Meet Sandvik
By Sandvik AB
Meet SandvikMay 30, 2022
A digital revolution within manufacturing
In this episode of the Meet Sandvik podcast, host Marita Sander interviews Mattias Nilsson, President of Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions. The discussion centers around the role and impact of digital solutions in component manufacturing.
Future of manufacturing: Insights with Shin Voeks
In this Meet Sandvik podcast episode, President of CGTech Shin Voeks discusses the future of component manufacturing. With expertise from major corporations like GE, United Technologies, and Carrier Global, Voeks explores industry dynamics post-Sandvik acquisition.
AI and navigating the digital odyssey
In this Meet Sandvik episode, Chief Digital Officer Sofia Sirvell discusses Sandvik's digital transformation and the pivotal role of AI in revolutionizing industries. She emphasizes Sandvik's vision to become a digital change-maker, attracting talent to drive impactful solutions and prioritize AI integration for 2024. Tune in for insights!
“Sandvik will be described as one of the world's leading industrial technology companies”
From electric mining equipment and digital component manufacturing to eco-efficient rock processing: President and CEO Stefan Widing outlines how Sandvik will excel in tomorrow’s world.
Powdered potential? The future with additive manufacturing
In this podcast we will learn more about the world of metal powders and additive manufacturing (3D printing), innovative technologies that create huge opportunities in many areas. Our guide to this exciting topic is Pasi Kangas, Head of Technology at Sandvik’s metal powder and additive manufacturing business.
Uniting mining's digital frontiers
Within the Digital Mining Technologies division, Sandvik brings together offerings in areas such as automation, mine planning, and collision avoidance. Elen Toodu’s task is to tie the different pieces together so that they contribute to creating the mine of the future.
Driving the Sandvik AI revolution
Predictive maintenance that increases safety and durability of equipment. Expanded analysis possibilities that can optimize process and decrease energy consumption. These are just a few examples of how AI can help companies across the world. Rahul Kedia is spear-heading the rapid advancements Sandvik is doing in this area.
Empowering change with Engineers Without Borders
”Engineering has the potential to change the world” is an expression that feels more true than ever when describing Engineers Without Borders. Marianne Grauers is committed to the cause of using technology and engineering skills to improve the situation in rural and poor areas of the world. Her story is truly fascinating.
Diversity and inclusivity with Melita Hegarty
Melita Hegarty is committed to making the world a more diverse and inclusive place. Being a first nations women from Australia herself, she has the perfect background to help first nations people thrive and get respect in society.
Mastering manufacturing with Mastercam
Meghan West is the CEO of CNC Software, a US-based company Sandvik acquired in 2021. She believes the two companies share the same approach to manufacturing and the same passion for customers.
Leading the way to net-zero emissions
Sandvik has set up ambitious sustainability targets. Lots of initiatives are ongoing across the company, aiming towards the targets, and the Rock Tools division within Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has high sustainability ambitions. Meet Boel Schylander, Sustainability Manager.
Net-zero emissions and business opportunities with Stefan Widing
Sustainability and working with reducing CO2 emissions is not only positive for the planet, it’s also a huge business opportunity. In this episode, Stefan Widing, President and CEO of Sandvik Group, explains how sustainability and business go hand-in-hand and why it was a given for Sandvik to sign up for the Science Based Targets initiative.
Sustainable business? A conversation with Alecta and Sandvik
We invited Carina Silberg, head of governance and sustainability at pension provider Alecta, and Mats W Lundberg, head of sustainability at Sandvik to discuss sustainable business and how companies can make a real difference. Climate action was in focus since Sandvik has committed to net-zero emissions and science-based targets.
Breaking stereotypes and thriving
The impression of the mining sector as traditional and male-dominated might deter women from joining the industry. Nothing could be more wrong according to Marie-Soleil Lacoursiere who has worked with mining customers at Sandvik for many years. She loves her job and recommends more women to pursue a career in mining.
How to balance work and studies at Sandvik
An internship paved the way to an employment. Meet Elvin Berndtsson, process engineer at Sandvik, who also studies to become a mechanical engineer.
Brian Huff's charge towards the future
Brian Huff has built his entire career around electrification. He started out 27 years ago and has since then worked on electric solutions for cars, boats, and now mining vehicles. “Electrification in mining is by far the best business case that we have seen so far and it has a real impact on the industry,” he says.
“Engineering is like solving puzzles all the time"
Evan Larrick works with developing electric battery mining equipment in California, a job he got after participating in the Sandvik Global Graduate program. The job fits well with his passion for sustainability.
Innovating industry with Seco's Data Matrix
Jan Gravningsbråten, R&D Technician, and digitalization specialist Micael Baudin explain how the use of data matrix codes is changing the game for Seco and customers.
3D printing and other Sandvik breakthroughs with Johan Wallin
Johan Wallin tells the story of how Sandvik became the first company to 3D-print super duplex stainless steel at an industrial scale and how that can affect different industries.
Winners of the Sandvik Sustainability Award 2021
Meet Anders Åkesson and Jörgen Petersson, Winners of the Sandvik Sustainability Award 2021. They explain how a cost savings program was transferred into the world’s most sustainable manganese foundry.
History: The most important innovation of Sandvik?
A travel to England was the starting point for the modern steel industry. Carina Dahlberg takes us back to 1858 when Göran Fredrik Göransson became first in the world to mass-produce steel.
History: the social ethos of Göran Fredrik Göransson
Carina Dahlberg talks about the caring culture within Sandvik that started already with its founder Göran Fredrik Göransson, and then was passed on for generations.
“Sustainability and business go hand in hand”
Mats W Lundberg, Head of Sustainability, explains why sustainability excellence is good for business.
Printing medical implants? Additive manufacturing in medicine
Additive manufacturing of medical devices and body parts opens up new opportunities for people in need. And for Sandvik. Meet R&D-manager Harald Kissel.
Nina Åxman on diversity and leadership in engineering
Awarded leadership skills and with clear views on how to reach more diversity in the engineering sector. Meet Nina Åxman, Head of Global Operations.
How to stay on top underground
Listen to when the CTO of the year in Finland, Jani Vilenius, digs deep into the trends that will shape the future of mining.
Engineering solutions worldwide with Elisabeth Lindstrom-Dupuy
Elisabeth Lindstrom-Dupuy has solved production problems in different cultures around the world. Now she is head of one of the world´s most dynamic sales areas for Sandvik Coromant.
Staying ahead in Crushing & Screening
As a former employee in the Swedish Air Force, Urban Åberg is used to handling the unknowns. At Sandvik he uses the same principle to excel within R&D.
On global leadership with Nadine Crauwels
Nadine Crauwels, President Sandvik Machining Solutions, has a clear view on where she wants her Division to be in a couple of years and she knows what attributes a good leader must have.
Stefan Widing's vision for the future
Stefan Widing is one of the newest employees at Sandvik and he can´t wait to get started with his new role. Meet Stefan Widing, new President and CEO of Sandvik.
From powder to plate with Nikhil Dixit
Nikhil Dixit, Additive Manufacturing Engineer, discovered 3D-printing when studying in Pune, India, and today he is one of the engineers taking this exciting technique to new heights at Additive Manufacturing in Sandviken.
Mats W Lundberg and sustainability in action
Mats W Lundberg is a gamer at heart, but it was the hydrogen cars that paved the way to Sandvik for this expert on sustainability. Meet Mats W Lundberg.
From Sandvik employee to olympic champion
Sara McManus used to be a Sandvik Employee hunting for talented summer workers. Now she wears the Sandvik colors on her hunt for gold medals.
From studying Sandvik catalogues to shaping its future
R&D Engineer Irantzu Sacristan Perez used to study the product catalogues from Sandvik Coromant at home in Bilbao. Now she develops new grades for future catalogues in Västberga.
Digital Manufacturing
How can the manufacturing industry take advantage of a new digital landscape in the best way? Listen to Petra Sundström, Head of Digital Business at Sandvik Crushing and Screening, and Pernilla Jonsson, Head of Ericsson Consumer & Industry Lab, discussing
Tomorrow's Materials
Which materials will shape our future and why is steel so hard to compete with? Listen to Annika Borgenstam, Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, discussing these questions and many other, together with Susanne Norgren, Group Expert on Material1
Competencies for the future
What competencies will be needed in the future for Sandvik to stay successful – and how to attract talents? Listen to Lisa Gunnarsson, Head of Nordics at LinkedIn, discussing this hot topic together with Johan Kerstell, Global Head of HR at Sandvik.
Is sustainability a financial issue?
Sustainability is becoming more important for all companies but is it also a financial priority? In this episode of Meet Sandvik Tomas Eliasson, CFO at Sandvik, and Helena Stjernholm, CEO at Industrivärden, discusses that question.