SANDVIK AB

Sandvik AB is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machines-tools and industrial tools. Net sales (not including sold divisions) break down by family of products as follows:

- machines and tools for earth moving and construction (43.4%; No. 1 worldwide): drilling semi-trailers, rock perforation tools, excavators, lifting machines, etc.;

- cutting tools and machine-tools (39.8%): intended for machining metals;

- special products (14.8%): tubes, hoops, wires, bars, refractory materials and facilities for transforming chemicals and food products made of stainless steel, special alloys, and heat-resistant materials;

- other (2%): carbon drills, milling machines, etc.

Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Sweden (3.5%), Europe (33.3%), Asia (19.2), North America (22.8%), Africa and the Middle East (9.3%), Australia and New Zealand (6,8%) and Latin America (5.1%).