Sandvik completes divestment of Sandvik Medical Solutions


Sandvik completes divestment of Sandvik Medical Solutions

Sandvik has completed the divestment of Sandvik Medical Solutions to Orchid
Orthopedic Solutions (Orchid), owned by Altor Fund III. Sandvik Medical
Solutions, part of business area Sandvik Venture, specialises on contract
manufacturing of medical implants and instruments for orthopaedic and dental
applications. The divestment of Sandvik Medical Solutions is, as stated earlier,
in line with Sandvik’s strategy to exit operations outside of the defined core
businesses.

The product area will be fully consolidated into Orchid Orthopedic Solutions
from the second quarter in 2012.

Sandviken, 30 March 2012

Sandvik Aktiebolag

The information was submitted for publication at 16.10 CET on 30 March 2012.

For further information, please contact Anders Thelin, President of Sandvik
Venture business area, tel +46 26 26 63 84 or Jan Lissåker, Executive Vice
President Group Communications,
Sandvik AB, tel +46 26 26 10 23.

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