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Sandvik start-up challenge

The Sandvik Startup Challenge invites global startups to collaborate with experts. 3 winners receive up to $30,000 each to develop an MVP for Sandvik's customers.

Collaboration project funded up to US$30,000

The Sandvik Startup Challenge is a worldwide call for innovative startups to interact and collaborate with Sandvik experts. The award for each of the 3 winners is a collaboration project funded up to $30,000 with Sandvik to develop a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that can be productized and offered to Sandvik’s global customer base.

The startup challenge also offers the opportunity to network with Sandvik’s industry contacts, gain visibility and build a strong relationship with the company.

The application is now closed. The final event is on November 9.

Meet the challengers

The challenges

Sandvik Coromant

Dynamic recommendations within industrial metal cutting applications

Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions

Industrial process insights – a revolution in efficiency and sustainability

Sandvik Mining And Rock Solutions

Anomaly detection after blasting

We make the shift – advancing the world through engineering

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability within the manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure industries.

At Sandvik, we are combining our market-leading hardware solutions with cutting edge digital solutions and services. Using data and analytics, we are increasing our customers’ productivity while creating safer, more sustainable solutions. We are looking for partners to collaborate with us on unique and exciting challenges within our business areas and divisions.

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