Sika Automotive Receives Chrysler Group Gold Award

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 20, 2003 -- Sika Automotive, a leading and innovative supplier of acoustic, sealing, reinforcing and bonding solutions for the automotive industry, has been awarded a Chrysler Group Gold Award for 2002. The award is presented to manufacturing facilities in recognition of outstanding performance. The achievement places Sika's facilities among the Chrysler Group's highest rated supplier locations.

Sika Automotive parts supplied to the Chrysler Group include custom designed acoustic baffles, constrained layer dampers, barrier plugs and patches, structural reinforcers and sealers. Sika solutions can be found on the Chrysler Pacifica, PT Cruiser, Sebring, 300C, and Town & Country, and Dodge Neon, Dakota, Durango, Ram, Stratus, Magnum, Caravan and Grand Caravan, and Jeep(R) Wrangler and Grand Cherokee. Sika has been a committed partner to the Chrysler Group in providing high-performance, and cost effective solutions. Sika Automotive has manufacturing facilities in Grandview, Missouri and Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

Sika Automotive, based in Madison Heights, Michigan, 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.sikaautomotive.com .

Sika Corporation is a 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 .