Sandvik Manufacturing
Sandvik Manufacturing is the digital-manufacturing arm of Sweden's Sandvik Group, the cutting-tools and advanced-materials engineering group founded in 1862. From 2020 to 2021 Sandvik acquired CGTech (VERICUT), CNC Software (Mastercam), Cambrio (Cimatron, GibbsCAM, SigmaNEST), and Dimensional Control Systems, consolidating a controlling position in the CAM software market alongside its tool-management and machining-data businesses. The strategy mirrors Hexagon's: own the software that decides how the spindle moves.
Why it matters
Sandvik Manufacturing is the reason a European cutting-tool group can now sit at the design-for-manufacturing table. Owning Mastercam plus VERICUT plus GibbsCAM means Sandvik influences the toolpath, the simulation, and the actual cutter geometry in the same vertical — which is the kind of integration the digital-thread vision asks for and historically only the Big-3 PLM vendors had. It's also a counter-thesis to the assumption that PLM consolidation will end with three suites.
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Finocchiaro, Michael. “Sandvik Manufacturing.” DemystifyingPLM PLM Glossary, 2026, https://www.demystifyingplm.com/glossary/sandvik-manufacturing