Year in brief
Highlights
- Strong development in all customer segments and geographical regions
- Record-high adjusted operating profit
- Strengthened balance sheet enables growth
- Several strategic acquisitions completed, including the metrology software company Metrologic Group
- Sandvik Hyperion and the wire operations (welding wire and stainless wire) were divested
- Investment in manufacturing plant for titanium and nickel powder
- Inclusion in the 2018 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Index and the 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Index
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2017 |
2018 |
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Order intake, MSEK |
95,444 |
102,440 |
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Revenues, MSEK |
90,827 |
100,072 |
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Operating profit, MSEK |
18,073 |
18,689 |
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Operating margin, % |
19.9 |
18.7 |
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Adjusted operating profit, MSEK1) |
14,613 |
18,625 |
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Adjusted operating margin, %1) |
16.1 |
18.6 |
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Free operating cash flow, MSEK |
15,095 |
15,281 |
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Return on capital employed, % |
23.8 |
22.7 |
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Earnings per share, SEK |
10.54 |
10.57 |
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Adjusted Earnings per share, SEK1) |
8.04 |
10.41 |
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Net debt/equity ratio |
0.8 |
0.2 |
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Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate, LTIFR2) |
1.6 |
1.7 |
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Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate, TRIFR3) |
4.6 |
4.0 |
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Number of employees |
42,858 |
41,670 |
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Share of women, % |
19.4 |
19.5 |
Recognitions and memberships
Sandvik is included in several prestigious sustainability indices and a signatory of the UN Global Compact (UNGC).