The trend towards sustainability of adhesives and sealants

To comply with the global trend of sustainability Sika is investigating into sustainable options for adhesives and sealants. Sustainable adhesives combine reduced environmental impact, durability and a formulation, which complies with the most stringent global VOC (volatile organic compounds) requirements, where the claim is to get the VOC emission reduced to the minimum.
Teak Replacement SikaFloor 595 Marine

How to mimic wood?

Sika innovation to replace teak - The new cool-deck technology of SikaFloor® Marine 595 stands for more comfort and sustainability. Sika developed a polyurethane based floor, which comes with the benefit of being a sustainable product as its resins are bio-sourced. At the same time the solution mimics a teak deck.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa: with the technological expertise of Sika, the old grain silos were transformed into a new landmark of Cape Town.

The World Runs Out Of Sand

The world is running out of sand. However, Sika has the solutions to solve this problem in the construction industry. Sand covers much of the earth’s surface, but sand isn’t just sand. In the industrial world, it’s an “aggregate,” a category that includes gravel, crushed stone, and various recycled materials. Natural aggregate is the world’s second most heavily exploited natural resource after water, and for many uses the right kind is scarce or inaccessible.
Liquid applied membrane

Sika Introduces New Sikalastic®-701 For Cool Roofs

Sika has launched the new Sikalastic®-701, the latest generation of Polyurethane Liquid Applied Membranes for roofing applications. Sikalastic®-701 has been already presented at various roofing venues and it has been successfully field tested in Spain, Greece, Dubai and Malaysia.

Sika Supports Sustainable Research

Hybrid construction, combining wood with concrete and/or steel, has become a promising opportunity for sustainable architecture.

Innovation and Entrepreneurial Success at Sika Belong Together

Video statement with Frank Höfflin, Chief Technology Officer, Sika Technology AG, and Member of the Sika Group Management.
Applying Sika Sarnafil waterproofing membrane on all roofing areas on Volkswagen Plant in Wrzesnia

Roof Refurbishment with Self-Adhered PVC Membrane

In the Chinese market, there is an increasing demand for flat roof refurbishment. The reason might be the replacement of old PVC roofs or the refurbishment of old metal roofs.
Automotive Engineering Expo 2019

SikaPower® SmartFlow: Injection Adhesives for Vehicle Body Construction

New lightweight concepts for reducing CO2 emissions from vehicles and the trend toward electric vehicles are two global trends that call for new vehicle designs. The use of aluminum profiles and castings is particularly increasing in these areas. Castings are often used as so called nodes for joining profiles. In particular, the bonding of these components by means of adhesives presents new technical challenges. Sika has now developed a new adhesive solution for this purpose.
The Hudson Yards project in New York

New Publication: Technology as Key to Sustainability

With its solutions in the specialty chemicals area, Sika makes an important global contribution to megatrends such as urbanization, e-mobility, and sustainable development. At the same time, the company helps buildings, infrastructure, and vehicles to be more sustainable, i.e. making them longer-lasting and resource-efficient, as well as environmentally-friendly and harmless to human health.

Using the Future as a Resource

Innovation management at Sika permeates the entire organization. In order to create value for customers and other stakeholders, Sika established an interdisciplinary innovation team which creates ideas around how things could be. This practice was coined by the concept of speculative design as a way to speculate and imagine about how reality, current and future solutions, have to be in order to drive value for your customers.
  • Media Release
  • Innovation
  • 2019
  • November

Sika Wins Swiss Technology Award 2019

Sika has won the Swiss Technology Award 2019 in the "Innovation Leaders" category. It received the award for its new, high-performance adhesive technology used in lightweight construction in the field of transportation. The prize was awarded on November 21, at the Swiss Innovation Forum in Basel in the presence of 1,000 decision-makers in business, politics, science and the media.
Sika Smartcore technology

Sika SmartCore Technology

High Performance Toughening Agent: The SmartCore Technology provides exceptional impact resistance designed to withstand dynamic stresses. It allows Sika to formulate SikaPower® two component cold curing epoxies. This bridges the performance gap to one component heat curing epoxy systems traditionally used to bond automotive lightweight structures and the cold curing 2C-epoxy systems used in construction. Markets: Transportation, Wind, General Industry, Agricultural and Construction Vehicles
3D Printing

Highspeed 3-D Printing

Highspeed 3-D Printing has become reality: Automated technologies such as 3-D printing, extrusion, the use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality will revolutionize the construction industry - in particular 3-D printing technology is considered a driver for a paradigm shift in concrete industrialization.
Technology Innovation Team

Innovation Beyond Traditional Boundaries

Luz Granizo, Core Technology Head Cementitious Systems, and Michael Danzinger, Core Technology Head Concrete Systems, both are working for different kinds of markets and are explaining the Sika approach to generate, steer and develop innovations from a technological and from a market point of view.

Sikaflex®-118 Extreme Grab

Sikaflex®-118 Extreme Grab is a 1- part construction adhesive with very high initial grab which bonds most construction material substrates.
Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall, Hamburg

Strong bonds: High-strength solutions for facades

Global Trend: Structural Glazing Facades Ulli Müller, Head of Corporate Marketfield Engineering, and Manuel Friedel, Head of Research and Development of Sika’s Silicone adhesives and sealants, are giving insights into the world of Sika high-strength solutions for facades.
Construction Site

New Fully Bonded Membrane System - from Vision to First Application

Sika is committed to providing reliable watertight solutions for even the most challenging requirements. The vision was to come up with an innovative product that promotes adhesion to fresh concrete without the need for a fleece backing.
Acoustic Test Center Worms

Acoustic Testing

In the Sika Acoustic Test facilities Sika Engineers and application experts perform virtual and physical testing, analyze the results and propose solutions that deliver optimal weight-to-performance ratio for each specific application. The Sika Technology Centers have been designed to support the development, validation, and optimization of sealing, damping, bonding and reinforcing products and solutions.
People working in research

Liquid Applied Membranes

One proof of Sika's successful strategy is the fact, that resources of acquired companies and brands are used as growth platforms. Two excellent examples are the build up of two Global Technology Centers. Following the acquisition of Liquid Plastics and Incorez in the UK in 2009, Sika has continued to invest in its Preston facilities and into the further development of roof waterproofing and internal floor coatings. Sika's aim is to produce technically advanced and environmentally friendly liquid roofing membranes, positioning Sika as a global leader within this field.
Curing On Demand with Powerflex technology

Curing on Demand: Powerflex Technology

Powerflex is a unique adhesive technology combining advantages of both structural- and elastic adhesives. Powerflex makes the new generation SikaForce® adhesives an effective solution for bonding and assembly of lightweight vehicles, fiberglass boats, metal fabrications and virtually any application that requires a strong, reliable bond.