, along with the Edwards Vacuum dry pump plant in Genesee County, which WCG covered when it opened (Update: Edwards Vacuum Opens $319M Genesee County Chip Pump Plant), and a compressor plant in Rock Hill, South Carolina (Atlas Copco Group via GlobeNewswire).

What Happened

Atlas Copco Comptec is part of the group’s Gas and Process division. The Voorheesville site has operated in upstate New York since 1980 and sits on a 45 acre campus (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance). The addition gives the plant room to build large integrally geared centrifugal compressors and turboexpanders, equipment used in hydrocarbon processing, liquefied natural gas, carbon capture and storage, industrial heat pumps and industrial gases (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance; Atlas Copco Group via GlobeNewswire).

According to the company, the new building adds multiple overhead cranes and hoists, improved testing infrastructure, and expanded logistics and warehousing space (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance). The county alliance said the interior cranes are sized to move large machines and components, and that the largest compressor models can now be built in Albany County (Advance Albany County Alliance).

Comptec General Manager Tony Sardella and Project Manager Todd Doherty were pictured at the opening, and senior leaders from the group’s Compressor Technique business area and the Gas and Process division were named in the company announcement (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance).

Project Numbers

• Cost: $40 million, according to Albany County’s economic development alliance. Atlas Copco did not disclose an investment figure (Advance Albany County Alliance; Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance).
• Size: 63,000 square feet in the company announcement. The county alliance describes a 65,000 square foot facility, so the two sources differ slightly (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance; Advance Albany County Alliance).
• Jobs: the alliance expects 55 new local jobs at full capacity and 248 retained jobs. The company says its Voorheesville workforce is expected to grow to about 340 employees (Advance Albany County Alliance; Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance).
• Incentives: a $475,000 grant from the state’s Sustainable Technology and Green Energy (STAGE) program for general construction, and Albany County Industrial Development Agency assistance totaling $4.2 million (Advance Albany County Alliance).
• Local tax revenue: an estimated $1.16 million in additional revenue over the next decade, shared by the Voorheesville Central School District and local municipalities (Advance Albany County Alliance).

Where Things Stand

The plant addition is finished and producing. No construction contractor was named in the company or county announcements, and neither source gave a construction start date (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance; Advance Albany County Alliance).

The other two Expansion Week projects show the scale of the group’s U.S. build out. Atlas Copco listed the Edwards Vacuum facility in Genesee County at 250,000 square feet with up to 600 jobs, and a new 200,000 square foot Atlas Copco Compressors plant in Rock Hill that will assemble Z range oil free air compressors and support distribution and remanufacturing (Atlas Copco Group via GlobeNewswire). State figures cited in WCG’s earlier Edwards coverage put that campus at 240,000 square feet, so published sizes vary by source.

Albany County officials also pointed to other recent foreign owned investments. Aprojects Americas, a Belgian company, is expanding its U.S. headquarters with a 75,000 square foot facility at Coeymans Industrial Park, and German owned NSH USA has a committed $908,000 STAGE grant toward a $12 million manufacturing facility at its Menands campus tied to 137 created and retained jobs (Advance Albany County Alliance).

Implications for Owners, Developers, Contractors and Subs

• Heavy industrial work is active in the Capital Region. Plants that assemble very large rotating equipment need high bay space, crane rails, reinforced slabs and test facilities. That is specialized structural, foundation and electrical scope for regional trades.
• Energy transition markets are driving factory space. The products named for this plant serve LNG, carbon capture, heat pumps and industrial gas customers, which ties local manufacturing construction to national energy investment (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance).
• Local incentive tools are doing real work. STAGE grants and county IDA packages appear repeatedly in Albany County projects, including the NSH USA plant in Menands, so owners planning expansions in the county have a clear set of programs to review (Advance Albany County Alliance).
• Supplier clusters follow anchor projects. Atlas Copco now has two new upstate New York manufacturing sites opened in the same week, one in Albany County and one in Genesee County (Atlas Copco Group via GlobeNewswire).

What to Watch

• Hiring progress toward the 55 new jobs the county expects at full capacity (Advance Albany County Alliance).
• Additional Albany County industrial projects using STAGE and IDA assistance, including the Coeymans and Menands facilities (Advance Albany County Alliance).
• Whether demand for LNG, carbon capture and heat pump equipment keeps pushing compressor makers to add U.S. capacity.

Bottom Line

Atlas Copco Comptec’s $40 million Voorheesville expansion is complete, adding roughly 63,000 to 65,000 square feet of crane served production space for large compressors and turboexpanders. It is a finished, operating example of heavy industrial investment in the Capital Region, backed by state STAGE funding and county IDA support (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance; Advance Albany County Alliance).

Key Questions

What did Atlas Copco build in Voorheesville, NY?

Atlas Copco Comptec opened a 63,000 square foot production addition at its Voorheesville, New York compressor plant for large integrally geared centrifugal compressors and turboexpanders (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance).

How much did the Atlas Copco Voorheesville expansion cost?

Albany County’s economic development alliance put the Atlas Copco Comptec expansion at $40 million; the company did not disclose a figure (Advance Albany County Alliance).

How many jobs will the Atlas Copco Voorheesville expansion create?

The Advance Albany County Alliance expects 55 new jobs at full capacity and 248 retained jobs, and Atlas Copco says the Voorheesville workforce should grow to about 340 (Advance Albany County Alliance; Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance).

When did the Atlas Copco Comptec expansion open?

Atlas Copco inaugurated the Voorheesville expansion on October 26, 2026, and says the space is fully operational (Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance).

What incentives did the Atlas Copco Voorheesville project receive?

The project received a $475,000 state STAGE grant and Albany County Industrial Development Agency assistance totaling $4.2 million (Advance Albany County Alliance).

Related Coverage

• Update: Edwards Vacuum Opens $319M Genesee County Chip Pump Plant
• America’s First Domestic Semiconductor Pump Factory Opens in Genesee County This Fall
• $1.7 Billion Wadsworth Center Lab Tops Out in Albany

Image credit: Atlas Copco North America. Image from the source article.

Sources

• Atlas Copco North America via Yahoo Finance (GlobeNewswire), Atlas Copco Gas and Process expands manufacturing footprint with investment in Voorheesville, New York, https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/atlas-copco-gas-process-expands-193300402.html
• Atlas Copco Group via GlobeNewswire, Atlas Copco Group Celebrates Expansion Week in the United States, https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/30/3392602/0/en/atlas-copco-group-celebrates-expansion-week-in-the-united-states.html
• Advance Albany County Alliance, Albany County and Advance Albany County Alliance Welcome New $40 Million Expansion at Atlas Copco Plant in Voorheesville, https://advancealbanycounty.com/albany-county-and-advance-albany-county-alliance-welcome-new-40-million-expansion-at-atlas-copco-plant-in-voorheesville/