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Over 30 million saw Yngwie Malmsteen do his utmost to smash Sandvik’s unbreakable guitar. Now the guitar has been auctioned out which brought in USD 25,000. Sandvik donates the money to the organization Engineers Without Borders, that will use them for school projects in Tanzania.

On June 5, the United Nations World Environment Day is celebrated across the globe. Sandvik strives to minimize its environmental footprint and we put a lot of effort into making our offerings and our production better from a sustainability perspective.

Sustainability is an integral part of Sandvik´s business and we are increasingly becoming the leading sustainable business partner for our customers. Sandvik will now take the next big step by launching four ambitious 2030 goals.

Eminent scientists, including five Nobel prize laureates, and 800 students from all over the world participated in the Planet Earth 2019 symposium arranged by Molecular Frontiers. Sandvik has partnered with Molecular Frontiers to increase young people’s interest in science and technology.

We are auctioning out the world’s first smash-proof, all-metal 3D printed guitar – produced by Sandvik and played and signed by Yngwie Malmsteen. The auction is run on the popular music marketplace Reverb.

Sandvik has qualified for inclusion in the SAM Sustainability Yearbook 2019, a proof or our successful sustainability performance.

The plant has been selected as a “lighthouse” site, namely one that comprehensively deploys a wide range of Industry 4.0 technologies and use cases at scale, while keeping humans and sustainability at the heart of innovation.

When a rainstorm devastated a local school in rural Ghana, Sandvik answered the call for help.

Sandvik has partnered with the UN and Reuters to showcase the importance of the UN global goals and to demonstrate how we include sustainability into our daily business.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are having a profound impact on how many companies, including Sandvik, do business.