Sandvik to shift to India and China, close European, American operations

Sandvik has announced a geographical shift, moving its global mining facilities from Euorpe and North America to India and China.

Sandvik Mining’s head of emerging market, Kobus Malan told The Hindu’s BusinessLine the company is relocating a number of its global mining equipment facilities from the US and Europe to India and China as part of its wider business two year re-organisation plan.

“A number of factories in Europe and USA are to be closed down. They were acquired during the 10-year long mining super cycle when chasing orders were a priority,” Malan said.

The main focus of this shift is in the coal mining space.

A Sandvik spokesperson told Australian Mining that these mining facility shifts are unlikely to affect Australian operations.

该制造商为明年在中国市场中的增长确定的目标是20%的增长,主要是由粉碎与筛选板块所驱动。

山特维克建筑公司称,公司在中国的销售明年预期有20%的增长。该富有挑战性的目标是山特维克建筑的总裁高定贵在2014年上海宝马展期间宣布的,该展会将在2014年11月25日至28日举办。

公司称,尽管中国总体建筑市场“平缓”,公司坚信其在2015年将通过在关键板块的拓展而实现20%的增长。

这些板块包括粉碎与筛选,在这个领域内,山特维克认为,在中国,小型的公司将消亡,而大型公司将获得拓展,另外还有表层钻探。一个增长板块是移动粉碎,在该领域,公司预计将获得很大拓展,再加上建筑材料回收再利用板块的增长。

山特维克全球市场总裁Greg Albert称,“中国的市场当前十分平缓,不是很糟糕,只是很平缓。我们现在将其视为我们的新常态,并在探索在此种市场条件下增长的办法。我们期望为客户提供解决方案,而不仅仅是一件件设备。”