Sika Automotive Appoints James Miko Director of Sales for New Domestics

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., July 31 -- Sika Automotive has announced the appointment of James (Jim) Miko as Director of Sales for New Domestics. John Harris, Vice President of Automotive Sales, made the announcement. In this position, Jim will be responsible for representing Sika at the New Domestic OEMs, developing new business, managing the New Domestics team, and delivering superior customer satisfaction.

Jim comes to Sika with more than thirteen years experience in automotive sales at Nishikawa Standard Company, where he recently held the position of Senior Sales Manager. He has managed accounts for many of the New Domestic OEMs and has a thorough understanding of their practices and procedures. Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Bowling Green State University.

"We're pleased to have Jim join our sales team," said Harris. "Jim shares Sika's commitment to providing cost-effective, high performance adhesive, bonding, sealing and reinforcing solutions for our OEM customers."

Sika Automotive, based in Madison Heights, MI, a division of Sika Corporation, is an industry leader in the development and production of high performance acoustic, bonding, reinforcing and sealing systems. Sika Automotive provides automobile manufacturers with proven material, application engineering and validation expertise to improve interior sound quality and structural performance in vehicles worldwide. Sika Automotive optimizes cost effective, complete solutions in its dedicated, state of the art, Acoustic Test Facility, located in Madison Heights, MI. Visit the Sika Automotive website www.sika-automotive.com .

Sika Corporation is a leading supplier of specialty chemical products and industrial materials serving construction and industrial markets including transportation, marine, and automotive. Sika Corporation is a subsidiary of Sika AG, Baar, Switzerland. Sika has annual sales of approximately US$1.5 billion (CHF 2.1 billion), over 8,500 employees and operations in 64 countries. Visit the Sika website at www.sika.com .