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Along the hilly southern edge of Europe, drivers on the A9 highway can eat croissants for breakfast and chorizo for lunch. This highway — which flows seamlessly from France into Spain – serves as a crucial artery from Europe to North Africa. Opened in 1976, it is one of the most frequently used highways in France.

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is an engineering marvel that conquered the barrier between northern and southern Europe. This new line, which opened in June 2016, reduced the journey time from Zurich to Lugano from 3.5 hours to 1 hour 50 minutes.

For priceless things like 400-year-old Shakespeare folios, water exposure can be disastrous. That’s why Sika products were used to waterproof the largest public library in the UK.

One way to help mitigate climate change and energy security issues might lie in an invisible natural force – wind.

Modern art is supposed to challenge us. It encourages people to think as broadly as possible. So, it’s fitting that the architecture of The Broad in Los Angeles – a futuristic, 120,000-square foot contemporary art museum – is designed to open minds.

Sika has won the top prize in the Swiss Annual Report Rating, beating out 238 of the largest companies in Switzerland. Second place went to the cement company Holcim, and third price went to the convenience product giant Valora.

The deepest parking garage in the Netherlands is no dark and eerie place. On the contrary, this bright, clean, and spacious underground parking garage feels like a ray of sunshine.

Looking down from the 78th floor glass platform of Mahanakhon is overwhelming. Nevertheless, visitors can relax knowing that state-of-the-art Sika products were used in the construction process. Indeed, more than CHF 500,000 worth of Sika products are built into the structure, including more than CHF 100,000 of waterproofing product alone.

It’s poetry in motion. The elements in harmony. One part collaboration, one part agility, and a dash of talent. Innovation doesn’t just happen. It’s a process flush with uncertainty and risk. But the formula behind Sika’s Zurich lab was no surprise: it was designed for breakthroughs.