Sandvik Materials Technology has announced the appointment of Jonas Gustavsson as President of Kanthal, its specialist heating systems product area. Jonas Gustavsson, 41, joined Sandvik in January 2008 as General Manager for Sandvik’s Product Unit Tube in Sandviken, Sweden. Previously he was Vice President of Operations with Bombadier Recreational Products in Austria, where he had global responsibility for the engine supply chain. Prior to this he held a number of production management positions within ABB before moving to Bombadier in 2001. Kanthal is one of Sandvik Materials Technology’s six product areas and manufacturer of electrical heating elements and alloys for generating, controlling, protecting against and measuring heat. These include heating elements, radiant tubes, gas burners, protective tubes, thermocouple components and bimetal strip.
