The Sandvik Group, a Swedish industrial conglomerate, has acquired some of the crushing equipment lines of the former Svedala Industri AB from Metso Corp., the Finnish company that bought Svedala.
Sandvik Rock Processing will be a new sector within the company’s Mining and Construction division. The Svedala crushing line purchased will include models such as the Hydrocone, the Eurocone, the Jawmaster and the Impactmaster. Several of the models are used by recyclers of concrete and asphalt.
The overall line of equipment offered by Sandvik will include crushers, screens and feeders, including mobile crushers and screening stations.
Sandvik has an established presence in the mining, drilling, excavating and metalworking fields. The conglomerate employs 35,000 people doing business in 130 countries.
The new Sandvik Rock Processing division currently has its North American offices in Appleton, Wisc. Nils Evert Karlsson is global president of the division, which is based in Sweden.
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