Sika celebrating 100 years: Enters B'lore

Bangalore, Dec 17: The Sika Group celebrated its anniversary at a glittering ceremony in Bangalore, on Friday Dec 17. The group is one of the world"s largest suppliers of bonding, sealing, damping and reinforcing solutions for automotive and ship building industries, assembly of buses, lorries and railway vehicles. The group has been in operation since 1910.

The celebration was presided by Managing Director of Sika India Pvt Ltd Venkataraman along with other top management from the company.

The event was attended by dignitaries like Director P&P (Project & Planning), BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd) Sudhir Chandra, Chairman Civil Aid Techno Clinic Pvt Ltd CS Vishwanath and other government officials and business honchos in the construction and infrastructure industry.

Sika group intends to enter the Bangalore market after a successful run in Delhi, Goa, Chennai and Mumbai. Sika commenced its operation way back in 1987 in India. Sika Group is a global company with more then 113 products and marketing subsidiaries and a presence in 73 countries. The current turnover of the company in India is approximately Rs 240 crores.

During the occasion, Vishwanath said that Bangalore has a very big market with its quality conscious engineers, curing-compounds that made life easy and other self curing compounds that Sika plans to develop on its own.

Chandra said, “Sika is the requirement of the people." He added on the progressing Bangalore metro station work and said that he was commencing work on the underground stations. "Sika would assist us in building a strong and durable station. They have successfully finished constructions of the metro in Delhi."

Venkataraman said, “it gives immense pleasure on this occasion. The world is becoming very sophisticated when it comes to concrete technology. Getting innovative products, solutions and being consistent towards stakeholders, have made Sika the brand it is since the last century"

“Bangalore is our focus-area and we hope to carry-forward the success saga as we enter a new era in the history of our company," he added.

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