Sandvik AB

ABB Chairman Peter Voser said he was convinced he had got the right man to transform the Swiss engineering group after it announced Sandvik boss Bjorn Rosengren would become its next chief executive.

Swedish engineering group Sandvik's <SAND.ST> Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Rosengren will step down next year and will join Swiss-Swedish robotics and engineering group ABB Ltd <ABBN.S> as CEO, the companies said in separate statements on Sunday.

Metal-cutting tools and mining gear maker Sandvik announced new long-term financial goals on Wednesday, after a structural overhaul it said will give it room to buy more companies.

Swedish engineering group Sandvik reported a better than forecast quarterly order intake on Thursday and said demand remained strong across all its business areas, sending an upbeat signal for the Nordic industrial sector.

Swedish mining equipment maker Epiroc reported quarterly order intake and underlying profitability slightly below analyst forecasts on Tuesday and said it expected near-term demand to remain at the current level.

Swedish metal-cutting tools and mining gear maker Sandvik on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings and order intake just above analyst forecasts and said underlying customer activity had been stable in all customer segments except for a drop in automotive.

Sweden's Sandvik said on Tuesday order intake had improved significantly and broadly with stable activity also seen in an automotive industry hit by recent wobbles as it posted quarterly core earnings just ahead of forecast.

Swedish engineering firm Sandvik reported quarterly core earnings marginally ahead of market expectations on Tuesday and said order intake had improved significantly across all business areas.

Swedish Sandvik <SAND.ST>, which makes metal-cutting tools and mining gear, reported record-high quarterly earnings and orders on Tuesday on the back of a broad rise in demand, with its mining unit a particular stand-out.

Sweden's Sandvik, the world's biggest maker of metal cutting tools, has agreed to buy measurement technology company Metrologic Group for 360 million euros ($435 million) to strengthen its position in digital manufacturing.

Swedish engineering group Sandvik beat first-quarter operating earnings expectations on Tuesday boosted by strong results in its metal-cutting tools business, the group's main profit generator. But results in its mining gear business were slightly weaker than anticipated...

Swedish metal-cutting tools and mining gear maker Sandvik beat first-quarter operating expectations on Tuesday and reported a broad-based increase in customer activity at the start of the year.

Buyout firm KKR & Co LP <KKR.N> said on Friday it had agreed to buy industrial tool components manufacturer Hyperion from Sweden's Sandvik <SAND.ST>, its first acquisition of a relatively small manufacturing company.

KKR & Co LP has agreed to buy industrial tool components manufacturer Hyperion from Sandvik, a deal the U.S. buyout firm said marked its first acquisition in the mid-market industrials sector.

* SAYS SANDVIK HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO DIVEST HYPERION TO US LISTED INVESTMENT FIRM KKR AT A PRICE OF SEK 4 BILLION ($472.19 MILLION)

Engineering group Sandvik said on Tuesday it first needed to restore profitability in its specialty steels unit (SMT) before deciding on the future of the business that has long been speculated to be headed for a listing or a sale.

Buyout firms Nordic Capital and KKR & Co <KKR.N> are competing to acquire Hyperion, a U.S. manufacturer of metal cutting and drilling equipment owned by Swedish engineering company Sandvik AB <SAND.ST>, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Swedish engineering firm Sandvik said on Saturday it had been hit in the cyber attack that has affected public authorities and companies around the world.