Sandvik to divest Sandvik Sorting Systems

Sandvik to divest Sandvik Sorting Systems

Sandvik has reached an agreement with the French company Cinetic Industries, a
subsidiary to the industrial group Compagnie de Fives-Lille (Fives-Lille) on the
divestment of Sandvik Sorting Systems, which is a part of product area Sandvik
Process Systems within the Sandvik Materials Technology business area.

Sandvik Sorting Systems has operations in Italy, the US and Japan and produces
sorting systems for example postal, parcel and baggage handling. Operations
today have sales of about SEK 1,000 M, with 300 employees. All units within
Sandvik Sorting Systems will transfer to Cinetic Industries in conjunction with
the acquisition.

Fives-Lille is a global industrial group which designs and supplies process
equipment and plant facilities on a turnkey basis for major players in the
metal, automotive/logistics, cement and energy industries.
Fives-Lille is currently a partner to Sandvik Sorting Systems on the French
market.

“The divestment of Sandvik Sorting Systems is part of the effort to phase out
operations that are outside of the defined core operations for Sandvik Materials
Technology,” says Peter Gossas, President of Sandvik Materials Technology.

The divestment is expected to take place on 30 June, 2007, subject to the
obtaining of the appropriate approvals of the relevant antitrust authorities.


Sandviken, 15 May 2007

Sandvik AB; (publ)


For further information, contact Peter Gossas, President Sandvik Materials
Technology, 
+46 (0)26-26 33 33, or Jan Lissåker, Vice President Investor Relations, Sandvik
AB, +46 (0)26-26 10 23.



Sandvik is a global industrial group with advanced products and world-leading
positions in selected areas - tools for metal cutting, machinery and tools for
rock excavation, stainless materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic
resistance materials as well as process systems and sorting systems. The Group
had at the end of 2006 about 42,000 employees and representation in 130
countries, with annual sales of more than 
SEK 72,000 M.

Sandvik Materials Technology is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a
world-leading manufacturer of high value-added products in advanced stainless
materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic resistance materials, as well as
process plants and sorting systems. Annual sales are about SEK 19,300 M with
8,600 employees. The product areas comprises Tube, Strip, Wire, Kanthal and
Process Systems.

Compagnie de Fives-Lille is a global engineering group which designs and
supplies process equipment and plant facilities on a turnkey basis for major
players in the metal, automotive/logistics, cement and energy industries.
Fives-Lille has close to 5,000 employees worldwide. The order intake was EUR
1,200 M in 2006. In 2007 Fives Lille's expects sales to reach EUR 1,200 M.