Editing Sandvik (section)

=== 1800s ===
The company was founded by [[Göran Fredrik Göransson]], who was an early user of the [[Bessemer process]]. In 1857, he acquired rights to use the [[patent]]ed process and initially applied it in a [[blast furnace]] at Edsken, [[Hofors Municipality]]. There, he became the first user of the process to achieve technically and commercially acceptable results. However, production at sufficient scale was not possible in the initial location. This prompted the foundation, in 1862, of a new company, ''Högbo Stål & Jernverks AB'', in a place that developed into the town of [[Sandviken]].<ref name="nf1916sandviken">{{Runeberg
|filename=nfcd
|htmlno=0362
|chapter=Sandviken
|year=1916
|name=Nordisk Familjebok
|language = sv
}}</ref><ref name="NE_bessemerprocessen">{{cite web
 | url = https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/bessemerprocessen
 | title = Bessemerprocessen
 | access-date = 22 February 2023
 | website = Nationalencyklopedin
 | first = John-Olof
 | last = Edström
 | language = sv
}}</ref><ref name="SandvikJourney2012">{{cite book
 | url = https://www.home.sandvik/490096/contentassets/1967747fe4434c14b7e8186707d2d39f/the_sandvik_journey-_-eng.pdf
 | title = The Sandvik journey : The first 150 years
 | isbn = 978-91-7126-247-9
 | year = 2012
 | first = Ronald
 | last = Fagerfjäll
 | access-date = 22 February 2023
 | location = Stockholm
 | publisher = Bokförlaget Max Ström
}}</ref>

Already in the 1860s, the company was exporting its products. The [[United Kingdom]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Russia]] were important markets. In 1868, the company was reorganized as ''Sandvikens Jernverks AB'' (the Sandviken Ironworks). The ''Sandvik'' brand name was first used by the company at the [[Centennial International Exhibition]] of 1876 in [[Philadelphia]]. The following year, sales to the [[United States]] began.<ref name="nf1916sandviken" /><ref name="SandvikJourney2012" /><ref name="Jernverk1937">{{Runeberg
|filename=sandviken
|year=1937
|name=Ett svenskt jernverk : Sandviken och dess utveckling 1862-1937
|first=Göran
|last=Hedin
|location=Uppsala
|publisher=[[Almqvist & Wiksell]]
|language=sv
}}</ref>

In 1889, the company became the first Swedish manufacturer of seamless rolled [[tube drawing|tubes]], and over the following decade, it made substantial investments in methodology development and production facilities for seamless tubes.<ref name="Jernverk1937" />