Meet Sandvik
Episodes
From industrial heritage to tech leadership – the future of Sandvik
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build a global company in an era shaped by AI, digitalization, and geopolitical uncertainty? In the latest episode of the Meet Sandvik podc...
Leadership lessons from Mining President Mats Eriksson
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sandvik Mining President Mats Eriksson reflects on leadership lessons from a long international career — and why listening, rather than rushing to a...
From finance to the front line: leading sales in Africa
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Africa is as complex as it is full ofopportunity. In the latest episode of the Meet Sandvik podcast we talk to Tarynn Yatras, Vice President Sales Are...
Engineering the future of mining
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When engineer Courtney Doyle accepted an internship at Sandvik, she thought she was simply trying something new. Instead, she discovered a purpose-dri...
Innovation and trust – crucial factors for safety in the modern digital landscape of today
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, we explore common cybersecurity challenges and industry trends in software engineering, and highlight how companies like Sandvik...
Digital defense starts with people
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cybersecurity isn’t just about technology or tools. It begins with people. In this episode of Meet Sandvik podcast, Dennis van de Wege, Product Area...
Digitalization: The key to unlocking sustainable industry
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filip Ivarsson, Sustainability Officer at Sandvik, explains why digitalization is not just a driver of efficiency but the backbone of sustainable tran...
Paving the way for autonomous manufacturing
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the quiet village of Lottum, Netherlands, the Sandvik brand Seco is leading the way in autonomous manufacturing. Under the guidance of Production U...
Preparing the workforce of the future
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions in South Africa, building future-ready talent isn’t just a vision, it’s a reality taking shape every day unde...
How breakthrough tech is transforming mining
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest Meet Sandvik podcast, Jussi Puura, Manager of AI and Disruptive Technologies at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions, offers an inside look...
Enhancing mining operations with aftermarket solutions
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aftermarket services are essential to keeping mining operations running smoothly. In the latest Meet Sandvik podcast, Simone Tomaz, Vice President of ...
Transforming component manufacturing with AI
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping component manufacturing, bringing significant productivity improvements and new ways of working. In the late...
AI is beginning to generate real business value
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
William Smedberg, Portfolio Manager for AI and Automation at Sandvik, discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the mining, rock proc...
A researcher’s perspective on parental leave
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Meet Sandvik podcast, Dr. Richard Petts, professor of sociology at Ball State University and an expert in parental leave polic...
Supporting families worldwide with new global parental leave benefit
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Nidhi Gokhale, Head of HR at Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions, highlights the new global parental leave benefit of Sandvik an...
Embedding cybersecurity into every part of the organization
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As digitalization continues to transform industries, the importance of cybersecurity has never been greater. Elvira Cedergren and Carl-Christian Rörs...
How cybersecurity and human factors go hand in hand to stop AI-based cybercrime
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Monika Kullberg, a psychologist turned cybersecurity leader at Sandvik, shares her journey into the world of digital defence.
Electrification and eco-efficiency at the forefront
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Harris is President of Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions, a business area focused on the crushing and screening of rocks. Eco-efficient rock p...
Data-driven sustainability paves the way
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get a peak behind the scenes of how Sandvik Coromant is pushing towards being net-zero in 2035. Patrik Eurenius, Head of Sustainab...
Pride in Practice
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Vanessa Pain talks about her engagement in LGBTQIA+ rights and why a diverse workplace is good for business. She also shares some han...
A digital revolution within manufacturing
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Meet Sandvik podcast, host Marita Sander interviews Mattias Nilsson, President of Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions. The discussi...
Future of manufacturing: Insights with Shin Voeks
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Meet Sandvik podcast episode, President of CGTech Shin Voeks discusses the future of component manufacturing. With expertise from major corpor...
AI and navigating the digital odyssey
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Meet Sandvik episode, Chief Digital Officer Sofia Sirvell discusses Sandvik's digital transformation and the pivotal role of AI in revolut...
“Sandvik will be described as one of the world's leading industrial technology companies”
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From electric mining equipment and digital component manufacturing to eco-efficient rock processing: President and CEO Stefan Widing outlines how Sand...
Uniting mining's digital frontiers
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Within the Digital Mining Technologies division, Sandvik brings together offerings in areas such as automation, mine planning, and collision avoidance...
Driving the Sandvik AI revolution
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Predictive maintenance that increases safety and durability of equipment. Expanded analysis possibilities that can optimize process and decrease energ...
Empowering change with Engineers Without Borders
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
”Engineering has the potential to change the world” is an expression that feels more true than ever when describing Engineers Without Border...
Diversity and inclusivity with Melita Hegarty
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Melita Hegarty is committed to making the world a more diverse and inclusive place. Being a first nations women from Australia herself, she has the pe...
Mastering manufacturing with Mastercam
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan West is the CEO of CNC Software, a US-based company Sandvik acquired in 2021. She believes the two companies share the same approach to manufac...
Leading the way to net-zero emissions
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sandvik has set up ambitious sustainability targets. Lots of initiatives are ongoing across the company, aiming towards the targets, and the Rock Tool...
Net-zero emissions and business opportunities with Stefan Widing
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability and working with reducing CO2 emissions is not only positive for the planet, it’s also a huge business opportunity. In this episode, ...
Sustainable business? A conversation with Alecta and Sandvik
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We invited Carina Silberg, head of governance and sustainability at pension provider Alecta, and Mats W Lundberg, head of sustainability at Sandvik to...
Breaking stereotypes and thriving
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The impression of the mining sector as traditional and male-dominated might deter women from joining the industry. Nothing could be more wrong accordi...
How to balance work and studies at Sandvik
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An internship paved the way to an employment. Meet Elvin Berndtsson, process engineer at Sandvik, who also studies to become a mechanical engineer.
Brian Huff's charge towards the future
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Huff has built his entire career around electrification. He started out 27 years ago and has since then worked on electric solutions for cars, b...
“Engineering is like solving puzzles all the time"
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Larrick works with developing electric battery mining equipment in California, a job he got after participating in the Sandvik Global Graduate pr...
Innovating industry with Seco's Data Matrix
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Gravningsbråten, R&D Technician, and digitalization specialist Micael Baudin explain how the use of data matrix codes is changing the game fo...
Winners of the Sandvik Sustainability Award 2021
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Anders Åkesson and Jörgen Petersson, Winners of the Sandvik Sustainability Award 2021. They explain how a cost savings program was transferred ...
History: The most important innovation of Sandvik?
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A travel to England was the starting point for the modern steel industry. Carina Dahlberg takes us back to 1858 when Göran Fredrik Göransson became ...
History: the social ethos of Göran Fredrik Göransson
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Carina Dahlberg talks about the caring culture within Sandvik that started already with its founder Göran Fredrik Göransson, and then was passed on ...
“Sustainability and business go hand in hand”
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mats W Lundberg, Head of Sustainability, explains why sustainability excellence is good for business.
Printing medical implants? Additive manufacturing in medicine
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Additive manufacturing of medical devices and body parts opens up new opportunities for people in need. And for Sandvik. Meet R&D-manager Harald K...
Nina Åxman on diversity and leadership in engineering
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Awarded leadership skills and with clear views on how to reach more diversity in the engineering sector. Meet Nina Åxman, Head of Global Operations. ...
How to stay on top underground
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to when the CTO of the year in Finland, Jani Vilenius, digs deep into the trends that will shape the future of mining.
Engineering solutions worldwide with Elisabeth Lindstrom-Dupuy
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elisabeth Lindstrom-Dupuy has solved production problems in different cultures around the world. Now she is head of one of the world´s most dynamic s...
Staying ahead in Crushing & Screening
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a former employee in the Swedish Air Force, Urban Åberg is used to handling the unknowns. At Sandvik he uses the same principle to excel within R&...
On global leadership with Nadine Crauwels
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nadine Crauwels, President Sandvik Machining Solutions, has a clear view on where she wants her Division to be in a couple of years and she knows what...
Stefan Widing's vision for the future
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Widing is one of the newest employees at Sandvik and he can´t wait to get started with his new role. Meet Stefan Widing, new President and CEO...
From powder to plate with Nikhil Dixit
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nikhil Dixit, Additive Manufacturing Engineer, discovered 3D-printing when studying in Pune, India, and today he is one of the engineers taking this e...
Mats W Lundberg and sustainability in action
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mats W Lundberg is a gamer at heart, but it was the hydrogen cars that paved the way to Sandvik for this expert on sustainability. Meet Mats W Lundber...
From Sandvik employee to olympic champion
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sara McManus used to be a Sandvik Employee hunting for talented summer workers. Now she wears the Sandvik colors on her hunt for gold medals.
From studying Sandvik catalogues to shaping its future
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
R&D Engineer Irantzu Sacristan Perez used to study the product catalogues from Sandvik Coromant at home in Bilbao. Now she develops new grades for...
Digital Manufacturing
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How can the manufacturing industry take advantage of a new digital landscape in the best way? Listen to Petra Sundström, Head of Digital Business at ...
Tomorrow's Materials
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Which materials will shape our future and why is steel so hard to compete with? Listen to Annika Borgenstam, Professor at the Royal Institute of Techn...
Competencies for the future
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What competencies will be needed in the future for Sandvik to stay successful – and how to attract talents? Listen to Lisa Gunnarsson, Head of Nordi...
Is sustainability a financial issue?
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability is becoming more important for all companies but is it also a financial priority? In this episode of Meet Sandvik Tomas Eliasson, CFO a...