references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message it has been suggested that this article be merged with sandvik . discuss proposed since august 2013 . sandvik coromant co. type private company industry engineering headquarters sandviken sweden products tools for metal cutting deep hole drilling dies milling turning machining . number of employees 8 000 2013 website www.sandvik.coromant.com sandvik coromant is a swedish company that supplies cutting tools and services to the metal cutting industry . sandvik coromant is headquartered in sandviken sweden and is represented in more than 130 countries with some 8 000 employees worldwide . 1 it is part of the business area of sandvik machining solutions which is within the global industrial group sandvik . in 2012 sandvik was named 58 on forbes the world s most innovative companies list . 2 the company began as a small production unit for cemented carbide tools in sandviken sweden when wilhelm haglund was assigned the job as manager of the unit in 1942 . 3 however new innovations and manufacturing methods led to the establishment of a more industrialized unit in gimo sweden in 1951 . today sandvik coromant is a global company with production facilities connected worldwide to three distribution centers in the us europe and asia . contents 1 standards and certifications 2 research and development 3 metalworking focus 3.1 milling 3.2 turning 3.3 drilling 3.4 boring 4 training and education 4.1 training 4.2 education 4.3 partnerships 5 references standards and certifications edit sandvik coromant has received certification for international standards such as the iso 26623 standard for tool holding systems as well as the iso inserts around which an industry leading recycling program 4 was created and the iso 13399 standard for simplifying the exchange of data for cutting tools between different systems such as cad cam cae and pdm edm . research and development edit sandvik coromant invests extensively in r & d and has fully equipped research and development centers around the globe . each of these application centers 5 has a unique r & d focus on specific industry segments including aerospace automotive die & mold and deep hole machining . in addition sandvik coromant has worldwide r & d centers nine product development centers and advanced centers for engineered solutions . metalworking focus edit milling edit sandvik coromant produces a variety of milling tools for different applications 6 including face milling shoulder milling profile milling turn milling high feed milling chamfering slot milling thread milling gear milling round tools milling the most notable of sandvik coromant s milling line is the coromill . turning edit sandvik coromant produces a variety of turning tools for various turning applications 7 including general turning heavy turning small part machining parting & grooving hard part turning threading the most notable of sandvik coromant s turning line is the coroturn . drilling edit sandvik coromant produces variety of drilling and tapping tools for a variety of hole making applications 8 including general drilling step & chamfer drilling deep hole drilling composite drilling tapping the most notable of sandvik coromant s drilling line is the corodrill . the corodrill played a crucial role in the 2010 rescue of 33 chilean miners trapped below 2 200 feet of solid rock in the atacama desert of chile . 9 the drilling technique was featured on the pilot episode of edge factor a 3d stereoscopic web series studying extreme technology and engineering technology . 10 boring edit sandvik coromant produces a variety of tools for various boring applications 11 including rough boring fine boring reaming the most notable of sandvik coromant s boring line is the corobore . tool holding systems the most notable of sandvik coromant s tool holding systems is the coromant capto system . it is an integrated and modular tool face that holds to the iso 26623 standard for tool holding systems . training and education edit training edit sandvik coromant has more than 25 productivity centers 12 worldwide that offer customers distributors employees educators and students theory based training 13 courses seminars and live demonstrations . sandvik coromant productivity centers are all iso 9001 compliant . education edit sandvik coromant is involved with a number of educational facilities and organizations across the globe . part of the organization s mission is the continued advancement of industry knowledge and education . sandvik ab founded the g ranssonska skolan 14 in 2002 to address the skills gap the manufacturing industry is facing . this three year technical upper secondary school in sandviken sweden was established to provide students with the technical skills needed to enter the workforce . wilhelm haglund s gymnasium 15 is a joint project between sandvik ab and sthammar municipality founded in 2007 . it is a technical upper secondary school in gimo sweden which provides students with three years of technical education in preparation for workforce entry . educational tracks include engineering it research and development among others . in 2008 the sandvik coromant centre for machinist technology opened at the northern alberta institute of technology . this facility increased the school s capacity for training machinist apprentices . sandvik coromant is also engaged in various r & d projects at the chalmers university of technology materials and manufacturing technology and applied mechanics . 16 partnerships edit sandvik coromant is a member of the advanced manufacturing research centre amrc working with the centre s partners boeing rolls royce and the university of sheffield . 17 the amrc established in 2001 and located in advanced manufacturing park shares research and support in areas of assembly composite materials structural testing and advanced machining for the aerospace industry . sandvik coromant has also partnered with the commonwealth center for advanced manufacturing as one of its originating industry members 18 as well as the connecticut center for advanced technology 19 and the manufacturing technology centre . 20 references edit sandvik coromant in brief . sandvik coromant . innovation on the move . sandvik . sandvik . our history . sandvik coromant . raz schlosser gal michel 9 january 2012 . case in point how a business can make recycling profitable as well as noble . the washington post . retrieved 7 august 2013 . application centers . sandvik coromant . milling application overview . sandvik coromant . general turning . sandvik coromant . drilling application overview . sandvik coromant . how center rock sees setups . modern machine shop . sandvik coromant featured in latest edge factor episode about chilean miners rescue . boring . sandvik coromant . productivity centers . sandvik coromant . fitzgerald beth 29 october 2012 . manufacturer s top product is training . nj biz . retrieved 7 august 2013 . g ranssonska skolan . retrieved 31 july 2013 . wilhelm haglunds gymnasium . wilhelm haglunds gymnasium . industrial partners . chalmers . tier1 . advanced manufacturing resource center . sandvik coromant joins ccam . today s energy solutions . 5 may 2011 . retrieved 31 july 2013 . sandvik coromant partners with connecticut center for advanced technology . mold making technology . our members . manufacturing technology centre . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sandvik coromant & oldid 726498413 categories companies of swedentool manufacturing companies of swedenmining equipment companiessteel companies of swedenhidden categories articles lacking in text citations from january 2014all articles lacking in text citationsarticles to be merged from august 2013all articles to 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