Sandvik Mining and Construction has begun the process of building, in Australia, what will be one of the company’s largest manufacturing, assembly and repair centres in the world. Sandvik has been working closely with the NSW state government and Port Stephens Council on a site for its new Hunter Valley Supersite (HVS) facility and has recently signed a contract to shortly start construction on a 16 hectare Greenfield site at Heatherbrae, just north of Newcastle. Construction of Sandvik’s new HVS facility will start during 2009 and is planned for completion by late 2010. The facility will combine a number of Sandvik’s existing Australian based businesses serving both Australian and global markets in a single site.
