Digitalizing R&D means using digital technologies to streamline and optimize research and development processes. It is becoming increasingly important in today’s fast‑paced and data‑driven world. With Nuage, Sika has been digitalizing R&D processes to enhance efficiency, collaboration, data analysis, risk management, and innovation.

Transforming Science With Nuage

Nuage is Sika’s global digital lab program designed to significantly enhance efficiency, transparency, and performance across R&D. By combining structured data management with advanced statistical methods and machine‑learning capabilities, Nuage helps teams accelerate their learning cycles and make better-informed decisions.The platform enables researchers worldwide to collaborate seamlessly in real time, run digital experiments and simulations, and access shared data, tools, and insights. This transparency and connectivity ensure that knowledge is captured, organized, and available to all teams, supporting faster and more consistent innovation.

With Nuage, Sika strengthens productivity, reduces duplication of effort, and creates a unified digital backbone for R&D. The result is a smarter, more agile way of working that drives high‑performance development and supports the future of sustainable, data-driven product innovation.

Driving Digitalization in the Lab

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Michelle Round, Head of Global Technology Center, Preston, Sika UK, reflects her experience with Nuage.

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Ramiro García, Technology Center Manager Spain, gives insights into his work with Nuage. Ramiro mentions that Nuage facilitates the work of the R&D team worldwide. 

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Linda Leedle, Lab Manager R+D, Sika Germany, gives insights into her experience with the digital lab. Linda points to the significant impact of the Nuage platform on corporate culture.

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Gary Boon, Vice President Cementitious Technologies, Sika USA, reflects his experience with Nuage.

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David Wei, Assistant R&D Manager, Sika Sarnafil Waterproofing Systems (Shanghai) Ltd. reflects his experience with Nuage.

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Christopher Apeh, Lead Power Platform, Sika Informationssysteme AG, gives insights into data access and data management via Sika's global digital laboratory.

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Julien Chapelat, Senior Scientist, Central Research, Sika Technology AG, reflects his experience with Nuage.

Some benefits of Nuage:

  • Improved efficiency: Digital labs helps staff work more efficiently by reducing the time and resources required for experimentation, data analysis, and collaboration. By automating routine tasks and providing access to shared resources and data, digital labs can accelerate the pace of research and development. 
  • Enhanced collaboration: Nuage facilitates collaboration between researchers across different locations and organizations. This can lead to more diverse and interdisciplinary research teams, as well as new opportunities for innovation and knowledge-sharing. 
  • Greater accuracy: Research data is accurate and reliable, reducing the risk of errors and increasing the reproducibility of results. With Nuage, we can also provide real-time monitoring and analysis of experimental data, enabling researchers to identify patterns and insights more quickly. 
  • Improved access to data: Access to a wealth of data and information for Sika R&D staff that would be difficult or impossible to obtain through traditional methods. This can enable researchers to make more informed decisions and identify new areas for exploration. 

Overall, digitalizing R&D through the use of digital labs helps researchers work more efficiently, collaboratively, and accurately, leading to faster and more innovative scientific discoveries and technological advancements.