Sika Automotive Names John Sienkiewicz Vice President - Automotive Sales

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., May 26, 2004 -- Sika Automotive has named John Sienkiewicz Vice President - Automotive Sales. Key responsibilities include planning and execution of all sales objectives to meet the Automotive Division's sales, growth, and profit targets. Robert Myers, Sr. Vice President, made the announcement.

Sienkiewicz joins Sika from Midwest Stamping where he was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to that he was employed with Siegel-Robert Inc. as Sales Manager, and Guardian Automotive as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Sienkiewicz holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a M.S. degree in Finance from Walsh College. He has more than fifteen years of experience in the Automotive Industry, including sales, marketing, and engineering.

"We are very excited about having John join the Sika Automotive Team," said Myers. "His past experience and accomplishments will be instrumental in the continuing success of Sika's Automotive business in North America."

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 http://www.sikaautomotive.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 $1.8 billion (CHF 2.3 billion), over 8,500 employees and operations in 66 countries. Visit the Sika website at http://www.sika.com/ .