Automotive OEM/OES
Sika Automotive offers a full range of advanced process material systems to the automotive OEM markets.
Sika Automotive provides solutions for acoustic, bonding, reinforcing and sealing applications from body in white through the paint shop and trim area as well as for the repair market.
Each of our products are designed for our customer's specific application needs.
Sika's global network with own subsidiaries in over 60 countries enables us to provide in extension to the main automotive markets to serve also the transplants and CKD worldwide.
 

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Automotive Aftermarket
Sika’s polyurethane windshield adhesives have been crash-tested to the most rigorous safety standards (with driver and passenger airbags, occupants not wearing seat belts). They are factory-tested, with a proven record of reliability extending over millions of successful repairs - and they guarantee the fastest drive-away times.
They are easily applied in a few simple steps, with an ideal combination of non-sag bead consistency and good compressibility, high initial grab and excellent workability. No wonder the windshield adhesives from Sika Automotive Line® are the Number One choice for consistent, reliable results.
The bottom line: by choosing Sika windshield adhesives you will reduce your costs and ensure consistently reliable results. The use of Sika®-Activator cuts installation times, there’s no messy waste to dispose of - and no need for a black primer on ceramic-coated glass. So you gain in every way: your customers will come again, and your time can be put to more productive use. You’ll save both time and money - and that has to be good for business!
Outstanding electrical resistance values mean that aluminum body shells are protected against the risk of contact corrosion. SikaTack® adhesives guarantee top-quality radio reception when installing windshields with integral aerials. And they offer a choice of low or high modulus to match the original vehicle manufacturer’s specification.
In the market segment Automotive Aftermarket we offer products for Automotive Glass Replacement (AGR) and Crash Body Repair (CBR). The AGR and CBR adhesives and sealants are marketed under the AutomotiveLine brand and have been used with success by the automotive industry for many years.


Crash Body Repair
The Sikaflex name has been synonymous with car body repair for over 15 years. Offering the highest quality at the best value, Sikaflex seam sealing products such as Sikaflex 221 and Sikaflex 227 provide the perfect balance in bonding and sealing properties for seams, flanges and joints and for general component bonding. For more structural bonding and heavier components, Sikaflex 260 elastic adhesive provides high strength combined with strong grab and gapfilling capabilities. SikaFast 3000 and 5000 methacrylate adhesives have been developed for rapid bonding of metal and plastic components.
SikaColl laminating adhesives are a range of water and solvent based spreadable adhesives for bonding fibrous and fabric components, such as carpets and sound deadening pads.
 

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Transportation
In the market field Transportation Sika supplies high-quality solutions for sealing, bonding, damping, reinforcing and protecting to manufacturers of buses and coaches, trucks and trailers, special purpose vehicles like fire tenders, caravans, etc. and all kind of rail vehicles including all typical external part applications (roofs, side panels, windows, etc.), as well as interior applications like floor panels, floor coverings, linings and trim materials.
Introducing custom-made solutions, based on a wide range of available technologies (1- and 2-C polyurethanes, silane-terminated polymers, epoxies, reactive acrylates, water and solvent based dispersions, rubber based polymers and acoustic materials) Sika provides customer benefits in terms of production engineering, quality, costs and added value.
 

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Marine
"Water is our element......Our customers our inspiration."
The Best Way to Seal a Joint is to use High-Quality Adhesive Sealants
The task of elastic bonding is to join, to waterproof, to dampen (sound), to insulate and to prevent galvanic corrosion. These are all properties strongly associated with the marine environment, particularly in the manufacture, maintenance and repair of ships, boats and yachts.
For example, historically no technique in ship building has evolved as strongly over the centuries as the technology of deck caulking. In the early days, woollen or cotton caulking yarn, in combination with bituminous materials, were employed. Nowadays the use of elastomeric materials are common worldwide, especially as these elastic sealants not only fill the joint but additionally seal and bond similar and dissimilar substrates simultaneously.
 

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Appliances
In the market field ‚Appliances’ Sika is attending to the customers who are producing industrial equipment.
Manufacturers of
• white goods
• refrigerator-shelves
• HVAC equipment
• household/commercial and small appliances
• Billboards
• switch cabinets
• etc.
are supported by Sika in this market field with active longtime experience.
Sika not only delivers suitable adhesives but also supplies and accompanies the customer with the know-how and the appropriate process technology during project development and in production.
It is our effort to simplify operating processes and minimise production steps in order to minimise the handling expenses.
In close collaboration with our Technical Service and System Engineering Group, we will work out customised bonding solutions to suit your application.
 

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Building Components
In the market field of Building Components Sika supplies customers who are principally engaged in the industrial production of components for the construction industry.
Markets like high performance windows including hurricane resistant windows, bomb blast windows, bullet or burglar proof windows are the focus as well as insulating glass, high end residential windows and doors, metal roofing systems, sandwich panels, curtain wall systems, wind energy systems, modular buildings and lifts or elevators.
Full competence in all bonding and sealing technologies in order to provide the best solution for the customer.