Sandvik Coromant is pleased to announce the appointment of Ester Codina as the company's new marketing and communications manager, market area Americas. Prior to her appointment, Codina spent nine years within Sandvik Group, most recently as marketing and communications manager.

In her new role, Codina is tasked with developing a comprehensive strategic communications plan that will drive activities to help the market area achieve its goals for sales and growth. She will be responsible for developing a strong communications network that will leverage the talent and resources in each of the Americas markets.

"As a company, we have to make sure we continue to develop our business in a successful way and to have aggressive growth targets that we can support with an active marketing and communications plan," says Codina. "I'm looking forward to starting my journey with Sandvik Coromant, supporting the brand and moving it forward."

Codina earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Barcelona in Spain and a masters in marketing from the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain. She began her career with Sandvik in 2003 and worked as product manager for Solvay Group.