News from the Group

A steel-boat prototype, the Swedish Steel Yacht, manufactured in its entirety using Sandvik's advanced stainless steel Sandvik SAF 2507™, was on display for the first time yesterday to a specially invited group of stakeholders, including representatives from the Swedish Armed Forces.

Sandvik has completed an amendment of its guaranteed credit facility established in February 2012 and maturing in 2018.

The 2013 New York City Marathon took place on Sunday, November 3. The marathon is one of the largest events of its kind in the world and, according to many, the most scenic.

The IT incident - blocking external mail to and from Sandvik - is now resolved. All services are back to normal.

Sandvik's problem with incoming and outgoing emails has now been solved.

In 2005, Sandvik AB implemented a reorganization of ownership and management of intellectual property rights. All Swedish-owned patents and trademarks were transferred to Sandvik Intellectual Property AB (IP Company).

Sandvik's corporate magazine Meet Sandvik has published this year's first issue.

Saibal Chakraborty is appointed Core Values Manager at Sandvik. He has recently initiated a program to revitalize the core values across the group.