Strengthened R&D team in India

Sandvik Asia will be hiring about 100 scientists in the coming years to strengthen its research and development team and activities in India. It is also setting up a state-of-the-art global R&D center attached to the manufacturing facility currently being built at Chakan near Pune at a cost of USD 45 million. The R&D center, along with the first phase of the manufacturing unit, is scheduled to be commissioned by 2016.