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START WITH SIKA More than 50 per cent of the vehicles produced worldwide each year use SIKA technology – and still there are new markets to be conquered. Julia Snow spoke to marketing director Kai Paschkowski to learn about plans for product and market development.
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ika is a speciality chemicals company with a global leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing and protection in the building sector, the industry and the automotive. Sika has subsidiaries in 90 countries around the world and over 160 production facilities. Its nearly 17,000 employees generated annual sales of CHF 5.57 billion in 2014. Sika’s organizational structure is decentralize, with the management teams in the regions and national subsidiaries playing a pivotal role. Of seven target markets, six are located in the building chemicals and building industry. 150 Industry Europe
SIKA Automotive The seventh target market, Industry, is home to the global business unit SIKA Automotive, which supplies the global community in the automotive sector with industry leading solutions for sealing, bonding, damping and reinforcing. The production facilities, sales, technical and customer services as well as R&D supporting teams of this unit are connected in a close network. “We are organised in the regions of North and South America, Asia Pacific and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)” says Mr Paschkowski, who is located in Germany and is responsible for the global product management OES. “We share information within the unit:
