Sandvik Coromant joins forces with Microsoft to shape the future of manufacturing
Sandvik Coromant is collaborating with Microsoft to drive forward the development and digitalization of the manufacturing industry and accelerate the internal digitalization network for Sandvik Coromant. Combining Sandvik Coromant's expertise in machining with solutions from Microsoft, the collaboration will seek to link up parts of the production chain to create solutions for the next generation of manufacturing.
Sandvik Coromant's CoroPlus®, offering is based on Microsoft Azure IoT and Dynamics 365 Field Service.Among other things, the offering connects people, machines, tools and data on a single platform to offerSandvik Coromant's customers a better basis for decision making, and provides an overview of the variousdevelopments in the manufacturing process. This can enable savings, for example, by reducing machinedowntimes.
"We see this collaboration with Microsoft as key to the success of our digital strategy. We have a historicrelationship with them and look forward to continuing our journey, creating value by working together todevelop and implement solutions for the manufacturing industry to guarantee efficiency, sustainability andgrowth. explained Nadine Crauwels, President of Sandvik Coromant.
One unique aspect of Sandvik Coromant's CoroPlus® offering is that data is not only gathered at machinelevel to adjust equipment, notify technicians about maintenance requirements and warn managers aboutpotential problems. Data is also gathered at tool level, which means that the customer's industrial toolbecomes "smart" and can be adapted and adjusted at any time for efficient use and to prevent productionstoppages.
The collaboration with Microsoft adopts an integrated approach to digitizing the data, expertise andexperience used on a daily basis by Sandvik Coromant to guide their customers, and will serve as anadditional tool to facilitate streamlining of production.
"Sandvik Coromant is a world leader in machining and has a track record of driving development in theindustrial sector both in Sweden and internationally. It is incredibly inspiring that they have chosen to takethe next step of the journey with us, and this is a really striking example of how digitalization can create newopportunities for the company to develop and become even better at what it does,” states Hélène Barnekow,CEO of Microsoft Sweden.
About Sandvik Coromant
Part of the global Sandvik Group, Sandvik Coromant is a leader in providing machining tools, machining solutions and expertise thatdrive up industry standards, alongside innovation for the future of the machining industry. Training support, large-scale R&Dinvestment and strong customer relations underpin the development of machining technology to shape, lead and drive the futureof manufacturing. Sandvik Coromant holds more than 3100 patents throughout the world and employs over 7900 staff in 150countries
About Microsoft
Microsoft is one of the world's leading tech companies in the cloud services, software and computing sector. Microsoft's mission isto Microsoft's products and services include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Cloud, Xbox, LinkedIn, Minecraft,Skype and the Bing search engine. Microsoft was founded in 1975, with its Swedish arm inaugurated in 1985. Microsoft Swedennow employs around 600 staff and has offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Linköping.
For more information please contact
Anne Björck- Press & PR– Sandvik Coromant
Tel: +46 (0)70 616 32 74
E-mail: anne.bjorck@sandvik.com
