Company
and Product Profile
Sika Corporation Construction Products Division,
Lyndhurst NJ, a technology leader with over 90 years of
experience in concrete materials and restoration technology,
provides solutions and products for concrete production, repair
and protection. Concrete admixtures, corrosion inhibitors,
repair mortars, epoxies, structural strengthening systems,
sealants, adhesives, coatings and industrial floor protection
are manufactured in ISO-9000 certified facilities, and supported
by full service sales and technical offices. With annual sales
of approximately $1.5 billion worldwide, Sika AG has over 8000
employees and operations in more than 60 countries.
Sika is also
the market leader worldwide in supplying FRP Materials to the
construction industry for structural strengthening, seismic
upgrades, changes in use, and other concrete and masonry
repairs. The Sika CarboDur® System is a pultruded carbon fiber
plate that is bonded to concrete and masonry with Sikadur® Epoxy
Resin, primarily for flexural and shear reinforcement. The
SikaWrap® fabric is available in carbon, glass and aramid fibers
for strengthening as well, and is most commonly used for column
confinement (seismic and non-seismic), shear enhancements, and
upgrading reinforced as well as unreinforced masonry and
concrete walls.
Over 75
project representatives in the United States, as well as a
network of trained specialty contractors with experience in
concrete repair and composite strengthening support Sika. Sika
has successfully completed over 200 FRP projects in the U.S.
since launching the CarboDur® System in 1996. Worldwide, Sika
has completed over 1000 FRP projects since 1991. Sika has won
numerous awards for FRP strengthening, including the Ohio
Stadium Horseshoe Renovation, LaGuardia Airport Runway, I-80
Seismic Strengthening in Salt Lake City, and the Frank Lloyd
Wright designed Fallingwater project in Pennsylvania.
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