Sweden-based Sandvik Coromant has announced Helen Blomqvist as its new president, succeeding Nadine Crauwels. She will be responsible for enhancing Sandvik Coromant’s leading position in manufacturing tools and machining solutions and sharing the knowledge that drives the manufacturing industry forward.

Ms Blomqvist will report Nadine Crauwels, who has been newly appointed as president of Sandvik Machining Solutions, and will be a member of the Sandvik Machining Solutions management team and starts her new role on 1 December 2020.

She has a solid background with Sandvik Coromant and joined the company in 2003 as a research engineer. In her 17 years, she has held various managerial positions in product management and R&D, as well as in sales — having been the general manager for the North Europe sales area. She holds two patents and in 2018, was awarded Sandvik Coromant Leader of the Year.

Ms Blomqvist said: “I am pleased and honoured to have the opportunity to lead Sandvik Coromant, a company with a fantastic position for products and solutions that are adding value to our customers.

“I look forward to working with Sandvik Coromant's management team, employees and partners to continue to develop our offering, our innovation power and to implement our strategy to lead the industry forward and shape the future of the manufacturing industry. My focus will be to strengthen our position as market leader.”

Sandvik Coromant owns over 3,100 patents world-wide, employs 7,00 members of staff and is represented in 150 countries.