Sandvik completes acquisitions within mobile crushing and screening

Sandvik completes acquisitions within mobile crushing and screening

Sandvik announced on 24 April 2007 the agreements to acquire Extec Screens and
Crushers Ltd and Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd.

The acquisitions were completed on 31 May 2007 and the work to integrate the two
companies in business area Sandvik Mining and Construction has started.

Sandviken, 31 May 2007
Sandvik AB; (publ)


For further information contact Lars Josefsson, President, Sandvik Mining and
Construction, tel +46 26 26 51 51 or Jan Lissåker, Vice President, Investor
Relations, Sandvik AB, tel +46 26 26 10 23.

Sandvik is a global industrial group with advanced products and world-leading
positions in selected areas - tools for metal cutting, machinery and tools for
rock excavation, stainless materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic
resistance materials as well as process systems and sorting systems. The Group
had at the end of 2006 about 42,000 employees and representation in 130
countries, with annual sales of more than SEK 72,000 M.

Sandvik Mining and Construction is a business area within the Sandvik Group and
a leading global supplier of machinery, equipment and tools for the mining and
construction industries. Annual sales 2006 amounted to about SEK 25,000 M, with
approximately 12,200 employees.