Sandvik Machining Solutions’ new president

Klas Forsström has been with the Sandvik group for approximately 25 years. Forsström is currently the president of Sandvik Coromant, a global leading supplier of metal cutting tools, where he has worked most of his career.

In addition, he has held managerial positions within other product areas such as Dormer and Sandvik Hard Materials (today Sandvik Hyperion). His work has been comprised of leading positions within several areas; research & development (R&D), marketing, business development, and sales.

“I am pleased that Klas Forsström will take on this new role since he is a very skilled and experienced business leader, which he has proved during many successful years with among others Sandvik Coromant. Now he gets a responsibility to lead the entire development of Sandvik Machining Solutions,” says Björn Rosengren, Sandvik’s president and CEO.

Forsström starts the new position April 1, 2017. He succeeds Jonas Gustavsson who at the same time is leaving the company for an external position. The recruitment of a new head of Sandvik Coromant has been initiated and, for the time being, Forsström will also remain in this position.

Sandvik Machining Solutions, comprised of Sandvik Coromant, Seco Tools, Dormer Pramet, Walter, Powder and Blanks Technology, as well as the new product area Additive Manufacturing, had sales of around 33 BSEK and approximately 18,000 employees in the 2016.