Automotive Aftermarket Innovation
From its 1990 entry into the Transportation Aftermarket Sika grew to be a leader and pioneer of innovation in the windshield replacement adhesives industry. Today Sika Super Kits provide a total systems approach to auto glass replacement bonding.  The kits combine SikaTack® fast-curing, one-component polyurethane adhesives with Sika Aktivator Pads and all new Sika®Primer 206 Stix in one convenient kit.

Automotive OEM solutions
Sika continues to penetrate the automotive market with its acoustic, bonding, reinforcing and sealing solutions, supplying nearly every OEM in North America.  Notably, Sika is selected to supply SikaBaffle® and SikaDamp® technologies on the new Lexus RX330, the first Lexus to be produced outside of Japan.

Leadership in Concrete Production
With the introduction of Viscocrete admixtures Sika has again proven to be the leader in innovation for concrete admixtures.  After being the first company to supply concrete admixtures in the USA, Sika again is the first supplier to introduce a revolutionary technology for self-compacting concrete that allows architects, engineers, precasters and ready-mix users to engage in daring designs and realize dramatic efficiency improvements.

Innovation in structural Strengthening and Protection
Sika continues to be the leading name for concrete restoration, protection and reinforcement solutions.  The introduction of Fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) for upgrading and strengthening concrete, masonry, timber and steel structures brought new possibilities to Engineers, architects and owners. These advanced composite materials have exceptionally high strengths, yet are very lightweight and easy to work with.

Sika CarboDur plates and SikaWrap fabrics are most commonly used for flexural strengthening, shear upgrades and column confinement.

Automotive Expansion
Sika opens a state of the art Technology Center in Madison Heights, Michigan, which features a comprehensive series of noise and vibration test chambers. Sika also opens two new a state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities: one in Marion, Ohio to concentrate efforts in epoxy, power and admixture production; the second in Grandview, Missouri to produce acoustical and sealant products for the automotive market.

Dynamic Growth and Expansion
In 1987, Sika entered the automotive and transportation market and opens the new Automotive Technical Center in Southfield, Michigan.

Several Sika products were used to refurbish the buildings at Walt Disney World in Florida and our company supplied the Sikaflex 15LM that was used to recaulk the Empire State Building.

In 1985 Sika enters industrial markets with its sealant and adhesive technologies.

Shaping The Future
A tremendous break occurred when the company introduced the moisture-intensive Sikadur epoxies. In 1974, Sika introduced a single-component polyurethane sealant that would soon become the industry standard: Sikaflex 1A. Four years later, the revolutionary copolymer patching system called SikaTop hit the market, dominating the concrete-repair market through to the present time. La Guardia Airport’s runway 22, was constructed using Sika systems. It was the world’s first major runway extension over water, and the largest pre-cast and post-tensioned structure in the US.

Weathering The Winds of Change
n 1967, the company moved the facility to a nearby site in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, where its US Headquarters remains today.

Resources for a Booming Nation
With the development of additional admixtures, coatings, sealers and the first construction epoxies Sika continued its high visibility through its direct involvement in important construction projects and became a catchword for quality. Frank Lloyd Wright’s daring design of New York City’s Guggenheim Museum was able to be faithfully constructed thanks to Sika advances in concrete.

Towards Peace and Progress
With the sudden severe shortage of steel, new materials had to be found. Sika educated the construction industry in substituting concrete for steel and worked with the U.S. Maritime Commission to design mixes that could be used for the five-inch-thick watertight hulls. These efforts resulted in 165 ships with plastiment-treated concrete.  

Plastiment was used in first pre-stressed concrete bridge in the U.S., the Walnut Lane Bridge in Philadelphia.

A Star Is Born
Sika Corporation established in New Jersey.

Quick-setting mortars and densifying retarders were introduced. Penn Station and the Holland Tunnel in Manhattan served as a major showcase for Sika’s early success. “Plastiment”, a set-retarding and strengthening agent became the standard for performance and reliability

The Early Years
Sika products are imported and sold through a New York sales office.

Sika is founded by Kaspar Winkler in Switzerland.

Electrification of railways lead to tougher waterproofing requirements. The company's early successes include major projects such as the St. Gotthard Tunnel in Switzerland.